[old grey steve]

Uhhhhh god Josh just when I'm thinking a full blackout fur my light you get your paint brush out and start splashing colour about to really confuse me.

Looks different doesn't it

[AWBimmer]

Can't wait for the static+ man this is gonna be sick! Also, def doing that in my shrouds too had it planned for ages but haven't had the time yet!

Pics need more pics of the car dropped !!!

[achu]

static+ yo! i'm excited for this...

[Josh1a1h]

Originally Posted by David c

I had a set of Meister's on my mini and were spot on. The car looks great mate

Oh yes mate! I had them on my civic and my mate had them on his skyline. Great coils!!!

Originally Posted by old grey steve

Uhhhhh god Josh just when I'm thinking a full blackout fur my light you get your paint brush out and start splashing colour about to really confuse me.

Looks different doesn't it

HAHAHA I'll leave the ball in your court steve... We will chat Sat anyway about how we can approach to smacking your lights out just right!

Originally Posted by AWBimmer

Can't wait for the static+ man this is gonna be sick! Also, def doing that in my shrouds too had it planned for ages but haven't had the time yet!

Pics need more pics of the car dropped !!!

Originally Posted by achu

static+ yo! i'm excited for this...

STATIC+ FTW!!! Looking forward to daily functioning lows with the ability to get out of sticky situations!

[AzRiz]

Static plus. I once knew a guy with a Golf that went budget and set it up with a HAND PUMP that he pulled out of his car at the end of shows/meets and pumped the front back up lol. Was hilarious to see.

How low will the setup take you? Think you could tuck rim?

[Josh1a1h]

Originally Posted by AzRiz

Static plus. I once knew a guy with a Golf that went budget and set it up with a HAND PUMP that he pulled out of his car at the end of shows/meets and pumped the front back up lol. Was hilarious to see.

How low will the setup take you? Think you could tuck rim?

I havent bought it to tuck my rims mate.

I have got it to help just get over every day speed bumps and driveways.

I do not like tucking rim... Looks like you have broken suspension lol

I am just all about functionality.

Should be up and running within the next 2 weeks.

I'll have a full polished tank setup, Viair 380c compressor etc.. So i will have a mini boot build going on... But i need to retain as much boot space as possible

[old grey steve]

Originally Posted by Josh1a1h

I havent bought it to tuck my rims mate.

I have got it to help just get over every day speed bumps and driveways.

I do not like tucking rim... Looks like you have broken suspension lol

I am just all about functionality.

Should be up and running within the next 2 weeks.

I'll have a full polished tank setup, Viair 380c compressor etc.. So i will have a mini boot build going on... But i need to retain as much boot space as possible

Practacality is also key to me to be able to use my car(now my only car)everyday on our roads is key, I've got lowish speed humps where I live but the amount of modified cars around my way scrapping their chin spoilers or undersides over the various obstacles plard on the road makes me cringe. I've got nothing against seeing a car nice'n'low it's quite refreshing in fact but it's all about use ability........ hence I like your approach Josh and the direction you've chosen to take and look forward to seeing your results.

Steve

[JP.Williams]

Todays the day!! ... How did it go?!

[Josh1a1h]

SOOOO JUST A FEW UPDATES... NO PICTURES JUST YET

Visited Mstyle on Thursday...
Coilovers are on - Still trying to let the springs settle and finalise ride height.

Visited A1 BN and saw oldgreysteve on saturday... Have a read of my review on their services here
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=977836

M3 Control Arms
Brembo Brake Discs
Akebono Pads
OEM Anti Roll Bar bushs
OEM Flexi Brake lines


But there is one shout out i need to give!!!

THE BIGGEST THANKS TO @Sparky68 (Mark)

Absolute legend!!! I needed new pads ASAP as i have had terrible handling issues due to warped discs, and blown bush's. I was in a desperate rush to get everything fixed and i had ordered Akebono pads from Amazon US... But the wait would have been 2 weeks! Something i just couldn't handle.

I messaged Sparky on Wednesday with a cheeky question as i knew he had purchased Boz's pads which were recently up for sale.
I asked if he could send me his recently purchased pads... I wasn't expecting a Yes, but when he straight up offered to send me them, without any money or assurance... I WAS OVER THE MOON! What a real gent this guy is!!!

THey were picked up thursday and i received them friday... BOOM!
I will be sending my new akebono pads over to Mark when i receive them.


ONCE AGAIN! Take note Lads! Sparky is one awesome guy!!!

[Kassim786]

No joke mate that rear end .... <3

The Preformance splitter & boot spoiler compliment it so well

[AYEDEE]

Both those cars look great!!

[Josh1a1h]

So here is the mini update with pics and how everything is coming along.

New Brembo Blank Brake Discs.
You never realise how large they are till they are off the car.
Here is a disc next to a 2L bottle!


M3 TRW Front Control Arms


Polished 2.5G Air Tank




So the Meister R coilovers have been installed. You can see the pics of them on the previous page.

This is not a great pic, but this is how she's currently sitting.
Needs to go lower at the front and is in desperate need of an alignment... Currently the coilovers are maxed out on the front. They should go about 20mm lower, but due to the Static+ cup, it currently adds 20mm of height. So some small modifications to the shock are needed to go a little lower. But not much...

I am looking for decent aesthetic height. Lower than you would usually be comfortable running, but as the Static+ will help me get over annoying obstacles, i should be fine.

I am so impressed with how comfortable the ride is! Even with the coilovers maxed out on the front!
But Jerrick from Meister R has been the most helpful guy trying to help me make this work.

[Ajerthan]

Loooks hott! More pics in light please!

[AWBimmer]

Love this whip and exciting updatesssssssss!

[Josh1a1h]

MOARRRR UPDATES!!!!!

Sorry to bore you with mini updates, but some of it may be of some help to someone, plus i just like whoring pictures when i can!

So today... I went and had my desperately needed alignment.
With Az's recommendation, i drove all the way to Surrey for an Alignment!!! Yes 30miles for an alignment... but it was well worth it.

It is actually a Kwikfit garage, but run by car enthusiasts! So they had an awesome hunter machine to play with and they really knew what they were doing. They charged a great price, walked me through everything, talked me through bits and corrected certain parts of my knowledge on alignments etc!!!! It was worth the trip!

So when i got down there, they quickly put me on the ramp and strapped everything on. My car was so terribly out of alignment, they hadn't ever seen anything like it before!!!

My front tyres were literraly being chewed off by the road due to my crazy amounts of toe in!

Anyway, i decided to go with regular Msport settings but dialed in my own camber... which basically means we tried to max out the camber and see what was achievable.

So here are some pics



AND THE BEFORE AND AFTER SPECS


As you can see, with my Meister R coilovers with adjustable top mounts, we managed -1.45 ... I was hoping for more but it wasn't possible. BUT afterwards, Az mentioned there may be a way of increasing camber by moving the allen bolts on the top mounts. So may give this a go at some point.

As the rear end is stock, they managed to squeeze -2.5 camber out of the rear which aint bad and i am happy with it. I didn't want to lift the outer edge of they tyre to give more grip on the road for straight line acceleration.

The car is cornering well and driving straight and true with no tramlining. But it is early days and i still have to play with the ride height, both front and back before I get everything dialled in as i want it to be.




As it was a nice day, i grabbed a few more snaps as the suspension seems to still be settling. It needs to go a little lower on the front and a little higher on the rear me thinks... Any thoughts?









So as everything starts arriving for getting my air system operating, i thought i'd share my sexy new switches.
They will be hidden in the sunglasses/ashtray holder above the gear stick, below the heated seats control panel

[old grey steve]

Chuffed rd the fact that you hit the alignment dotted as we knew when we had your car I'm sight it was in need if correction but so glad you got it hooked up indecently that machines the same set up as the guy I rang up for you on Saturday and as you've rightly discovered if it's controlled by someone with the passion to get the job dine correctly and know their stuff the end results amazing.

Pics look good pity when you were with us I didn't get a drive in yours ah well onwards and upwards keep the updates flowing speak soon

Steve

[AzRiz]

Hey Josh, I'm glad you got the alignment sorted to your desired specs. Don't forget that the sheet shows figures in degrees and minutes, so that means that -1*44' is actually about -1.75* (degrees). That's a fair bit of camber on the front, I definitely wouldn't go any further than that.

Rear is coming up to a full -3*.

My camber spec is like that also but I might have it reduced to 2.5* on the rear (i.e. 2*30' on the sheet) as the outer 1/8 of my tyres hardly grips in a straight line (there is lots of ground dirt on the inner 7/8 but the last 1/8 always looks pretty clean lol).

I would definitely go lower on the fronts and adjust the rears to match. Have a look at the latest pics in my progress thread of my height where the fronts are maxed out.

[whateva411]

Car is looking good! How are you finding the m3 arms?

[AYEDEE]

Looks nice just lower it more

[M4rius]

Still alot of room from improvement

[Rudz]

stunning as ever mate....

the car is crying out for some spacers mate, any plans of spacing the fronts/rears out ?

How are you finding the M3 arms, I am still on the fence about that...

[Josh1a1h]

Originally Posted by old grey steve

Chuffed rd the fact that you hit the alignment dotted as we knew when we had your car I'm sight it was in need if correction but so glad you got it hooked up indecently that machines the same set up as the guy I rang up for you on Saturday and as you've rightly discovered if it's controlled by someone with the passion to get the job dine correctly and know their stuff the end results amazing.

Pics look good pity when you were with us I didn't get a drive in yours ah well onwards and upwards keep the updates flowing speak soon

Steve

I am very glad it is all done! It is handling great and you will get a ride in it soon mate!

Originally Posted by AzRiz

Hey Josh, I'm glad you got the alignment sorted to your desired specs. Don't forget that the sheet shows figures in degrees and minutes, so that means that -1*44' is actually about -1.75* (degrees). That's a fair bit of camber on the front, I definitely wouldn't go any further than that.

Rear is coming up to a full -3*.

My camber spec is like that also but I might have it reduced to 2.5* on the rear (i.e. 2*30' on the sheet) as the outer 1/8 of my tyres hardly grips in a straight line (there is lots of ground dirt on the inner 7/8 but the last 1/8 always looks pretty clean lol).

I would definitely go lower on the fronts and adjust the rears to match. Have a look at the latest pics in my progress thread of my height where the fronts are maxed out.

AHHHHHHH Thanks for the explanation bro! I am quite happy with that tbh! Does help with rubbing etc...But i still rub in the rear a little, but that it off the plastic arch trim.

Originally Posted by whateva411

Car is looking good! How are you finding the m3 arms?

The M3 arms have definitely made the ride stiffer. Quite a bit stiffer than stock, but the new coilovers are great at helping counter that and the ride is so much improved!!!

Originally Posted by AYEDEE

Looks nice just lower it more

Originally Posted by M4rius

Still alot of room from improvement

Cheers! Will prob get another 5mm-7mm with teh coilover mod I am doing as I am already currently MAXED out!!!

Originally Posted by Rudz

stunning as ever mate....

the car is crying out for some spacers mate, any plans of spacing the fronts/rears out ?

I have 5mm on the front at the moment.
I used to have 12mm on the front but took it off recently. my wheel smashed my fender and so i am waiting for a new one at the moment.

I am pretty flush front and rear tbh and i have learnt that i HATE rubbing!!! Everyone who gets in your car thinks its broken, and i prefer performance over looks. When you cannot take a bend hard and try and make the most of your suspension, without rubbing horribly... Then i just do not see the point.


I am going to give the suspension another 2 weeks to settle... Then go from there.
I will be raising the rear around 7mm and dropping the front 7mm to try and level things out.
I am still finding a setting i like for the suspension damping... as i still have it on the soft side.