Alright, should have my coilovers within ten days. Wheels will be done by Friday. Now to get a cheap set of 14's. I know they're out there! The search begins.
Well, this is what it's looking like. I put it on earlier tonight and tried fitting it the best I could. Hopefully it will fit better in the coming days.
Got my suspension from UPS, new tires locally, and my wheels back from the machine shop. Trying to get ahold of a passenger side axle before the morning!!!! lol :shock:
Who's fcking dropped!? I'm fcking dropped! Ok, so it has been a VERY long day today. I will post full details a little later. Just gotta state the facts first.
-I'm so effing happy.
-Tom H. IS THE SHT!
-Fck Advanced Auto.
Who's fcking dropped!? I'm fcking dropped! Ok, so it has been a VERY long day today. I will post full details a little later. Just gotta state the facts first.
-I'm so effing happy.
-Tom H. IS THE SHT!
-Fck Advanced Auto.
Sorry for the vulgarish language.
shit yeah; way to do work; im standing by for pix...
i got one coilover on today... it took me an hour and a half...
I need to get some 90-91 lca's(which I might try to get this weekend) to drop the back another two-three inches. Going Friday morning to Tom's shop to get an alignment and my new rims/tires mounted and balanced. Came into some SHITTY problems, but they worked out in the end.
Really though, this would have been a nightmare had Tom not offered to come give us a hand. Got one side done and ran into problems on the other. Thanks again man!
Hey Rev, I might have asked this before but did you paint over the orange reflectors on your turn signals and if you did, did the paint you use match pretty close or was it off? I 'm thinking of painting mine but the paint I have is sorta-kinda close not dead on. Don't want it to look goofy i.e. light to dark over the reflectors.
I painted the whole lense with a clear model car paint. Tamiya Clear Orange TS-73 I believe. It was about $10 shipped. Just cleaned them really well and tapped the edges off and did about 4-5 light coats over about 2hrs. I think the 90 degree weather in the shade made that possible.
Thanks Timeless! I'm trying to get on some of y'alls level! lol I've got an interesting lead on an LS from a DA for $130! :shock: So I might have something new to post this weekend.
For anyone wondering about the rear as you guys know the wagons always sit a bit uneven anyways, but Rev's sits higher than it should because he's running 89-91 style rear shocks with the fork-over design on his 88 style stamped steel control arms. It's not the ideal situation, but it was a temporary measure implimented at the time because the car had to be moved from his friend's driveway that day.
With the right control arms the rear shocks' geometry will be restored (right now they're sitting straight up) and the car will sit lower in the rear. the other thing keeping the rears from being able to be dumped is the design of the Skunk2 shocks and the lower spring perch - the coil-over sleeve spring perches are resting on the shocks' lower perches, so it won't be dumped unless he gets shorter rear coil springs.
We should be getting the sus stuff sorted out tomorrow - I'm sure he'll post pics. We'll have the right LCAs done and a proper alignment too.
Got the Si lca's on today as well as the MR2 rims. I'm very mad I forgot my camera when I went out to Tom's shop, no wagon pictures. But here are some of just mine lowered at DD height!
The fence in the last one makes it look wayyy low! lol
It was a pleasure getting the wago at proper height today.
Let's just say that his 1988-spec steering rack and specifically inner tie rods didn't want to allow us to adjust his front toe, but with some brute force and a pipe wrench everything turned out just fine.
Looks really good now with black tires again (they needed some spiffing up) and everything cleaned up real purty like.
Hey Rev a complete BEATER 1990 metallic blue wagon showed up on a tow truck today at my shop...looks like a candidate to try and purchase from the owner for a hundred or so bucks because i have a feeling it jumped timing and they botched the t-belt job because it sounds horrible when trying to start it.
Uh oh! That will probably make number three for ya, huh? Thanks for helping out, I had a good time and I learned a good bit. I'm really happy with it. The ride is MUCH smoother than Wed afternoon. The back end would almost fly up if I hit a bump doing 40ish. Now it just takes them. 8)
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-I'm so effing happy.
-Tom H. IS THE SHT!
-Fck Advanced Auto.
Sorry for the vulgarish language.
shit yeah; way to do work; im standing by for pix...
i got one coilover on today... it took me an hour and a half...
*waits for photobucket* Trust me, I'm ready to show y'all! lol
Afterwards.
I need to get some 90-91 lca's(which I might try to get this weekend) to drop the back another two-three inches. Going Friday morning to Tom's shop to get an alignment and my new rims/tires mounted and balanced. Came into some SHITTY problems, but they worked out in the end.
Really though, this would have been a nightmare had Tom not offered to come give us a hand. Got one side done and ran into problems on the other. Thanks again man!
rear needs to go lower...
They're Integra LS rims. 94-01 Acura Integra. They're 15x7 and I have 195/55/15's on them.
Thanks Timeless! I'm trying to get on some of y'alls level! lol I've got an interesting lead on an LS from a DA for $130! :shock: So I might have something new to post this weekend.
With the right control arms the rear shocks' geometry will be restored (right now they're sitting straight up) and the car will sit lower in the rear. the other thing keeping the rears from being able to be dumped is the design of the Skunk2 shocks and the lower spring perch - the coil-over sleeve spring perches are resting on the shocks' lower perches, so it won't be dumped unless he gets shorter rear coil springs.
We should be getting the sus stuff sorted out tomorrow - I'm sure he'll post pics. We'll have the right LCAs done and a proper alignment too.
điđ you get the brá for a sedan or hatchback? like í said mine didnt fit right the first couple weeks either... then eventually it did..? idk how lolz
The fence in the last one makes it look wayyy low! lol
Let's just say that his 1988-spec steering rack and specifically inner tie rods didn't want to allow us to adjust his front toe, but with some brute force and a pipe wrench everything turned out just fine.
Looks really good now with black tires again (they needed some spiffing up) and everything cleaned up real purty like.
Hey Rev a complete BEATER 1990 metallic blue wagon showed up on a tow truck today at my shop...looks like a candidate to try and purchase from the owner for a hundred or so bucks because i have a feeling it jumped timing and they botched the t-belt job because it sounds horrible when trying to start it.
My mom's blue wago is next to be lowered and shod with wheels/tires.
With just Rev and I we could have a 4 wagon mini meet.