New Rubber

So, this looks like it will be my winter setup. Yoko/Advan Paradas up front, with Yoko/Advan A539s on the rear. The A539s are better at clearing water, so in the wet she should be more sure footed at the back. Oversteer in an FF is just hell. In the dry, the Paradas should provide more grip, meaning the back should slip first, which should cancel outthe natural understeer of the FF.

Now, just need to fix my busted-ass bumper, and The Sarge will be tearing up the streets again.

P.S: The flash is broke on my camera, thus all the pics are hella blurry... I'm working on it... I swear EVERYTHING I own is broke at the moment...

PARADAs

Man. What a ball-ache.
Apparently Yoko phased out their A539 pattern. I only needed ONE, I scoured half the damn country and no joy. So, I settled for Advan PARADAs. 205/45/16, same as before. I'm gonna run these at the front, with my 539s on the back. They have good reviews, but I dont think they have anywhere near the looks of the 539s. And, we all know... its alllll about the looks.

Will update when they're fitted!

It's HERE!

A Box.... what could be inside... hmm... looks mysterious... ZOMG CARBON FIBRE BONNET. Hella-sick.
At last, the final piece of my '99 spec puzzle is here. After 5months of waiting and collecting parts. I'm gonna run down the spray shop tomorrow and get my pieces sprayed up...oh...uh...wait... whats that?


LAAAAAAMEEEEE! LAME LAME LAME LAME! Cracked! WTF? That's some serious BS! Well, more waiting I guess.

Grrr. So pissed.

Oh Deer.

Deers have to be the motherfucking dumest animals on the planet. Dumb bambi piece of shit jumped right infront of me. What the fuck! So glad I was going slow. Well... a great start to the new year. Guess I better get my new front end on ASAP.

In the mean time, I have this hella JDM-style plate to wear. Representin' y0!

More body parts

CTR-Style lip arrived. I placed it loosely on the bottom of my bumper to see how my '99 spec jigsaw was looking. Getting there, getting there.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

Mere days after fitting my rear suspension goodies, I was pushing it, testing it out, and the end-link came off mid-corner. The result? One and a half turns of counter steer at no effect. Destination: A hedge.

Credit to the Sarge, he started first time, and drove himself out of the hedge, and limped home, where I found the following damage:


^ Half a hedge in my wheel, and another tyre stripped off the rim. Dang.

Always double-check your work kids... make sure everything is TIGHT.
I guess another life-learned lesson. Could have been nasty!

Another delivery

More Stage One sauce. Please Sir, May I have some MORE?
Rear LCAs, 21mm anti-sway bar and lower tie bar. Swish.

Another delivery

Another piece of the '99 puzzle. Bumper sitting with grille in place. Swish.

Low rider

SUPERSONIC BLUE PEARL ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG.
Ride-height is looking about right, not sure about the camber though. I'll see how it settles as the springs break-in.

Stage one begins

Late night fitting is the way forwards. Suspension fitted after lots of bleeding knuckles and curse words. Mad props to my bro Rich for helping out.


Wheels fitted the same night, I think the wheels got on at about 11pm or something sick. I really should learn to start earlier. There's not much light when you drop a lug nut.


My bro Rich working his magic. Hard-turning, Hard-hitting, Hard-tightening... he does the manual stuff.


Test flight. This shiz is so fast it goes back in tiiiiiiime.

Tyres! YaY!

Yokohama/Advan A539 in 205/45/16
YaY, I can finally fit some shiz, about time these things arrived. I do like the A539s, mean looking tread pattern. Although having "Sumer Tyres" as my winter tyres seems a bit...yeah.

I guess we'll see. Hope it doesn't rain...oh...wait... this is England. Hmm.

Wheely good.

Rota Slipstreams 16x7 in Matt Black.
Yeah, I know they're not Spoon, but whatever; I can't afford that at the minute. These are gonna be my winter wheels and trashed to hell anyways, mabye some TE37s for my summer rims, or Spoon SWs. Hmm... but yeah, I'm digging Rota!

Peace.

Delivery!

More Parts Arrived!


Lug Nuts

Errr.... Okay, these are a bit ebay-chic. They're certainly lighter than stock, and better looking...but... they look a bit tachy, and the finish on them seems a bit cheap. Meh, they'll serve their purpose I guess! Gotta have tuner lug nuts if you wanna roll O.G. style, no? :/



EK9 style grille

Non-OE EK9 grille, '99 spec. First piece in my 99 front end conversion puzzle.


SSBP!

Supersonic Blue Pearl is the sex. So, I decided to spray my under-car strut bars SSBP...yeah...because now all the worms can see how hella pretty that colour is. You see, I'm always thinking about the worms.

s0 JDM, y0!

Wind deflectors AND soshinoya? That's so JDM, yo! Haha. Well, it had to be done. On a more serious note, the wind deflectors rock, all cars should come with them as stock. Much less wind annoyance, but still get good airflow. Now A/C isn't needed... less weight. Yeah!

Slam that biatch

First Part Arrived!

Time to start this project. I think I'll probably end up importing some higher-end suspension at a later date, but in the UK the choice isn't all that great. Anyway, I settled for a SPAX RSX coilover kit. Adjustable ride height and damper bound/rebound. It should hold out as good street suspension.