Rad Red. Mmm Twincam!

[KENut]

So this is my new car, will be using it for daily duties and maybe a bit of fun on the side

 

 

 

 

Not too exciting atm...

 

Specs:

stocko bigport

Monroe gas shocks

Pedders low springs (dunno what specs are?)

cat back exhaust

 

 

Its replacing my KE70;

 

 

This had a worked 4k on twin dellortoes, coilovers, loud exhaust, the usual stuff.

Made for a fun everyday car!

 

So my plan for the AE82 is to make it a fun daily, because at the moment its crushing my soul :)

 

Its approx 10-15km slower than the KE thru an 80km roundabout, and has a lot more body roll!

So thats where I'll start.

 

I'm thinking

Good tyres, maybe re001

castor bushes

front camber bolts

a decent wheel alignment

rear swaybar

 

Thanks for looking! Feel free to comment/ lol/ feed me some ideas etc

Edited August 29, 2011 by KENut

[KENut]

First on making this a fun car was to ad a loud and obnoxious exhaust;

 

 

Check!

 

Exhaust is 2 inch (or maybe 2 1/4) from the cat to a hot dog then to this cannon (which was in the boot when I bought it). Pretty homo but eh its an ae82.

[67Rolla-Ken]

Nice daily... love the "custom" plates :lol:

[carbonboy]

Pretty homo but eh its an ae82.

 

Ouch! :lol:

 

Nice ride, love the plates! :wink:

[Sloth]

It'll get there :)

 

Can't wait to see how it progresses.

 

Welcome to the world of front wheel drive!

[KENut]

Nice daily... love the "custom" plates :lol:

Ta, have some more to use haha!

 

Ouch! :lol:

 

Nice ride, love the plates! :wink:

Thanks! I've been watching your thread pretty closely, mines got rust too!

 

It'll get there :)

 

Can't wait to see how it progresses.

 

Welcome to the world of front wheel drive!

Indeed, although I'm trying to restrain myself from going overboard :rolls:

 

Definately handles better than my last fwd, which had a tendency to understeer then snap oversteer :lolcry:

[Sloth]

I'm trying to restrain myself from going overboard :rolls:

 

Yeah I'm trying to hold back with my Integra, though part of me just wants to go crazy and body kit it, at a spoiler, wheels etc.

[KENut]

^ Lol that would be great, and definately leave the GSi decal haha

 

 

So the other day I repaired a couple of rust sections, the main one being the rear passenger guard. There was a lovely rust hole covered with electrical tape!

 

So I cut that out, repaired the inner wheel well (rusted thru both) then made up a new bit and welded it in.

 

Rezult:

 

 

 

No before or progress shots sorry! Need to fix that bumper and repaint the fuel lid :yes:

 

Theres another 5 or 6 rust bits to repair, hopefully I'll get them done soon

[ninja-philbo]

does look neat

[KENut]

So whos good with photoshop? :P

 

I'm kinda tempted to buy some buddy club p1's, not sure how charcoal would look with red...

They weigh like 6kg which is pretty good. Should weigh the current wheels

[Sloth]

If you send the pics I can give it a go.

[KENut]

Thanks sloth I'll pm you pics!

 

 

I started cleaning this today, engine bay came up ok so I'll show you lads the powerhouse. That and everyone loves photos!

 

 

Still need to cut/polish/wax everything. I have OCD tendencies when it comes to a clean engine bay lol

 

 

 

And then I got bored... Tried my hand at light painting

 

 

For some reason when I resized it, it chucked a skitz so the exposure looks wrong.. its not tho

[KENut]

Roight, small update. Spent this morning prepping the car for tomorrows hillclimb! Should be bags of fun, my first time out there.

 

 

Put in a fire extinguisher, blue triangle, got myself a helmet, and checked the car over.

 

Also put on a black windscreen banner, courtesy of Devine Digital (http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/forumdisplay.php/104-Devine-Digital-Custom-Stickers).

I did this to stop early morning and late afternoon glare. Works a treat so far!

[Sloth]

Just checked out the window banners that guy makes, seems like they would be pretty cool, I'll check yours out tomorrow and if I like it I might order one for the KE70 and one for the Shitegra (I'm thinking some crazy Jap writing that says something silly like "understeer king" or "front window" or "Honda").

 

Will be good to see the red twinky hit the track!

[KENut]

Hahaha yeah I like understeer king :yes: . Pretty happy with the quality of it, bit of a pain to trim to size and fit though. Probably the best way to put it on would have been with a water spray bottle to get all the bubbles out, I didnt do that haha