awesome ride karkraze!

 

Had to come back for a 2nd look at those door sills!

 

Few more weeks before i install the rears,the weather is still crappy.I also have a few more mods to complete when i bring the car out. for the better weather soon.

BTW Steven,congrats and best wishes,saw you on the Corvette Forum.

 

I had some time today and decided to start the install of the rear sills,well what a PITA!!! I had to remove the rear seat to access the wiring to the door switch.

Rear seat removed



Few pics of the installed part





I will take some more pictures later,rear seat is still out,leaving it for another day lol.

 

Wow noce

 

Looks great. Where did you buy the illuminated door sills?

 

Thank you.
They are not available for sale, i made them and posted details in the previous page (page 15).

 

The rears look good KK. Now, get a final shot(s) of all 4!

 

Sorry about my lack of photo skills Steven,i can't get all four but this should suffice.

 

Super cool! Love the door sills.

 

Looks very nice I like it

 

Damn that's cool!

 

Thank you all for the compliments,it took a while to complete this project but i also am quite happy with the end results.

Finally took the car out of storage this week and it feels great to drive it again.

I have a few more mods planned which will be completed in the coming weeks,for starters i took off the Takeda SRI and i have to say i am really liking the car without it.

 

Dude, I think your photo skills are great! Well done.....

 

that's some inspirational stuff right there. simply awesome.

 

What's your house number again so I can come steal those sills ?

 

I race you

 

Just out of curiosity, why do you like the car without the SRI? I've heard many reasons why people don't buy them, but never heard of someone who had removing it. Interested to hear your feedback.

 

Area 51

Lol, Carlos would love to do that, got to warn you though, his car is fast.

 

When I purchased the SRI, it was the only option available, I took it off to replace with the IceBox. ATM, I am running the original and there are a few reasons why I prefer the stock

1. There seemed to be a slight hesitation at higher rpm, around the 6k mark,also at highway cruising speeds if you accelerated it also seemed to bug down a bit at the higher Rpm range.

2. When the outside temp. is colder such as in the morning the car seemed to run better as opposed to the higher temps in the afternoon,I figure after driving for about half an hour in the afternoon the car felt lazy. That doesn't happen in the morning.

3. I actually enjoy the quietness of the stock intake. Because we mid our cars a bit at a time,we tend to forget how it was originally and so going backwards a bit is not always a bad option.

Of course this is just a reflection of how I feel and none of this is meant to be negative of the SRI.

 

Dumb fast

 

Thanks for the write-up, appreciate your opinion

 

First week out and a beautiful Spring morning so i couldn't resist

 

Good pics, KK.

 

Loving that grille!

 

Where were those photos taken? Looks familiar...

 

Kortright Center for Conservation.

 

ahhhhhhh that's right, was there for a photoshoot with a wedding party last year. Beautiful area for car shots!

 

Nothing stays the same for long .

Takeda Sri gone,CT Engineering axle back gone and H&R spring going,it is now time for some other replacement toys

 

Reason why I clicked "thanks" is the shot under the rear seat. I didn't know we had 2 fuel pumps in our cars!

 

Aww shit! It's going down. Nice part upgrades!

The only downside to the Tein coil overs is you have to use some of the oem suspension parts and build them. I don't know why Tein doesn't just spend the extra money and have them complete ready to drop in from the box.

 

Love the A Spec badges and Nexon one off grill!

 

Karkraze, the work you done on your car is truly amazing, really admire your work on the door sills, looking forward to see the suspension work and the spacers. Anything plan for the exhaust. I know you have been doing a lot of thinking what to do with your car while it was parked Lol... I took mine out in April just couldn't wait any longer, the weather is not that great yet.

 

Love the door sills!

 

Ouff. Nice! I'll be waiting for that pulley ahahaha

 

Anxious to see install pics.

 

Actually i am keeping the same drop as with the H&R's.My car only has 20K Kms so the top hats are practically new.


Thanks bud,i know it will be a while but will be waiting to see your pics.


Thank you my friend.That pic is a lightweight stock diameter pulley not spacers.Yes,the weather isn't the best and i had mine on the road two weeks now.No plans for the exhaust.


Me too,lol.


Don`t hold your breath hahaha.


Since i have it at the same drop as the H&R`s i won't post any new pics.I know that slammed is the "in thing" but that just isn't "my thing".

 

I would like to express my thanks to forum members "Potmilkz", "Symply","Pandayo" "HeartTls" and other's that i may have forgotten to mention, for answering my inquiries about the coilovers.

When i originally installed the H&R's, my main focus was to get a decent drop and i ignored the other factors.

Now that i have the Tein SA installed i can honestly say that you gents were right all along.The multitude of adjustment available is worth every cent.After playing around with it for a bit,i have the dampening set at 8F & 7R .

I can't say that i regret the H&R's because it gave me what i was looking for at that time,in retrospect i should have done the coilovers in the beginning because it does take the car to another level.

 

Congrats on all the new mods! Let me know how you like the pulley. It's one of my favorite mods because of how it changes the feel of the car. Coils is the way to go, I also had H&R before SS and I totally agree with your conclusion, H&R are excellent bang for buck, but there's just no comparison. I'm pretty sure the same is true for bags if you get an easy to use setup that's low maintenance.

 

I like the pulley .
For anyone concerned about rough idle,i can't feel any and the car seems to accelerate smoother.