boostedscion

hahaa... do it with one nut.. save another gram or so

The_Instigator

Lance Armstrong style huh? Yes its in bad taste but i couldnt resist.

Magnus213

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Any pics of the finished product?

The_Instigator

Theyre on and theyre awesome, but I dont have good pics yet. I took some yesterday after washing it up nice, but the car is half in the sun and half in the shade so the exposure is jacked. Its all overcast and gray today so I cant get good pics today. I'll try to take some beauty shots when its sunny out.

Here they are:








And dont look at the wheel gap...parking on the hill makes the front end up sit highter than it normally does.

Braking perfomance is dramatically improved. The pedal travel has been dramatically reduced which give much better feel and control when stepping on the pedal. While I was doing my initial bed-in procedure I found that I can get into ABS at about 40MPH which shows that the tires really are the weak point in the system. We ran out oif time and havent done the rear brake lines yet, and that should make the pedal feel even better.

FYI...you DO NOT need a pressure bleeder to do the brakes on the tC. We did the old fashioned pump and bleed and it worked flawlessly. Im not sure why people have been having problems bleeding their brakes, but I can guarantee they are doing it wrong.

raamaudio

So sweet,! Great looks inside those stock wheels, I like the black caliper, keeps the rice geekers from noticing much but those of us that understand the cool things in mods will see it and appreciate your efforts to be cool and look cool

I agree, no problems with pump and bleed, I did it that way so my son could learn how to do it even though I have a vacuum bleeder and it worked just fine.

Rick

davedavetC

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looks nice. i wish i had the money to spend on a BBk

Magnus213

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Looks awesome!
(Shiny tires too)

The_Instigator

Thanks guys...I was really torn about getting red or black calipers. I know the red would look really good, but I also have done a lot of work to make the car look clean and low profile and the red calipers are the exact opposite of that. Like Rick said, the guys who really know whats up will notice it and appreciate it and those that dont realize its there probably will never get it anyway.

Up next, are rear slotted rotors, pads, ss lines and Ill probably paint the calipers black to match the fronts.

After that its strut tower brace, wheels, tires, exhaust........damn I need to start saving LOL.

Killermonkys

Looks sooo nice!! What kind of tire shine do you use? those things are shinny

The_Instigator

I use Eagle One WET in a regular spray bottle sprayed on to an applicator. More importantly I use Westleys Bleech White to clean the tires first to get a good starting surface. Its made to clean whitewalls, but I use it on all tires. It works better on tires than any other product Ive tired...and Ive been deatiling cars for almost 10 years now.

davedavetC

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good choice on the black calipers. thats what i would have picked. makes it look really clean.

boostedscion

awesome pics Erik, very clean so how close is the calipers to the rim spokes 2mm?

The_Instigator

Yes...its very close. After looking at the setup along with the fact that 5mm are not hubcentric, for the long run Id reccomend going with a larger spacer. H&R's next size up from 5mm is 15mm but that also is a hubcentric spacer that restore the wheel register. While the 5mm works, I would reccomend using the 15mm instead. If somebody makes a 10mm hubcentric spacer (somethng custom maybe?), that would be the ideal solution.

taek

this guy konws what he's talking about

-taek

boostedscion

True that. Very knowledgeable!

The_Instigator

Thanks..glad I can help out.

cryptz

what spacer does he have on their now? i know its 5mm but its obv not "hubcentric" im intrested in getting a bbk, just curious what the deal with the spacer is

The_Instigator

Still running the 5mm. I have new wheels on order and will hopefully have them in a few weeks. I would reccomend a 7mm or larger spacer for the stock wheels. They can be custom made apparently. i contacted Fred at http://www.wheeladapter.com/ about gettign custom spacers made but never got them done.

These are the wheels I will be getting:

Enkei RPF1 17x8 +35

davedavetC

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nice.

silver? or you gonna go gunmetal or black?

raamaudio

Alright, finally getting the RPF!'s!!!

They only come in silver in that size and offset/bolt pattern, I know, I am sponsored by Enkei and have begged them to bring in the "black chrome" in 8.5 and 9" wide for us but no luck, yet.

Rick