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Picked up a set of the 19" Turbo wheels, cleaned them up, mounted some tires, and bolted them on the car. I used 5mm spacers in front and 7mm spacers in the rear. Tires are 235/35/19 and 315/25/19. I have to say mounting a 25 profile sidewall is maybe one of the more challenging tire mounts I've done.
IMO, they look particularly good against a slate grey metallic body and am happy with the result.
Looking good. You have the twin to my car! I had always been curious if you could stuff 315s in the rear and it appears you can, with spacers.
For me, this past weekend was a bit of care and feeding on the front end. The brake wear sensor had been coming on when I washed the car or it was wet outside. And with a quick feel of the rotors, I could tell it was time they needed to be changed.
I ordered up a fresh set of Brembo rotors, Hawk ceramic pads and a fresh set of brake pad wear sensors. Those when in with relative ease. And while the car was on the lift, a new front lip went on. Also quite easy. The original lip was a bit haggard on each end from driving around the city and catching steep driveways and such.
I have my rear seats and hardware removed and run the rear ecu/ package shelf exposed. Didn't care for how the stock finish looked so I did some old school engine machine tuning on it this weekend...
I have my rear seats and hardware removed and run the rear ecu/ package shelf exposed. Didn't care for how the stock finish looked so I did some old school engine machine tuning on it this weekend...
Nice, I like it.
The rear seat center thingamajigger comes out pretty easy too...
Yes, you can run 315 on stock wheels no problem. The only modification needed is the GT2 bracket to pull the rear fender liner back 1/2 in. You can also bend the existing bracket back and manipulate the liner for more clearance with a heat gun.
Changed plugs and coils this past weekend, probably set the record for the slowest change out, about 8+ hours. Car has almost 14k miles with original plugs/coils and ran fine, Initially tried to do it without taking bumper off, don't know how anyone can do it this way, that took about 2 hours, there was no room to work. Finally gave up and took bumper off (bumper had been off only once to install radar detector), found both lights had cracks around screw holes (will be fiber-glassing them). Fortunately, I have a car lift, that certainly helped. After removing everything to gain access I had issues trying to disconnect the coil wires. Eventually figured that it's a lot easier to remove the bolts and pull the coil off the spark plug and then disconnect the coil (lesson learned). Actual swap out of plugs/coils wasn't so bad, the old plugs looked ok and the coils looked fine. Putting everything back together took a while. The radar detector was a pain as it is a tight fit behind the bumper and prevented the bumper from seating correctly. I have swapped out engines in less time, my respect to those who can do this in 2 hours.
I'm running the light savers and I think they're a good product (I haven't seen any further damage after installing them -- with the screws hand tight), but I'd like to see the results of your fix.
I respect anyone who can do any job in the time that the Internet says it takes.
10-30-2017, 05:12 PM
