From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?

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Post by SkilletKid » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:32 pm

Finished putting in poly bushings into all the arms/uprights. Grease nipples on the control arms too (but not on the top rear arms because of the bracket there that it will interfere with at factory droop).

Next step is to start putting the arms back and finally put in my Bilsteins.

Pic of rear upright as well as bottom arms in place with nice new alignment bolts (my 23 year old factory alignment bolts were mullered - no wonder every alignment place I went to couldn't get the rears right).
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Post by Furai » Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:15 pm

Fitted up the kit today, still some things to tidy up but Im happy.
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Post by siren676 » Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:52 pm

Picked up some 155/55-14's to fit to my Hayashis, hand mounted one this morning then set to restoring the other Hayashi this afternoon.

Other wheel took around 4hrs of of sanding then another few hours to mask it up before i painted it tonight.
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Post by Joel » Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:30 pm

What size are those Streets? 5/6j?

Picked up my GV Panel from Cole earlier this week and got to fitting it. Had minor damage and needed paint. Came out great.

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Post by siren676 » Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:03 pm

yeah 6j 20p

Damn you getting a gv rear panel :evil: Where'd you get it from?
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Post by Angreal » Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:47 pm

Argh. Spent money on a spare wheel. Might have to invest in a gv rear panel and lights

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Post by Joel » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:10 pm

It's Matt Ward's (MattBRG) old one.

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Post by Furai » Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:46 pm

Went drifting today, I thought having an expensive kit would tame my driving. Was a Cs Garage x S Club day and I got 3rd in the mini comp winning a set of Parts shop Max wheelnuts

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Also went through a puddle so needs a wash
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Post by evel » Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:08 pm

Good work bro!
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I had a go at stealth indicator lights!

Post by Jesse Pinkman » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:01 pm

I had a go at stealth indicator lights! What do ya think? Better than paying $300 for bought ones aye haha.
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Post by siren676 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:35 pm

Not today but last weekend i picked up my manifold, downpipe and some injectors from 2low2c. Your work is amazing man.
A few more parts to sort out but im confident in installing it all and doing the off boost side of the tune myself.
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Re: I had a go at stealth indicator lights!

Post by Ben.Nakagawa » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:29 am

Jesse Pinkman wrote:I had a go at stealth indicator lights! What do ya think? Better than paying $300 for bought ones aye haha.
I did very similar in last weekend but this is commercial LED version, so hat off to you. :-)

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From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?

Post by biff » Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:52 pm

Very cool Ben, like them!

So where did you get them and how much :)

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Jesse Pinkman wrote:
I had a go at stealth indicator lights! What do ya think? Better than
paying $300 for bought ones aye haha.
I did very similar in last weekend but this is commercial LED version, so
hat off to you. :-)

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Post by Jesse Pinkman » Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:13 pm

Oh nice Ben they look sweet, I might have a go at sorting out some proper LED's for it cause they look a hell of a lot better than the normal bulbs haha. :)
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Post by 2old4this » Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:48 pm

Well done Jesse and Ben. Its these custom touches that give our cars personality in the world of store bought Same :-)

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Post by Ben.Nakagawa » Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:15 am

Thanks,

It's from Jass Performance.

http://shop.jassperformance.com/index.p ... duct_id=55

They also have mirror polished stainless version of this

http://shop.jassperformance.com/index.p ... duct_id=69

But, like Jesse said, it set you back a little for $$, postage was not too bad.
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Post by SKREEE » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:49 pm

Well technically I only drover her today and others did it but got some spiffy new wheels and tires. I can just feel the added grip from the larger contact patch on the ground but the missus is not pleased at the money spent due to her wanting me to get a larger car.... (She wanted 5 seats and I told her I was going to buy another 1 and a half mx5s not amused :roll: ).

But back to the reason of this post

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As explained in the this thread they are 15x8/20p on 205/50/15s. I am happy they go great with the matte black hardtop.

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Post by Ian » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:28 pm

SKREEE wrote:Well technically I only drover her today and others did it but got some spiffy new wheels and tires. I can just feel the added grip from the larger contact patch on the ground but the missus is not pleased at the money spent due to her wanting me to get a larger car.... (She wanted 5 seats and I told her I was going to buy another 1 and a half mx5s not amused :roll: ).

But back to the reason of this post

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As explained in the this thread they are 15x8/20p on 205/50/15s. I am happy they go great with the matte black hardtop.
To be accurate, the shape of the contact patch has changed...not the actual size.
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Post by BRM » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:25 pm

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Holy balloons

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Post by Joel » Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:19 am

SKREEE wrote: they are 15x8/20p on 205/50/15s. I am happy they go great with the matte black hardtop.
The way the tyre sits on the rim would make me think that the tyres are wider than 205 or the wheel is narrower than 8 inches. 205 on an 8 should be fitting with maybe the smallest amount of stretch.
Throw some lower springs in there though it will look better in my opinion.

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New Fuel cap from Zoom came in the mail from Japan the other day. I am going for an old British roadster kind of look so vintage parts like these are a very obvious choice.
No modifying the body it's a straight bolt in all aluminium piece; solid build quality and even came with a tube of really good alloy polish solution.

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To add to the British Roadster look I swapped my entire black interior (which was very clean and well kept) for tan (which was dirty and has a few damaged bits), cleaned everything thoroughly and here you have it!
I believe Laguna and Tan was only available in the American market (I have no documents showing the European or Japanese markets having them) and only 463 were produced from 1994-1995.
The swap isn't finished yet though, I still need the seats and to pick up the remaining trim pieces I left at the old owner's house.

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Post by CordedBowl » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:42 pm

The wheels with the balloon tires are misleading, because there's the machined silver face then a black stepped lip - which blends into the sidewall which makes it look like a tractor tire, but it's just the design (just for clarity, cause I thought the same thing)

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Post by Mad Kiwi » Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:55 pm

Furai - What front spoiler is that?

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Post by Furai » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:02 pm

Its a body kit not a spoiler, but reaaaally expensive haha

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Post by Skilfil » Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:19 pm

Yeah any side-on photos or something to show the profile? I've got 205/50/15 on a 6.5 and it doesn't look anything as baloon'd as that. Probably just an illusion as CordedBowl said.

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Post by SKREEE » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:29 pm

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Just took these with my phone, it is mostly an optical illusion caused by the black wheel due to the machined face being recessed from the lip these should clear it up a bit.

Oh and the fronts rub like hell on the inner guards(I think) on full lock and over half decent bumps(I mean lovely flat Christchurch roads). However an upside is now my speedo is accurate to my GPS on speeds.

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