CasperTL

All those pairs will work, they each just put out a different color. The numbers I provided above are generic sizes. All bulb manufacturers follow generic sizes that auto makers use. Domestic and import don't matter. There are like 10 different size bulbs.

civic4982

what part should I buy now that I made a $100 profit on my nitrous kit?

mantis23

put it towards the SC.

RUF87

Hey Mantis,

Played with another Vet

The guy was being a jerk and kept tailgating me and pulling up to my bumper at the lights. I didn't really want to mess with it, but when we got to a light with no one in front of us (and I saw it was and older tired Vet) I decided to oblige him. Well after holding him off to about 70, and he quits jacking with me after that.

I think it was a -2 gen, similar to what tangled with that time.

Ruf

suXor

I have never gotten a dog from anywhere other than the pound....

civic4982

yeah I'll think about it... just my yorkie is so loveable that I want another...

mantis23

damn, thats a little dog.

Is the kit in yet?
Is the kit in yet?
Is the kit in yet?
Is the kit in yet?
Is the kit in yet?
Is the kit in yet?
Is the kit in yet?

RUF87

Yes, my Ice box is in.

Ruf

danny25

Seriously Ruf?!?! Bout time! when is it being shipped?

InfernoTLS

Danny,

Those look great--and very informative photos. They really show the yellow vs white look of the old/new bulbs. Good job!

I have the Xtreme White PIAA's installed--did you get those or the Superwhites? I can't remember.

They are much easier to install than I thought--no trouble at all. Do you like the interior light change out? I only did the fog lights (now driving lights!).

Inferno

InfernoTLS

RUF, did you hear from Dean? I haven't yet...

And when you say "in" do you mean "in" as in "in route" or "in" as in "in the engine bay?"

I wanna be in the "in crowd..."

"In" Ferno

InfernoTLS

I was just "in" Virginia and do they have great roads northwest of DC: lots of smooth, banked twisties and great hills. Too bad I was in a Dodge "In" Sipid ("In" Trepid?) that leaned like a boat and accelerated like a tank.

Wish I had been "in" my car out there...

RUF87

No, I've not heard from Dean yet about the Ice Box for our cars. I was refering to my ice box in the garage, 19+ cf for drinks. :P

I was really trying to get a reaction out of DZ for trying to get Dean to ship to him before us.

Sorry if I got you all wound up.

But we diffinately need to discuss the WDP II and III mods when we hook up. Depending on costs, it sounds good.

Also, I busted a rear end link and had to put some more teflon tape on the rear sway. I hope that's the last of my probs with the new mods.

We also need to sync up on meeting up Friday.

Ruf

mantis23

Well, Danny and I just hooked up all day while he had his springs installed. While they were being installed, we managed to cram those new spark plugs in there. Man, that rear bank is a bitch! But they're in and good to go.

No more 4x4 for Danny! That drop looks soo much better. I'll post up pics we took later.

civic4982

nitrous kit is in, still waiting on the guy to send me teh wide open throttle switch that I need. He forgot to send it. I just need that to do my install and I'm done. I'll be at the tracks hopefully it'll come in before wednesday and I can get it to the track on friday with the nitrous kit in

danny25

Thanks to Mantis' allowing his car to be experimented on, we figured out it is possible to do the spark plugs yourself, but damn it's a bitch!

danny25

Here's some pics I took. Yeah, I know these pics look like b4 the spring install because Mantis' car is slammed compared to mine, but they are the after pics.



I LOVE mantis' lower grille all painted silver!

danny25

Here's a couple more, I just had to blur some plates.

RUF87

You guys will have to give us the scoop on it next weekend.

And Yippee on getting the spings installed.

Sounds like we'll have all our mods done, except for that darn ice box. The only good news is that I'll have a baseline dyno done before I start with the speed mods.

Ruf

RUF87

Make sure the guy sends it express, especially considering he forgot to send it.

Ruf

RUF87

I just had to get 2500.

Enjoy the cool weather!

Ruf

danny25

Yeah, I also got the PIAA Xtreme whites. The fogs look so much better now. They don't match the HIDs perfectly, they're a little bluer, but much better than yellow.
And I also really like the interior light change too, I don't know how to describe it, but it just feels cooler with all the bluish white lights.

mantis23

Danny, the pics aren't showing up.

Looks like the server is down? or you've exceeded bandwidth. :P

danny25

Damn UTA, I think their server is down cause I can't access my site either. They'll prolly be up later.

danny25

I'm at UTA right now and they are working, but are they working for everyone else??

mantis23

yes

civic4982

I went to the library tonight early to do some hw and some reading (aren't you guys proud of me for not sitting on my lazy ass on a sunday night?) so ANYWAYS, a guy in a black Thunderbird supercoupe was revvin' on me so we had acouple runs...

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=86308

I won nonetheless but it was strange to see a car like that still on the road... don't american cars usually fall apart in 5 years?

civic4982

sounded like a monster that could eat me whole who could whistle and yell at me at the same time... scary...

civic4982

o yeah here's my thread on the GSR swapped civic if you guys wanna read and see the video...

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=86281

RUF87

Yes I'm proud of you for sticking to the books.

I am disapointed that you've read too many car magazines ragging on US cars. While in general they've been less reliable, I've owned several, and several have had over a 100,000 miles on them. Two had over 150,000 and 2 have over 200,000 miles on them.

By the way, the 64SS Malibu I had, had over 200,000 and would have eaten your lunch. :P
With street tires it did 0-60 in 5 secs, 1/4 in 13.7s at 101. With cheater slicks it did 12.5s at 108MPH. Traction really sucked on that car as I had way more HP than street tires could handle.

Ruf

RUF87

RUF87

Not sure what happend there . . . I think slow server response resulted in a burp of sorts.

Anyway, I just saw the long range weather report and let's hope it hold up.

mid 60's for a high, with lows in the 40's. Great for racing

Ruf

RUF87

Inferno,

I did a pretest for the WDP Mod II application. I think we can go 5/16" or 12mm without a real problem. There may be one minor hood mod that we want to make to be sure.

Now we just need a guinee pig. I wonder who would be interested. I do need to get some costs first before we jump up and down. Also, WDP Mod III is also doable.

We just need to work out something on a spare part because I would like to dyno it in phases.

Ruf

danny25

You've been doin a lot of racing lately civic, you practicing for Fri.? What do you do to make people so eager to race? No one ever tries to race me.

suXor

Danny, how does it ride? Did you have new shocks installed too?

I miss the way my car looked before, I just wish it did not ride so bad (bottoming out). I was going to get air ride when I get paid for this website I did, but the wife is pissed about it. Since I installed springs and ended up pulling them off, she is not to keen about me screwing with the suspension again, let alone the cost of air ride. It sems to be the only way I can get the best of both worlds, the drop I want for around towning, and lift it back up for smoother, highway driving.

I guess I just need to wait, and try again later. Maybe she will change her mind. Until then, I fricking hate the 4x4 look (but like having the ride back on 360), and dream about the switches....

In memory....

danny25

If the springs added any harshness to the ride, I didn't notice at all. So far I haven't scraped anything, and I have noticed a little less body roll, but it's hardly an improvement. I think I was expecting too much from some of the reviews I've read. Now I need the sways. But I'm completely pleased with the end result. And no, I didn't change the shocks, the only have 11,000 miles on them.

Have you ever considered coilovers? I think it would be cheaper than air bags, and you can adjust the height to a good compromise of looks and ride.

That's one good looking 1st gen. I used to live in those townhouses too.

suXor

Well, I can get the air ride for $2,200. That's the high end cylinders, acumulators, larger pump, larger tank, better valves, etc. That setup normally runs 4k, but I am getting a deal (for helping him out with some other stuff). He has a setup for around 1400 too which has the normal stuff, but I want acumulators for the softer ride at middle height.

Coilovers won't give me the instant ride height adjustment I am looking for.

danny25

Yeah, coilovers are a lot harder to adjust, but if you find the right setting for looks and comfort, then you don't have to mess with it again. But the air ride would be pretty cool.

CasperTL

Well guys, just to let you know, the Nissan guys and I had a meet this weekend and damn was that fun.

We met up at Lovers & Greenville around 5:30. There were a couple sweet looking rides . Afterwards it was off to Mondos (restaraunt behind the Galleria - very nice actually). Now to give you guys and idea, there was a 300ZX with a nice mod list, a fresh 240SX S13 with the SR20DET swap, and just a line of about 5 Maximas. Let's just say that the "idea" was to keep the line tight all the way to the restaraunt. That didn't happen . My 100mph mark was hit a couple times on both 75 & 635.

At the restaraunt, we met up with the Dallas chapter of Topnotch Racing (some national racing group based out of Cali). They had some nice rides and we had around 30 to 40 cars total. They had one guy video taping our group rolling in and a couple people taking pictures. hehe, I got caught on tape rolling up to the event bumping . God Bless my stereo

All in all, we had a great time. I did some "advertising" for next weekend and I can't wait. We should have such a blast.

CasperTL

CasperTL

Just thought I'd say that I quite enjoyed your lovely name calling to the civic . I say the same thing! What do you know .

"...Come here ya little biatch..."