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DPancoast 06-08-2009 01:54 AM

another awesome weekend :)

DPancoast 06-08-2009 09:40 AM

In. Can't wait to drive my car this week. Life rules.

piku 06-08-2009 10:29 AM

The M3 is clayed+waxed and I saw guys from hatfield twp starting to dig up the front of my yard today. I may get coilovers today :)

Snoozie 06-08-2009 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DPancoast (Post 1393360)
another awesome weekend :)

Yep. My sister had her baby on Saturday. :mrgreen:

DPancoast 06-08-2009 10:36 AM

Aw yay! Congrats Aunt Susie and Uncle Keith =P.

What kind of coilovers are you getting, Mark?

piku 06-08-2009 12:35 PM

Probably Bilstein PSS9's. I'm toying with that or Koni adjustable shocks and H&R springs. The Koni's will be slightly cheaper but the Billy's will allow me to slam it pretty good ;)

piku 06-08-2009 12:36 PM

Oh crap, no automotive talk allowed here :-P

DPancoast 06-08-2009 12:41 PM

Hmnm from an MR2 perspective, both are awesome choices. The JSpec MR2s from 94-98 came with Blisten shocks and everyone raves about them and the fact that they are factory and so much better than US Spec and last forever.

The Koni/H&R red springs are the #1 used shock/spring combo for us 2nd Gen guys. Close second is Tockico Illumina.

I've driven cars with both setups and for a DD setup loved the Konis to death. They are soft enough for normal driving but can really take the abuse that coilovers can on a smaller scale... Only problem is that they are $3-400 EACH I think hehe. Good choices tho man, I'm curious to see what you go with. If you need help putting them in I'd be glad to help since you are being so kind to accomidate my motor install!

~Brian~ 06-08-2009 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Snoozie (Post 1393543)
Yep. My sister had her baby on Saturday. :mrgreen:

Congrats!

piku 06-08-2009 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DPancoast (Post 1393709)
Hmnm from an MR2 perspective, both are awesome choices. The JSpec MR2s from 94-98 came with Blisten shocks and everyone raves about them and the fact that they are factory and so much better than US Spec and last forever.

The Koni/H&R red springs are the #1 used shock/spring combo for us 2nd Gen guys. Close second is Tockico Illumina.

I've driven cars with both setups and for a DD setup loved the Konis to death. They are soft enough for normal driving but can really take the abuse that coilovers can on a smaller scale... Only problem is that they are $3-400 EACH I think hehe. Good choices tho man, I'm curious to see what you go with. If you need help putting them in I'd be glad to help since you are being so kind to accomidate my motor install!

Nah,

I found the Billy's for $1400 and the Koni's for $599 + $232 for springs, so significantly less. I just wonder if I can get the coilovers to really be streetable. I have a set of coilovers (unknown brand) in my garage from my friend's 1995 corolla. He just couldn't get it to behave so he went with KYB GR2 instead (which is seriously nice).

DPancoast 06-08-2009 01:16 PM

i'm sure you can be streetable on coilovers. Especially Blistens. I mean if we were talking about Skunk 2 or some crappy brand then I'd say good luck but it also depends on what "streetable" is to you ya know?

GR-2s are awesome for what they are. I rode them on my old red car with Tanabe springs and they were more than I ever expected. Loved em for the price I paid and it was the best of both worlds when it came to street or hard driving. I'm glad I have adjustables now though because I want to really see what the car can do at auto-x

SpEcRv9 06-08-2009 01:18 PM

lol @ nissan telling me "we really have no idea what's wrong with your car"

DPancoast 06-08-2009 01:35 PM

Haha WTF? that sucks.

Also. Saw Hangover last night. ****in amazing. Asian dude was hilarious.

Elliott18t 06-08-2009 01:38 PM

drag me to hell was pretty funny too..

especially the car scene lol.

Oakes 06-08-2009 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DPancoast (Post 1393798)
Haha WTF? that sucks.

Also. Saw Hangover last night. ****in amazing. Asian dude was hilarious.

lol, I LOST it when they pulled up in the cop car and they all had no idea how they got it. Tears were flowing

R_Rambo 06-08-2009 01:45 PM

The Hangover is a great movie one of few ive watched were I laughed practically the entire time

Elliott18t 06-08-2009 01:47 PM

http://tnation.tmuscle.com/avatar_im...ht_lifting.jpg

grimm 06-08-2009 01:52 PM

violent rage flows thru my blood today

Snoozie 06-08-2009 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DPancoast (Post 1393547)
Aw yay! Congrats Aunt Susie and Uncle Keith =P.

What kind of coilovers are you getting, Mark?

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Originally Posted by Snowboy459 (Post 1393723)
Congrats!

Thanks guys! I'm pretty excited. :mrgreen:

I still don't think Keith is used to being called an Uncle, even though my Nephew is 2 1/2. lol

piku 06-08-2009 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DPancoast (Post 1393757)
i'm sure you can be streetable on coilovers. Especially Blistens. I mean if we were talking about Skunk 2 or some crappy brand then I'd say good luck but it also depends on what "streetable" is to you ya know?

GR-2s are awesome for what they are. I rode them on my old red car with Tanabe springs and they were more than I ever expected. Loved em for the price I paid and it was the best of both worlds when it came to street or hard driving. I'm glad I have adjustables now though because I want to really see what the car can do at auto-x

I was actually going to start autocrossing this year until I figured out my head gasket is leaking oil. I decided against it after that because it's stupid to track a car that isn't ready for it IMHO.


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