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My crystal corner lights arrived. Makes it look so much better. Pitty it makes my headlights look like poop but im not going to buy rare crystal headlights to wreck unless i got them cheap :p
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just experimenting on this, i might actually leave it i wanted to try it for ages. Its only carbon wrap :p
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Update time.
Got my rear bumper back, its painted and all and the garage was stripped of all the painting stuff finally so the car is now in there with the suspension dropped out of it.
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Gave the undeside as good of a wash as i could prior to stripping it all just to make it a little bit more user friendly
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And up it went, using some of the finest car stands ever
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And within minutes, i had it bare of alot of its aero again.
So got cracking quickly, dropped the exhaust and subframe, and also dropped the front suspension as far as the subframe for now, ive still to take that out.
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Powerhosed and cleaned everything again, coilovers, anti roll bars everything! Nice to see there all still in really good condition with many more skid miles left in them.
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So why am i taking out all the front suspension, well heres why
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Some driftworks geomasters, driftworks LCA's and rack extending spacers from james spillane which use the entire length that the steering rack can take, very trick piece of kit and good quality!
Ive got all the other arms ive had taken apart to be painted, all the wheel baring carriers and brake disc centres and all arms that need painting are now primed, ive still to do the rear lca's, hubs and rear knuckles.
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The rear subframe is away at gripfab to be strengthened and when thats back ill have it painted also. Still have to get a modded front subframe and kinked tension rods and im looking at the japspeed ones in particular because there really good quality and price!
Ill try keep you guys posted over the next few days or weeks as progress is moving pretty well on the car finally!
Also follow me on instagram @s14deco because ill post an odd few pics on that aswell.
On the tear down i also noticed my Diff is a 4:1 so handy to know, and there wasn't even rack washers in my car so next time the car is out again, ill probably have to learn to drive it all over again! :p But it should be fun with low power and i will try my best to use the lock as much as i can! Main thing is, faster transitions, alot more grip and better turn in, the lock will play a big advantage aswell.
Coming along nicely :)
More update tonight. Got my rear hubs, disc covers and all split, cleaned, prepped painted and put back together and brushed on grease. Also got my discs centres all painted front and back, hubs and also bit the bullet and painted my geomasters and it was the best desicion ever because now they look savage! Got my rear lca's painted too. Havent got pics of them all but heres what ive gotten so far
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Thanks for the support dude! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by insejn
Looking great man! Spec is coming along nicely!
some tasty new parts, always good to see :D wondering how different she will feel if you drive her the next time? :)
Also like the aero stuff on the front bumper, thought about it too haha
I'm completely clueless as to how the car will feel the next time it's out. The handling is going to be night and day difference! Not to mention the rear end is lighter and the grip will be there now, I want it to handle like an ae86! Just transition really fast and need brute force to steer it! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by lady89
Oh and great minds think alike, especially S14 owners ones haha
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That sounds awesome if you can actually get her to that point!
hahaha I agree :D
More progress.
These arms were red, 2 different types of red and i didn't want 3 different colour arms on my car so, wanted to match the new japspeed arms i got. Such a close match!
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Half shafts, i didn't want to just leave them but i didn't want to put mad effort into them because i could end up breaking them first day out so, bitta matt black sorted that and some brake cleaner and silicone spray on the boots, minty mint
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And i finally dropped out this fecker from the front of the car, so now waiting to get a modded one in its place
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Another pic i forgot to take and i left out. Rear lca's degreased, wire brushed, primed and painted. Have to say a mad clean finish came out on these! Balljoints are perfect still, so happy days!
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Was gonna do something mad on the diff, but i just put some matt black on it and done the washers and bolts silver like the rest of the bits. No pic but turned out fine. Again, the more i thought about it its a part that could end up in pieces first day out so no point wasting loads of time on it but the same time, no point leaving it out!
So subframe back from gripfab, i got them to remove the bushes, plate the subframe at the arm points and brace the back of it, did a really tidy job of it!
Put my upper bushes in the freezer while i wire brushed all the subframe and primed it and painted it
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Fitted up the diff, shafts and hubs, such a good feeling
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and put in my arms
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So happy with it, all the arm bolts i just gave them a shot of matt black and it made a big difference than seeing brown bolts and nuts. Can't wait to fit it all up. Left off the anti roll bar and discs till its all up underneath it.
nice!!!
loving that! always wanted to do something like that to a subframe
Thanks lads! It should look pretty mad under the car! Whoever goes to align it is going to love it! :P
Few things done today, stripped underneat a little more, got rid of brackets out of my way and lines and wire brushed the hole underside and cleaned them. Went over any cracks in the undercoating originally on the car with stone chip really heavy to seal it again, then over all the seems before doing the hole underside and arches in stone chip. The used the rest of the can in the holes and let it run out of it just so theres some in there too to protect it. Done this before on the front and its been perfect ever since so stupid not to do it to the back aswell and all underside!
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Btw, best thing ever in this is a good camera phone with a flash! Get the photo's and brighten them up to see where you put lighter areas its so handy!
Got the exhaust heat shield and cleaned that up, but it back under, brake line shields painted and this is what the underside it like after today!
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More pics of the subframe, couldn't resist placing up the coilovers and looking at the colour co-ordination going on
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Your making an amazing job of the underneath of this lad .At least if It ends on its roof it'll still look as clean :p
I know right! Can't wait to put her on its roof now! :P I thought about it alot and it'd be a sickener when a driveshaft breaks and flaps around and makes shit of everything but sure shit happens when you party naked and that :pQuote:
Originally Posted by seanyboy s14
So here goes update time. Got little time to update between working and working on the car till late hours but got a little time tonight because i can't move on till i get more parts.
Rear end of the chassis got cleaned, wire brushed any old underseal that was cracking or had cracks in it and stone chipped the underside and arches, made sure to get into all the awkward areas
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Sprayed the heat shield and brake line shield and it looks the part now!
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Bolted up the subframe, all the washers for the mounts got the same treatment including the nuts in blue and matt black
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Painted the brake callipers and put them on. Different blue to the rest of it its the same blue my rocker cover is painted etc.
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Went ahead and touched up the silver rear end after i trimmed away a bit more of it and everything is nice and tidy again so slapped on the bumper, rear is pretty much done!
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With the rear end done its time to move forwards, the front of the car.
Took a trip to DI Motorsport where i picked up my modded front subframe with the steering rack now moved 25mm forward and my new Japspeed extra lock tension rods which are bad ass! Jay and the team have been nothing but brilliant people to get service from! After the gearbox issue in the past and propshaft and getting the whiteline anti roll bars from then they are still 100% so made so much sense to give them more service.
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I got cracking at the subframe the next day, cleaned, wirebrushed and painted and painted the rack brackets.
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Before that went in I had to put the new japspeed engine mounts in i got over christmas. Lovely job!
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Assembled my front suspension on the ground just to get the idea of it, nice bit of education for meself anyway :)
What you see here is:
-The front subframe
-dw lca's which i also painted silver
-dw geomasters
-japspeed tie rods and ends
-And james spillane rack spacers which give the max the rack will give while still retaining all your threads! Brilliant quality highly recommended!
Ive decided i won't be using these rod ends and they will be up for sale soon!
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Last bit of work i got done was putting on the lca's and tension rods and hubs. Coilover lower cups needed grinding to mount to the geomasters which annoyed me a bit but regardless, got it done. Hadn't got the same colour yellow for the lower cups and i wasn't removing the original daiyama stickers so I faded in blue to them and looks exactly all it needed to be and it works so fine with me!
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Powersteering lines also up and on.
Have to give great thanks to my buddy jj for getting me subframe mounting bolts in such short notice and going out of his way to do so. Cheers buddy!
So whats left to do now.
-Get power steering fluid
-Longer rack boots
-Fit lower cups and bolt suspension back up
-Put on hubs and discs
-Paint front callipers
-Get the car aligned
-Sort out exhaust from scraping
-Get rear spoiler on and stuck down
-Do the interior bits (more on that in due time)
-Just general here and there bits I can't think of right now
What a car! This is a proper build. One the best builds I've come across on the net imo. Looks spotless
Well fucking done!!
car is going to be serious!!! :)
no words to describe how epic this will be, cant wait to see it all finished :)
Jdmep82
lady89
dturbo
Thanks for your feedback on the thread and kind words, I appreciate it, alot! Atleast I know im not updating the thread for nothing and people are actually tuning in, I like hearing peoples criticism its a pitty it doesn't happen on here as much anymore!
Since last update.
Got power steering fluid and put some in.
Got universal track rod boots, bit fiddly but worked a treat and are a bit longer than the standard ones. I wanted longer ones because of the rack spacers so I wasn't kinking the boot when stretched.
Hubs on knuckles, coilovers cups wound on, need to adjust the height when its down on the ground to check for scrubbing etc.
Cleaned up the brake callipers like the rear, got the 2 locking pins on the calliper holding in the pads, wire brushed any old crap off them and gave them a mist of silver, looks the dogs dangleys just doing that!
I took the 25mm spacers off the back and put them back on the front. With the camber i had set before which was max, and the lengthened lca's and the hubs pushed in on top, the fitment was hilarious! Camber was mad! So pulled back out the top of the hub on the coilover and let out the camber top mounts to see what it was like. When i let them out i let them out to positive camber, but let them back into 0. Its not far off 0 but it does still have some negative camber. Then again, ill have to adjust this more when its on the ground.
The bracket in the wheel arch holding the brake lines either side, i just moved it over so the wheel doesn't scrub it on lock. Also looking like when the car goes lower, ill have to get out the persuasion tool at the arches so the wheel doesn't hit on lock.
Heres some pics. So far im F****** delighted with it! The lock is crazy! Heres some pics!
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Still to fit anti roll bar, after that front is pretty much finished suspension wise.
My kumho ecsta's probably won't work with the look i want to go with on the car. Lower, camber, nice and flush on the arch and using the lock. It will scrub, alot so chances are if my new wheels which are 17's work on it like im hoping, ill use them with sticky tyre. If not ill have to go with a smaller 18'' tyre with some stretch.
I don't want my car sitting high and horrible, its a drift car, it has to look cool aswell!
Watch this space, progress is happening!
Give me some feedback too! Come on driftireland members I know this forum isn't dead!
Deco
seriously love the thread, especially all the pictures :)
defo keep updating it!! :D
gangster lock! great build man, ya should be able to go low without affecting performance too much, esp with the RCA correction courtesy of the Geomasters...really diggin the suspension in this car and likng the attention to detail/OCD :P
just slam it be grand ;)
Come on Driftireland is right was half afraid to put up my build cause it a Beemer nd the usual comments"not another one"but fuck it tis wat I can afford nd its a drift car. Rant over:p
Car is lookin sweet as always that's some crazy lock can't wait to c it out
Oh i don't mind running the car low because the suspension is well corrected like you said, its just my arches don't seem to like the wheel and tyre setup I have, ill just have to wait and see what to do. Thanks dude! Took too long for someone to mention OCD :PQuote:
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Slam it, 18'' wheels and geomasters capable of 60*+ of lock only able to turn 40ish hahaha Ill sort something, i wanna run it low, and if i can't ill just have to dial in more camber for it all to suit well :)Quote:
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Fire it up! Ill take a look at it meself. I was going to buy a beemer initially aswell only when this came up i couldn't help myself :P I'd like a beemer just to do something different with it, something mediocre and mad that e36 enthusiasts would hate or love! :P Cheers for the feedback!Quote:
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Will do fellow 14 owner! ;) Would like if i could drive it on the road, daly has me told so many times to put it as a road car, but i'd like to do another one some time as a road car, like your own!Quote:
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Cheers Cornelia!
love the attention to detail and the fact your doing it all yourself is cool man keep it up
Thanks dude! Any updates on your car I haven't seen the thread in a whileQuote:
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