calgary altima's unite

[Calgary35SE]

Sounds like a plan. i hate the damn stock rims/rubber. Over all the stock wheels don't suite the car. it deserves nicer shoes, like the G37/35. Where is a good place to have the meets? is chinook pretty centered for people?

[Miss_Lanaya]

Our last (one and only) meet was at the Mc man stadium.....

[fiftytseng]

Chinook would work for me, top of the parkade is where other meets usually are

[Calgary35SE]

ya i'm trying to think where its not a half hour drive for me, chinook usually takes about 20~ish minutes. How about for anyone else?

And ya there is meets usually like every thursday or wednesday..can get some decent photos there

[Miss_Lanaya]

Im out in chestermere so anywhere in calgary is far for me....but well worth the drive to do a meet!

[fiftytseng]

I'm with Lanaya, I don't mind driving for a meet Anyplace is good with me!

[ESP]

Agreed.The top level of Chinook is where the Beyond.ca folks meet (every Wednesday evening IIRC)

...oh, and when the weather warms up I'm getting a new camera!

[Calgary35SE]

That's awesome what kinda camera you gunna get.. i know nothing about cameras... lol.

So does that sound like a good place for our first meet(well second i guess lol)? I was also thinking of going out to race city for a secret street night, meet there and race if you want..

[Chinaman]

i just came back from bc. took highway 93 there and dame the roads are dry. riped the bends at like 140

[Calgary35SE]

Thats awesome. i cant wait for there to actually be roads again and not snowmobile paths. Do you have any suspension mods done?

[Chinaman]

no i got no foot work done. however i do have all the parts sitting in my room just waiting for a nice day to put em on. just front and rear end links sway bar and front strut bar. still waiting for coilovers from teins. but i havent heard anything yet

[ESP]

Hey guys, just a friendly word of advice...USE LOCKTITE WHEN INSTALLING YOUR ENDLINKS!!!

For the last two weeks I kept hearing this horrible 'CLUNK' noise whenever I turned the wheel to the far right (ie. getting into garages, tight parking spaces, etc...). Then, in the last couple of days, the 'clunk' would be followed by an even nastier grinding noise. I lifted the car up this evening and found that my front right endlink had come apart from the top. The long part was still attached to the bottom bolt but was just flopping around facing toward the rear of the car. Every time I turned the wheel the inner part of the tire would push the endlink into the body and grind...ugh...

From what I've gathered, this isn't the first time it's happened either. Make sure you tighten all nuts as much as possible and use locktite!

[Calgary35SE]

Well when or if i ever install them i will for sure be using locktite!that sounds like it could have caused some problems? and damage?

[fiftytseng]

I am bringing this thread back to life! In the past 2 weeks I've installed my Greddy exhaust and FINALLY my eibachs. I vouche for a meet in the very near future.

[Calgary35SE]

Agreed. Weather is finally cooperating. I'm up for a meet anytime. with this great economic crisis i have a lot of free time haha

[ESP]

Just name the time & place! I'm still thinking we should make an appearance as a group at one of the Beyond meets...

Right now I'm just waiting for the gravel and crap to get swept off the roads so I can put my summer rims back on!

[fiftytseng]

Yea, that sounds like fun. Too bad we got another s***ty day weather wise yesterday, but the rest of the week should be pretty amazing. Hopefully I have my rims before we meet!

[Calgary35SE]

I've had my rims on for probably a month or so.. as soon as the snow melted that first time lol. I dont have a job so i dont drive it much anyhow. How about next week sometime?

[fiftytseng]

I'm most likely down for whenver, I start finals week from the 20th till 29th, so in between those days i'm a no show! Any other day I will be there

[ESP]

Next week works for me. My last class is on the 17th and I'm desperately trying to finish my final project for it as I type this (500-level courses are a biatch and then some...)

I've got my "spring rims" on right now, so it's not too bad. They're a black 6-spoke so my car looks all murdered out which ain't too bad! haha

Incedentally, I don't suppose any of you guys want to buy into my spot on the projector GB? AMEX decided to bone me and now I've gotta get about $4000 together to pay for my wedding rings!

[Calgary35SE]

How much were the projectors? I'm pretty low on cash myself. when are they supposed to get here?

[ESP]

I believe they were $900. It's a dual projector setup with dual angel/demon eyes and 6000K HID kit. The deposit I paid to Brandon was $500. I'm pretty much near the bottom of the list IIRC, so it could be a few months before they'd be finished. Since he hasn't started working on them yet, there's still a fair bit of room for you to get creative with them.

[fiftytseng]

ESP: I saw your car with the "spring" rims on them, they look really nice! Goes with your car very well!

[ESP]

Thanks man! The only problem is that the tires are 235/45R17, so that puts them about an inch or so smaller than stock...I really have to be careful going over bumps!

[fiftytseng]

the winter tires i had on my car were 205/55/16 i think? or maybe 205/60/16. but, anyways with the huge wheel gap and no drop at the time, my car just looked like it was floating haha

[akamaru]

maybe we could do a calgary + van meet?

[fiftytseng]

hahaha that would be awesome, whoever makes it further in the playoffs (calgary or vancouver) wins. The losing team drives the full distance to the opposing city.

[ESP]

HAHA! That sounds like a good bet to me!!!

.......I kinda want to go to Vancouver though...it's pretty. GO FLAMES GO!!!

[fiftytseng]

i would love to go to vancouver, but the drive is just tooooooooooo much.

[akamaru]

i have faith for my CANUCKSSSSSSSSS gogogogoogogogo