Mmmmmmmm looks good Tyler!!!

 

That's an awesome setup!

 

Thanks, man...
I've been very happy with the Sumitomo tires...I wonder how they stack up.
Anyway, congrats, man...looks phenomenal.

 

^ Bad comparison, but we had Sumitomo HTR A/S P02 on our Civic & I was really surprised with how well they handled. A little loud road noise wise, but have also heard from other users that they've had good results with them as well.

 

Not gonna lie... I pop into this thread every so often and you guys motivate me to look around CL and eBay for an early AP2. I'm sure I could convince the wife to let me drop $15k-$17k on another car

 

I wish it looked like this outside here.

 

Meanwhile it's 42F with 20mph+ winds here and all the leaves are gone.

Officially hatte you.

 

Thanks bruh!

I'd imagine Sumitomo tires are much better in the wet & in all temperatures. Not only that, you'll probably get double the life

While I love these things so far, the RS3s do one thing great and it's only when it's dry & they're warmed up

 

Taking over J's duty of pic whoring

One more:

 

well he has got his hands full now so someone's gotta!!

 

What are his hands full of?

 

 

and not ?

 

Johnny...

Thanks Tyler...looking great, man...your car looks fantastic with the chunky rubber.

 

Ah that's only two fingers

 

Hey guys...in case you feel like tackling your dash bulbs...
I ended up posting in s2k since all the older and OP pic links were broken.

Not too hard to do, but definitely not something I'd want to have to revisit by doing LED. Dave, you sure you checked your start button with key in ignition? That's the only time it comes on.

here it is all out...


here are the bulbs and assembly out for the main bulbs


should have done this first, had to pop it back in and then I marked which bulbs were bad and which weren't...


on the AC side, you'll need to pop the rear cover off to get at 2 of the bulbs...it makes it a LOT easier to get at the exposed bulbs too.


Here are some of the bulbs...


here's the starter button assembly taken apart to swap the bulb...I almost thought I had an issue, then realized it only lights up with key in ignition and ready to start, NOT with the parking lights like the others.


Here you can see the 4 - 12MM bolts/nuts you'll have to mess with...remove the ones closest to you (nuts)...loosen the ones furthest from you (pictured next)...move the plastic foot vent out of the way by pulling on the black clip...
Follow OP's tip to lower those out as much as possible then thread them back in a bit so you get the most room you can.




Don't forget to put the upper steering assembly cover back in before bolting the column back up...I had to retrace that step.

And now you have all your lighting back...yay.

 

J, if I lived in Florida, I would pay you a monthly fee to take your OCD out on my car(s). I'm too lazy to do shit myself these days lol.

 

lmao...
I need a soft top badly, and I'm not even sure I want to dedicate the time it takes to doing that myself. We all have our limits!

 

+1.

Feel free to stop by any time J!

 

ya fuckers...


and puhlease, you do more work than I do!
I will say though, having a newborn will slow my shit down quite a bit.

 

So from an 11/10 to just a 10/10?

 

lmao!

 

What Zee Phuck. I leave Azine for a few months and come back to you expecting a baby?! I thought we had a future planned out together.

Just kidding, congrats man! I had no idea!

 

+1, want to come install a few things for me?

Would not even attempt the soft top on my own. The risk of it looking like sh1t is too high and too expensive to not hire it out to someone that knows what they are doing.

You're having a baby?!?!?!?!

Congrats man!

 

I has baby now...as of last Monday, thank you boys!
I'm in love...

Nawww...with the top, it's all in buying the right one and just taking your time. I'm tempted to get a blue OEM one that's on sale for $765...blue on yellow could look cool...but Betty would probably veto and tell me to go black and probably be right...plus the Haartz Stayfast cloth is 100 less and supposedly harder to clean but much more robust and already reinforced in trouble areas.

 

Blue?! That baby is messing with your brain



Fantastic work as always, J!

 

I'll reserve judgement until I see it.

 

It's not the best picture, but I found one.





Those RE30s doeeeee

 

holy shit that looks awesome! Thanks, T!

 

but for real though...

fuck that shit...I need sleep, I'm starting to say some really questionable shit.

I know those are great high end wheels but they do nothing for me.

 

But they're legit!!! Don't run no reps, fuck Vossens /redtext

 

I dont know about the blue top on a yellow car....

 

As a person who's born & raised in San Diego .. there's something unsettling about a yellow & blue car.

 

Not sure if they'll get the Chargers reference





He should get a purple roof... Lakers baby!!

 

I got the reference, although I've never attended a game, that looks like the best venue ever. Whichever stadium is straight down Gascan...



Yeah NO...black top is a for sure.

 

Cue black and yellow song

 

you know wahdidihhhh

 

That yellow with blue top is downright shitty.

 

 

jesus, $23k for a 2005 with 73k on it?