Very Nice rims C230.. I think your front rims have a tad larger lip then mine noooo. Maybe cuss yours are 19's

 

Teaser:

Calipers are next.

 

Sorry Phister, had them redone Satin Black instead of Mag Blue.

 

its all good Karo... satin black is better than matte black. I was thinking of repainting my face satin black... maybe I'll do the mag blue now since you didnt lol.

 

for some weird reason it didn't match my car well.

The closest match I got for the mag blue was Toyota's Dark Blue Pearl (8P4).

I first tried it out with duplicolor paint (black primer first turned out great). Then I took it to be done at a shop. I compared them and they turned out similar.

So if your going to paint them yourslef use black primer. If your going to get them coated then no worries it'll turn out fine.

 

ahhh thanks for the info Karo... Whens all this going to be done? You should've done the inside of the rim your lug colors. I think it wouldve add a touch of flash to it.

 

New tire, replace shocks and alignment and we're done. Bushings were all done.

Hey what do you recommend on a drop? I can't afford coil overs right now and since I have renntech shocks I was thinking of getting lowering springs and dropping the car. Do you think if I cut 1 coil on the front I should be good? I kind of like the rear and if it's anything lower I'll rub.

What do you think? 1 coil in front should bring the car lower?

Thanks

 

Ohh and paint the caliper too (forgot to add that to the list).

 

appreciate the comments guys!

Xhale, they are actually 18's, maybe the picture angle makes the lip looks bigger? i dunno...

Karo that satin black looks awesome, can't wait to see some pics when it's on the car!

 

Cutting 1 coil will be good. Just remember to get some paint and paint over the cut end so it wont rust. But the Renntech shocks might lower your car already since its built for lowering springs I believe, kind of like Konis are. I'd install the struts first and see if it lowers the car some but if it doesnt then I'd say 1 coil will be good, 2 will be too much.

 

the renntechs lowered my rear quite a bit, but it didn't seem to affect the drop in the front but you already have sport suspension so I'm not sure if it will affect your car the same karo.

 

Karo are you planning on cutting stock springs or cutting after market ones?

A lot of people cut 1 Spring off after market springs to give them that coil over look.

If your going to cut stock springs i would still only cut 1 coil. It dropped my car from a four and half finger gap to a perfect 3 finger gap. & that was just cutting one coil.

Cutting two gave me a 1 finger gap in the front. But car is unstable at high speeds.

 

Karo did you paint or convert your lugs? looks dope man cant wait to see a full shot with your calipers!

 

Thanks for the comments guys. Thanks for the tips Phister and Xhale.

I'm most likely not going to touch the stock springs. Planning on getting springs but can't decide on Tein or H&R.

Hector, I didn't converts them bro. I just painted them. I'm sure the paint might come off when I tighten the bolts

 

I'd go with H&R Karo. Since you already have the sport springs the teins will only lower your car 0.5". Plus the spring rate on the teins are softer than the ss. But just see if it drops when you put your struts on first then decide if you want springs, that's what I'd do.

 

+1 on the H&R's, I just got H&R Coilovers, I love how they feel.. although you just want the springs.. I still think H&R is the bizness!!!

speaking of which, here are some recent pix (they are in my thread of my evolution) of my car with the H&R coilovers.. gonna head back to HMS and get the front dropped a tad more! I dont want no gap!!!

 

^^^Very envious of your glossy/shiny grille haha.

 

damn, Karo! the wheels look hot!

 

Nice pics Newton! Those rims match very nicely with your car.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiuGNZy2tgI

 

wow Newton that's clean, the headlights look great, what have you changed in there, look different to others i've seen

 

sweet drift man

 

Thanks bro.. and with the headlights.. I didnt change a thing... I mean installed HID's and changed the city lights.. but thats bout it.. I didnt change the housing or anything...

 

Sweet drift man car sounds good too

 

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btw, what kind of / where i can buy front spoiler or some splitters for my elegance buffer...? anybody know :p?