clee109

Hey Min, I think I saw your Nissan parked at the am/pm on BHH today around noonish?

sT04Louis

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Mad JDM...ish?

clee109

That's a wild looking exhaust looks good

sT04Louis

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Yea they have all the bend to make them equal length. Helps with flow and sound.

clee109

Increase in power?

minkl81

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yea thats the store i manage

thats some super nice piping

minkl81

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LED guage cluster light done






HID Conversion & LED parking light
- 5k bulb I ordered was defective and only choice I had left was 8k bulb. Little too blue for me but oh wells..
- 5-LED Amber parking bulbs. I tried white led bulbs too but combination of 8k hid and white led was too blue.




Megan C-Pillar Bar






Clayed & Waxed
Never clayed in my life until today. Amazing to see what clyaing can do to car's paint.
Paint is simiply shiny and very smoooooth like brand new. Also clayed front and rear windshield too and that roughness is gone.

Xpditor

Clay bars do wonders for removing pollutants. I even clay barred my TL one-day old to get the rail dust off from shipping and water spots from rain that was allowed to dry.

Neighbors who don't know what clay bar is were ready to have me committed.

clee109

Clay bar is awesome until your discover a random orbital buffer or for more gnarly jobs, the high speed buffer. Granted you can only high speed a car a couple times in its lifetime the results when done right restore paint to the way it looked when it rolled off the factory line

bluecarbonfiber

its not JDM till there is a hello kitty band aid on it


the lights are bright! do you feel alittle blinded at night driving around?


clay bar does wonders!! ill swear by it!!

bluecarbonfiber

got the coils on the car saturday.. the back end needs to come down a hair.. also need to stiffen the shocks more.. have the front at 18 and the rear at 20.. think i might got 25 in front and 30 in the rear.

minkl81

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guage lights? they are not that bright as in the picture.

and pictures with the coils!!

clee109

did you go lower than 1.75 girly inches? and if there aren't pics it didn't happen.

bluecarbonfiber

i have a 1 finger gap in the front and 2 in the back.. i was hoping it would settle alittle more.. but after the german town drive it still stayed the same so im having to go lower in the rear.. i will try and get a few pictures tonight if not might have to wait till WED cause tomorrow i have evening plans

Xpditor

Yeah. I use the PC random orbital buffer after the clay bar.

sT04Louis

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Used suspension wont settle. It settled on Chris's car.

clee109

Hows the harshness?

bluecarbonfiber

even though i took it apart to clean? for some reason i would of thought it would reseat itself.. i think thats just what ive always been told in the past.. good to know now =) more reason to level the rear end haha



not harsh at all.. infact if anything it feels stiffer then stock but when i hit certain bumps it doesnt have that clunk sound i would of had in the old setup which makes me think that its soft also the wife said it has some bounce travel to it when she drove it today.. (i was backroad driving compaired to her highway driving) so i dont know. maybe i will stiffen it all the way and have her drive it see what she thinks then =)

clee109

You're adjusting with the bottom lock ring too right? don't adjust the spring perches.

minkl81

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still waiting for the pics...

somehow with the k-sport coils, ride just gets bouncier with harder setting. so on my 240, i think i only set them at 7 for both front and rear and now it rides the same as hardest setting with less bounce.

minkl81

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btw... anyone know resonably priced bodyshop?
my jdm sideskirts for 240sx just arrived today and need to get that painted

bluecarbonfiber

pics will have to come tomorrow i didnt have time last night.. i did adjust them to a stiffer setting 30 in the rear and 25 in the front it felt alot stiffer but i feel like a car with chopped springs now so maybe i tightened the springs too much as chris told me yesterday ill have to fiddle with it more this weekend im sure..

clee109

the other thing about the ksports and I don't know if this goes for all applications is that the spring rates are a bit high for the dampers. That leads to a bumpier or bouncier ride. So there isn't a whole lot you can do about a lil bounce than try to get the spring perch readjusted, the spring should not spin on the perch, however; there should be no preload (I could always spin the spring with some elbow grease).

Since you got the set up for free you can always have ksport send you some custom springs that have a lower spring rate and that would make it a whole lot smoother.

bluecarbonfiber

hmm thats an idea.. honestly i dont mind it too much.. the wife is the complainer so all i can do is adjust enough for her till we trade the scion for an Automatic or move closer to her work (possibly both)

sT04Louis

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Unless the spring sat unsprung for a long long long long time.

minkl81

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shit.. painting side skirts aren't cheap..
was expecting around $200 to paint them color matched but most shops want at least $400..
last inquiry was tf customs on cornellius pass and they'll paint it for $150 each side.. so $300 total and it'll be done by thursday

bluecarbonfiber

^shiot!!! got an air compressor? paint it yourself in a garage =)

sT04Louis

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Min were you on 205 in Clackamas last night?

Saw a 240 that was lowered on con-caved wheels in your color. Had exhaust and I think bride seats....not sure if you got those while i was gone or not.

bluecarbonfiber

so did research.. im guessing that i have the setting up too high.. so tonight i am going to turn them down to 5 in the front and 10 in the rear.. also i will take some pics..

minkl81

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i was gonna mix the paint at napa and do it at home but time it takes to do sanding, priming, painting, clear coating... also garage needs to be masked off everywhere...




no, never left beaverton for a while


it'll ride much better and actually pretty soft and comfy for coilovers. and almost no bounce with softer setting.

bluecarbonfiber

have they been painted before? could do just a fine sanding a quick shot of primer then paint and then clear it.. saturday or sunday would be a perfect day since it wont be too hot and its dry..

minkl81

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i'm too lazy these days.. i barely got my ass up yesterday to work on nrg grounding wire system

bluecarbonfiber

changed it to 5 up front and 8 in the rear.. boy that sounds like a porno movie.. haha hopefully the wife concurs its better ..

here are the pics you can deff tell the rear needs to go alittle lower

clee109

Go low how low? Lower than you know.

minkl81

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definitely rear needs to come down little more

bluecarbonfiber

right now i have a loose finger gap up front and 2 finger in the back.. i think ill make a tight 1 finger upfront and the back... so not too low =)

side note level 5 in the front.. level 8 in the rear got the thumbs up from the wife that its mucho better.. so i might make it 6 in the front and 10 in the rear..

bluecarbonfiber

anyone going to the rally raceing this weekend??

saersxlr8

i saw a tsx with gunmetal wheels like yours sometime last week around dusk. it was heading north on brookwood and i was on baseline turnin left onto brookwood. thought maybe it was you but your only in portland area right? it looked lowered for sure.

bluecarbonfiber

i dont think it was me.. although my bro lives right over in that area by the witchazel school i havent been to his place in a couple months if it was me you would know for sure with my grill looking different. i am the only one in the are with a grill like mine.. (that i know of or seen)

clee109

so after alot of bitching my boss replaced my camera. A nice upgrade as well I have to say to a Canon EOS 50D. I am quite grateful.