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Car looks super good!

 

Question for both of you, you guys are pretty low: you remove the bump stops in the rear or is the suspension just on the stiffer side?

I still need to raise the rear a little as it's a lower than the front but it feels like its hitting the rear bump stops way too frequently at this height

 

If you remove the bump stops you will either hit the chassis with the upper lateral suspension arm or bottom out the strut valving and ruin the rear shocks. Don't remove them. They are there for a reason.

 

If you want to go that low and not hit your bump stops, increase your spring rate and damping - at the expense of ride quality.

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Alright good to know. I think my coils are set a bit on the softer side so I'll play with that first. I also needed to raise the rear so we'll see what thats like soon here.

 

The car really isn't that low imo I think just too soft for the height.

 

someday I'll get a new camera here

 

http://i.imgur.com/FWCUIm3.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/qC3AZ0B.jpg

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Is anyone still making a wing for the wagon? Can't seem to find the Mach V wing anywhere

MachV is discontinued. Liberal is identical and still available through japanparts.com as are a few other wings. But the Liberal/MachV is my personal favorite

2005 Vader Wagon

Material Tests on Ringland Failure Piston

I should have held off and purchased a wagon instead of the spec.B
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Thanks man!

What do you guys think of the jdm facelift spec b bumper? I've lurked lots of photo threads on this forum and never seen another one strangely

I personally love it. The problem is it's extremely expensive to get in the US. There's 3 people that I know of that have that bumper in the US and they are all on sedans not wagons :(

2005 Vader Wagon

Material Tests on Ringland Failure Piston

I should have held off and purchased a wagon instead of the spec.B
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I personally love it. The problem is it's extremely expensive to get in the US. There's 3 people that I know of that have that bumper in the US and they are all on sedans not wagons :(

 

 

Ah yeah thought that'd be the case, I guess I'm pretty lucky in New Zealand as we got pretty much all japanese imports, lots of spec b legacys aswell as the ones America really wanted like gc8 sti's and gtr's haha

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Is that an eBay spoiler?

 

How does it look from straight on?

 

Yes, the lip is from ebay. It's meant for a 06 wrx but I thought I would try it out. Personally, I don't like the look anymore but other people seem to like it.

 

I'll get a pic of the front soon.

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MERRY DERPMAS XMAS CAR UPDATE FOR ALL!

 

Installed JDM brake lights, and started in on the two tone interior combining the black from the old car with the tan that came in this one. Grabbed the center stack, and took apart the counter consoles and combined them into this sexy thang.

 

Before:

http://i.imgur.com/LC1Z99Z.jpg

 

After:

http://i.imgur.com/J6FyDpk.jpg

 

Brake lights!

 

Before:

http://i.imgur.com/IflKkl2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0hRRDR5.jpg

 

After:

http://i.imgur.com/aMoREr7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7fTSyor.jpg

 

The look SOOOOO much better.

 

Thanks for looking.

I could suck start a snow blower.
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Anyone tell me if / how to get a set of 18x9s on my'05? Aodhan LS002 18x9

 

ANY insight help advice is welcome Thanks !

 

 

I have 18x8s and want 18x9s. But offset is everything. I'll need to have some more fender cut/pulled/rolled to fit 9s with the same offset (+40) I have know with 8s.

 

If you want to go big and low, you need a fitment guy your corner helping you out.

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Anyone tell me if / how to get a set of 18x9s on my'05? Aodhan LS002 18x9

 

ANY insight help advice is welcome Thanks !

 

I'm not saying it won't fit, just you'll be doing some work to make it fit. I had coilovers, a full WL replacement front / rear, custom camber, fenders flattened & rolled; still no go.

 

Lowering the causes the rear arm to move the wheel forward in the wheel opening which causes the tire to contact the front of the wheel opening.

 

With really stiff springs (basically no suspension travel), you could do it.

 

I spent a lot of time & money with the help of a shop that fabs racecars. We did one trial run on the 275 around the parking lot, rubbed everywhere. I tried with 245. It worked but rubbed under load. I never wanted to cut the body, so the project died. I sold the wheels & tires. Eventually, I bought a set of 17x8 Enkei PF01 & BFG R1 235/40/17. The car made 1.5G on that combo and pushed me out of the driver's seat.

 

Pictures:

1. on the ground, 245's mounted on 18x9.5. 225's in the back on 18x8.

2. on the lift with 275's mounted on 18x9.5.

 

Options to make it work:

1. drill new holes to relocate the axle - Dead Mr. is the person to contact on this. His thread here is worth reading. He used to be GyroDisc and has epic threads there.

2. move the upper c/o mounting point (the tire will hit the c/o first)

3. Use spacers to push the wheel out, then add fender flares. See this thread for help with flares/running wider wheels.

4. Use narrow tires. 215's on 18x9 will work. Looks like shit, but it works.

18x95_BFGR1_245.thumb.jpg.cfaa80bc314de158e3339952265c51db.jpg

275vs225_small.jpg.06f8c25cad4f18efcf812467e8ce0398.jpg

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fix pic order
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