Finally, officially back on a FD.
05-31-11, 08:46 PM
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Nope just springs on KYB shocks. Never got around to get the coil overs that I should of gotten to begin with. Just not a fan of all the initial adjusting.
06-05-11, 02:59 PM
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Getting ready to order my new gauges from Speedhut, just need to decide on the way I want it to look. This is the idea I'm thinking of but with the letters on white on the tach and red letters on the rest of the gauges.
If not then do all of them like this but red letters and 99+ font.
Also going to be ordering the coilovers. I'm between the Tein Flex of Stance GR+. Stance + have better pricing but I like my Tein Flex on my last FD. So not sure yet on coilovers.
If not then do all of them like this but red letters and 99+ font.
Also going to be ordering the coilovers. I'm between the Tein Flex of Stance GR+. Stance + have better pricing but I like my Tein Flex on my last FD. So not sure yet on coilovers.
06-11-11, 11:27 AM
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Chief,
No issue with rubbing on the fenders. When I strapped my car down on the trailer for a week, it compressed the springs too much and now my tires rub on the fender liners.
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Ordered my Stance coilovers. Supposedly the store I ordered them from have them in stock so they SHOULD be here next week.
I also ordered my gauges. They have to make them to my specification so they will take about a week to get here. I went with this color combo on all gauges
The tach will be the same color but it will have the red line like the tach above.
I also go a bad cluster to do the conversion + an Autometer digital fuel gauge to put where the warning lights on the left size of the cluster are.
No issue with rubbing on the fenders. When I strapped my car down on the trailer for a week, it compressed the springs too much and now my tires rub on the fender liners.
Ordered my Stance coilovers. Supposedly the store I ordered them from have them in stock so they SHOULD be here next week.
I also ordered my gauges. They have to make them to my specification so they will take about a week to get here. I went with this color combo on all gauges
The tach will be the same color but it will have the red line like the tach above.
I also go a bad cluster to do the conversion + an Autometer digital fuel gauge to put where the warning lights on the left size of the cluster are.
06-13-11, 10:15 PM
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06-14-11, 04:14 PM
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Well the way I look at it, it is cheaper than getting a set of used JDM seats and I can order them they way I want. The question I'm trying to find out if they fit. They offer rails for our car also.
Got the proof for my gauges today and I'm excited!!!!
Got the proof for my gauges today and I'm excited!!!!
06-14-11, 10:50 PM
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$799 for Tach, GPS Speedo, boost, coolant and oil pressure + $20 for the custom art work (the RX-7 and red line). If you get the regular speedo (it gets it signal from speed sensor) it is about $75 cheaper but it is a PITA to set up. For fuel I have a Auto Meter digital gauge that I'm planning to put where the warning lights are.
Speedhut has an AWESOME customer service. They wanted to know what I wanted in detail and before they made my order they sent this proof to verify that is what I wanted.
I was thinking of doing this at first but in the photoshop it didn't looked that good but it is cheaper to buy them like this and I could have all 6 gauges (Speedo, tach, oil pres, boost and fuel) in the dash and kinda of a Porsche dash look.
Speedhut has an AWESOME customer service. They wanted to know what I wanted in detail and before they made my order they sent this proof to verify that is what I wanted.
I was thinking of doing this at first but in the photoshop it didn't looked that good but it is cheaper to buy them like this and I could have all 6 gauges (Speedo, tach, oil pres, boost and fuel) in the dash and kinda of a Porsche dash look.
06-15-11, 12:27 PM
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. Once that's done then I move to the engine. Don't want to mess with this engine yet since it has less that 5k miles. Still debating if I want to go 20B. The only reason I want to go 20B is because the sound so it is hard to justify the cost.
06-16-11, 08:11 PM
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I love Zeal's. I had them on a WRX wagon I had after my last FD that was my track rat and they were awesome, noisy, but awesome.
I really didn't want to get coilovers since most of us just adjust them once and that is it, but I wanted new shocks and springs to make my ride leveled I was a bit hesitant and didn't want to end up with the car being too low again and not leveled, so I went with coilovers. I was going to get BC coil overs since I have them on my Mazdaspeed 6 and they are pretty good, but was afraid that the ride was going to be too soft for the FD and make my wheel rub with the fender liner again. So I stuck with what I knew that was a happy medium. I had Tein Flex's on my last FD and they were pretty good. I wanted to get another set of Tein Flex's again but I could not find them on stock any where. As soon as I saw the Stance and how well constructed (robust) I was very pleased that I made a wise choice. I also couldn't pass up the price I got for them for compared to the price of the Flex. I paid $1100 to my door including tax.
I really didn't want to get coilovers since most of us just adjust them once and that is it, but I wanted new shocks and springs to make my ride leveled I was a bit hesitant and didn't want to end up with the car being too low again and not leveled, so I went with coilovers. I was going to get BC coil overs since I have them on my Mazdaspeed 6 and they are pretty good, but was afraid that the ride was going to be too soft for the FD and make my wheel rub with the fender liner again. So I stuck with what I knew that was a happy medium. I had Tein Flex's on my last FD and they were pretty good. I wanted to get another set of Tein Flex's again but I could not find them on stock any where. As soon as I saw the Stance and how well constructed (robust) I was very pleased that I made a wise choice. I also couldn't pass up the price I got for them for compared to the price of the Flex. I paid $1100 to my door including tax.
06-16-11, 09:22 PM
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I just noticed the OH plate on your pics. You must not be near Cincy cause I haven't seen any FDs other than mine and a trailer-ed track FD for about 5 years. I just picked up my first FD about 2 months ago and I'm loving it. Are you having anyone else do the work or everything yourself? I really like your build so far.