What have you done to your car today?

[niky]

You're all stark-raving, bounce-off-the-bumpstops mad.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

Low looks good. End discussion.

 

[niky]

Low looks good. End discussion.

Let's race for pink slips. First guy over the next hump wins.

 

[Eric.]

Does the undercarriage have to stay intact?

 

[McLaren]

I lowered my coils. Low enough? Or should i go lower?

Let's see it with the new wheels when you get them.

 

[Rykon Zero]

I prefer my wheels centered in the wheel-wells...

I thought I was the only one.

 

[homeforsummer]

I thought I was the only one.

Nope, count me as another...

 

[nobuffalo]

Nope, count me as another...

Me four!

 

[niky]

Does the undercarriage have to stay intact?

Preferably. As long as the exhaust doesn't come off, that counts as a race win.

My puny little 110 hp Sentra used to rack up a ton of kills on 200 horsepower Hondas around here. Love them humps.

 

[Thatman]

I got the eclipse up to 105mph ish...and learned that the shop I had do my Master brake cylinder needs to stand by their work and fix it again.(on the RX7)

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Pics or it never happened.

Sorry, I missed your post. I'll work on getting that pic today for ya. It did happen, I'm still hiding it from my girlfriend, so I know it did.

 

[Eric.]

Preferably. As long as the exhaust doesn't come off, that counts as a race win.

My puny little 110 hp Sentra used to rack up a ton of kills on 200 horsepower Hondas around here. Love them humps.

My exhaust is already fairly low. I guess because they have a coupe and sedan version the shortest piece is what makes up the difference in length, and that small piece makes a turn down to the ground.

 

[eiriksmil]

Low looks good. End discussion.

Word!

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

I had a hitch and trailer light wire harness installed on the Subaru. Then I bought a K & N filter and installed that myself.

 

[Omnis]

I lowered my coils. Low enough? Or should i go lower?

Too low. That car looks ridiculous like that.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

The ride height is fine. The wheel well arc is very big so it makes his wheels look too small. I would get bigger wheels or raise it about half an inch to an inch.

 

[Duke]

Too low. That car looks ridiculous like that.

Agreed. It needs to sit about an inch higher at least. But then again I hate baseball hats that make you look like Charlie Brown, too, but they are popular no matter how stupid they seem.

 

[hemisport15]

I don't usually have a big ass grin about going to the gas station.

When you don't have to spend your own money on the gas you have a smile on your face.👍

 

[Eric.]

When you don't have to spend your own money on the gas you have a smile on your face.👍

I remember the first month I had my license...

 

[CyborgGT]

I prefer my wheels centered in the wheel-wells [...] the arc of the wheelarch matches perfectly with the curve of the rims.

Most definitely. What I'm aiming for with the Accord:

Oh, so perfectly clean. Only I've picked out some 205/45-17s, not 40-series like here.

 

[Keef]

Too low. That car looks ridiculous like that.

You're off your rocker. The reason it looks ridiculous is because he's rolling stockers.

I think that's a great height. It'll look better with added flushness and a tasteful, subtle stretch.

 

[hemisport15]

I remember the first month I had my license...

More like the 13th month I've had my license.

And I'm with Keef on this one. Once the new wheels go on that thing it is going to be pure win.

 

[Philly]

Well I switched over to the Continental DW tires today. The things are amazing. So much grip. The whole FWD thing pretty much doesn't matter anymore. Gassing it around turns really doesn't make much understeer at all, especially compared to the old tires. Now it needs more power to cope with the increased grip.

Also, I'll be washing and waxing and detailing it tonight for shipping sometime later this week.

 

[opendriver]

Put gas in the montero. And just for the hell of it, got bored and looked up the engine stats on wikipedia: "The Mitsubishi models were with a 3.0 Litre 6G72 engine SOHC 12-valve developing 158 hp (118 kW) at 5000 rpm and 136 lb·ft (184 N·m) of torque at 4000 rpm"

All that power and ~4000 Lbs to move sucks.

Second Gen FTL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero#Second_generation_.281992.E2.80.931999.29

 

[Joey D]

Well I switched over to the Continental DW tires today. The things are amazing. So much grip. The whole FWD thing pretty much doesn't matter anymore. Gassing it around turns really doesn't make much understeer at all, especially compared to the old tires. Now it needs more power to cope with the increased grip.

Also, I'll be washing and waxing and detailing it tonight for shipping sometime later this week.

Keep me up to date on the DW's, my tires will be cooked by June and I'll be looking for replacements. The DW's are high on my list although I don't know if I'm ready to try Conti tires again.

And what did I do? I cooked my rear sway bar again. I haven't the foggiest idea how I do it but this will be the third time I broke it. I think I need to get something slightly beefier then the 17mm one I got now. Perhaps this summer I'll move into a 19mm with urethane bushings.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

I don't have a shot of the before, and I only took a quick shot with my cell phone when I was getting out of the car from work so excuse the quality.

Just to point out what was changed, I made one with arrows pointing to what got swapped out.

I also swapped out the back seat door grips and swapped in a new cabin filter. Don't mind the mess/dust, I haven't cleaned out my car since July and its about due.

 

[Thatman]

I Ordered Ebay strut bars for the eclipse !

 

[Keef]

I just won an Ebay auction for a Mazdatrix front strut tower brace for my car. Good luck finding a picture of one, it took me an hour and even that one was modified a bit. But it was mounted in a race car. Seems legit lol.

 

[Philly]

Keep me up to date on the DW's, my tires will be cooked by June and I'll be looking for replacements. The DW's are high on my list although I don't know if I'm ready to try Conti tires again.

Will do. I only took them out once but I'll try and give you more as I drive them a bit more.

 

[Thatman]

I just won an Ebay auction for a Mazdatrix front strut tower brace for my car. Good luck finding a picture of one, it took me an hour and even that one was modified a bit. But it was mounted in a race car. Seems legit lol.

Lemme know how that works out for you... I want slightly better handling but dont want to remove my speakers....or subs. So I would only get a front one anyhow. Or do you have a rear one?