Car looks awesome Kaiii! Spacers will definitely add to the look, the Akatas on ebay are only about $75 a set, and I've never had an issue with mine.

By the way...what method did you use to install the brembo covers?

 

KJ is right-go for the spacers!

 

After two sets of these things falling off, and not being able to come up with a good way to secure it, I decided that pure quantity of RTV/JB Weld might work. I pretty much globbed a HUGE amount of JB Kwik on each cover (like half the tubes) and stuck it to the rear brake caliper so that the bottom flat portion of the caliper cover was flat against the edge of the brake caliper. I also put some of the weld on the top corners of the cover - Pretty much wherever the cover would make contact with the caliper, I put a blob of weld. We'll see how long this holds haha

I am considering going with the Akata spacers, but still debating if I want 15mm front / 20mm rear, or 20mm for all 4. Also, I'm thinking that even with the stock 17" wheels I may need to roll fenders. I called a local shop to get an estimate and they told me it would be $75 per CORNER. (that's $300 total...much more than I expected). I don't trust myself with doing this myself so this puts me in a bit of a bind.

Do you guys think I'd need to roll the fronts if I have 15mm spacers on the front? In the mean time, I'll be looking for a shop around me that can do the fenders for a more reasonable price...

Edit: Stupid questions, but do I need to roll fenders after installing spacers (so I know how much to roll) or beforehand? Also, I DO probably need to roll fenders if I want 15mm/20mm spacers right (esp. the rears)? Like it'll rub for sure?

 

Woah! $75 a corner?! That's insane. Try finding a local shop that works on a lot of imports and such.

As for rolling, really depends on how low you are.

Refer to Predatorbird's post on the previous page.

 

Yeah its so pricey , I'll keep looking around

I'm referencing Adam's setup as an example but part of me is hoping I can get away with as little rolling, etc as possible since I have stock 17s instead of 18" Aspecs haha. Looks like it's inevitable though

 

found a place not terribly far away that can do it for $130

 

 

As far as I know from the comments people made around here
20mm doesn't rub with stockies, and same with 15mm for front

 

Awesome, Kaiii!

 

This is exactly right. 15's on the front and 20's on the back will work fine for you.

 

Oh. Guess I totally misunderstood LOL
I guess I'll just get the spacers and go from there ._.

Thanks guys!

 

Kaiii - I'm getting ready to purchase my Tein SA setup. Question, did you use your existing Type S top hats? Healtoe has the option of base tophats and TLS tophats. I don't want to use existing as I want the set delivered complete, but I'm not sure what the difference between base and type s hats are? Actually I guess anyone can answer this. What's the preferred Tein SA setup for a Type S (base or type s tophats)?

 

EATSLEEPRACE ordered Base top hats because he said they were softer, I'm not sure if that's really true or not.

I ordered base top hats because I have a base (but I ordered OEM parts, not through Heeltoe) and fully assembled the coil with new parts.

It makes the install a little easier because you don't have to take apart your OEM suspension to rob it for parts.

Just depends though, if you'd rather save some money, reuse your parts. My top hats still looked okay with 90~k miles.

 

Thanks , did you need a spring compressor to assemble the tophats?

 

Nope

 

Austin is correcto. I just reused my current TL-S top hats, which looked to be in great condition at 80k- everything worked out perfectly for me.

Of course as mentioned it's easier to order new ones so you don't need to disassemble the oem ones, however I hardly think that dropping a couple hundred dollars to cut out about twenty minutes of work is worth it. If your top hats look OK, reuse them

 

The extra parts are around $130~

I figured new suspension, new parts to go with, right?

 

Yeah I'm just poor lol

 

What shop did you get quoted for the fender rolling?

 

Hi Mav
It's RMS Rolling and Coating in Fremont

 

CHeck out Z Performance in fremont they do rolling for lower price...... 35 -55 a fender

 

I just went through your thread buddy and I have to say, your car has come a longgg way....

looking great....eager for more pix/progress...

 

I'll call them for a quote as well if I end up needing it, thx bud- But, 35*4 = 140, which is > 130 haha

Thx Anil, it's pretty much thanks to the wealth of info on AZ. Hopefully much more is still to come!

Trying to find a time to install the V2 and spacers soon - either a J-Pipe or wheels might come later this year

 

looks very nice

 

$130 for all 4?

 

^yeah, you can buy them when u buy the coils and you'll probably save on the shipping, etc

 

zoostation, I have the ISC N1 coils and I cudnt be happier...

am not sure on the price on them currently, but they come preassembled with top hats/etc...

also I dont think Tein utilizes the right way of lowering the car...as you lower the car on Tein, it makes the spring travel more and hence a mushier ride....where as in ISC, the preload is preset....you dont mess with the spring to lower the car, you rotate the threaded body in the shock body....

with that said, I had tein on my car for about 80-85K miles and I cudnt be happier...they rode well....but recently I swapped out to ISC N1's and the ride quality was instantly different....the car feels more planted, since the spring preload is not touched, you can see the difference when you go between dampening setups...also when you lower the car for summer and raise her back up for winter, you dont miss the ride quality (in the summer)....

I just drove my car last night after a week or so and how I miss driving her

 

I bought my coils from Heeltoe and the other OEM parts from my local dealership. (I work at a dealer so we get a discount when I put it under the work's name.)

Otherwise, look at oemacuraparts.com

 

^ or that yeah

I do hear great things about the ISC's as well! If I was able to slam the car I'd probably have considered them more. The bay area's already a dangerous place for my car haha

 

^^^ ohh they just mailed me the shorter shafts....I installed them on Chris's (twiggulus) car and he is tucking tire and can possibly go another 2 inches lower

the new shorts shafts are the bombbbbb !!!

 

Thanks swoosh. I'm going to check this option out and probably hit you up with a few questions later.

 

anytime bud...

 

too bad we're not all in the same place, then you could test drive both setups

 

 

Hey guys,

Added 15F/20R Akatas this last week and the results were great. No rubbing, thanks all for the advice!













CBP is an amazing color.

Also slapped on the AEM V2 Loving the sound at high RPM's.


Updated List of Mods:

Exterior:
-Front Type-S A-Spec Kit
-Rear Type-S A-Spec Kit
-Tint 35% all around
-Moleskin
-M3 style Roof Spoiler
-Red Front Brembo Calipers
-Single Pot Rear Caliper Covers
-Type-S Mini-badge on front grille
-Debadged Rear/Trunk

Performance:
-AEM V2 Cold Air Intake

Suspension/Wheels:
-Tein Street Advance
-Progress RSB
-Akata 15F/20R Wheel Spacers
-Acura Red Stem Caps

Lighting:
-Custom Headlights by JnC (Blacked out V2, ZKW-R)
-Nokya 2500K Hyper Yellow Fogs
-Yellow Lamin-X Fog Light Film
-iJDMTOY 921 6000K Backup LED
-White License Plate LED's
-Interior White LED Conversion

Interior/Electronics:
-RAZO Carbon Fiber Shift Knob
-Kinivo Bluetooth HFL/Audio

 

SO clean

 

^

 

Effin SICK bud...looks very well done

 

Perfect Kaiii-now, on to the engine bay.

 

Nice!!