Yo its nice out we should have another meet up and see what everyone's up to

 

Haha sweet!

Yeah finally mine, only be eyeing them for over a year hahaha. What did you run for spacers on your car? My rears are already half rolled from the mexican fitment I had last summer on the 240's wheels haha. I got 4 cars to roll fenders on, guess I'll add my own to the list, I wont do yours Vince in case the paint cracks!

Haha yup! Planning on getting those sprint performance 2inch springs, on stock shocks :/ We shall see how that goes.

 

15mm front, 20mm back. but I wanted to move the 20mm to front and get 25mm in the back after I rolled the fenders

 

I had some time, So I took some pictures.
Got low clearance? Gonna go lower after they settle

 

Nice man. When did you install these? Lol having any issues rubbing yet?

 

I feel left out, I need to slam my car soon too...

 

^ Haha yeah man. I'll be getting dropped tomorrow and Ricky is installing his springs soon. Looks like Sanjay will be getting springs too so quite a few members will have dropped rides

 

Started on Thursday and finished today, Took my sweet ass time and did everything perfect, and coated every single thread with anti-seize. No rubbies..yet just scrapes lol

Just try to get the adjusted height you want first or second time, These are a pain to adjust.
Any questions with it, Ricky's got mah number

@Aaron, We should have a meet lets say Friday the 13th. (What could go wrong?) Everybody's car should be clean and out of winter mode by then

 

Yeah I was contemplating on a exhaust or springs but looks like ill be leaning towards springs
I be down with a meet up to see what everyone is up to.

 

damn Michell, that's slammed, fix that camber and toe FAST. It doesn't take long for the suspension to settle

 

Shit I have no idea when it comes to coilovers or springs...help?

 

^ Search my friend. This topic has been thoroughly discussed on the forum.
A very basic explanation is, coilovers are adjustable and springs are a set height. Coilovers are good if you want to customize ride height and if you plan to raise it in the winter. Springs seem like a bigger job to install since you have to remove top hats and compress the springs.


Here's what went down earlier today:

Before


After






Can you guess who is who?





A HUGE thanks goes out to Ricky and Mitchell for helping with the install. They installed the coilovers, 6k headlight bulbs, and 6k foglight kit. I did a lot of bumming around as this kind of stuff is not my specialty. They did an awesome job and everything turned out great.

 

If you want adjust-ability buy Coilovers, Lower in summer, Raise in winter.
Springs, set height. It is what it is.

Springs about 250$
Coils about 700$

What Vince said, Had to reply 2 seconds prior

"Here's what went down earlier today" I see what you did there

 

good job boys!!!

 

you are on the right, clear headlights

sick vince, hows the ride?

 

I want to get my Tein Basis coilovers installed so bad...

 

@Myron - Haha good eye! The ride is not too bad. Takes bumps a lot harder and it feels a little wobbly at the moment. I'll give it a few days and I'll probably get an alignment.

@EdmTSX - It's best to have air tools. Ricky spent well over an hour on one of my bolts as it was completely seized. He could have cut it and saved a lot of time but seeing as how it was Sunday no shops were open to get a new one. It's a big job and very time consuming.

 

Honestly tho, I like those base wheels more than the type s ones on your car, but that's just me. Feels wobbly? Shouldn't feel like that. Do you hear any clunking from the rear or anything like that? It can be wobbly if rear end links are damaged, and it's easy to damage them when replacing the suspension.
What bolt was seized? How long did it take you guys to do this? Took me and jbond about 6 hours with having to compress the springs and change top hats and all that without air tools in my garage/driveway.

 

Speaking of alignments...I dropped my car off at a shop this morning they called me a while later "We can't do your alignment your car is too low to get on the hoist" I said What is this too low business? Up she comes...

 

Sherwood Honda can do really low cars. Where did you drop yours off?

 

I see these posts about dropping the suspension on your cars, and I'm left with one question:

Edmonton, ALBERTA? I mean, the Edmonton I drive around in is rough enough on a 4X4. God help you if you want to drive over a speed bump at Canadian Tire.

How do you guys do it? You must ease up and down parkade ramps at a slow walking pace.

 

Myron just took it to Ok tire and walked home since its like a 5 minute walk.

Sockpuppet Think of it like a angles game. Never straight on, One wheel at a time lol

 

Ehh I'm not a big fan of the base wheels. I prefer my type-s ones any day. There is something about these waffle rims I like.

Nope no clunking or strange noises. How can I tell if the endlinks are damaged? I don't think Ricky touched the endlinks as he moved the whole bracket over to avoid removing it.
The bolt for the shock fork was seized. This one: http://www.oemacuraparts.com/acura/b...sm4-010-acura/
Got a new one today along with a new nut and went over to Ricky's to get it replaced. I think we were there for like 8 hours or so? This included removing my front bumper to do the fog light kit, swap the headlight bulbs, and taking a break for lunch.

 

Ricky showed me the pics when I saw him last night. I still have to see both of your cars. Haha

Well. I swapped my bbs back this morning.

Cool new blue lugs complimented the finish


Here is how she sits now with my new rubber. I love the poke right now. Conservative stretch and no rubbing so far. No time to clean the car

 

Well Arthur, you seem to know where everyone is so I'm sure you'll see us sooner or later

I like those blue lugs. No locking nuts though? I'd be worried for those BBS.

 

damn arthur, that's beautiful.

 

@Vince, yea. The lug nuts changes its color just like the bbs'. I have locking nuts with the same finish but Invision gave me the wrong pitch. So I'll probaby go there tomorrow after school.

@Myron, thanks. I nailed the offset this time. Couldn't be happier right now. Haha

 

My cousin might buy my rims so hopefully he will. Dropped them off at his place to let him decide if he likes the look and ride on his 08 Camry..Can't get my coils and camber kits done until he decides lol

 

^ What rims are you looking at getting for a replacement?

 

I really like the XXR 527s in chromium black, 18x8.75 +35 with some 215/40s. People don't have any rubbing issues and looks more flush too. Less camber work needed compared to my current set.

 

215 on a 8.75" wide? Crazy :P

 

haha yea, that's what most people run them on and its not that big of a stretch since most people run 215s on a 8.5"..I've seen some people running 215s on a 10.5..now that's crazy lol

 

you have to be low to pull off the stretched look tho

 

anyone put there winters back on?? lol

 

You def need to be tucking tires to pull it properly. I was kinda scared on my rear setup (235 on 9" wide) as there no lip protection at all.

I didn't drive today. :p

 

I didn't even bother driving today. I would be stuck trying to back out of my driveway with how low I am. Thankfully both my parents have SUV's I can borrow

 

Omg I got stuck on my driveway for more then 30mins...so embarassing

 

I left my house around 10:30, roads seem fine to me and I didn't get stuck lol

 

<24 hours ago, it was Fall
<12 hours ago, it was Winter
Currently, it is Spring
In a few days, it will be Summer

Want to experience all four seasons in a matter of a few days, visit Edmonton.

 

Was in a rush to go to work lol and then stuck...spent 30mins digging myself out...