just wondering
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RE: just wondering
ORIGINAL: Forty04
bah, skip the body kit and make the car fast
That color looks a lot like Honda's Electron Blue Pearl (in which I saw an S2k the other day at the stealership, [sm=drooldude.gif])
bah, skip the body kit and make the car fast
That color looks a lot like Honda's Electron Blue Pearl (in which I saw an S2k the other day at the stealership, [sm=drooldude.gif])
I did too. It was sooooooo sweet looking!
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RE: just wondering
ORIGINAL: Marty
Make your car go before you deck it out in crap.
Suspension
Driveterrain
Engine work(forced induction or N'A)
Interior
Then parts that make it look different
In that order.
Make your car go before you deck it out in crap.
Suspension
Driveterrain
Engine work(forced induction or N'A)
Interior
Then parts that make it look different
In that order.
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From: South Central
RE: just wondering
Well a nice set of springs and shocks first off. I recomend a cheaper TEIN setup for people that just want more grip in the twisties. Then go to a nice front strut tower bar, rear tie bar, rear strut bar, and maybe try and relocate your battery to the trunk to give slightly better balance to the car.
Drive terrain I mean a nice clutch and maybe a new set of axels along with stiffer motor mounts, and maybe a lighter weight flywheel. Also brakes, I see this go un touched by so many but when you make a car faster be it in turns or the straight line you need better brakes. It is also cheaper than many think. Buy a set of Brembo blank rotors and a nice set of ceramic pads then there is a black rubber hose going from your caliper to your brake lines, replace those with a metal brake line of sorts. this will give a very good strong feel to the pedal along with getting rid of brake fade and overheating.
Then comes the engine. Pick your route wisely as you dont want to buy a bunch of stuff for one route then decide to go another way with it leaving you with a bunch of parts you dont need and are going to loose money on when you re-sale.
Interior- I'm not much on alot of flashy crap or hard out of place racing seats but if you pick the correct ones they will shave a good amount of weight from the car and not be too bad on the back/butt. Other than that get what you need with some that you like as far as the rest of the interior but remember more times than not less is more meaning in alot of people's eyes a clean looking stock interior or close to stock looks really good.
Drive terrain I mean a nice clutch and maybe a new set of axels along with stiffer motor mounts, and maybe a lighter weight flywheel. Also brakes, I see this go un touched by so many but when you make a car faster be it in turns or the straight line you need better brakes. It is also cheaper than many think. Buy a set of Brembo blank rotors and a nice set of ceramic pads then there is a black rubber hose going from your caliper to your brake lines, replace those with a metal brake line of sorts. this will give a very good strong feel to the pedal along with getting rid of brake fade and overheating.
Then comes the engine. Pick your route wisely as you dont want to buy a bunch of stuff for one route then decide to go another way with it leaving you with a bunch of parts you dont need and are going to loose money on when you re-sale.
Interior- I'm not much on alot of flashy crap or hard out of place racing seats but if you pick the correct ones they will shave a good amount of weight from the car and not be too bad on the back/butt. Other than that get what you need with some that you like as far as the rest of the interior but remember more times than not less is more meaning in alot of people's eyes a clean looking stock interior or close to stock looks really good.
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RE: just wondering
^Exactly, not to mention, do you really want to have to slow down to 3 mph and cross every slight bump at an angle??? It gets old fast, trust me. My buddy's eclipse was like that....no fun
Don't go too cheap on suspension either. Like Marty said a fairly priced set of Teins might be the way to go
Don't go too cheap on suspension either. Like Marty said a fairly priced set of Teins might be the way to go
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RE: just wondering
*agree.. i just scrapped idea of body kit .. do to pain in the azzz.. and weight.. so just gonna swap a few CF pieces on my hatch.. ie.. Hood/Hatch/Spoiler/Mirrors/CF lip for looks and aerodynamics.. this way i dont gotta mess with paint job till i get around to wasting the extra cost on it.. and car will look good with just bolt on CF parts.. while losing extra weight
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RE: just wondering
ORIGINAL: Marty
Well a nice set of springs and shocks first off. I recomend a cheaper TEIN setup for people that just want more grip in the twisties. Then go to a nice front strut tower bar, rear tie bar, rear strut bar, and maybe try and relocate your battery to the trunk to give slightly better balance to the car.
Drive terrain I mean a nice clutch and maybe a new set of axels along with stiffer motor mounts, and maybe a lighter weight flywheel. Also brakes, I see this go un touched by so many but when you make a car faster be it in turns or the straight line you need better brakes. It is also cheaper than many think. Buy a set of Brembo blank rotors and a nice set of ceramic pads then there is a black rubber hose going from your caliper to your brake lines, replace those with a metal brake line of sorts. this will give a very good strong feel to the pedal along with getting rid of brake fade and overheating.
Then comes the engine. Pick your route wisely as you dont want to buy a bunch of stuff for one route then decide to go another way with it leaving you with a bunch of parts you dont need and are going to loose money on when you re-sale.
Interior- I'm not much on alot of flashy crap or hard out of place racing seats but if you pick the correct ones they will shave a good amount of weight from the car and not be too bad on the back/butt. Other than that get what you need with some that you like as far as the rest of the interior but remember more times than not less is more meaning in alot of people's eyes a clean looking stock interior or close to stock looks really good.
Well a nice set of springs and shocks first off. I recomend a cheaper TEIN setup for people that just want more grip in the twisties. Then go to a nice front strut tower bar, rear tie bar, rear strut bar, and maybe try and relocate your battery to the trunk to give slightly better balance to the car.
Drive terrain I mean a nice clutch and maybe a new set of axels along with stiffer motor mounts, and maybe a lighter weight flywheel. Also brakes, I see this go un touched by so many but when you make a car faster be it in turns or the straight line you need better brakes. It is also cheaper than many think. Buy a set of Brembo blank rotors and a nice set of ceramic pads then there is a black rubber hose going from your caliper to your brake lines, replace those with a metal brake line of sorts. this will give a very good strong feel to the pedal along with getting rid of brake fade and overheating.
Then comes the engine. Pick your route wisely as you dont want to buy a bunch of stuff for one route then decide to go another way with it leaving you with a bunch of parts you dont need and are going to loose money on when you re-sale.
Interior- I'm not much on alot of flashy crap or hard out of place racing seats but if you pick the correct ones they will shave a good amount of weight from the car and not be too bad on the back/butt. Other than that get what you need with some that you like as far as the rest of the interior but remember more times than not less is more meaning in alot of people's eyes a clean looking stock interior or close to stock looks really good.
Forty, i already slow down to 3 mph when i go over bumps them rims is still new, yo. Ya heard. lol but seriously i love this car. i have already replaced the axles on it and the bearings. so im good to go there. so should i replace the struts as im doing the springs and cambers. or is that to much you think?