I'm wondering what to do first. Probably something small. New headlights? Front lip? Got new tires for stock rims, so it's not a good time to do different tires and rims.

I've got a K&N air filter.

Could do the NGK Iridium plugs with colored wires.

 

welcome. id do suspension other than things that maybe need fixing. with an 11 year old car its probably time to replace atleast the shocks

 

^ and bushings

 

And the timing belt / water pump service if it hasn't been done already.

 

Welcome! I'd say regular maintenance 1st, and then front lip and suspension

 

HID's first, night time illumination with stock halogens sucks balls...
then other boring regular maintenance stuff mentioned

 

Timing belt and water pump... DONE!
Regular maintenance... DONE!
Detail... DONE!
K&N Air Filter... DONE!

Today, I added blue day running lights for $4.00 and put in a new bright bulb on the driver's side. Funny thing is the bulb on the driver's side was missing... and I've never taken it out!!??

Did some research on dropping it. Need advice on this cause I don't know where to start. I've looked at $700 kits and also been advised it can be done for as little as $300. How would dropping it look or work with my new tires and stock rims? Would that work until next summer when I can buy new wheels and tires?

I need to remove the header heat guard which is ugly in hopes of someday getting chrome headers and new Magnaflow exhaust.

 

there are some coilovers that are around 700 bucks. id say the shocks would be in the 300 range more than the springs. Dropping the car will increase handling, but lowering the car can also add more camber depending how low you go. which would lessen the lifespan of your tires. as for looks you can find that on the photography sections.

 

You can do it for less, but especially with having stock rims/tires and potential to change rim and tire sizes later, you're really better off getting an adjustable height coilover so you can adapt as needed

 

I think this is one of the most important and most overlooked part of the cl.


start with suspension. coilovers are great, but you will lose comfort. Sway bars are amazing as well.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

:wink:

So pumped.

 

I've been preachin it for years brother

Glad you picked em up Luke, good price and definitely a plus that they come with top hats

 

im really sketchy about buying tein's off of ebay since they are sooo many knock offs out there.

 

Paypal dispute FTW

last time i did that i got to keep the fake product AND got my money back!

 

Basically, I want mine to look like yours!

 

sure, have a different color side mirror, cf hood that doesn't really want to hold, bouncy springs, and get side swiped in the back. then it will look like mine.

all in all. i only have Tein S-techs on stock stocks.( our shocks aren't really ment for any aftermarket springs so at one point you will have to replace it.) i think my car goes another 2 inches when im sitting in it since 3 of the shocks are blown.

 

So lowering changes the camber and makes the tire wear on the inside? That would make sense. I don't want to run on the insides of my tires.

What is considered barely lowering? 1 inch?
What is medium lowering? 2 inches?
What is heavy lowering? 2.5 or more inches?

 

im about 2 in with the tein S-techs which is a good size drop, i can still go over bumps without going sideways for now.

 

Okay...

I want these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KSPOR...#ht_2085wt_894

I don't know much about any of this right now, but these sound like the top of the line.



But I've got to save up.

 

If your at 2 inches, then that is good for me. Maybe 1.6".

What does going sideways mean?

 

angling your car so you don't bottom out on a speed bump.

I think you should go with Tein's, some people don't like it, but its the closest setup that you can get an OEM feeling. The Tein Basics are cheaper, but the people who do go with tein's go with SS's

K-sports, i heard were a harsh ride(meaning stiff) and looking at your age i don't think you want back pain added.

 

HOLY SPRING RATES BATMAN!!! those are about 3x stiffer than stock so depending on what your looking for/how good your health insurance is you may want to look into the teins. but if you dont mind the stiff springs then go for it

 

ill post my thoughts on the Tein Basics once they arrive
570USD shipped.. so fn excited!@

 

Yeah, ksports are stiff