Blackzenki's back in black, round 3....
06-28-2009, 08:46 AM
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240smoke- all ya gotta do is type in "194 LEDs" on eBay, and you're in it to win it...
Biggame, thanks for the kind words man, you know, on the local forums my thread almost gets bashed on a regular basis... they say my build is just "bolting some cheap *** parts on that everyones already done before" among numerous other things.... it's funny, the national forums, people enjoy my build thread, in the florida forums, people hate on it super hard... weird, but thanks bro! i've always held you in high regards and it means a lot for you to say "nice work"
Biggame, thanks for the kind words man, you know, on the local forums my thread almost gets bashed on a regular basis... they say my build is just "bolting some cheap *** parts on that everyones already done before" among numerous other things.... it's funny, the national forums, people enjoy my build thread, in the florida forums, people hate on it super hard... weird, but thanks bro! i've always held you in high regards and it means a lot for you to say "nice work"
06-30-2009, 07:21 AM
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240smoke- all ya gotta do is type in "194 LEDs" on eBay, and you're in it to win it...
Biggame, thanks for the kind words man, you know, on the local forums my thread almost gets bashed on a regular basis... they say my build is just "bolting some cheap *** parts on that everyones already done before" among numerous other things.... it's funny, the national forums, people enjoy my build thread, in the florida forums, people hate on it super hard... weird, but thanks bro! i've always held you in high regards and it means a lot for you to say "nice work"
Biggame, thanks for the kind words man, you know, on the local forums my thread almost gets bashed on a regular basis... they say my build is just "bolting some cheap *** parts on that everyones already done before" among numerous other things.... it's funny, the national forums, people enjoy my build thread, in the florida forums, people hate on it super hard... weird, but thanks bro! i've always held you in high regards and it means a lot for you to say "nice work"
06-30-2009, 11:31 AM
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biggames been commenting on all three of my build threads i've had on here, my first black zenki, the gold zenki, and now this one... nothing but good comments, and always willing to help, once again, thanks!!
07-03-2009, 07:32 AM
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got all my suspension on....(thanks clawhammer for the help!)
car vibrates like 4 D Cell *****.... chicks are gonna dig this, boost and red light orgasms
getting alignment today... will post pics...
car vibrates like 4 D Cell *****.... chicks are gonna dig this, boost and red light orgasms
getting alignment today... will post pics...
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07-03-2009, 02:18 PM
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so i just drove my car home from firestone, surprisingly it only took them about an hour and a half to get my arms and rods all dialed in to my settings... i also had them adjust the rear lower control arms to widen my track, and my instead of the lip of my wheel being flush with the lip of the 1/4 panel, it's now out just a hair more than a 1/4"... so i think, after going a little lower, i'll have my fitment on point...
my alignment specs are -2.5 L/R rear, and -1.5 L/R front, with all other setting OEM (toe, caster etc)... i can definitely feel a difference right off the bat in handling, it's a firmer ride, i can FEEL the engine, tranny work it's self through the gears, and body roll is SERIOUSLY reduced... over all, with the exception of the vibration at idle (no more old rubber bushings to absorb engine vibrations), i'm completely LOVING the set up, it feels great, inspires a ton of driver confidence in the wheel...
well as promised, pics of new set up... starting with my stance...
suspension set up...
RR
LR
FL
FR
oh, and here's the shot of the rear sway bar comparison, it looks to be well over double the size, almost tripple
on a side note, i hit the off ramp on my way home, came it a little hot, felt my tires on their apex, did a feint and hit the gas, and it initiated almost instantly, got a decent slide in around the bank, no serious angle, but fun!! can't wait to get it on the track!!
my alignment specs are -2.5 L/R rear, and -1.5 L/R front, with all other setting OEM (toe, caster etc)... i can definitely feel a difference right off the bat in handling, it's a firmer ride, i can FEEL the engine, tranny work it's self through the gears, and body roll is SERIOUSLY reduced... over all, with the exception of the vibration at idle (no more old rubber bushings to absorb engine vibrations), i'm completely LOVING the set up, it feels great, inspires a ton of driver confidence in the wheel...
well as promised, pics of new set up... starting with my stance...
suspension set up...
RR
LR
FL
FR
oh, and here's the shot of the rear sway bar comparison, it looks to be well over double the size, almost tripple
on a side note, i hit the off ramp on my way home, came it a little hot, felt my tires on their apex, did a feint and hit the gas, and it initiated almost instantly, got a decent slide in around the bank, no serious angle, but fun!! can't wait to get it on the track!!
Last edited by BlackZenki82; 07-03-2009 at 03:11 PM.
07-03-2009, 09:19 PM
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i can't tell from the picture, but is the nut on the lower arm that connects to the knuckle larger than the eye bolt? if not you may want to add a washer to the bottom to keep it from completely falling of it it were to ever pop off.
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07-03-2009, 09:39 PM
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i ordered the ES units, but they never came, come to find out it was an order issue, so looks like i'll be ordering another set from someone else...
and the nut is larger!! if i'm reading you right lol
and the nut is larger!! if i'm reading you right lol
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07-04-2009, 08:43 AM
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^
or it will fail hard, and **** will break lol... i'm hoping not tho lol... cool thing tho is, where i'm building my house (should be another 5 months before it's done), there's a speedway, not 1/2 a mile away from my house, and they do drifitng there for $10... it's kinda redneck territory, so alot of the "test and tuners" are actually circle track cars, ameteure stock cars, etc... but they let ya do drifting out there, so that will pretty much be my test bed, at least if anything breaks, it's close enough i can push it home, or grab the S10 and tow it...
or it will fail hard, and **** will break lol... i'm hoping not tho lol... cool thing tho is, where i'm building my house (should be another 5 months before it's done), there's a speedway, not 1/2 a mile away from my house, and they do drifitng there for $10... it's kinda redneck territory, so alot of the "test and tuners" are actually circle track cars, ameteure stock cars, etc... but they let ya do drifting out there, so that will pretty much be my test bed, at least if anything breaks, it's close enough i can push it home, or grab the S10 and tow it...
