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My second build which I just finished this week!
Here she is in all her stock beauty:
Background Info:
- This car came into our household back in 2004.
- Car was passed down to me last year when school required me to travel. This car took me everywhere (across Canada and America) and got 1200+ kms/tank while doing so. Wasn't too bad to sleep in either
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- Currently has 237 000kms on it.
- Stock suspension was gonezo a while back but I had no time to change it until now. Bring on the mods.
Objective:
- I want to show that less = more.
- I want to keep it simple and clean with an emphasis on stance.
- Has to be relatively practical as it is my daily driver year round.
Day 1
Went to Concept 1 in the morning, picked up a set of FK Streetline Coils
Came home and got to work. Rears went in without any hassle at all. Fronts were a pain because every bolt was seized and the struts were actually rusted into the mount. Ugh. Took a lot of bashing with wood and litres of WD-40 but finally got it all apart.
Spun the coils down all the way of course
The result (note WD40 sprayed on the side):
Went to sleep.
Day 2
Had sourced a set of wheels, but they were in Edmonton. Made the trip there in the day time, visited my bro, and came back that night around 2am.
Specs:
Fronts: 18x8.5 et30 with 225/40/18
Rears: 18x10 et35 with 225/45/18's. :bigpimp:
Front tires were totally shot, so I didn't bother mounting the wheels immediately
Went to sleep.
Day 3
I'm no baller so I hit up Kijiji at 7am to find a pair of lightly used tires to replace the worn out fronts. Found a wicked deal on a set of brand new 225/40/18 Michelin Pilot Sports.
Picked them up at 9am and had the tires swapped over to the wheels on the way home.
Here she is in all her stock beauty:
Background Info:
- This car came into our household back in 2004.
- Car was passed down to me last year when school required me to travel. This car took me everywhere (across Canada and America) and got 1200+ kms/tank while doing so. Wasn't too bad to sleep in either
. - Currently has 237 000kms on it.
- Stock suspension was gonezo a while back but I had no time to change it until now. Bring on the mods.
Objective:
- I want to show that less = more.
- I want to keep it simple and clean with an emphasis on stance.
- Has to be relatively practical as it is my daily driver year round.
Day 1
Went to Concept 1 in the morning, picked up a set of FK Streetline Coils
Came home and got to work. Rears went in without any hassle at all. Fronts were a pain because every bolt was seized and the struts were actually rusted into the mount. Ugh. Took a lot of bashing with wood and litres of WD-40 but finally got it all apart.
Spun the coils down all the way of course
The result (note WD40 sprayed on the side):
Went to sleep.
Day 2
Had sourced a set of wheels, but they were in Edmonton. Made the trip there in the day time, visited my bro, and came back that night around 2am.
Specs:
Fronts: 18x8.5 et30 with 225/40/18
Rears: 18x10 et35 with 225/45/18's. :bigpimp:
Front tires were totally shot, so I didn't bother mounting the wheels immediately
Went to sleep.
Day 3
I'm no baller so I hit up Kijiji at 7am to find a pair of lightly used tires to replace the worn out fronts. Found a wicked deal on a set of brand new 225/40/18 Michelin Pilot Sports.
Picked them up at 9am and had the tires swapped over to the wheels on the way home.
If it's smoken it ain't broken
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