Agreed, that may well be one of the cleanest looking GEs on this board!

Keep it up!

 

HEY your going to scrape that take pictures of the badge before you install it lol mines scraped to hell it hangs really low ill show you pictures later.

by the way to answer your question yes I Use to rub with 205/50/16 tires running really low with -2 camber but once the little plastic edges on the fender liner dissolved after a few track sessions it just stopped rubbing hence why it stopt lol. Ill show you pictures of how much plastic is missing.

 

Thanks WhiskeySix,
I'm on TEIN S-tech springs, they are 1.6 drop all around and the wheels are all +42 offset.
I'm planning to get TEIN Super Compact coilovers sometime soon.

 

Thank you DiamondStarMonsters,
That's the best response or comment one can get.

 

The reason why I asked about your tires is because I just bought 5 16x7 WORK CR-Kais.

Here you go Mario, I took these pictures for you

 

I didn't get a chance to install my B-pipe today, but I got my Buddy Club Racing Condenser.

Here's some picture of my install I did, which I think I did a really clean job.

Tell me what you guys think. Thank you!









I went to a local hardware store and bought a plate to make my own bracket.



I used heatstrink and cover the bracket.



Then I double taped the bracket onto the condenser.



I used the holes that I took the bracket to support the stock intake off. Look where I circled



And here is the complete work, I think it's pretty clean how I did the wire management.







Gonna need to go my friend to cut the last wire was too long so I just wrapped it for now.



Thanks for looking,
Don

 

did you bolt the condenser to the car ? or is it just taped on with the 3M if so I recommend you take it off lol my friend did the same thing and it fell off. All so Is there enough play on the wires ? it looks like a pretty stiff setup if it is try to add some slack to compensate the engine flexing.

All so is that the new version ?
looks great by the way

 

Hey Mario, yes, I did bolt the condenser to the car. But I made my own bracket instead of using their little whimpy one that's included. I've been driving it for the past few days, it looks fine to me.

 

Good thread, and very nice GE

 

Hey Don, did you notice any difference in reception, good or bad, when replacing stock antenna with the shark fin? Shark fin looks nice!

Reason I ask... the stock antenna on my GE gets much better reception than the shark fin on my SUV... and the SUV system is a "special" (model only), complete (stereo/XM module/9-speaker/center console sub/antenna) Bose system.

I like the shark fin you installed, and think they look better than the stock antenna... but I'd like reception to at least remain the same as stock.

Your ride is coming along great, BTW... keep the pics coming, bro!

 

On the wheels/tires... have you noticed any difference in driving when going from 16'" to 17" wheels? More specifically and important, some seem to "feel" the GE may tend to be a little more sluggish -- both in speeding up and accelerating from stop -- than it did when the stock 16" wheels were on.

Do you notice this, or no? Be honest -- but please say no... no noticeable difference!

The 17" wheels look really nice (better than stock, in my opinion), and I would like to go 17" if there is no noticeable difference. Don't want my GE feeling "sluggish" though.

You seem like an honest, fairly straight-forward guy... no BS involved.

 

Thanks for the feedback.
The shark fin antenna doesn't make a reception difference in the city.
I live 30mins away from my major city and yes it does make a differrence once you go further away.
If you live in the city I wouldn't worry about it.
I usually just listen to my iPod anyways, so it diesn't bother me at all.
To be honest my shark fin antenna got blown off at the car wash from their dryer 2 days ago, so right now I'm using the stock antenna again.
That same night I came home and ordered this. It's on it's way.



I did looked at the J's and Spoon's antenna, I just didn't like the way it looks and people can jack it so easily, so i rather lose $25buck for this than $60 for the spoon or J's.
But the main reason is because this one is the shortest/smallest I'll let you know the quality is once I get it.

 

There is going to be a distinct leverage and unsprung weight disadvantage to bigger wheels. That is not something you can avoid.

Even if you find wheels in the right size that are lighter as well as larger, the bigger tire will still be heavier.

You are also decreasing the leverage advantage your brakes have when you increase the wheel size.

So no matter what there will be a tangible difference in some aspect of driving.

 

Well said Chris

I'm going back to 16's, you guys will see next week, they were shipped out this morning haha.

 

Do we get a teaser?

 

And I get to buy them after he's bored with them yay

 

I'm not sure if this is considered a teaser but here...



lol Mario, I'm gonna hold you to this staement

 

Today finally the last of all the Mugen parts I've ordered came.

JDM Mugen Reservoir Covers - CHECK!





JDM Mugen Radiator Cap - CHECK!



JDM Mugen Engine Oil Cap - CHECK!





JDM Mugen Floor Mats - CHECK!



JDM Mugen Shift Knob - CHECK!

 

Look pretty good.

 

Yeah, definitely let me know about the quality, in and away from the city, if possible. I'm always up for better reception and better looks.

Hey, thanks for the reply!