first time pics: its "INSPIRED"
09-20-2005 | 05:43 PM
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Your car looks good! I like the bumper/parking light. The junkyard near my house got in a RHD Saber, but when I got there someone had already taken most of the good parts off the car. Wondering if it was you?
Where in CA are you located?
Where in CA are you located?
09-20-2005 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by duy
Your car looks good! I like the bumper/parking light. The junkyard near my house got in a RHD Saber, but when I got there someone had already taken most of the good parts off the car. Wondering if it was you?
Where in CA are you located?
Where in CA are you located?
no its not me... i've had this conversion stuff on for at least 6 months now, just been waiting for paint and wheels, etc.
i'm in socal area towards the coast.
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09-20-2005 | 07:02 PM
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haha i knew the questions would start flying in!!
yes that is a JDM grille and unfortunately you can only get that to fit on if you have the JDM bumper. which is why you see so many guys with the inspire emblems but still the "A" badging.
that antenna is called the bumper parking pole; its just a quirk that only comes in japan. basically the spaces are so tight out there that they use this pole as sort of a "guide" to help them parallel park. me personally i dont really care for it but it came with the bumper i bought so what the hell
i'd much rather have the new thing they have out now where you have mini cameras installed into the front and rear bumpers 
i'd dump it too but i'm running some pretty wide wheels so it would cause serious rubbage if i did
yes those are work meister S2Rs they are 18x8 and 18x9 all +47. got them with yoko AVS tires 225/40 and 255/35. i know the rears are ridiculously wide but its not too bad so far, just rubs a little bit on hard bumps or turns.
that should pretty much sum up the mod list, i basically did the full JDM inspire kit conversion and added wheels and call it a day. its my daily so i'm not about to run intakes exhausts or anything crazy. only other thing i may do is the navi add on but still debating....
thanks for all the comments guys
yes that is a JDM grille and unfortunately you can only get that to fit on if you have the JDM bumper. which is why you see so many guys with the inspire emblems but still the "A" badging.
that antenna is called the bumper parking pole; its just a quirk that only comes in japan. basically the spaces are so tight out there that they use this pole as sort of a "guide" to help them parallel park. me personally i dont really care for it but it came with the bumper i bought so what the hell
i'd much rather have the new thing they have out now where you have mini cameras installed into the front and rear bumpers i'd dump it too but i'm running some pretty wide wheels so it would cause serious rubbage if i did
yes those are work meister S2Rs they are 18x8 and 18x9 all +47. got them with yoko AVS tires 225/40 and 255/35. i know the rears are ridiculously wide but its not too bad so far, just rubs a little bit on hard bumps or turns.
that should pretty much sum up the mod list, i basically did the full JDM inspire kit conversion and added wheels and call it a day. its my daily so i'm not about to run intakes exhausts or anything crazy. only other thing i may do is the navi add on but still debating....
thanks for all the comments guys
09-20-2005 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by noleaf74
why would u stagger a fwd car? this never ceases to amaze me when people do this. jdm bumper looks great but, the back wheels stickin out just messes up the look
it seems like ur front lip sticks out weird at the ends of the front bumper, still clean as hell....
how much that bumper run u?
09-21-2005 | 11:42 AM
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thanks again for all the comments
i got a deal on the wheels (bought them used) so that is why it was staggered... of course if i had a choice i would buy the same all around but this was not too far off so what the hell... plus i was dead set on some sort of work wheels
it really doesn't even stick out at all... just like barely 1/2" out from the fender so all i did was roll the fenders and no more rubbage i bet if i run 245/35 on the rear it wont rub at all!! but that's what the tires came with so i cant complain....
i have eibach pro kit so i think its a 1.5" drop.... i was thinking when i have to get new tires next time i was going to change to coilovers and dump it... or has anyone had experience with cutting half a coil off springs like mine?
i work at www.passwordjdm.com so that is how i got all this stuff.... i cant say how much (i'm sure you guys can kind of imagine lol) but i can say that this was REALLY HARD to find all intact like this with no damage... i wouldnt try to look for it again that's for sure!!
BTW what does inspire tails look like? i just upgraded to 02 ones and i thought that's what it is?
i got a deal on the wheels (bought them used) so that is why it was staggered... of course if i had a choice i would buy the same all around but this was not too far off so what the hell... plus i was dead set on some sort of work wheels
it really doesn't even stick out at all... just like barely 1/2" out from the fender so all i did was roll the fenders and no more rubbage i bet if i run 245/35 on the rear it wont rub at all!! but that's what the tires came with so i cant complain....i have eibach pro kit so i think its a 1.5" drop.... i was thinking when i have to get new tires next time i was going to change to coilovers and dump it... or has anyone had experience with cutting half a coil off springs like mine?
i work at www.passwordjdm.com so that is how i got all this stuff.... i cant say how much (i'm sure you guys can kind of imagine lol) but i can say that this was REALLY HARD to find all intact like this with no damage... i wouldnt try to look for it again that's for sure!!
BTW what does inspire tails look like? i just upgraded to 02 ones and i thought that's what it is?
09-22-2005 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Inspired
thanks again!!
but anyone knows what the jdm inspire tail lights look like? i've searched and cant really see the difference?
but anyone knows what the jdm inspire tail lights look like? i've searched and cant really see the difference?
well on the surface, they look the same. but the reflector is different within the red part. I think REV-01 posted a thread showing the difference a while back.
09-23-2005 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by fog80
what kind of camera do you have, those pictures are sharp!
i didnt take the pictures, dont know what it is... its some expensive ass $2000 canon or something like that lol
11-10-2005 | 06:47 PM
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Beautiful car.
Just a suggestion, though -- put the wider wheels in the front for less understeer, and the front doesn't have as much suspension travel as the rear, so it would rub less.
Just a suggestion, though -- put the wider wheels in the front for less understeer, and the front doesn't have as much suspension travel as the rear, so it would rub less.