Touge 300 Class Vids
Came across this today, love seeing touge races. Something about sharp corners and tight suspension setups really grabs my attention.
See the rest of the parts after the jump
Aphex Twin and Car Stuff
Been listening to his stuff lately, some of it is super calming.
Here’s a couple of songs.
Also, heres a quick before and after the skunk2 suspension install, finally got around to taking an after shot.
Finally, speaking of lowered suspension, Lowballers had a meet and greet event with coverage from Canibeat in LA. Here’s a video of the event:
Lowballers Meat & Greet from Adrian Figueroa on Vimeo.
Many a sick cars. My favorite is definitely that IS300 with the purple rims. Music by Made in Heights was a good choice too 🙂
How a Civic SHOULD Look Like
This is the kind of build I’m going for, clean and simple. If only Honda would cut the US a break and give us a another Type R, this time a Civic. Spoon rims are always sick, but I think I would have preferred 15s instead of 16s. I’m all about function over form and I bet those 16s rub on hard turns. Other than that, I want that car haha.
Credit Goes to JDM Style Tuning
Installed My Radiator
Was actually pretty easy, took me about an hour and a half total and if it wasn’t for the ice/cold it would’ve definitely been done in under an hour I think.
Bought New Radiator
Picked up the new mishimoto radiator today with some silicone hoses, we’ll see how far I get with trying to install it on my own lol. I also ordered the mishimoto fan shroud to match, just have to go pick it up at some point this week. I’m gonna give it a go this Friday and I’ll report back on my success…or my failure lol.
Comes with a lifetime warranty, no questions asked, which is pretty good.
Radiator’s Cracked
I got a newer engine swapped in (JDM B18C from an Integra SiR) but the older stuff keeps breaking :(. Should have replaced the radiator when I got the motor swapped in but I didn’t and now I’m stuck trying to fix it on my own. I do plan on trying to do it myself, we’ll see how that goes. I patched the radiator with some epoxy stuff until I get the new radiator put in.
Although frustrating, I can’t give up! Would be convenient if I was rich enough to have two cars so I could work on this one without worry, but I’m not *sigh*.
VTEC in a DX Yo!
Getting the car tuned after a bunch of new parts, which I’ll get into when I get around to taking pictures of it lol.
Tampopo
This restaurant got me addicted to sushi, hadn’t been there in a while until today.
Also took a pic of my car, this is how it looks after throwing on some skunk2 shocks and skunk2 springs with skunk2 control arms.
When I Got My Wheels
First thing I got for my car were the rims :).
It took me forever to decide, initially wanted Volks but decided they were way to expensive for a car thats going to be driven on a regular basis.
I always loved Spoon rims, but will probably never own them so I got the next best thing. They’re Rota Slipstreams in Full Royal Sports Bronze, size is 15×6.5 with toyo 205/50 tires, offset is +40. Didn’t want to go aggressive and then have to deal with rolling/pulling fenders. The way it sits now, I can barely fit two fingers between the fender and tires. I’ll get to the suspension later, here are a few pics of the wheels when I first put them on.
My Car As I Got It
Here’s how I got the car last summer.
I’ll be taking some new pics of how the car looks now :), nothing too crazy as you can see from my previous post, but I like it none the less.
This is my little project, got her about half a year ago and have done a few things so far. I’ll get into more detail in my next post! Haven’t gotten sleep in a while, 12 hour shifts plus class are killer.
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