I say flat black with a red pinstripe around the lip. Plus annodized red lug nuts FTW!

What are your wheel specs, offsets please?

 

mine

 

Personally I would go with gold.

 

SiH,
I really like ur car, except that tire stretch on the back is ridiculous, I just don't get it. It looks like a toy now, has no function whatsoever, unless you don't like good handling...

 

It's a personal taste thing - it does serve a function: it allows me to fit the wheels in the style I like them, and get closer to the stance I love - i.e. with the wheel lips protrucing slightly past the bodywork. I want low offsets on a stock body - it's basically the only way to get that look without wing flaring.

I'm fully aware it's personal taste, and I'm fully aware most people don't like it, but I do, and I built the car for me, no-one else

It makes no detrimental difference to the handling whatsoever - I tend to find the people that say things like that are ones who've never driven on stretch. In fact, it actually makes the breakaway of the tyre a little more predictable

One thing I hate is seeing sweet wheels hidden away from view due to weak offsets. A guy on another forum once summed it up perfectly for me:
Anyways, it's a discussion that's been done to death a million times over. let's not dwell on it here

 

Sephiroth What hood is that? Where did you purchase it? Does it help with heat/heat soak?

 

SiH: just pure sexy car you got.

 

o figured out its feed...but still need other two answers thx

 

yup exactly it's a Feed hood my friend! I would really like to answer your other questions, however I don't remember what the temperature was like before I installed the hood. I'm pretty positive that it does help get rid of the excessive heat but I wouldn't be able to say how effective it can be.

 

I'm not saying its not good for drifting. Yeah i admit, I've never ran a stretch, but by physics its gonna stiffin the rear tire alot more, your also running less of a patch on the road. Proving it takes away from grip. Sorry, not tryin to start an argument, I'm just sayin.

Anyways, I'm not hatin at all! Cause damn, I love your car... oh, and the MS1's

You got any engine bay/interior pics?

 

mine runs 180 w ac/fans on and 220-230 running hard/dd/heat 93+ without fans

 

hey im gonna take the car out for a ride today, so i'll take a sec to look at the temp and i'll shoot you a pm next time i log on!

 

 

^^^ what a nice car!

 

nice... are those two good lookin FD's that I see nxt to urs?

 

sweeet......Throw a 99 spec on the back and ur set!

 

^^nah his **** is near perfect...

 

^ is the rear bumper off color from the rest of the body?

 

Yes it is Original paint and the camera hides no Lies.

 

Mikey your car is picture ready all the time. so clean !!!

 

If you are going to black out the rear side markers, then you should black out the reverse lights, looks off IMO with one blacked out and the other not. Just my two cents, would blend well with your overall theme. Anyways, nice car.

 

LOL I have the other sets as you mentioned being painted as we speak. I didn't like the way they turned out so, I'm having them painted again.

I agreeeeeeeee

 

Took some data a few years back when switching from my stock Mazda hood to my Amemiya AD9. Coolant temps on my Power FC dropped about 3 to 5C while driving on the highway, a little less in stop and go city driving. Hope that helps.

P.S. Not sure if you're running the Power FC. If so, and your coolant temps are in the 220-230 range, you need to adjust the fan settings on your Power FC or back off a little and let 'er cool down, especially if your intake charge temps are 50C+. Just my .02.

 

Damn 2 sexy FD's and neither of them have JDM tails lol

Still hot though.

 

SiH, I love the car bro. Very nice pictures in your album.