Sweet, a white car.

[lonely_coupe]

^^ easy. you slam the s*** out of your car, and scrape all that exhaust off. i do it daily.

[fourLUG_hero]

Alright so I guess I got another question about your ride height. How high off the ground is the bottom of your door in the middle? I read a post somewhere else about some guy (dont remember who it was so I have no proper reference) who had an s13 coupe and he had a picture of a tape measure from the bottom of his door in the middle to the ground and it read 5". Last night I got curious and went out to my car and measured how high my door is at stock height (I have a hatchback but I assume its pretty much all the same down there) and it is 10.5" from the ground (I literally get bloody noses while driving) then I stuck my tape measure under my car at the lowest point to see how much clearance I have. It's 4.5" inches of clearance under where the downpipe turns horizontal (not sure what to call this little section of exhaust... Im still a dummy with cars) Anyway... do the math. To get the bottom of my door down to 5 inches I would have to lower my car 5.5"! I only have 4.5" of clearance at factory height! That section of exhaust will be one inch underground! WTF am I missing here? And how much did you lower your car from stock height?

I honestly don't know how much lower my car is from stock. Do you have an SR? If you do, Circuit Sports sells this like oval shaped downpipe that tucks up higher than the frame rails. Do it.

you know more than just lowering the car pays into ride hide right? the rims and tire choice play into it as well. my car is lowered on tien coilovers and my front bumper with lip is less than 3 inches off the ground, the center of my door is about 5.5 inches and my rear bumper is about 6 inches off the ground and i dont have side skirts like he does. i dont know about dudes setup vs. mine but you are giving it too much thought, these after market companies dont make parts to f up your car. do you have an SR with an after market down pipe or what? cause im still running a stock KA. your exact setup would be helpful in answering your question and if im thread highjacking my bad.

Modified by gnvarnadore at 8:46 PM 8/10/2009

It's cool as long as you're helping.

^^ easy. you slam the s*** out of your car, and scrape all that exhaust off. i do it daily.

The back of my can is flattened, the bend under the subframe is flattened, my resonated testpipe is dented and flattened, the flanges from test pipe to stock downpipe looks like it's one piece, and the stock dual downpipe thing is dented to s***. After a while, the parts that do scrape won't scrape anymore due to them being flat.

[Metal Angel]

you know more than just lowering the car pays into ride hide right? the rims and tire choice play into it as well. my car is lowered on tien coilovers and my front bumper with lip is less than 3 inches off the ground, the center of my door is about 5.5 inches and my rear bumper is about 6 inches off the ground and i dont have side skirts like he does. i dont know about dudes setup vs. mine but you are giving it too much thought, these after market companies dont make parts to f up your car. do you have an SR with an after market down pipe or what? cause im still running a stock KA. your exact setup would be helpful in answering your question and if im thread highjacking my bad.

Modified by gnvarnadore at 8:46 PM 8/10/2009

Single slammin KA manny transmission. Bone stock except for my wheels which are stock size. I have 195 60 15 tires. And yes, I do realize that more than just spring height plays into ride height. The point is that the distance between the bottom of my door and the lowest point on my car is 6 inches. That being said the lowest I could get the bottom of my door to measure out would be 6 inches... and that would be scraping even when I dont hit uneven pavement.

Thanks for your willingness to help btw...

And thanks for letting me use your thread 4 lug. It just seemed pointless to start a new thread about this when its so applicable in yours.

Ps... I used to think sportmaxes where lame... I now think of doing a 4 lug sportmax setup every single day. I dont want to spend all kinds of money on my car so I am trying to decide where to cut corners. You cut a potential 3 grand out of a wheel budget and made it look sick. Mad props to you
Modified by Metal Angel at 11:10 PM 8/10/2009

[fourLUG_hero]

Took the car out for the first time in a couple weeks:

[Scuffed_ChukiCoupe]

im slamming the sh1t out of my next coupe, i dont even care if i break my lip now, damn thing already got cracked from bottoming out in brooklyn, and my car isnt even that low.

[ZX88]

f*** oval down pipes. my old dp was turned into a oval just from driving over speed bumps.

[fourLUG_hero]

Hit some sort of weird lump of road on 38 and broke my steering rack on tuesday. FML.

[Metal Angel]

Hit some sort of weird lump of road on 38 and broke my steering rack on tuesday. FML.

I am inclined to say you are riding too low.

did you lose control when your rack broke?

[240less]

saw the pic and thought you had some serious angle, but that sucks.

[fourLUG_hero]

I am inclined to say you are riding too low.

did you lose control when your rack broke?

I don't want to admit it but I think I am too low.

When I hit it, I started slowing down and tried to pull over to the right, but then when I turned my wheel to go right all I heard was gears skipping. Luckily the road curved left ever so slightly so I was able to coast to the shoulder after a couple hundred feet. Apparently, the rack was already decently bad and leaking at the seals. That bump was the straw that broke the camel's back.

saw the pic and thought you had some serious angle, but that sucks.

I think of it like this: F*cked rack = NEW BETTER rack. Plus it gives me an excuse to install my Tein inner tie rods and get an alignment. And I might just go mrgreeneyes and get the PBM knuckles.

If all goes well with my job interview tomorrow, I'm picking up a new daily next week along with a few more low car goodies. Might have to change my name to fiveLUG_hero.

[xrproto07]

Sick stance mang

Definitely changing my mind on these wheels, I mean I have seen them on a few car's and none really come close to how you've pulled them off bro....inspired me to think outside the box

[ILoveMyRHS13]

I don't want to admit it but I think I am too low.

PUUUSYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Just kidding, you're lower than me.

Seriously, though, go HICAS rack, PBM knuckles (they will eliminate bump steer, which is what killed your rack) and keep the awesome 4 lug.

[hbpignosePA]

yea breaking s*** isnt worth the look

in my opinion

then again i'm usually pretty logical

[ZX88]

sweet knuckle mod.jk sucks to hear about the steering rack.

[240lookis]

my steering rack was leaking when i got the car.pretty easy install but be careful with screwing the fluid lines into the rack, i almost stripped mine.

[fourLUG_hero]

Sick stance mang

Definitely changing my mind on these wheels, I mean I have seen them on a few car's and none really come close to how you've pulled them off bro....inspired me to think outside the box

Thanks, bromosexual.

PUUUSYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Just kidding, you're lower than me.

Seriously, though, go HICAS rack, PBM knuckles (they will eliminate bump steer, which is what killed your rack) and keep the awesome 4 lug.

Yup, bought a hicas rack from somebody in Vegas. Sent payment last night actually.

yea breaking s*** isnt worth the look

in my opinion

then again i'm usually pretty logical

I know I'm an idiot for driving around this low in NJ, but I do enjoy getting at redlights.

sweet knuckle mod.jk sucks to hear about the steering rack.

It's cool. It'll be out and about by next week hopefully. Hopefully it doesn't get TOO cold.

my steering rack was leaking when i got the car.pretty easy install but be careful with screwing the fluid lines into the rack, i almost stripped mine.

Taking it out took half an hour. In which 10 mins of that was jacking the car up and putting on jackstands. When I put the new rack in, am I supposed to make each shaft equal length to the other?

In any news, I got bored during a hangover on Sunday morning/afternoon:

Did my wall between my closet and bathroom. I can put another row of features at the top and another row at the bottom. I'm taking a COUPLE cars off that I don't really "like" and were just fillers really. White STi and Blue Altezza come to mind.

Also, some HYPEbeast stuff came in:

Thoughts?

[Scuffed_ChukiCoupe]

like the wall.. looks like mine lol. Plate is coolio too

[fourLUG_hero]

Update:

Out with the old:

In with the new:

HICAS rackTein inner tie rodsMoog S14 outer tie rodsFRSport dust bootsPowered By Max angle spacers

[Scuffed_ChukiCoupe]

Pimp your steering rack

[NismoZRS]

let me say first that your chuki coupe is an inspiration for my chuki coupe .. hah but anyways i was wondering if you could post a pic of your engine bay???

[Gabes13]

I must know, how was the clearance with 215/40? Rub much on bumps or turns?

[ZX88]

updates on obtaining a hot hatch. 215/40 have loads of clearance with camber and rolled fenders.

[fourLUG_hero]

Wowzers I thought this thread would just die.

let me say first that your chuki coupe is an inspiration for my chuki coupe .. hah but anyways i was wondering if you could post a pic of your engine bay???

It's a single jingle, what could you POSSIBLY need to see? Lol.

I must know, how was the clearance with 215/40? Rub much on bumps or turns?

I never rubbed, really. Only time I used to rub was at full lock at first then the rubbing magically went away?

updates on obtaining a hot hatch. 215/40 have loads of clearance with camber and rolled fenders.

The coupe gets sold in a couple days hopefully. My first priority is getting the wheels in since they're a 6-8 week wait.

[NismoZRS]

single slammer?? wtf.. throw that in the garbage where it belongs lol... but yea i want my cars body to look like yours.. whats that lip you got on it

[jdm_dean]

i saw it says 'Chuki skirts'

they look damn good, i'd like a pair for my coupewhere do they come from exactly? oem s14 chuki skirts?

[simmode1]

where do they come from exactly? oem s14 chuki skirts?

Wow... There is no S14 chuki. These skirts were from the 'middle/Chuki' model of the 180sx. 180sx kouki skirts are different and i don't think there is a 180sx Zenki side skirt.

Seach ebay for OEM 240sx sideskirts. They're everywhere.

[Chris28]

JDM 180sx chuki skirts. Not type-x, and they hang lower than the very similar s13 silvia skirts.

[240sxJoe91]

Nice...Love your car.

[Dittoz7]

Wanna See The New Wheels Already On It!

[fourLUG_hero]

Why keep bumping this thread?

This car is back to all stock stuff. Stock height with factory wheels. Now my winter daily driver while I gather and gather and gather parts.

First thing I bought: