Project Blackout: Mrgreeneyes' Coupe Build

[pflicht]

Wow dude, the car is GREAT! Tho not to fond of the coupe rear, but the pure sexiness of the car makes up for that! Yum!

Page 7 FTW!

[mrgreeneyes]

i cant say i totally dig the coupe rear... but im concocting some ideas to make it better... along the lines of rear valences, and either oem se wing or a wangan style....

i still miss my hatch tho... RIP old red hatch

[hbpignosePA]

i vote for the wangan style wing....

screw the haters

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Oh yes, wangan wing plus roof wing is total win.

[White Comet]

Oh yes, wangan wing minus roof wing is total win.

ficks'd

[mrgreeneyes]

no roof wing... just wangan...

[White Comet]

^ i say yes

[Didderson]

Someone find this guy a B-wave wangan wing!Dude before u blow ur paycheck again, maybe u should get another lug key

[mrgreeneyes]

well this paycheck was decimated by bills. im in the red again...

buuut

im gonna start pacing myself and save up for some bigger wheels/tires/fenders/aero... then the B-wave.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Roof wing.

[idahotuner]

i vote roof wing tooo.

i am planing on gettign the buddy club seats now to man.

end of this month

[mrgreeneyes]

trunk wing first... then maybe roof... but idk guys...

no more parts for the time being tho... gotta save for NICOfest and an alignment and try to pay some of my credit card off...

[mrgreeneyes]

Well, I kinda let this thread just trail off since i finished the car.

I did some extra mods that may not be originally listed, and if some of these are... then, well, i dont care, youll read this anyway

Parts Shop Max Tension RodsParts Shop Max Subframe collarsNardi 330mm Reg Corn Sport Type A wheelWorks Bell hub for NardiAspec Goldfish shift knobStrobes in head/tail lightsMaplights from my old DOHC hatchFalken Ziex 912's in 205/50/16 for the Sportmax 501'sRolled/pulled fenders all aroundNew rear rotors cus the ones i had were crapRoyal Purple in the gearboxTomei LSD fluid in the diffJDM half amber/half clear front marker lightsDyed rear interior panels to match OEM charcoal color (they were originally blue)Jonnie Fraz Front tension rod brace (like a bolt-in NISMO powerbrace)

Theres probably some repeats of things mentioned earlier and there is probably something i forgot.

pics shortly maybe. vids... oh yes.

[idahotuner]

hey man. do you think i should get the extra large seat for my passenger side. of the Buddy Club seats

[mrgreeneyes]

yeah. my seat is tiny. i barely fit with 165lbs/32 waist. my seat is the normal one... so if youre anything bigger than my size, get the biggest seat you can, otherwise you may not be able to transport all the passengers you could potentially have.

[idahotuner]

yea i got the same size of waist. i figured i would get the normal one for the drivers side and the large one for the passenger side. since i will be the only one driving the car.

[pflicht]

Im the exact same weight and waist size... lol what about hight??? 5' 8" right here, measured about a year ago and I've pretty much stopped growing, I might be 5' 8 1/2" now lol

[idahotuner]

haha i am 6' 2" that is why i am going side mount seats

[idahotuner]

hey keegan,

i got my PBM stuff today. and am a newbie at suspension set up. like for setting preload and all that stuff. i gota good idea about adjusting ride heigth but how to exactly do it i am not of. i have done some googling.

[mrgreeneyes]

for ride height, put your wheels w/ tires on the car, all aero, etc so you can get a feel for the overall look and have points to measure from. this part is pretty much guess-and-check kinda stuff... adjust the collars lower until you get the right height for front and rear. if you want to be really low, remove the two locking collars and butt the spring perch right up against the lower strut mount (as i have). rumor has it that you can flip the strut mount upside-down for more clearance. i am about to test this rumor in the next few days. if so, you will be able to go stupid low.

preload: you shouldnt really need any. it refers to how much tension you load on the spring via the lower spring perch ring. general rule of thumb (so im told) is to tighten the collar against the spring as much as you can with bare hands, then tighten an additional 2-3 turns with the spanner wrenches. then lock a locking collar up against the spring perch to hold it in place. to do this "locking" properly, you must put one spanner wrench on the spring perch collar and the other wrench on the locking collar and tighten them against eachother, you cannot just snug the locking collar up against, you HAVE to tighten the two against eachother.

RUCAS: go to the PBM thread on zilvia and read about how to properly set them up. there was a post about someone breaking their rucas and PBM goes thru with pics and tells you the proper way to set them up. read it like a bible.

any more questions, you know which thread to ask em in (this one )

[idahotuner]

well i got the back set about perfectly how i want it as far as ride height. the front needs to be about and inch lower. maybe just a little less. and i only have about 1/8 inch between the two collars. i bet if i do what you said take them out and tighten the perch against the bottem part it would be perfect.

i will go through and read about the camber. cause we check my wheels with a level to kinda guess camber until we can get an alignment. but i need to adjust one side out.

the cool thing is my car has an aggressive stance but plenty of clearance and still. i will have about 5 inches of clearance under the frame rails. give or take depending how close you are to the front or back of the car.

[idahotuner]

hey man one more thing. the rucas are suppose to curve up to the nuckle right. mine are threaded in all the way. so it seems like they are longer then yours maybe. cause i can only get like 1 or 2 full twist again. then they will be al lthe way in. we have set a level on them and ont has to much camber and need to come out some. but they dont seem to have much. I just need to get it close so i can take it in for an alignment.

[mrgreeneyes]

yes rucas curve UP to the knuckle

[idahotuner]

yep got it.

[drunkNun]

sweet. i see about the tags. didnt know there was a way to look them up thought only cops could do that.

Cops, detectives, private investigators, repo people....just a few people that can look up plates. And when you take into thought that those people may have a few friends that need something looked up.....there ya go.

[idahotuner]

^ yeah my dad and i just think it is funny since we drive around all day with our plates showing all the time haha.

[idahotuner]

hey man. waht do you mean oil the pillow ball joints

[mrgreeneyes]

the metal spheres at the top of your coilover, in the triangular plate. they pivot, allowing the coilover to rotate with your wheel/knuckle. use penetrating oil

[idahotuner]

doesnt penetrating lubricant eat rubber?

[drift240se]

mrgreeneyes were you standing on the railing to see the drifting at carlisle?