96 hatch project ls swapped

[SiR.Huey]

keep up the work over there. sub'd. Your wheel choice seems very familiar haha. I have Hyper silver 531's. Felt the polished look would be wierd for a daily car. Scratches and all would look bad and maybe too flashy. what color are you thinking? honestly I tried to order the enkie 92's but they were out of stock when I tried two different websites. Then went towards the 531's for the low offset and preordered them. took about two and a half months.

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

keep up the work over there. sub'd. Your wheel choice seems very familiar haha. I have Hyper silver 531's. Felt the polished look would be wierd for a daily car. Scratches and all would look bad and maybe too flashy. what color are you thinking? honestly I tried to order the enkie 92's but they were out of stock when I tried two different websites. Then went towards the 531's for the low offset and preordered them. took about two and a half months.

if i get the 531s im going silver and idk about the enkeis either gold or silver Hendos going to kill me if i get gold....lol....... i found the enkeis on tire rack for 30 bucks less a rim then anywhere else.................n yeah im in the process of reading your post i like the way your car sits looks good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WpJe36GK1U

 

[SiR.Huey]

if i get the 531s im going silver and idk about the enkeis either gold or silver Hendos going to kill me if i get gold....lol....... i found the enkeis on tire rack for 30 bucks less a rim then anywhere else.................n yeah im in the process of reading your post i like the way your car sits looks good

Thanks man! I know when you get beck in the states you will put in some good work. keep the updates going. I plan to correct the camber back to zero, and I wanna learn how to do my own alignments to for intro steps to track racing my car.
For the rims I tried og oldskools and they were out of stock, thank god cause I am not a fan of them now. then tried the og SANs with the same outcome. tried to source out bbs rs's but don't have the security for those rims just yet. I wanted an unmodified set which I couldn't find. and they are a tad overplayed still would be awesome. found memmoryfab was an interesting site and a possible place to get them. Then tried to source out regamasters but wanted more offset and the 531's came out at the time I was giving up and I love them now.

Off topic: I have a stepbrother in the army stationed in texas by dallas I believe. He's been in it for two years. Thanks for your service overseas.

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

no problem man your welcome..........

i will start buyng stuff soon and have my wife take pictures as they come in the mail just debating on what exactly i want to purchase seeing as im limiting myself to 2500 for upgrades..( wife wants a house so time to save)....also your car besides rolling the fenders did you have to do anything alse with the xxr's .....and im guessing it cambered itself pretty good once lowered i just dont want to ruin a new set of tires once i get back....in the past i didnt car but im a little more appreciative of money now a days...lol.......

 

[SiR.Huey]

Yeah the camber fell to -3.5 and -4 range. Note I am all the way down in the front on my function form type 1's and i have about and inch and a half left to go down in the back. ChildEk is set diferently and I am sure has better tread life than I do. My camber wears the tires in the front decently but the back is fine. I've driven about 10000 miles and my tires are decent still. Alignmentt at a reputable place is key. Just want almost no camber to fully reduce the wear. Like maybe -1.5 in the back and <-.5 in the front. When you lower in the front there is a fender peice you might want to fold/hammer back hidden behind the top of the wheel well(this is if you go low enough). It can cut into your wheel but look into it before you lower and check out behind the plastic well. i can post a pick when you are ready. For a tip if someone tells you to cut any fender peices to roll easier talk to me first about it. I have a lot of knowlegde behind flaring and rolling. My car may not be the picture perfect canvas but I learned well from it. Best way is with the eastwood roller and a heat gun and do it slowly, very little pressure and if you be patient and do the rolling/flaring gradually everything will be perfect. I had some ingenuity behind my methods but would have been happier to have just used the eastwood the first time. I'll let you know if I think of any more stuff.

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

good to know thanks.....i probably would have messed something up trying to do it with a bat...lol

 

[203CT]

I tried the bat trick and I didn't like it. I'm gonna get my fenders rolled when I he the chance

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

i think i just fell in love with a style.....anyone heard of it........its kanjo style......for circuit racing on the highways of japan specifically the kanjo circuit(highway).......pretty much loud ass cars blowing in and out of traffic in the middle of the night similar to what im use to in ct anyway....lol

yeah im going to either see if i can rent one or go to a shop n get it done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApeZWaQww48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znY1JL3auOA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mHs_H1u4w

 

[EJackBauer8]

There's a video of a white S2k doing this all badass on liveleak.

 

[203CT]

Lol yes Hartford is just like that. Only mostly the guys with the evo's and sti's. not to many Hondas over here are setup to handle that kind of driving.

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

There's a video of a white S2k doing this all badass on liveleak.

i found it the s2000 driver has good control over the car butt that s**t was mad reckless....lol

here it is for whoever wants to enjoy limits being pushed

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=26c_1356979964

 

[EJackBauer8]

i found it the s2000 driver has good control over the car butt that s**t was mad reckless....lol

here it is for whoever wants to enjoy limits being pushed

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=26c_1356979964

Right?! He has some balls though.

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

Ok so idk what to do need you guys to give some opinions...... I wanted to to the mods I posted at the start of this build.... But I also have two cousins both have 6th gens one k swapped and the other ls vtec who is about to boost most likely ...... I don't want to be the slowest or the ugliest ... Car out of the group..... Should I stick with my guns and do all the mods I wanted to do originally...... Or should I just boost the ls...... If I boost what do you guys think of the treadstone performance b series kit????????.............. Or should I just not do sir bumpers and get the 531's suspension and a cheap eBay kit....... Keep in mind I'm giving myself only $2500 to do mods

Need opinions thanks

 

[96romaCX]

Well first off, don't compare your car to theirs and think you have to rush your mods to catch up, you'll cut corners and buy cheap stuff that you'll have to spend money twice on. I'm telling my brother he same thing. I've had my car a year with barely any mods and my bro blew through his tax return just cause his car was stock. Do what ever it is YOU want to do. Kanjo is very popular right now thanks to car craft boon, so if you want to tune like that, leave your car alone and put money into your suspension. Over there they are doing the USDM parts now. so you car already looks like the cool cars in Japan lol. Be patient and really think about your mods, and do what you want to do.

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

thanks good point.....im just used to always romping on them and now the tables are going to be turned.....lol.......but yeah im going to wait i was going to order parts now but im going to wait to get home and drive my car around for a couple weeks just to make sure everythings good

 

[96romaCX]

thanks good point.....im just used to always romping on them and now the tables are going to be turned.....lol.......but yeah im going to wait i was going to order parts now but im going to wait to get home and drive my car around for a couple weeks just to make sure everythings good

That's a great plan! Patience is the most important skill in any car build.

 

[I_GOT_BOOST]

thanks for telling me about car craft boon i only knew of kanjo through various youtube videos and the fact that im addicted to tokyo extreme racer...lol.....i now have something to read up on while im out here learn the culture a little better when it comes to this style

 

[96romaCX]

This is Furukawa of car craft boon's type r hatch redone with usdm CX trim, local jdm wheels equivelant to CCW in the us, and a swapped b18c R turbo. That's an ek9 stripped of the trim we covet in the states.

Edit: oh your welcome! I'm sure you would've found out about them anyways as much as you research into stuff.

 

[00siboy]

^^exactly why JDM is overplayed.

 

[96romaCX]

^^exactly why JDM is overplayed.