Finsihed body & paint - NEED ADVICE
04-05-09, 02:27 PM
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Finsihed body & paint - NEED ADVICE
Just wonderind what you guys think of my new paint job and wheel installation.
Any suggestions for a suspension set up and some easy ways to increase power. I already have a Boral exhaust, Iam thinking about adding a header. Did anyone here add a header and see a decent power gain. Thanks for all of your suggestions
Any suggestions for a suspension set up and some easy ways to increase power. I already have a Boral exhaust, Iam thinking about adding a header. Did anyone here add a header and see a decent power gain. Thanks for all of your suggestions
04-05-09, 05:15 PM
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Are those 17's? you actually have some tire on there, not rubberbands and I'm really impressed. the more I look at the color the more I like it. Did you take it to a shop or are you a paint wizard yourself?
You might post your power goals and then I'm sure someone will come up with an equation to get you there.
You might post your power goals and then I'm sure someone will come up with an equation to get you there.
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04-05-09, 05:22 PM
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Header is a must have, rims look a little big vs the traditional look, "however", they are complimented with a decent size tire. Removing the side moldings, using a modern color combined with the rims really brought that girl up to date, almost like a restomod. Nothing but compliments here! As for suspension, my racingbeat springs have my car sitting too high, go with eibachs and tokico's. More pics please!
04-05-09, 06:46 PM
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[QUOTE=tasty danish;9102359]Are those 17's? you actually have some tire on there, not rubberbands and I'm really impressed. the more I look at the color the more I like it. Did you take it to a shop or are you a paint wizard yourself?
Yes they are 17x7 with 205/40/17 tires. It handles very well. It needs to be dropped. Thanks for your postive comments.
Yes they are 17x7 with 205/40/17 tires. It handles very well. It needs to be dropped. Thanks for your postive comments.
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Header is a must have, rims look a little big vs the traditional look, "however", they are complimented with a decent size tire. Removing the side moldings, using a modern color combined with the rims really brought that girl up to date, almost like a restomod. Nothing but compliments here! As for suspension, my racingbeat springs have my car sitting too high, go with eibachs and tokico's. More pics please!
Thanks for info and comments.
04-05-09, 06:49 PM
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04-05-09, 08:13 PM
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I just put a RB headeron the 79 replacing the origonal thermal reactor system . You can notice a small change , but don't expect too much on a stock engine . You have to increase intake port size to take advantage of the freed up exhaust.
On the suspension , check ReSpeed in the vendors forum . A lot of first gen owners have bought his race spings and coil overs and rave about them. I put 200 on the front and 125 on the rear with tokico blues and lowered it 1.5 inches all around . This was a far more noticeable improvement from stock to the driving experience of the car than the header . Very tight in corners and only mildy spine jarring over speed bumps . Joe and dan at RPM Motrosports in Kitchener ( Breslau) are the Candian distributers for ReSpeed products and can install for you ( good guys , Rotary specialists)
On the suspension , check ReSpeed in the vendors forum . A lot of first gen owners have bought his race spings and coil overs and rave about them. I put 200 on the front and 125 on the rear with tokico blues and lowered it 1.5 inches all around . This was a far more noticeable improvement from stock to the driving experience of the car than the header . Very tight in corners and only mildy spine jarring over speed bumps . Joe and dan at RPM Motrosports in Kitchener ( Breslau) are the Candian distributers for ReSpeed products and can install for you ( good guys , Rotary specialists)
04-05-09, 08:17 PM
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Get smaller rims, get thicker sidewall'd tires, don't put stock trim on paint bumper black and front bumper thingy, get headers
Love the paint color, the rims kill it (Larger then 16" on FB never look right) just like bigger then 17/18" on fc doesnt look right
Love the paint color, the rims kill it (Larger then 16" on FB never look right) just like bigger then 17/18" on fc doesnt look right
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Do you have any pics with the sun shining on the car. The one you posted has the sun behind the car and you cant see too well on how the tires fill the wheel wells.
