probably need to workout pare. lol

 

lol...prolly...

what is your car sittin on..

 

lol. stock blown shocks and tein s-techs still.

 

You don't have to do anything special with the fronts, you just need top hats from your stock suspension. I'd either go for the tein basics, or the F&F's

 

yeah i was thinking f&f too...the price is right..lol....

air suspension was my ideal. being able to lift when i need to...but after talking to many people that have air in their rides, they all say that the ride is pretty sh*tty...but they all have american cars or euros..

 

lol, to crappy rides on air!!!

 

I want air

 

so im thinking about painting the rims all black and so with the trim around the windows...what do you guys think?...or should i just leave the rims as they are...im really into that murdered look but think it might be too much..

 

too much

 

Murdered out is whack to me

I'd keep it simple and clean

 

okay..yeah i figured....i guess ill just have to repaint the spokes then...i got 2 of the rims that arent as nice and shiny as the other 2...

yeah its bad enough that my car is a cop magnet. with a big ass samoan lookin filipino driving it...dont need the extra attention...although i dunno if i can avoid that now.hahahah

 

Koni Yellows and Ground Control coilovers with custom rates all day.

 

 

lol when youre profiled as much as i am you learn to just try to avoid even the SMALLEST run in with police (even tho i work with them on a daily basis at the high school)..


anyway...


so my car kinda hiccuped the other week. i have remote start on my car...i was out running errands and after running my first errand i get out of the store and try to start my car from the remote. started fine..then it died...kinda weird..ive never had that happen to me before..i had a full tank of gas and have recently changed the oil, flushed transmission fluid..you know..kind of your regular maintenance. so i get in my car and start it up....it dropped below 1000 rpm and died again...i had to give it some gas to be able to stay on...if i let go of the gas it would just die. so i gave it enough gas to stay above 2000 rpm so i can put it in to reverse and not die. after i got it into reverse it would run fine..im pretty sure the oil, transmission fluid, and gas had nothing to do with it but i got kinda scared cause its never happened to me before...any thoughts on what it might be?...im always good at warming up my car in the morning and trying to do all the regular maintenance...its kinda weird...

 

Listen pare. You should know big Samoan look Filipino in most cases on the west coast is pretty much a fat Mexican possibly illegal in some people's eye. Can't avoid it at all but



Tranny flush

Drain and fill buddy.

 

really?...damn..i happened to be at one of those oil places so i got my oil changed and since i knew the dude he just hooked me up with that flush.

but yeah that thing i was talking about kinda freaked me out cause i thought my car was gonna die. lol..i mean its fine now and hasnt done it since but im afraid to drive long distances cause i feel like it might happen again...

 

Flush

 

so i got my coil overs today. havin my boy install them tomorrow and while the cars in the shop im hoping to get my fenders rolled and do a bit of spot painting (my boy does everything lol). currently lookin for a set of 18's that would look koo so i might be puttin my current rims up for sale....rims are such a pain in the ass to look for...theres so much to choose from...and i dont wanna copy anyone on the board or anything hahah....

anyone got any good suggestions as far as websites yall ordered from? i been lookin on craigs in my area but havent found anything that fits the car. and then theres staggered or flush (well as flush as our cars can get atleast) or just kinda your average look...man now i know how the ol'lady feel when shes tryin to pick out shoes or purses...hahah

 

you can go on vrwheels but most of those need refinishing.

 

holy shit, I finally get to see the kit on after all these years! Got any pics of the rear from further back?

 

HOLY SHIT WHAT UP JUSTIN!!!...hahahahaha....lemme see if i can dig one up...car is in the shop right now gettin it lowered and such..haha

 

dont have any at the moment..but when i get the car back ill clean it and then post em. lol...good to see you again bro

 

good shit man, can't wait for those pics!

 

okay so im having a hell of a time finding rims. our bolt pattern isnt very popular is it. haha..i mean it is ..but for the rims that im finding that i like, theyre all in 4x100 or in a 5 lug pattern. ive searched the boards and chris i know you had an adapter custom made?...hows that working?

anyway so i went ebay to search for adapters and such. i found a 4x100 to 4x114.3 adapter...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4x100-4x4-5-...061#vi-content

this would work right? if i wanted to change my bolt pattern to 4x100?...id need to get 4 of these?...

and since it looks like this is sort of like a spacer, how would that work as far as the offset of the rims im looking for?...currently (i just saw pictures of my car as it sits now) im tucking pretty good on all four..

 

usually people go up in lugs, not smaller in diameter. unless the rims you are looking for are one of a kind,ultra rare ones. Besides that 4x100 rims are usually 16"s

Other than that imo, i don't trust spacers as i have seen what happen when not torqued in correctly.

 

yeah i figured about the rim size that come with 4x100....and plus, according to cocoa in the thread that came up in the search, conversions are pricey. man...our bolt pattern is so limiting. there are so many dope ass rims that come in a 5 AND ONLY 5..lol...bout to just make me some rims out of wood or something...

 

Yes, the odyssey conversion is expensive and time consuming. There are good rims for 4x114 but just hard to find. are you trying to get into the real rim game or knock offs?

 

awww pare it really doesnt matter to me..knock offs or real rims..lol...im not picky. i mean my rims on there now are knocks. ive been lookin on craigs or ebay..even amazon...or just your general google search. found some koo ones on ebay. but not in the price range. not lookin for anything too pricey..cause to be honest im really particular about the tires. and if i spend hella on the rim, im kinda limited on my tires (i gotta do all the maintenance stuff still..planning to change the alternator, timing belt with water pump and thermo. gotta respray, etc etc)...

any suggestions on websites and what not?...my budget for rims is about 7 for the set without tire.

 

you can still get some XXR's new for way less. pm the seller and tell him asianspec from here sent you.

http://stores.ebay.com/sgmotoring

btw all his prices are for 4 rims.

 

is he a friend of yours?

 

okay so i found these....

18 inch rims

i kinda liked these. but i know the offset is wrong.

 

more of a acquaintance. I met him at a SoCal Mega Meet. He owns a 2nd gen and still comes on here from time to time. same user name.

 

fixed. with those specs and if the offset it right. Im sure you have to get fenders pulled and rolled.

 

For that price tag I'd suggest rota wheels, they should run around the $500 range and make replicas of basically every popular wheel.

S13's came in that 4x114.3 bolt pattern, so there are definitely plenty of choices available. What I learned from experience, is you simply have to go to the manufacturer's websites for the wheel in a 4x114.3 bolt pattern you prefer. Ebay is a horrible place to go for wheels in that pattern because it just doesnt sell as frequently.

 

i agree about ebay as well, but for the link i gave you. i have bought from him before and had no problems at all. if you do go with a different brand then yea i would follow what cocoa is saying.

 

Those adapters are 1" thick (if I'm reading their add correctly), so your hub would effectively sit 1" (25.4mm) closer to the fender. Which means you would have to add that from your typical offset to get to where you actually want to be (my knowledge of wheels and offsets is limited, but I believe the last statement to be correct, if I'm wrong someone please correct me).

Ex. If you wanted a +10 offset wheel without the spacer, you would want a +35 offset wheel with the spacer.

 

so the car is lowered..lowered so low that i cant drive it without it scraping fender lining hahah. im getting it raised a bit though next week. but i just bought these today with tires...



next up next month (hopefully if i still have enough money after vegas at the end of this month and buying my girls engagement ring) shave, and respray with a blacker black than what i have already.

 

brought my car for paint. wont have it for a month. also got my rims in today. ordered my license plate as well..hahahaha "SANJOCL"...

 

Damn that shiz is dumped

 

yeah bro it was a painful ride back to the shop. lol...least the car didnt smoke as much from the tire rubbing fender liner hahahahha....but east side sj streets are the friendliest for cars that ride low. i dont know how the lowriders do it...hahah....

i miss my car already..and i think i mightve left a sandwich in there from 2 days ago....