=/ Only rims i like less than spinners is floaters lol

 

o man i love the skating look!
at least i didnt say i would put it on my civic.LMFAO

 

LOL do they make floaters in any sizes smaller than 36"? lol every set i have seen was on a lifted Cadillac with a bunch of black people screamin all excited bahahaha

 

floaters are nothing more than a weighted spinner

 

well today i had to do just a little more work to the truck... i had the tire shop reballance the wheels twice now and yesterday i figured out WHY. the inner wheel weights where geting spun and knocked off the inner lip from a little steel on the LCA that i didnt cut back far enough. and also my passenger side actually rubbed the tire a little at full turn. so i trimed a bit more of the LCA rain gutter back a bit more and also added about 1/4inch more to the stock steering stops. of course i loose a little bit of turning radius BUT i wont rub the inner tire on the lca or other suspension parts... im not sure what it was hitting exactly. but i figure with the steering stops spaced a little more and the gutters trimmed further i shouldnt ever knock any more wheel weights off!

it was rubbing the white lettering just slightly towards the center and the tire section between the lettering and rim.


and this was my worst side drivers where it knocked the weights all the way around from the marks around the rim.



before

after




turned out the bump stops i installed where very easy to do! the factory stops have a U channeling that actually holds the nut PERFECTLY so i just stick in the hardened bolt and nut and simply tighten it down! just drill a hole and done!







took it out for a quick test and no rubbing when turning it to max and my wheel weights are staying in place

 

ok well today i got alittle more work done.... went to local picapart afew days ago and found a few good scores from several trucks. i got another cluster for my truck, both door panels in VERY GOOD condition. a overhead console with the larger front opening for rear ac and heat, and also it has the HOMELINK which im already in love with and REALLY want to figure out a way to put this same homelink setup in my civic! i already have it set to every garage door to the house. but im going to change one and program it to the shops garage door eventually.
i also got another tan rear bench even tho its missing a large section of the fabric BUT i plan on cutting up the seat anyways so i just hope i can figure out a way to patch it. the biggest pain is the area thats messed up is the area i plan on keeping and cutting out the other 3/4 so that sucks but ill figure out something!
i also got a new rear view mirror with compass and tempature display on it so i took the mirror, wire section and the front temp sensor.

today i modified the overhead console. removed the heater controls and added a piece of mdf inplace and cut out to add my voltage display and also my amplifiers controls and carpeted it, tho i do not have the amp ***** hooked up yet. its going to be a pretty good job to run that wire to the overhead.
tho right now i also have the voltage display kinda rigged right now. i pulled one bulb from the map lights out and wired up the voltage display to its switch so i gotta turn the map light switch on to power on the display but its no big deal for now. when i wire up the new rear view mirror ill wire it properly. right now its just a temp.

from this overhead to this




and i might not be keeping that exact display... not sure if i want to switch it to red or not with the rest of my trucks lighting plans. but i do have to slightly tweek that panel. the display is slightly crooked and im not quite happy with it so eventually ill tweek it and have it fit better.



got my door panels. still gotta slap them on the truck. my current ones are in ok shape but a few cig burns.


and my seat i bought


and my new rear view mirror im going to try and wire up tomorrow night. at least bench test it.



i also got a underhood tool box, so im thinking of moving my one battery to under the truck and putting this tool box under the hood. still not sure yet. they are kinda rare to find at the bone yard and the truck JUST got put out so i scooped it up. good thing to because before i left the yard there was 5people there pulling the whole front end and motor outta the truck!

 

ok well i got abit more work done on the truck.
best thing is i have all my credit cards paid off and i took a 10day vacation from work down to parents new florida home.

i bought some helper bags for the rear of my truck for 2 reasons. first my truck bottoms out the rear axle on hard dips and even worse if i have any weight in the bed. and second reason is id like to be able to tow with my truck and haul stuff in the bed. so these helper bags keep my truck from bottoming out the axle on the frame and also i simply air them up and be able to haul and tow heavy stuff just like the truck was built to do.
right now i have 30psi in the bags and it raised my rear about 1inch and so far i cannt bottom out the rear and it also rides better now in the rear with the air. its alittle firm so ill have to play with the air pressure to find the min psi so i can keep it low but also keep it from bottoming out when daily driving.
and i still want to do some testing and see how much of a lift i can get at the close to max psi. if 30psi will lift my truck 1 inch i wonder how much more lift i can get. time will tell.

i had alittle problem with the first install test fit since the DJM flip kit i used has a large top bracket to hold the driveline angle so it was either cut the helper bag bracket or move the whole helper bracket more forwards, WHICH SUCKED! had to drill more holes in the frame and thru the Cnotch which is a total of about 1/2inch of solid steel NOT FUN!
so i moved it forward to keep it strong.





and this is it moved forwards to clear.





so now i can tow home my next civic project. only thing i need to do to be able to really do some heavy towing is hookup my trailer brake unit which ive had laying on my shelf for afew months now. ive just been to lazy to hook it up just yet.

i still have to hook up my air tank and compressor that i have. its a Viar 1.5gallon tank and compressor. nto to shaby. i spent 200bucks for the helper bags new, and 150bucks for the slightly used viar compressor and tank.
and i just spent about 40-50bucks for misc fittings and such to hook up the bags and compressor with some gauges and manual fill valves.
i would like to get another 1 or 2 gallon air tank to add to the system eventually. and one more thing im going to add later on..... well come on i got air and a truck... its AIR TRAIN HORN TIME! wish i kept the horns from my old 94civic i had but i sold them maybe a month or two before i got my truck.

 

ok well the quick valves and adapters all in..... i would like to add one more T and another psi gauge to the main compressors tank. and i also need to make up a side toolbox/divider so i can keep all my tools and such to the sides instead of across the back like i have it now. and once i build that divider board then i will clean up the valves and psi gauges.

and i still have to actually mount the compressor and tank and wire it up. i didnt have enough wire so i left it till tomorrow or the next day to finish it up.



the compressor and tank will be mounted up front near the cab. and the air hose tucked under the bed rails. the lines are all pretty loose right now since i dont want to run all new hoses after i position everything where i want it so dont worry it will be alot cleaner than that. this is just a temp. i will be flush mounting the gauges and valves in the divider board and carpeting it all.

and i would like to have some electric vavles but i gotta find some cheap and small to use.




full droop 0 psi



full pickup 90PSI




and i drove with it down the road at 90 psi and its like a ballon in the back trying to bounce all over the place.LOL so far i have it set to 25psi which feels the best! still a slightly firm/soft ride and doesnt bottom out. 20psi was just a bit to soft but it didnt bottom out. i just like the feel of 25psi better.

 

sweet dude lookin good. can't wait to see it all done and cleaned up.

and those bolts for your brace aren't very old are they? it just seems like they shouldn't already be that rusted.

 

ya i noticed those rusty bolts. kinda disapointed with them also.... only the heads rusted tho. the rear threads and nuts are clean.

i would have replaced them BUT they are a huge PITA to replace them.LOL