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TS John

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  1. Makes me miss your old teggy, Dan. And Mafdark, your "summer toy" looks sick as hell. Don't think I've posted this one. It's my current cell-phone background, but I just never get tired of seeing it. So now you guys have to! Edit: In fact, I think that's gonna get seen a lot more around here...
  2. That sounds like a great price on the carbing bars. I thought they were much more expensive than that. I might be ordering them. You use them in tandem with, and not as a replacement for sway bars, right? A small sway bar in the front (like the stock one on the Si or VTEC model with the ITR rear sway bar and ASR subframe brace feels very nice. I recommend it and will deffo be putting it on mine.
  3. Yeah, that is a bushing kit. They're really nice, too, especially for the money. I don't have them for my suspension since it's all stock but for my shifter and they firmed it up nicely. They're a real pain the press in to place, though. Get the lube out... Xeryon, I would love to know how the Carbing underbody braces make the car feel, and what they ran you from wherever you found them.
  4. Bumping this topic since I am, once again, bored at work and looking for parts for my car. Actually just bought a new timing belt and water pump since the car is 14 years old and I dunno if they've ever been changed due to the mileage. Gotta say, despite the steering problems with Dan's del sol it was really fun to drive in the twisties thanks to his suspension setup. I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna copy his setup since it's exactly how I want my del sol to feel. This means that I'll be picking up an ITR sway bar w/ASR rear subframe brace and a 2 point front strut bar once I have a spare 500 bucks, which will hopefully be within a month or so. Edit: It's funny -- in rereading this topic apparently I thought I'd be doing stereo, security system, and tint this summer and have the cash for a drop plus anti-sway kit this fall/winter. Guess I wasn't counting on staying in France that extra month or on driving cross-country when gas prices were at their peak. Oh well. At least now I know I don't want tint nor a security system, so that saves me some money. Still need a stereo and, honestly, wouldn't mind another PWJDM intake, especially if Texas Dan wanted to sell me my old one back...
  5. Dear Rick,

    You are moving to the East Coast soon. I am very excite.

    Tenderly I remain,

    Johnny Sabre

  6. Drew! You should totally come hang with a few committed members of your HF family between July 10th and 16th in LA or thereabouts!

  7. 6k posts! W00t!

    (At 1:14 AM July 3rd)

  8. You can buy them but they look way easy to fab...
  9. L0L, n00b...

    You comin' out to hang before we road-trip?

  10. Nate, you are my hero. This is undoubtedly what I will do with my sol, since I wanna keep it mostly stock to sell it but also wanna upgrade the suspension.
  11. Yeah, man, I noticed you'd been coming back on recently. Hope your fortunes in life have changed. Stick around.

  12. Good call on the name change, mang.

  13. The only reason I replaced my rear LCAs was they were seized in there and it would only be marginally cheaper to get brand new ones than to pay to get them torched out and reuse the stockers. That's not really an issue with front LCAs so I'd say stay away from 'em as well. As for the camber kit I'd stay away from it entirely as long as you keep it within a 1-2" drop.
  14. I had a full skunk2 camber kit on my old sol. 1.5" drop. When I went to get it aligned they gave me a print out and everything was in the correct specs and all. I asked them if they had any trouble using the camber kit since I had gotten it used with the shocks and all and they were like, "What camber kit?" Apparently they could adjust enough without even using it. Honestly what I'd do is skip the kit and get it aligned and look at the print out afterwards. If you need them after all I'd get it. You may end up paying for two alignments, but you will most likely avoid paying for the camber kit and only have the get it aligned as normal if my experience wasn't a-typcial.
  15. Since you're car's drop was affected by gutting and whatnot I'd go coilovers instead of springs. That way it'll be sure to be an even drop when you do it. Since you're car's drop was affected by gutting and whatnot I'd go coilovers instead of springs. That way it'll be sure to be an even drop when you do it.
  16. That's a nice list. You got some expensive components made by companies I've never even heard of, but I'm assuming they're good quality. I can't wait to redo my suspension system now. Keep the comments coming.
  17. Updated and rearranged! All prices are in there and that looks to be my final list until someone answers my question about the subframe brace.
  18. Okay, bored at work so let's try to get some prices up in this thread. Here's what I'm thinking right now: <>Necessary stuff: Koni Yellow Struts ($519 -- http://robearracing.com/pd_koni_sport_shoc...1_civiccrx.cfm) Ground Control coilovers ($299 -- http://www.ground-control-store.com/produc...p/II=548/CA=55) Alignment ($100-60 depending on the shop) <>Nicities: Energy Suspension full bushing kit ($129 -- http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/prodd...3&cat=1025) Skunk2 LCAs rear ($189 -- http://robearracing.com/pd_skunk2_rear_low...pairsilver.cfm) Skunk2 UCAs front ($189 -- http://robearracing.com/pd_skunk2_camber_k...-5degfront.cfm) Skunk2 UCAs rear ($145 -- http://robearracing.com/pd_skunk2_racing_camber.cfm) <>Extra Nicities: Ground Crontrol extended top hats ($119 x 4 = $476 -- http://www.ground-control-store.com/produc...p/II=647/CA=97) DC Sports front strut bar ($185 -- http://robearracing.com/pd_dc_sports_cs2_front.cfm) DC Sports rear strut bar ($129 -- http://robearracing.com/pd_dc_sports_cs2_rear_strut_bar.cfm) Carbing Lower Arm Bar front ($79 -- www.robearracing.com) ASR rear subframe brace w/ITR rear sway bar ($399 -- www.passwordjdm.com)
  19. Yeah, I'm just really broke right now. Thanks for the link, though. Suspension is gonna be my project for next summer, most likely. Well, that's a lie... Prolly next fall/winter. Summer I'm getting a stereo, security system, tinted windows, and a new CF intake.
  20. That's a good idea. I'll put prices up next time I'm bored at work (tomorrow). Yeah, Robear is a weird company. Their website seems kinda shady (and they actually recently redid it -- I bought from them before that) but they called me to confirm my order and sent them out in about a week when I bought from them. All in all I was very pleased.
  21. I got them from RobearRacing for 115 shipped, though they were the last generation of LCAs. Lemme get you a link or two. Here's the BLOX ones (in stock for $115): http://robearracing.com/pd_blox_lower_cont...88-95_black.cfm Megan Racing (in stock for $99): http://robearracing.com/pd_megan_racing_rear.cfm And some Skunk2s ($189 but doesn't say if they're in stock or not): http://robearracing.com/pd_skunk2_rear_low..._pairsilver.cfm Doesn't look like they carry anything by Omnipower there anymore.
  22. Yeah, I'll get that stuff someday soon. Like when I'm back from France and no longer broke as weiner.
  23. Whoa, nice link. I'm gonna get the whole carbing setup at some point. Maybe even before upgrading the actual suspension components just to feel the difference. I hate how soft the chassis of old cars feel as opposed to brand new ones. Seems like every time they slightly change a car they also increase chassis strength by 50-200%.
  24. Nice. Have you heard of any such thing that's like a big X that goes under the car and connects the chassis at four points? I thought that's what Tanabe had but I only saw the 2pt under brace. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Cuz I don't.
  25. Bump cuz I want Nancy to see this thread and comment in it with her knowledge of strut bars and weird JDM parts I've never heard of.
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