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Old 06-05-2016, 07:07 PM
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Overcompensating much..
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Old 06-05-2016, 07:56 PM
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Even I want an ST. It's all the car I need rolled into one!
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Old 06-05-2016, 11:21 PM
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Old 06-06-2016, 06:38 AM
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Dude, it's a spacious 4 door, and an SUV, and a manual with tuning turbo, and probably decent on gas.
The thing sounds like a MONSTER too.
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Dude, it's a spacious 4 door, and an SUV, and a manual with tuning turbo, and probably decent on gas.
The thing sounds like a MONSTER too.
Id say my buddies' ST gets about 23 mpg, but he has a flat foot. a big one. He also uses the car to go to different businesses for work. With LA traffic. its not bad at all.
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Old 06-07-2016, 06:23 AM
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Old 06-07-2016, 08:30 AM
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I get pretty good gas mileage! I drive pretty spiritedly, plus with Chicago traffic.

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Old 06-07-2016, 09:06 AM
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I get pretty good gas mileage! I drive pretty spiritedly, plus with Chicago traffic.

Is that mixed? I average that on the highway.
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Old 06-08-2016, 08:28 AM
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Is that mixed? I average that on the highway.
Combined. And I drive about 90% city streets. It's pretty great!
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Old 06-08-2016, 06:53 PM
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Old 06-09-2016, 08:01 AM
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Yes sir...
I actually like these more!
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Dude, that car sounds SO aggressive with the spooling and whoosh and blowjoboff valves.
Sexy, man...very.
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Old 06-09-2016, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Dude, that car sounds SO aggressive with the spooling and whoosh and blowjoboff valves.
Sexy, man...very.
Thanks, buddy. We should made a video of launch control. I have it set to 3k right now. I think my highest setting is 4k and it sounds crazy!
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Old 06-09-2016, 10:28 AM
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Yes sir...
I actually like these more!
I agree. These photos are tits.
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Old 06-09-2016, 10:40 AM
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Johnny got skills!
He loves going slower!

Launch Control sounds awesome!
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Originally Posted by Predatorbird
Thanks, buddy. We should made a video of launch control. I have it set to 3k right now. I think my highest setting is 4k and it sounds crazy!
The go pro mounted would have made for some sick video...
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Johnny got skills!
He loves going slower!

Launch Control sounds awesome!
Slow and steady wins the race!


Thanks guys Can't take all the credit though, J did all the post processing!
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Old 06-09-2016, 11:58 AM
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Pbird's car is even better in person. Ford did a great job on this hot hatch
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I saw a white ST on the highway with red mudflaps that looked great. Really complemented the car well.
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Old 07-09-2016, 08:20 PM
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I wasn't planning on doing coilovers anytime soon, but a local member of my ST group was selling lightly used Bilstein B14's for a price I couldn't pass up. These only have 5k miles because he was scraping really bad pulling into work every day. His loss is my gain! I ordered front swaybar adj endlinks tonight. Once those arrive, I'll contact my guy about getting these installed. I also picked up used set of 25mm wheel spacers yesterday. I was running a 15/20 setup and switched it to 20/25 to sit more flush. My fenders are already rolled, so tires clear without any rubbing. I didn't take any pics of the spacers installed.


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Old 07-09-2016, 08:27 PM
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Awwwww yeah
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Fuck yes, Adam!

Yeah Tyler, when will you get some sort of a deal on quality coilovers you can't pass up for the S2000?!?! Maybe some H&R?
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Old 07-10-2016, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Fuck yes, Adam!

Yeah Tyler, when will you get some sort of a deal on quality coilovers you can't pass up for the S2000?!?! Maybe some H&R?
You see, even Jeremy knows what's up! I'm talking about lowering the S2000 in general.
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LOL...it was a low blow about a deal on the same coilovers I had for $400 he skipped out on because wifey was against it. Normally they're $1100ish.
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Old 07-10-2016, 09:00 AM
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LOL...it was a low blow about a deal on the same coilovers I had for $400 he skipped out on because wifey was against it. Normally they're $1100ish.
What!?? How could he pass that up? I paid $600 for mine and thought that was a great deal.
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Don't even get me started...I already told him I wouldn't give him a hard time because he felt dumb af for passing on it.
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Trust me, I'm not pleased about passing those up

Hopefully by the end of the year I'll haz moar low.
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I'll keep my eyes peeled for you. Hopefully you won't be a huge bitch again this time.
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LMAO...
didn't expect you to check back so quickly!
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Excellent coils. Great deal, and enjoy!
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Tyler's are good at passing up good deals

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lmao...
you know i hadn't made that connection yet.
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Not only that, we're dicks for not lowering our cars
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Yeah, but you DE lowered your car. So pretty clearly you're the worst.
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Yours is ruined TylerT. Best sell it ASAP
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I'm going to have some problems getting into my driveway once the coils are installed. The front lip just barely clears as it sits right now.

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What's the problem? Barely clearing is still clearing
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