Iz winter over yet.... Geez...

Winter can :gtfo2:

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hi kirk :hello:

How goes the project?

Heads up to anyone in the market for tires and wheels - I'm going to be listing some brand new RE 11's in addition to my sport rays wheels with tpms (stock tires still mounted). I haven't received my new wheels yet, so I'm waiting to make a proper for sale thread. Dibs will go to MAZOC before they're listed in the for sale section.

I need 2 rear oem sized tires.. for an excellent price.:tup:

I want to make sure Fedex doesn't lose my wheels before I commit to selling the wheels/tires.

The RE 11's are 255/35/19 and 305/30/19. You can't turn down 305's.

I'd like to sell the stock wheels as a package before I part the tires (paying to dismount would be a pain). I'll have a measurement of both front and rear tread depths and pics when I make the thread.

sweet..

In some ways it is going slow.

I have the suspension done.
Wheels and tires on the car and done.
Big Brake kit on the car but I have to change the master cylinder and put on the stainless steel lines. And figure out the parking brake cables...

Engine swap to the 2.8 L is just about done and able to put it back in the car once my intake gets here.

Still have to do the fender flares so the wheels and tires won't rub.

Its a bunch of never ending little crap. But hey. Its fun...

im in for pics.:p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9CmTAyYjbk

Everything wrong with The Fast and The Furious

Lmao!!!


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I have a set of Evo-R carbon fiber side blades in very good condition that I no longer plan on putting on my car. Let me know if you are interested. I thought I would give MAZOC first shot before I posted them on the forum parts section.

I can post some pics soon. Thought I had some in my phone, but not of these. I also have some slightly damaged CF side skirts available. The damage is minor and only visible when the door is wide open and the forward-most corner is visible. Great price on these items.

pics pics pics sir.:p

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Called a few shops in the area and was quoted around $500 for spring, cabmer arm, and toe bolt install. I'd rather not part with that kind of cash, especially considering I'm pretty confident in this forum's DIY section and my ability to do the install.

How bad do you guys think the wheels will be out of alignment if I mark everything in it's original position and bolt it back up the same? Can most chain shops do the alignment?

dude.. just watch a youtube video and do that sh1t yourself.:p

Do the alignment solo?

I'm definitely doing the springs/cabmer arms/toe bolts this weekend. I'm going to knock out the spring install after work with a buddy who used to build dragsters, then do camber arms and toe bolts on Saturday. Yes, I know it'll be faster just to do all together, but I'll run out of daylight by the time I get to them.

I think the alignment should be done professionally.

Actual installation? Solo.

Yeah, you cant do the alignment yourself, but everything else, save your money and do all of that yourself.

Springs and camber arm installs are unbolt, remove, replace, rebolt.

But the toe bolts will be larger diameter than the OEM ones, so those holes will have to be drilled out :rolleyes: for the new ones to fit. But not so much that there is flex in them.

I checked out the DIY and picked up the correct Dremel bits and the suggested flex cable to work in the confined space under the car. When you say that there could be "flex in them", what specifically are you speaking about?

I was just going to apply the template centered over the existing hole for the toe bolt, mark off the area to be drilled, then remove the material. Are you saying if I don't use the template and/or don't center the template over the existing hole, I could create problems?

1. If you drill the hole out too much, the camber bolt can flex in it.

2. Yes, if you use the template and are careful you should be fine. Centering it will be necessary since it is an alignment part.


If you follow the instructions, you shouldn't have a problem. :tup:

Thank you for the heads up, I'll measure twice, cut once, and make sure it doesn't look like a 2nd grader took a plasma cutter to it :tiphat:

This is my precision cutting tool.

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pro...8ba43a_400.jpg

steve, if you need any help, im here for you bro.

So I just got home from doing the install at a friends house. We started at 4, and quickly ran into issues. We managed to get the fronts swapped out in 4 hours after having to remove the camber arms (which is infinitely easier than reaching those 4 f***n' PITA bolts behind the rotors [which, by the way, wouldn't budge with any impact wrench using 400 ft/lbs]). Once we figured out the first one, the second one took 15 minutes. The rears I did by myself in less than 10 minutes.

I absolutely love the ride on swifts. I can't believe how much difference a .5" drop makes. I'm not sure I'd want to go any lower, as my camber is kind of on the border, and my sport rays with 20mm/25mm front/rear don't look as aggressive now.

I gotta thank the guy that typed up the DIY, and then make some suggestions for when things inevitably don't go according to plan.

Tomorrow I'm going to knock out the camber arms and toe bolts.

Thank you to everybody here that suggested I do the install myself. Over the course of this weekend I'll have saved close to $500 in labor!

Good to hear man! :tup:

You.. my friend... are the man! congrats bro!:tup:

Thank you!

After seeing the car in daylight, I'm DEFINITELY going to need to put the camber arms/toe bolts on. The camber looks borderline hilarious. I'd take a photo, but my iphone is acting up and wont take pictures. I'm sure it's purely coincidental that I'm eligible for an upgrade as of yesterday.... f****** verizon.

The ride still feels awesome, and it doesn't pull to the left or right. I hit a huge bump at around 35 mph this morning and it scared the sh*t out of me. I can guarantee that the fronts are seated properly after that :rofl2:

The springs made no noise and tracked straight the rest of the ride into work.

I would suggest that anyone who wants to do this mod in the future please do yourslef a favor and get some mechanix gloves. I forgot mine and my hands look like they lost a fight with a cheese-grater :ugh2:

Welcome to modding Lol


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I'm installing KWv3s, front and rear camber kits and rear toe bolts next weekend. I'll make sure to remember my gloves!!!

Thats just your sacrifice to the car gods. Think of the scrapes as a blessing. :icon17:

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Dude, im glad you're happy with your work, good stuff man. I worked on both my cars today too, I bought a few more accessories for my head unit.. Should have them here by mid week.

The first thing my Pops taught me about working on cars was when you start, just go ahead and cut yourself and then stick it in the greasiest spot you can find and get it over with because its going to happen anyway.

:werd::p no pain, no gain... the struggle is real.

Really???? Its March twenty fuckin fifth Mother Nature.

Enough of this crap. It is supposed to be sunny and 65° not snowing and 30°. Figure it out already. I have a race car to build and you are holding up the works...

Saw this yesterday on another forum and thought I'd share.

:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

that was awesome. Thanks Jon.

What is a reasonable price to pay in our market for HFC install?

I don't know for a fact, but if I had to guess on average, probably $200-$300..