jacobcartmill

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johnny, you have any idea about amazon.com ?

Drobs42

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Rpund about $120 but thats only because I had to throw away the initial stuff due to a faulty pipe in the previous kit, so probably closer to like 75 but deff take your time and on the bends cut the 2" thick tape to 1" to make it more easy to work with

Johnny Kommavongsa

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I do but don't have any idea how much one would need to buy.

Cool thxs for info and tip. Car looks good.

Drobs42

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Thanks I appreciate it

Drobs42

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Update
So today I had another shoot for a web page called Stance Daily photographer was hella cool and the page has some sick cars on it..kinda contradicts the way Im going to be going with my car because I don't consider it stanced due to the tire sizes and offsets nor do I want to stance it...but anyway heres some shots I'll put a few more up tomorrow don't wanna overload the thread with pictures tonight haha


...ok maybe that was a little bit much...but last one for tonight

now everybody say it with me....that *** lmao

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Wellp its verified I'm definitely nocturnal but anyway, had another shoot this past Saturday for Stance Daily again, this time it was at the Camden Waterfront which is a great spot to shoot but if your cars low...good luck getting there lmao heres a few shot from it

BTW this first one is my favorite pic because it was right after I moved the car and I didn't even know he took the pic but I was just looking across the river into Philly



Me and a buddy of mines FD's his cars an animal no idea how but he made 375whp on stock SEQUENTIAL twins on 16psi with bolt ons fast car for sure

and another good idea from the photographer

Spalato

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great photos Drobs! The FD looks fantastic!

jacobcartmill

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stancedaily.

silver_7

Nice looking Pics. Love the background shot in the first one.

Drobs42

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Thank you, I appreciate it.

Thanks a lot, and same I've always had a soft spot for red sportscars on white wheels, the only downside is keeping these bastards clean
yes that is thee hahah

thank you, and yeah the shoot came out really nice I've always wanted to shoot on the waterfront, good thing no cops came because we were down right on the water in the walkway lmao

Drobs42

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So since winters nearing here in New Jersey and I encountered some bad luck around this time last year I've decided its time t take the FD off the road and begin everything for the winter. Within doing so I'm selling EVERYTHING! LMAO haha but pretty much my dmic with pipes, fluidyne radiator, driven steering wheel, and a lot of stock parts that I've still got in my basement. I'm going to make a for sale thread later this week/weekend so stay tuned if you're interested in anything.

Drobs42

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UPDATE So, needless to say I've been lazy...extremely lazy, college has literally consumed my life this semester but I'm fine with that because the semester is nearing the end and I can finally begin the planned work on the FD.
So heres a little update on a few things that've been done.

Finally got time to put the car on the stands to decompress the coils and take my wheels off...along with that I decided to take my front bumper off for the next picture..

Next I got a set of Fujita Front fenders off a local forum member for a killer deal who bought them for his fd but decided not to use them. Nooo there will not be any rear fenders going on this car because I'm not into cutting into a clean bodied car (personal opinion )
So I got to tearing the car apart to test fit these bad boys aannnddd...

Laid everything out in the garage

and now for the test fit..passenger side done

and now my favorite shot of both of them on the car...man is this baby wide
disregard the hoodline didnt close the hood cause didn't know if it would've needed more tweaking

silverTRD

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looking good buddy. Are the fenders authentic? or Shine? I was impressed how well the Shines fit on my car with minor tweaking.

7speed

Man that's an intrusive watermark

Drobs42

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They're shine and yeah same with me theres very little if any modifications needed to get these things to fit I was very happy with the fitment

Hahah hell yeah it was either that or between the two engine bays so I posted that one, I forgive the photographer though cause he's a close friend who gives me free shoots

7speed

Well, your car definitely is very photogenic! Can't argue with free shots either

Drobs42

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Update coming soon I've been so lazy! haha

Drobs42

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UPDATE So, as promised yesterday I would be putting together an update, like I said I've been super lazy with the car recently but still things have been getting done. I think its now that I'm beginning to feel the pressure of crunch time coming since the year changed over. Anyway aside from my stupidity, I have done a few little things. To begin, I sold my Greddy Fmic and my fluidyne radiator because..(drum roll).. Im going v-mount. Which kit has still yet to be decided but Im looking at staying as close to 1000 as possible. I may go with the RX7Store Radiator kit and just fabricate my own intercooler and piping, or just go with Rotary Works (if you have any info on rotary works kit please share.) I am also deleting my PS pump and looping the lines similar to XLR8's previous setup but I am keeping A/C and will be making my own mounts unless the RX7Store rad kit comes with some. Moreover I picked up a new set of wheels and tires, make that 2 sets of tires for this spring. I grabbed a set of Work Meisters off one of my close friends who had them on his FD for literally 2 drives maybe 100 total miles and took them off to get more work done to it. I'm also prepping the front part of my bay for a respray due to random paint chipping and untouched acid residue from the previous relocation of the battery to the rear bins. But, enough with my talking, I'll describe some things through pictures as I go along. I will also provide a planned checklist of mods to be/planned mods for this springs.

First I'll start with my final farewells to my Freddy Fmic and Fluidyne rad, kit was picked up by a local for his Montego Blue FD, Im gonna miss that gold...until I get my hands on another set of piping



Heres a shot of the current state of my engine bay, ugly right ahaha oh well thats before she puts her makeup on/the new paint job. My buddy and I are going to start the prepping this weekend and probably get around to respraying it then also.



And heres a few shots of the new wheels. Soo excited for these things they're absolutely mint not a single scratch to even a blemish in sight, hell theres next to no brake dust behind the bolts. And boy ohh boy do I have plans for them...Lets just say they aren't staying purple lmao



And heres a few with them laying next to the car with the other set of tires that'll be going on the wheels in the back.





Well my friend previously had the wheels on Falken FK453 265/35/18 and thats the set-up he drove on twice but was rubbing the hell out of his fenders (stock fenders all around) so he took them off and mounted a set of brand new FK452 in 225/40/18 which never saw anything but his dining room floor being as his FD has been getting an insane amount of work done to it at a local shop. Heres a pic of the wheel/tire set-up currently.

Drobs42

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Continued Update
And a shot of them mounted on the car in the air with his 225/40/18 still on them.Very excited to drop this thing down with the 265/35 on them



Hell they even still have the stickers on them



And of course I needed to include a shot of the new meat that will be going on these wheels. I NEVER HAVE BEEN NOR WILL I EVER BE FOND OF THE "STANCE/HELLAFLUSH NON-SENSE lets make my car as functionless as possible because it looks cool..*despicable me voice* whaaaaaaaaaatt...No the best fitment is meaty fitment IMO. And I like to drive my car and thats kinda difficult when your rim is destroying your fenders..just my two cents but I still respect everyones setups



Fitment in the Feed front fenders should be close to perfect. In the rear fenders, they will need some work. They are already rolled but being as the wheels are a low offset 18x10.5 I will most likely need a pull something similar to shines car which looks a little something like this.



Sooo now to whom it may concern..my TO DO list before this spring/DGRR15
-Custom V-Mount setup
-loop P/S set-up
-painting engine bay
-get fenders paint matched to the rest of the car and respray headlight covers
-Powder coating for the wheels
-MSD 6AL-2 ignition amp and a new primary ignition coil to eliminate the breaking up issue I was running into
-New boost controller because somehow my greddy one broke..Heard that the solenoids sometimes stick and a local rotary guy has one I can switch it out with, may do that or just get a new one not sure yet
-Feed carbon sidesteps
-RE-Amemiya Pro-diffuser
-Possibly switching out my resonated mid pipe for open pettit mid pipe
-Retune...time for a little more boost

Johnny Kommavongsa

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I like the way this is going, be interesting to see how much you will have to roll your rear fenders.

04G35S

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I am SOOOO happy that you did not keep the pulled tires! This is going in suck an awesome direction!

Hopefully you dont paint the new wheels white. :-)

Drobs42

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Thanks I appreciate it, and same I'm also interested I've always loved the look of the rear on shines grey car and even deesans red R1 with the flared stock body. I've got a local shop called crolls customs who does immaculate body work so I'm taking the car to him to let him work his magic on my fenders hahah

Stretched tires is deff not the best thing for an FD IMO, Im excited to be able to run a nice meaty squared set-up which should aid in the handling of the car a lot more also. And nope wheels aren't going white, they're going to be a limited drop works color that I've only seen on legit 1 car on the east coast.

Sorry for the disappointment but man keeping white wheels clean is like trying to manage 15 diff women without either one finding out you're playing them Next to impossible especially with the pads I have on my car I'd have to clean them after every drive if I even had a chance.. Lesson Learned for DJ haha. The color Im going to be doing deff won't upset but bye bye polished lips and purple faces, I'm excited to know that I'll be 1 of maybe 3 total sets of Meisters in the states this color

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UPDATE

So Needless to say these past few months have been extremely hectic and led to a delay in updates. First things first...I didn't get a chance to powedercoat my wheels this year but they will be done for when the car comes out next year.
I also got a chance to finish fabbing up my vmount and got my wheel/ tire fitment into spec with a slight flare on the rear fenders. I also got my feed sidesteps and had the car retuned for 14psi with a HKS Twin power in addition to the now ice cold engine/intake temps. Moreover, halfway through the year I encountered bad luck when out of no where I had a random water seal failure while the temps remained rock solid...weird, extremely weird..but aside from that I took the motor to JPR Imports for the next build and he cleaned up the ports and did some awesome exhaust porting to give the car the ever so wanted rotary brap. I also insisted that I wanted my whole block gold which he thought i was crazy but I had a little vision with the build and needless to say Operation Golden Nugget was a success Over all I am extremely happy with the current performance of the car and the handling with the new wheel/tire setup wedged in there by the feed front fenders and flared rears this car handles like its on rails. Anyways enough talking time or pictures...And trust me there will be ALOT hahahah

Drobs42

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Vmount Fabrication

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New Ignition Coils Install
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First Day of 2015 back on the ground and my buddy wanted to shoot it so bad so just backed it down the driveway in the neighborhood
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Pre flared rear fenders
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Fitting the newly painted FEED fenders with my buddy helping me in the picture
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The Following day at Clean Culture show at Pocono Raceway...sadly couldn't hit the track due to needing a retune and was still working out the quirks with the wheel fitment
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Preparing the engine bay for a respray...I have problems w tearing stuff apart and putting it back together lmao
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