February 1, 200718 yr I can definitely prove that my car is mine, shit my plate says MR 5K, i have 5K tattooed on the side of my neck. and heres some pics of my buddies and i in my ride. http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1793/dsc02108ig8.jpg my friend and i in my ride (pre navi unit) http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/6594/dsc01939xd1.jpg me filling my car up (older, pre 5% tint on the front windows, i only did that when i moved to Alberta, as its not a big deal out here.. had my car impounded in Nova Scotia before due to having a dark tint on my front windows) http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/3157/img1132ir7.jpg my in my car when i first bought it, back in november 2004.. 100% stock. lol.. paint was so baddd.. got it recleared, made a big difference eh? and of course, heres another newer one. lol http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2773/img1094af2.jpg http://pr0n.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/ae/Vteccrash.jpg
February 1, 200718 yr you know...being too low is almost as bad as being too high...unless you don't care about performance in which case, go nuts. http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3521/dsc01508si8.jpg
February 1, 200718 yr http://pr0n.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/ae/Vteccrash.jpg At least you were nice enough not to say that about my car. :P No one really commented anything on it :( It makes me sad.
February 1, 200718 yr haha funny that your keyring has ONE key on it. Somehow I think if that was your keyring - it would have some more keys on it...
February 1, 200718 yr my piece of shit honda integra 1991 1.6L DOHC VTEC http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/anthesiac/carlol/CAR5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/anthesiac/carlol/CAR.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/anthesiac/carlol/CAR6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/anthesiac/carlol/CAR4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/anthesiac/carlol/CAR3.jpg
February 1, 200718 yr haha funny that your keyring has ONE key on it. Somehow I think if that was your keyring - it would have some more keys on it... I only have one key on my keyring... Oh, and before everyone starts yelling that there's no such thing as a Honda Integra, just look at where the steering wheel is located. kk? BTW: Can I have your engine? :P I really want a B16. I have a D16 Non-VTEC SOCH and its kinda slow...
February 1, 200718 yr Well I know there is a Honda Integra. Acura is owned by honda. Just like there is an Acura NSX in america and a HONDA NSX in japan. 2 years ago I almost got my hands on a Nissan Skyline for 6 grand. It was an older bodystyle skyline a 94' if i remember correctly had an rb25 motor with some modifications done to it. Had a little over 360+ HP. It was right hand side drive which made me really want to get it just because I think it would be kinda cool to drive a right hand side car.. But thats when my parents gave me money and they dident have enough. I started workign and settled on a Infinity G20 that a friend used to own and i got it for 3 grand. I plan on doing a lot of work to it and try to get 350-400 HP out of it when i save up some more money to get the motor completely redone and a new turbo, So i can run a higher boost. Debateing whether or not i am going to NOS inject it.
February 1, 200718 yr you know...being too low is almost as bad as being too high...unless you don't care about performance in which case, go nuts. http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3521/dsc01508si8.jpg not true. lowered cars are fine for speed man, my car isnt too low.. its just right. i like it. haha
February 1, 200718 yr I only have one key on my keyring... Oh, and before everyone starts yelling that there's no such thing as a Honda Integra, just look at where the steering wheel is located. kk? BTW: Can I have your engine? :P I really want a B16. I have a D16 Non-VTEC SOCH and its kinda slow... I guess you an exception :P
February 1, 200718 yr my integra is falling apart lol cant afford to get it fixed ( the drivers wing mirror is held on withtape :D ) in New Zealand (where i am) skylines are like a clitoris, every cunt has one. same with WRX's. i feel sorry for you yanks, missing out on nice jap imports :<
February 1, 200718 yr my integra is falling apart lol cant afford to get it fixed ( the drivers wing mirror is held on withtape :D ) in New Zealand (where i am) skylines are like a clitoris, every cunt has one. same with WRX's. i feel sorry for you yanks, missing out on nice jap imports :< True. Its nearly impossible to find a good AE86 Corolla or something like that around here. (Canada)
February 1, 200718 yr not true. lowered cars are fine for speed man, my car isnt too low.. its just right. i like it. haha I'm talking about handling though, not straight line speed.
February 1, 200718 yr whoever owns that slammed tl with 4'' drop, why would u do that. ur just fucking up the rest of ur suspension components and going to end up spending shit load of money to replace it. have fun :facesj:
February 1, 200718 yr I'm talking about handling though, not straight line speed. what?... the lower your car, the less body roll.. therefore it takes turns way better, and handles a lot better then not being lowered. and about my suspension, i never explained how its lowered.. its not just lowering springs, its a full TEIN damper set up... it composes of 4 springs, 4 shocks, 4 lower spring seats, 4 seat locks, 4 thrust washers, 4 bump rubbers, 4 dust covers and 2 hook spanners .. its fully adjustable. so it rides smooth as hell.
February 1, 200718 yr Yeah, since when did lowering hurt handling? Look at BMW/Mercedes roadsters, Ferraris, Lambos, Lotus, ect. RIFK @ low hurts handling...
February 1, 200718 yr what?... the lower your car, the less body roll.. therefore it takes turns way better, and handles a lot better then not being lowered. Being low doesn't necessarily decrease body roll... A lower center of gravity is just a small part of suspension tuning. You've still got camber angles, suspension travel, and roll center to worry about. The best indicator of proper ride height is simply to look at your control arms in the front. If they make a V you're too low, if they make an upside down V you're too high; the goal is to make your control arms parallel to the road. I can msPaint you some diagrams if you really are interested... edit: captain...if I just cut three coils off my springs it would be lower...do you honestly believe that now, just because it's lower, it's going to handle better?
February 1, 200718 yr edit: captain...if I just cut three coils off my springs it would be lower...do you honestly believe that now, just because it's lower, it's going to handle better? Did i say that? nope. If you'll please direct your attention to my last post, you will see that I said low cars do not handle worse than cars with higher center of gravity. Also - cutting springs isn't lowering. Thats called ghetto rigging, its something asians and blacks do.
February 1, 200718 yr all of my suspension and everything was done by a local performance body shop, i never touched any of it. there was also a camber kit installed. (which doesnt come cheap for my car.. like 4 bills) so everything is good.
February 1, 200718 yr Did i say that? nope. If you'll please direct your attention to my last post, you will see that I said low cars do not handle worse than cars with higher center of gravity. Also - cutting springs isn't lowering. Thats called ghetto rigging, its something asians and blacks do. lol, you said lowering hurts handling, and not to get technical, but when you cut your springs what does the car do? It gets lower....therefore cutting springs makes you lower. And if you cut your springs...and go lower...you will handle worse. Now if you lower your car properly, it will handle better. But if you lower it with the proper parts and go too low it won't handle as well as a car that has been lowered to a proper ride height. Proper bring parallel control arms. all of my suspension and everything was done by a local performance body shop, i never touched any of it. there was also a camber kit installed. (which doesnt come cheap for my car.. like 4 bills) so everything is good. that doesn't mean anything....go take a picture of the front underside of your car.
February 1, 200718 yr Did i say that? nope. If you'll please direct your attention to my last post, you will see that I said low cars do not handle worse than cars with higher center of gravity. Also - cutting springs isn't lowering. Thats called ghetto rigging, its something asians and blacks do. Ahem! Don't forget the mexicans! Lowered cars do handle better if they've been lowered properly, with stiffer suspension and the such. *Shrugs* I just got what my CRX club said would be a good idea. After all, I can't know everything about everything, so I have to listen to other's peoples opinions. I'm lowered 3" on Tokico Blue Shocks and SKUNK2 performance coilovers.
February 1, 200718 yr lol, you said lowering hurts handling,. Quote where i said that please. I never did. rifk YOU did. My point was the exact opposite. Lowering does NOT hurt handling. Also - cutting springs is what ****** and gooks, and mexicans (thanks Tom) do. I would never perform such torture on a car. I don't even concider that working on a car, thats just disgusting. I was talking about STOCK cars(as you can clearly see from the ones i listed in my post), and profesional jobs, not cutting springs off of shitty high ones, RIFK. Cutting springs? RIFK I can see what you concider "modding" a car to be. lmao. this argument just ended right there, lmao. Cutting springs, lmfao, thanks for the rifks.
February 2, 200718 yr Quote where i said that please. I never did. rifk YOU did. My point was the exact opposite. Lowering does NOT hurt handling. Also - cutting springs is what ****** and gooks, and mexicans (thanks Tom) do. I would never perform such torture on a car. I don't even concider that working on a car, thats just disgusting. I was talking about STOCK cars(as you can clearly see from the ones i listed in my post), and profesional jobs, not cutting springs off of shitty high ones, RIFK. Cutting springs? RIFK I can see what you concider "modding" a car to be. lmao. this argument just ended right there, lmao. Cutting springs, lmfao, thanks for the rifks. nice how your original post is editied. Listen, if you take a stock honda civic, and do the absolute bare minimum to lower the car (which is cut the springs) the handling would be WORSE than if it were stock. Not only because you most likely didn't cut all the springs the same % shorter, nor because you weakened the springs, but mainly because the spring was not designed to operate properly at that height. If you take a stock honda civic and buy coilovers and lower the car to the point where the control arms make a V then your handling will be WORSE than if you had the car at a height where the control arms are parallel to the road. If you take a stock honda civic and put 4" lowering springs on it, then you're handling will be in between the other two because now you have now, most likely, lowered your car to where your control arms V, however you have also increased your spring rates which save body roll, however you're using struts which are not valved to operate at that height and therefore you do not have proper dampening. The cars you listed in your posts are DESIGNED to operate at those ride heights, I guarantee you if I take a stock lotus and lower it 2 inches, it will handle WORSE than a stock lotus. The difference between lotus and pretty much every other company? Go look at your mom's nissan and notice how her control arms are setup looking like \ /. Most cars, in order to handle their best, need to be lowered. However, perfect handling is not achieved by maximum lowering, you can pass the perfect ride height position and go too low. Which is MOST likely what that acura did. You may be talking about lowering a car properly but that's not what you said, you just said "Lowering does NOT hurt handling." Which is NOT TRUE. Because I can lower a car in such a way that it DOES hurt handling. rifk.
February 2, 200718 yr nice how your original post is editied. It says the exact same thing is always did. I added something in, then decided to take it back out. You may be talking about lowering a car properly but that's not what you said, you just said "Lowering does NOT hurt handling." Which is NOT TRUE. Because I can lower a car in such a way that it DOES hurt handling. I mention lowering in general, and not your 'spring cutting' ghetto method because from your original posts, I thought i was dealing with someone that knew that they were doing. Obviously I was wrong. Any one that considers cutting springs a way to lower a car is either a mexican low rider, or a wanna-be-mechanic. I can see I'm wasting my time even trying to argue this point with you. Myself, and even all the other mechanics that I know would simply laugh at you if you came up to us and tried talking about cutting springs to lower a car. .
February 2, 200718 yr You keep suggesting I cut springs....yet, you know nothing of me or my car. I have no reason to get upset over your incorrect assumptions of me or my work. of course if I say anything, you're gonna demand photo's, and when I show you photos you're gonna say, "zomg good job working google images!" Or you're going to want me to go back in time to when I put on my H&R springs and bilstein struts and stand in front of my suspension holding my driver's ID, SS card, and that days paper with my myg0t forum name written on it, and then you'd just scream photoshop or how it was my friend's car. But just for fun anyway, let's play the game...when I bought my car it had 3.5" vogtland springs with stock struts on the front, and stock springs in the rears on kyb-gr2 struts. I had to do my suspension because I was getting motion sickness driving down the highway from the bouncing. http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3148/dsc00162mv2hf3.jpg edit for smaller pic...
