slammed fb from canada
 

Hey guys,

sorry if you have seen some of these pictures. i'm just making a build thread now.

here is my fb build...

here is what i started with, a bone stock 84 gsl

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i then purchased the respeed race coilover kit for the front and rear. I called up one of my local stock car shops and ordered up some 15x8 diamonds. a nardi wheel and got the wood lathe going to make a matching shifter.

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Than i finally searched and searched and got some 175/55/r15 for all four corners
so i car was driveable now..
And i got bored so i put a roof rack on and made a fairing. but it is not on the car anymore

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Then just over the past year i decided that i wanted to go lower. I was at the very low limit of my stock strut tubes and illumina inserts. So i made my own new struts. bought some koni 8610 inserts which are larger diameter than the illuminas so i found some mk2 supra struts that fit the inserts and combined them

the supra struts

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koni vs illumina

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my respeeds sitting and waiting

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so i cut the supra tubes off, made a new bottom on the lathe, welded it on and turned it smooth for a press fit

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then bored out the rx7 spindle bottoms to accept the new tubes
made some new spring/height adjuster purches and this is the end product.

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the height difference from old strut to new one

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Now for how the car sits.. and it will roll a soda can down the road

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I just put my 20mm spacers up front but i don't have any pictures yet. i'll keep you guys posted...

thanks for reading

Awesome stuff :D

was hoping to see this build pop up on here.. you have the only other slammed FB i know of.. i think we are at about the same height.. but i am on cut springs :(

you might be close on the rear but i doubt it in the front unless you have made your own front struts like above. even when i had my height adjusters at the bottom on the front and resting on the top of the suspension it was at least an inch heigher.

post up some of your pics? i'd like to see yours. i never see any fbs low

What's the story with your exhaust?

Looks gr8!! Impossible to drive that car in NYC w all these dam pot holes, good job..

Love it.

just a shear boardom thing. i bought a welder and wanted to play a little.

funny thing...i was coming back from H2Oi and we detoured through NYC and on the exit ramp before the lincoln tunnel i hit a huge bump and it took out my inner fender. and yes NYC streets do suck but i handled it

i have had it where the front was at this height, with cut springs, and very little of my bumpstops left. but it was almost undriveable. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...4_232807_n.jpg

Now it's sitting at this height(i hate stock wheels :( )
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very nice build. Where did you find the roof rack?

i can't remember if the feet were from our old mazda mpv or 99 caravan. either way i but the bars down and modified the feet. i think thule actually makes a kit though

pretty sick, thats how low i want to go with mine. but i dont have the skill to fab all that up haha

awesome wheel tire combo dude, its surprising how good that looks. whats the back spacing on those diamonds?

where you from?!

peterborough originally. i live in ottawa for school.

4.5" all around

Could you describe a little more how you modified the front spindles to accept the supra tube?
How far down did you machine? Did you stick it on a lathe? How much did it cost?
I'm really interested in this because I would like to experiment with different shock diameters.

i cut the strut tube off the rx7 spindles. then bored the hole out to 1.95" on a mill with an adjustable boring head. I bored down to the original weld. make sure when you bore down, the distance is longer than the diameter of the tube you are pressing in. decided to put it on the mill because the spindle is an odd shape and there would be less setup on the mill. I also used a 1-5/8 drill (i think that was the size) to drill through the bottom of the spindle bore to open up the bottom of the strut tube hole where the original tube was welded in to the spindle bottom. then after making the new tube bottoms for the supra tubes to fit the 8610 dampers. i turned the tubes down to make an interference fit for the spindle bore. as far as cost... nothing. i did all the work myself.

the outcome with 375lb springs and the koni's and the ride height. i couldn't have asked for a smoother ride. the dampers work really well with low and high speed bump.

hope it helps. let me know if you have any more questions

sweet man im from montreal not too far apart...
what you did is pretty much the same thing tht i plan on doing with my 85 XD
its in storage now...planning on rebuilding it from the ground up this winter...maybe next year u can come to montreal for one of our jdm mondays or for UltraRide even :P

*do u have disc brakes or drum brakes in the rear?*

It's a GSL, so he has rear disc brakes. Love the look DMclean. I tried to go about an inch higher than that with the stock strut tubes. I really didn't like it. Of course my tires are a lot wider. It tore the hell out of my fenders.

and what exhaust is tht? XD
i ordered a magnaflow with the same style (obviously its a custom length)

i made the exhaust but the muffler is still stock. was planning on getting a new one.

Actually I'm going to be stealing your shifter boot idea. I got a bottle of CR Black last night and it came with a black bag. Just wondering what size bottle yours came from. Mine is a 40oz and I'm not sure if the bag will fit without some serious surgery. Thanks.

thats funny, i was thinking about getting a bottle of black and switching it from the purple. the 40oz bag should be fine. i'm pretty sure my bag was from a 26oz.. all you have to do is cut the bottom out on the seams and flair it outwards

Love your slammed fb. Like the bike rack, too. Shame it had to go.

Thanks, i took the rack off because it was killing my fuel economy. i still have it.

oh man i love this car. i seen you at h2o.
do you remember a marron mk1 jetta on rota rb's by chance?

This one?

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If so yeah i loved it. here was a picture i got of it. mk1 jettas are my favorite. love the ability to rock 13's and look good. wish i could have run into you at h2o. i plan on making the trek again next year

thats my car! awesome man i'm glad you like it. its on air tho. i was throwin sparks on the strip all night saturday. i'm lookin for a fb right now. always wanted one. i got 14x8 0et diamonds i was goin to put on the jetta but way to aggresive. so i settled with my buddy's rota's

nice!!!!!!!! my first car in high school was a MK1 Jetta coupe. It was soo clean, slow as hell and automatic but i loved it. Bought it for $300

Well, looks like I found my twin's setup :P

I thought about the exact setup minus the supra-low struts. Too low for my area, haha.

I was/am still a little worried about the durability of the Diamond Racing wheels. I hear they bend semi easily. What are your opinions on them before I actually buy them?

diamond racing wheels are very tough. when you order them say they are for street use so you want the thicker shells. i have hit more than enough bumps and pot holes and have nothing but good things to say. i'm also running 185/45s on the front. my wheels are perfect still. don't be hesitant about ordering. good bang for buck.

^^^ what he said
i use to run 13'' diamonds on my rabbit with 175/50s no problems with them ever. tough wheels indeed.

I love this car.. and its in ontario, awesome!

hey man whats the spring rate u got for the springs front aand back?

both rides very sweet. I love them both

I spy a clean engine bay. more shots of under the hood?

i've been thinkin about getting those rims as well

i am running 375 on the front and 200 on the rear.

ha, it nothing special. mostly stock except an intake runner for the carb. i'll try to find some pictures of the engine bay. my car is in storage for the winter so i won't be able to get any pictures for a while.

i'm thinking about getting rid of them for some wider different wheels.

i would buy those from you, but they aren't wide enough for me.. i need 15x10 in front and 15x16 in back

i would like to see that ^^^

cant wait to see your next wheels btw.

See the problem with 15s that are so wide is finding tires for them. I'm running 295s on my rear and the lowest profile I could find was a 50, which is a little big for my taste and won't allow me to lower the rear as much as I'd like to. Considering switching to 16s...hmmm

curious and your wheels width. thats the smallest 15'' tire profile with a 295.

Hey DM, just wondering what lugs your using with the Diamonds. I'm planning to get a set but my McGard lugs aren't the correct taper.

I am running generic ones with a 60 degree cone taper from:

http://www.tunershop.com/Wheel_Spacers/Bolts/

They work pretty well. not the nicest i've seen, but they aren't too expensive. the only lousy thing about tunershop if that its a flat rate shipping price so you have to build a decent sized order to make it worth your while.

Hmm, that's what my lugs are but the Diamond site says 5x114.3 will require a 45 degree taper.

yeah i just checked diamonds site and yeah 5 by 4.5 says 45 degree. i wonder why they do that, must be a loading thing. if you are running 5 by 114.3, did you do the second gen big brake swap? it should be fairly easy to find lug nuts instead of bolts shouldn't it?

i found a picture a friend took after i put the 20mm spacers in. it shows how low the front sits. and now i have to make up a tri link setup so i can correct the rear.


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