the progress of the hatch

ekn00b96

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the day i got it. bone stock down to the steelies. only upgrade was the lip and some autozone shift knob that lit up. ubergay.


by the first week, had some hand-me-down wheels. ugly ass 17's. hated those things with a passion. made my car look like a damn donk thing all those gangsters drive. but it was better than the steelies IMHO.




week 4 i had done some minor things. swapped out the cluster for a 5spd tach cluster. took out the armrest delete and replaced it with an armrest. replaced my headliner cause it was drooping. and also restored the headlights, and dropped it 2.5" on springs and factory shocks. wrong answer, i know. but i wanted SOMETHING for a few weeks until i got my coilovers. wanted to know how low i could go without annihilating my car.

the coupe with the woodgrain hood is my best friend's eg. he died 2 weeks ago via drunk driving woman in a big ass truck. pulled out in front of him on the highway. she was crossing the median illegally. he tboned her. keep those eyes open guys.




finally ditched the wheels from hell. got some gold bmw bottlecaps with a polished lip.




and now for the good stuff. ditched the springs for f&f type 1's.



and how it sits now. 8000k HID's. konig 16x8 which were my friends in that coupe pictured above. ill never get rid of them. not pictured cause i didn't take any >.< but i have a full invidia cat back with a mid pipe resonator. 2.5" all the way back coupled with dc headers. soon to be replaced with something better lol. but heres how she sits now =)







this weekend. password jdm drilled and slotted rotors, rear disc conversion, gsr caliper upgrade =)

improve? sustain? opinions? Hit me :D
 

ekn00b96

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its dirty as a mofo currently. any suggestions around the board?? thanks guys!
 


2slo4u

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good start.
why the drilled/slotted rotors?
 

ekn00b96

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2slo because they were all free. The entire setup lol. And its better than stock rotors and drums in the back.

The coupe was completely totalled. We traded wheels a week before his accident.

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96romaCX

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^nooo! Lol, fogs and fake headlights look jinkie lol. Keep it cleeean, looks good man!
 

ekn00b96

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i was thinking about amber fogs but not the blacked headlights. i like the oem fogs though. but im probably gonna wait til i do my 99-00 front end conversion, cause those fogs look 100000 times better lol.

lower isn't much of an option right yet cause the roadways around here are HORRIBLE. as it sits right now my resonator hits EVERYTHING. my car doesn't look very low, but when you peek under and see where the resonator sits, its like an inch off the ground lol

and regarding the headers, either megan racing 4-2-1's or dc 4-1's. im leaning more towards the dc 4-1 cause i like that over the broken 4-2-1 design.less flow disturbance. its a stock y7, but i have a z6 head i may throw on there. unless i can get my hands on a y8 head. but im building the d. im not gonna swap it. =)
 

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I prefer the 96-98 front to 99-00 anyday.
 

emerican

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96-98 front end all day
99-00 tails
thats how mine is will never trade my 98 front end, but i hate there tails so i have 99-00 50/50 tails on it.
 

ekn00b96

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Lol I'm not trying to bandwagon. I've just always leaned towarrds that look. I think its more streamlined and aggresive looking. HATERS! Lol

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