Tanks95

...she is coming together....slow and steady

Tanks95

Rear...done

2fcknfst

Those look pretty dam good, considerably better than my Bilsteins.

Tanks95

Spring Cleaning


Spacers front and rear








Replaced OLD fuel pump and sender (was whining very loud)






New Fuel Pump and sender






Other suggestions:

- take your time, take your time / read the instructions… expect the car to be down for 48hrs

- have a digital caliper, capable of going at least 8 inches (you will need to get an exact 195mm) I don’t like to eyeball stuff like that. I used a ruler with a tick mark to get it close, then used the digi caliper to get it spot on for preload. The digi-caliper is a MUST for ride height adjustments also.

- take your time / read the instructions

- take a photo of your roll bar end link mounting points, front and rear. It matters because you will begin to doubt yourself when you re-install

- Read over the instructions a few times, its not a hard job, just tedious, and there are a few Ohlins specific parameters that will need to be set..i.e. spring preload (thats why you need a digital caliper)

- did i say take your time & read the instructions?

- the front is harder than the rear (of course). The hardest part is the front suspension removal…almost the same as replacing a front drive shaft.

- when doing the front, do one side at a time…you know why

-Once the rear is installed, DONT reassemble the rear deck portion inside the car until you get a good test drive out of the way. This is because, for the rear, the damper settings are made from the top of the shock, which is inside the car. The front can be done anytime, its adjustment is on the bottom of the shock. Outside the car.

- Be SURE you understand the difference in adjusting PRE-LOAD and RIDE HEIGHT…read instructions.


3- my initial thoughts. Awesome. I went with a damper setting of 8 all the way around, and its GREAT! Yes, that’s subjective, but so is every other opinion. Bottom line for me, they were well worth it.

Dock

Have you driven you Turbo much since you purchased it?

Tanks95

lol, logical question. Short answer, not much, because its not where i want it mechanically. This is "my way" with used toys. i like to deep dive them mechanically....makes me feel like its mine, AND i get t know it internally / mechanically which is most important to me.

my old mechanic days have stayed with me, when buying a performance car its very important for me to work out every issue before long term driving.

now that all the little things have been worked out, ill do a short 20 - 30 mile run. Set the ride height (giving the suspension time to settle), and then send all fluids out to be tested. Once thats done, then and only then will i be comfortable wringing her out on the weekends. Crazy, i know. But, there is a reason and a method behind this craziness.

it will get driven, no worries about that. this is not quick flip car for me, this is a keeper. but, it is a toy, and there are other priorities.

good stuff

etchhead

Looking good William! What size spacers did you go with? That is a trick exhaust with the pipes off the bypass, look forward to your feedback.

Tanks95

Thanks. I went with the ECS 8mm and 15mm rear.

Its on the ground now, i like it!

Dock

Life's short.

You don't have to wring it out every time you drive it.

Tanks95

....and another good point....but, you get what i am saying. I want it as right as possible for me.

That's the great thing about America, we can be different and its okay.

Dock

Absolutely.

My personal approach would have been to get to know the car before doing the elective stuff.

2fcknfst

Funny, I was like William - everything that could be a problem is addressed before you get 'er on the road...

Dock

I'm not sure everything he is addressing is in the "could be a problem on the road" category.

2fcknfst

Yes, I am guilty of that too - I didn't really need the GT3RS shifter, or the exhaust, or the rads, but they are pretty cool...

Dock

My point was not one of foregoing those modifications, it was regarding the timing of those elective modifications.