Fathoe's Shuttle..

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  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Soz for the slow build thread, ive been working a bit lately, but heres a little update for now, ive just bought a new battery because the original one was well gone. I have also booked it in for a service before the new years.

    I drove up to Whangarei a couple of weeks ago and absolutly destroyed the exhuast so im getting my local exhuast specialists to fabricate me a new one, so ill post some pics of that after next thursday.

    I also recently purchased some adjustable camber arms, i managed to get one in just before it started raining the other day, but im going to take the shuttle to my mates garage tonight to chuck in the other one and get as much negitive camber as i can.. should be a bit of a laugh, ill post some pics of that too.

    Ive also told santa that I wanted some roof racks for Christmas haha, so im going to pick them up soon and he can reimburse me on a later date ;)
  • Make sure you put them in with the highest point facing down (if you look at one it will make sense I hope). When the alignment shop installed mine they did them the other way around and over big bumps the smash into the body of the car
  • rti intracrti intrac Senior Wagonist
    Your wagon looks mint. Were you on hillsborough road before Christmas heading west? If so I was driving the other way and tooted and waved.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Thanks bro. Yeah i was haha... being fully honest that made my day seeing another shuttle haha.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Heres where the shuttles at so far...

    I put adjustable camber arms in the rear and maxed out the negative camber.

    I went to the good guys at the roof rack shop on the north shore and they chucked on some roof racks.

    I also replaced 2 doors as they were dented beyond repair, well from how much it was going to cost they were unrepairable ;)

    Im also saving all of my $$$ so i can get it painted, i was thinking a gunmetal gray.. but ill see whats available for my budget.
  • lakaylakay Wagonist
    bro, we saw u at carl's jr at GI few weeks ago. lol. sick camber.
  • rti intracrti intrac Senior Wagonist
    haha it made my day too, I would of turned around but as in a mad rush to get to the airport. The racks look good Pm me prices etc
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Ahhh good old carls jr. :)

    Sweet as, it would be mean to catch up with everyone with a shuttle.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Cambuuur! >.<
  • jamiel23jamiel23 Band Wagon
    that camber is crazy!! sweet build, car looks awesome so far... any thoughts of keeping the oem color? it looks sweet as it is!
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Cheers man :) yeah i was thinking about it.. it would defiantly need to be resprayed though, theres a couple of mismatched panels lol.
  • AaronAaron Wagonist
    Too much camber
  • SiRgeSiRge Wagonist
    ^ With that much camber, you need a 9 inch wheel at the back to compensate your new hellasunk-ness :P
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Haha i want to get some 25mm spacers for the rear, that should make the fitment a little bit more flush :)
  • houstonhouston Band Wagon
    Is that color available in the us? Very nice... and i have never had the VHT come off on my cars.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Im getting some extended top hats made, 30mm for the front and 25mm for the rear. Thats the most i can do with my adjusties.. but every millimeter counts :)

    The only thing is that it will limit the travel of the shock..

    Im thinking that i will only use the new top hats for show, and just run the stock ones that came with my suspension daily.
  • so much camber
  • TheGmanTheGman Wagonist
    I think the camber is baller! Just keep a close eye on those tires haha. A friend of mine was running 15x8 0 offset on his EK sedan dumped as hell and -9.6 degrees of camber. Ended up blowing out both rear tires. Safe to say that was not a good day.
  • LowFlyin'LowFlyin' Moderator
    So, was that about a week after he installed new tires. lol?

    When will this stupid fad die. :(

    Car looks great otherwise.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    LowFlyin' wrote:
    So, was that about a week after he installed new tires. lol?

    When will this stupid fad die. :(

    Car looks great otherwise.

    Thanks haha, Ive got camber still maxed on the front, but i set the rear back to very minimal camber.
    I have gotten tired of the camber, as sick as it looks (personal opinion haha) but I've had pretty much every reaction from onlookers, both good and bad haha.

    Ill definitely crank the negative camber to the max for show haha.

    My top hats should hopefully be done by the end of today, pretty excited for more low!
  • LowFlyin'LowFlyin' Moderator
    Don't get me too wrong.

    I do like the look of the wheels brought out to the fender with a touch of camber...and low enough that the car looks aggressive.

    Lowering tot he point of scraping and bottoming out the suspension kills any performance advantage...and it really makes the thing uncomfortable to drive.

    I don't know... I'm just getting old. ...and turn down that loud rap music! :P
  • Your not gettin old the hole stanced thing is getting old. A nice wheel with a good lip and tiny bit of camber and a good dump is badass. Kids these days just over do it and ennd up fuckin up there car....And gettin older also helps hahaha
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    I agree with you both, it is getting old, maybe thats because i drove with it cambered like that daily for ages.

    I just want to go lower :)

    Haha i think its not so much the suspension that would hinder performance advantage, its more the bone stock d15b ;)
  • TheGmanTheGman Wagonist
    I guess nobody ever heard the expression "Low and SLOW"

    Lol it was like 8 months later, daily driving the car about 40+ miles every day. People these days.... no respect I swear.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Heres some photos that i haven't put up yet, unfortunately the build has slowed down since we are coming into winter.

    First picture from when i lowered it the second time.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Heres some more camber
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Just picked up my new number plate :)
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    The Shuttle heading towards a hard park meet
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    At hard park with my friend chris driving and jeremy in the back haha
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Limbo comp!
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