New parts are here

[RCAnismo]

Finally! I got all my parts in I ordered about a month ago. Car is getting worked on this weekend. Was waiting on the coilovers and exhaust. I was going to go with Eibach but couldn't get them anywhere, ended up buying some from Stance GR. From what I hear they are pretty good.http://www.stance-usa.com/sus/products/coiloversI was also waiting on the exhaust, I was going to go with the Injen Tru Dual exhaust but apparently they aren't going to make that model anymore, so I ended up going with the HKS

Here is the full list of mods getting done:Motordyne Thermal Intake SpacerInjen polished High Flow Short Ram IntakeStance CoiloversHKS Hi Power Tru Dual exhaustBerk Hi Flow Cats

Here are a couple pics I took yesterday at the shop. I'll post up a full thread with all the mods before, during, after etc. as soon as it's done. Should be pretty sweet when finished. Can't friggin wait.

[evildky]

I feel broke just looing at the pic's

[R350Zz33]

how much was the coil-overs ive been hearing good things about stance

[RCAnismo]

The Stance GR+ list for about $1,439, I got them for $1,200.

[RCAnismo]

Just got the car back, I've found new love for it. Sounds and looks amazing.

[BashaZ]

how do you like the ride of the Coilovers compared to stock? Do you find it to be a lot rougher?

[RCAnismo]

Right now I have it on the recommended setting from Stance. I like the ride but my girl was complaining about the roughness a lil bit.... It's definitely rougher than stock but the ride wasn't extremely smooth to begin with. I haven't played with the dampening at all yet, I should be able to adjust it to have a smoother ride but not sure if I'm going to. We'll see how it goes, but for now it handles and hugs corners like a champ. Also, looks a ton better.

[BashaZ]

Right now I have it on the recommended setting from Stance. I like the ride but my girl was complaining about the roughness a lil bit.... It's definitely rougher than stock but the ride wasn't extremely smooth to begin with. I haven't played with the dampening at all yet, I should be able to adjust it to have a smoother ride but not sure if I'm going to. We'll see how it goes, but for now it handles and hugs corners like a champ. Also, looks a ton better.

Ya? nice man....how low did you go with it? did you change the sways at all? or are they stock?

[RCAnismo]

It's probably about 1.5 inches lower in the back. and about 1.2 in the front. (just guessing) I'll post up some pics soon, I'm out of town right now, I'm jonesing to get home to drive the thing. Since I'm not going to be racing it I left stock sway bars on the car.

[RCAnismo]

So here is all the pics of installation and the finished product. Some of them aren't the best quality photos but they get the job done.

Motordyne Plenum Spacer installation:







before plenum:

After Plenum:

Injen Short Ram Intake before:



Injen Short Ram Intake After:





Stance GR+ Coilovers









Berk Hi Flow Cats:Before:







HKS Hi Power Tru Dual Exhaust:Heavy factory crap:



New Shiny Stuff:







Ride height before coilovers:

Ride height after coilovers:










Modified by RCAnismo at 8:52 PM 3/28/2009

[K03sport]

Very nice.

Can you tell me what the chambers above the rear mufflers do? Are they there for tone or is it to reduce volume?

They look like an expansion chamber to trap sound, but that is all I could come up with.

[RCAnismo]

Very nice.

Can you tell me what the chambers above the rear mufflers do? Are they there for tone or is it to reduce volume?

They look like an expansion chamber to trap sound, but that is all I could come up with.

That's a good guess. They are supposed to eliminate any raspiness sound. They do a great job, it sounds really good. Very low growl and not loud at idle.