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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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Ya so yesterday we decided hey Dragon meet ..... Great ride up there but on the way back my friend flipped his 96 GSR integra. ive never seen a car flip infront of me like that before but wow! scary. and then on the way back i hit .... tapped my other friends integra messing his bumer up

The reason for this post is........MY CAR HANDLES LIKE SHIT!

im up for everyones opinion on how to make my car ride the turns alittle better.

keep in mind...its my daily driver..... i have mountain like speedbumps at my apartment complex. and a job.

so far i have Eibach Pro-Kit, Struts and Springs. 18" x 8" wheels, with a 225 40 18 tire.

want to know more about sway bars, and anything else to help my car handle better
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 03:10 PM
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Sways will keep the car flater in conners.
if you were pushing your car while going into a high speed bend
You will feel like the back getting lighter and begin to twist like before fishtailing out of control.
With the sway it will tighten the rear roll and you will be able to push your cars limits a little farther than before you reach the point where you would fishtail out of control on the same bend.

Just my wording
pics of the wreck?

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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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Pics or it didnt happen.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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ok to finish the story....... i was 2 cars behind the car that flipped.... we pulled it away from the edge of the mountain. then i cut the windshield out of the car with a knife and then we drove it down the mountain im waiting on US129 photos to put up pics to show yall.
here is wat i got so far
The start to the day~ some CL-S Love...my car!

this is a before of the integra

about 20 mins later




The aftermath






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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 03:40 PM
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the last sunroof pic was the pic before it flipped.... im waiting on US129 photos to get the High quality ones
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 03:44 PM
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we had i think 21 cars up there most were older hondas a coupe new ones an S2000 RSX and some 350Z's
and civicdrivr it happened!
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 03:52 PM
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I've driven that road before with some of the AZ guys and it is a blast. You learn your cars limits up there, I know I did and I almost lost it.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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my brakes are toasted right now!!!! im actually going to replace them here in a minute
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Hmm. I guess it did happen.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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here are the pics of us driving it back!




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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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I have never heard of a car flipping over and then continuing to drive again like that.

Holy Sh#t!


That'll buff out just get a couple of ShamWow's.....
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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oh and get a rear sway bar. I felt the same or more of difference with that than lowering the car.... and i have the Eibach Pro kit like you!
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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make sure you invest in some good sticky summer tires.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:10 PM
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crazy..
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 11:28 PM
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How the hell did he flip?
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 11:31 PM
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id be so sad
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:05 AM
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i know how. there is only one way to flip a car like this. he let of on the curve and his back sliped and went on the grass then fliped

i have CT RSB and it is best handling improvment ever
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by StreetKA
i know how. there is only one way to flip a car like this. he let of on the curve and his back sliped and went on the grass then fliped

i have CT RSB and it is best handling improvment ever
I have it/ and yes
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 08:22 AM
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He flipped the car just like that.....tried to cut a curve and the back slid out and poped over a lip on the side of the road. and fliped slid and rolled back over inches from the edge of the cliff. luck to be alive.

here are some pics of my car up on the road thanks to US129 and photoshop.....lol









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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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Thats some Crazy Azz Sh** man. Glad to see he was ok and didnt really get hurt. What did the Cops Say bout this?
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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Yea, Im surprised the cops let him drive away with it.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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It's a sudo-luxary car, it's never gonna handle that well.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
Yea, Im surprised the cops let him drive away with it.
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Thats some Crazy Azz Sh** man. Glad to see he was ok and didnt really get hurt. What did the Cops Say bout this?

The cops caught us at the bottom. we left the scene where it flipped.
To say it in simple terms... It was a UR NOT F*CK#NG driving that car another foot.
they tried to take him to jail. didnt happen, tried to give all us tickets...didnt happen, he pretty much got a failure to provide proof of insurance citation and thats it. we all played stupid and said it was a patch of salt in the road.

and to put a funny part in id say 4 or 5 cops passed us before one noticed that car had no windshield/ and wrecked all to hell and turned around after us.
overall id say it was One hell of a weekend

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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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i wouldnt have called the cops either. u guys are good for backing him up
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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Dont try to tell me that you dont have a video from Tail Of The Dragon
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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x2 on vids. also, what is your buddy doing with his car?
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 03:08 PM
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i Hate to say this but as of right now i dont have any videos. i went solo up there. my GF hates that kind of driving. i had a tripod mount for my camera so i would film from my passenger seat but i forgot it at home. i do have a video from about a minute before the crash. i will have to get it from the girls camera who was riding in the car that crashed.

also we have pics of the car seconds after the flip im just waiting to get them from the girl in the silver 350Z that went up there with us

next time i go up i will film it all one of those sticky camers from the wheel and bumper. and interior. a couple friends do that motor cycle stunts and have the cameras for thier bikes that im going to use
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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oh and he already has another integra shell. we got it to him last night. and he has been switchn parts all day and tonight we r putting the motor in it. ill be putting pic of the new one up as soon as we get it finished. should look good with the type-r integra spoiler and lip kit.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 03:22 PM
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you really guys keep his back. NICE !!

for me The Tail of the dragon is like Mekka for Muslim... i will have to go there someday this summer
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by StreetKA
you really guys keep his back. NICE !!

for me The Tail of the dragon is like Mekka for Muslim... i will have to go there someday this summer

if anyone wants to go i live 30 mins from there! its swag!!!! and knoxville has a nice car scene and ur always welcome at my place
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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yea i had a close call like this but i got really lucky that night. glad hes still in progress. ive never seen a integra flip but hey im young i guess.
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 06:52 AM
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ive never seen one flip either but when it did i went from hell ya fun to holy sh*t r u ok and lockn them up!
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 11:21 AM
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hey everyone from the east close to Tennessee... there is a huge dragon meet from another side on april 25th-27th. anyone on here down for that?
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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check the regions lol cuz im in D.C. but sounds fun.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Im chimming in a little late glad to see everyones ok

but HOW THE HELL IS THE SUNROOF NOT BROKEN! thats some weird shit
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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also, the atlzine (hardest social group ) is going to the dragon around april, check the southeast region
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MrFluffy
Im chimming in a little late glad to see everyones ok

but HOW THE HELL IS THE SUNROOF NOT BROKEN! thats some weird shit
dude i have seen that 2 times now. my friends RSX and this integra.....must be some JDM glass
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Nicks01CL-S
dude i have seen that 2 times now. my friends RSX and this integra.....must be some JDM glass
LOL The wind shield must have been Domestic LOL
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