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      03-28-2012, 04:34 AM   #595
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7K worth of mods is not a low hanging fruit ...
it costs higher than a supercharger

7k being: wheels tyres, suspension, (intake, exhaust (pleasure mods))
lol i dont think tom meant that offensively.... BTW by the time the s/c reaches your door and youve installed it..... it costs substantially more.
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      03-28-2012, 05:00 AM   #596
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lol i dont think tom meant that offensively.... BTW by the time the s/c reaches your door and youve installed it..... it costs substantially more.
He speaks the Truth!
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      03-28-2012, 05:12 AM   #597
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After my second autocross, I decided to get some magnetic numbers. The color I wanted was very expensive to order letter by letter, so I ordered the custom sheet and did it myself. First version was just regular blue, then I realized that there is a white layer under the blue, so after a quick prototype and a photoshop test here they are mounted on my dealership loaned vehicle. Total process, including design, took about 6 hours. The cutting by hand was very tedious, and eventually painful on the wrists.

pic 1 is the process for the first one
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pic 3 is the photoshop prototype (assuming no restriction in materials)
pic 4 is the final (V2) on a loaner car
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      04-15-2012, 02:25 AM   #599
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nice..... i like.... the track bug has bitten you firm on the ass i see.
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12000 views!!! Holy shit...
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nice..... i like.... the track bug has bitten you firm on the ass i see.
I figure whats the point of building a car like this if youre not gonna use it to the full potential. Actually, mostly because its also fun as hell! Im not the fastest around the cones, but im cracking up by the finish line
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I figure whats the point of building a car like this if youre not gonna use it to the full potential. Actually, mostly because its also fun as hell! Im not the fastest around the cones, but im cracking up by the finish line
absolutely agree.... i do 10+ sprint type days and really feel good putting the car through a day of it, its like it comes home say " i needed that"... lol...

roff, if you get chance, get yourself some aero skirts before they are discontinued, i know they are expensive but they look fabulous, you cant imagine how much they change the look of the car in the "flesh" the only pics that come close to showing the real look are dubsed HD pics.... really makes the car look WOW....

so whats next? im broke now so need time to save.....
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I ordered H&R coilovers, but they're on 4-6 week backorder.... but I'll wait. Can't wait to drop it a bit more
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12000 views!!! Holy shit...
1 in 20 leave a comment, but 6000 of them are yours... so more like 1 in 40.

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      04-19-2012, 01:51 AM   #606
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car looks good...

now do something about your grass....
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car looks good...

now do something about your grass....
Screw that im moving out in 2 months or less.

My coilovers should be here soon.

Im also gonna try to take the
Headlights apart for mods and to measure them for angel eyes. Possibly
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Screw that im moving out in 2 months or less.

My coilovers should be here soon.

Im also gonna try to take the
Headlights apart for mods and to measure them for angel eyes. Possibly

where you moving to????

What made you want to jump into coilovers?? How much did you pay??

imo buy a set of cheap unit from the ebay, once you crack open your stockers they are never the same, we recently did my friends car and when we sealed them back up they looked horrific!!
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      04-19-2012, 11:23 AM   #609
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where you moving to????

What made you want to jump into coilovers?? How much did you pay??

imo buy a set of cheap unit from the ebay, once you crack open your stockers they are never the same, we recently did my friends car and when we sealed them back up they looked horrific!!
Naw, as long as you're careful with the heal gun and dont warp the clear lens you'll be fine. The only times you run into problems is when your either warp the lens slightly making it not seal correctly, or you just rush through the reassembly and dont make sure the lense is 100% aligned with all the tabs.
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where you moving to????

What made you want to jump into coilovers?? How much did you pay??

imo buy a set of cheap unit from the ebay, once you crack open your stockers they are never the same, we recently did my friends car and when we sealed them back up they looked horrific!!
not sure where I'm moving yet. depends on the job market in the Miami area. I like my current job, and can't find anything there yet (business analysis/marketing)

I've been on H&R lowering springs for almost a year now, and the car has 50k miles on the stock shocks. I feel like they're dying

I understand that the seal of the headlights is tough to re-do yourself and make it neat, but its behind the headlight anyway. If someone could tell me the size of the stock angel eyes, I could order a generic good quality set, and not have to crack open my lights twice. Assuming I can do it. I was planning to make a thin cut with a dremel through the plastic shield around the sealed area and break the seal with a steel wire. Sort of like a windshield is removed

I bought the coilovers from tirerack.com I think they were around $1350 shipped. They should be shipping very soon. I'd like to get the car as low as possible without screwing up the suspension geometry
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By the way, after my valve adjustment to "just in the middle" specs, the car seems to pull about 20hp harder. I gotta check my tire pressures, maybe the dealer pumped it up. Anyway, im now flickering the tracking control light in 3rd gear sometimes. Dry weather, and 70*F heat. hmmmm. time to see the Dyno man, especially since I haven't gone since my boost leak was fixed
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Gonna start the tedious task of installing coilovers tonight. Wish i had a fender roller. And a lift. And daylight.
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Gonna start the tedious task of installing coilovers tonight. Wish i had a fender roller. And a lift. And daylight.
ohhh awesome, your doing it yourself, REALLY impressed tom, please keep a detailed pic log, from what ive seen the worst bit is getting to the rear top mounts under all the trim/ sound deadening, im also going to be doing this soon, so really look forward to seeing how you get on :-)

like you, ill be doing this, on my Ass, probably in the driveway, with rapidly deminishing light...
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      04-26-2012, 01:18 PM   #614
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thx. I did the lowering springs myself, and it was relatively easy. Didn't even have to use a spring compressor, just muscled them in with a crowbar. I'm really NOT looking forward to taking the trunk carpet apart, which I've never done before. Ugh....

I don't know about a detailed log.. I'll be busy cursing and getting my knuckles bloody. Don't wanna get my DSLR dirty, but I'll use my phone

I already have a buyer for the springs I'm taking out. heh. Gonna keep the old shocks for garage decoration. I already have 2 wheels and 2 rotors. One wheel is backlit in my living room
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ill be following you very soon...... at least it allows you to spend proper money getting the thing set up..... i cant lie im half tempted to pay a shop to do the install and setup for me....... at least i can blame them if it fucks up!! lol
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Started at 7pm. At 2am i finished by popping a front stabilizer bar out of its sockett.

Thankfully everything else was installed by then. This morning i dropped by 4 places looking for a replacement, and eventually had to buy one from the dealer at $60.

Lowere at max bottom in the back and 2 threads above max bottom in the front. 15 minute drive to work was about 50% stiffer than before but not jarring. Im rubbing something on big bumps. I think tire against inner area fender liner.

Took lots of install pics. Trunk trim is a bitch. Car stance is perfect. About 1 finger gap all around
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