I realize the vert is going to be a bit different than a sedan but are the H&R race springs that aggressive of a drop on the sedans too? I cannot decide between H&R sport springs or race springs
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I realize the vert is going to be a bit different than a sedan but are the H&R race springs that aggressive of a drop on the sedans too? I cannot decide between H&R sport springs or race springs
Yes, verts tend to sag in the back, but it's a decent difference between the Race and the Sport. I forgot to add to my list that I also had the fenders rolled for the rear spacers.
Cool I may have to go with sports then... I'm worried the race will be to low on a daily driver.... I think as your car sits now it's about perfect
~Steve
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Aligned my car yesterday, posted details in the "alignment" thread (below). Might have to go back to 10mm spacers in the rear as I still scrape a little.
http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...174#post186174
I'm so jealous of your drop, I don't know how yours is so much lower than mine since you have the Touring kit and I have the Sport kit..
But.. What spacers do you have in the rear right now? I have 12mm's out back w/ 0 rubbing.
Oh, that's my old drop with the race springs in the sig pic w/the flag. Guess I need a new sig pic. The drop difference between the Touring and the Sport is minimal. I'm running 12mm in the rear and scraping, so I guess I'll have to go to 10mm. There are no spacers in the sig pic with the flag.
John, how's the transformer incident going? Feel free to PM me if you want to keep this out of your Mod thread.
... You're scraping with 12mm in the rear with the sport & the touring kit? That's weird.
I ran my 12mm in the rear with my stock suspension AND this new H&R Sport Cup kit and have 0 problems.
I know. Can't quite understand why. Gary had a very similar setup and didn't scrape - with the same car, an '06 vert.Quote:
Originally Posted by nike001
Switched to 10mm rear, 12mm front, no scraping. Also adding better definition pics of current suspension drop, H&R Touring Cup Kit.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...rontcorner.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...p1rearside.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...rearcorner.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...Drop5front.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...rontfinger.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...rearfinger.jpg
Car sits perfect IMO.
Also hadn't noticed your ZHP on the rear. :like
YES! The new stance is perfect IMO
William.
Love it. :thumbsup
Thanks Rob, Ryan; and William especially, cuz I KNOW you didn't like the Race springs stance. lol! Guess I need a new sig pic again.Quote:
Originally Posted by wsmeyer
Glad you're likin' the TSE3! It must even more awesomer(I know it's not a word but I like it) in a 'vert since you can hear it more...
Love the stance too... I think I'm going to run those size spacers with my autocross wheels since I'm going to run rears all the way around anyway.
I'd like to hear how this one sounds next to yours, as I think it could use some tweaking (since it had to be put back together).
Shouldn't sound too much different if it's the full system but let's sync up whenever each of us is in the OC or SD! Mine's probably older if that has anything to do with it haha...
John the ZHP looks awesome! Can you adobt mine? It needs some attention.
Bayerische-Motoren-Werke
Not a ton done to my car lately, but a few updates:
Biggest thing was that I bought the Dinan STEP s/w which make the shifting quicker and crisper, especially in M mode. It's not a big chance but it's noticeable and I'm very happy with it.
Bought a nice c/f oil cap from bimmian (pic below) that looks good with the strut bar/perf intake.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...9-11105213.jpg
Bought mid BSW speakers, will buy the fronts soon, install them, and get another update posted when done. As far as maintenance, I drive so little that there hasn't been any necessary since the last time, coming up on 60K miles so I'll likely to the transmission fluid next.
Overall Ness is doing great, VANOS (no rattle knock on wood) and DISA are still on the todo list, but not urgent. Thanks for looking in!
Looking good. Everyone's getting all Carbon Fiber-ed up.
Epic day today with William (wsmeyer). Accomplished 4 sweet mods all at once, and kinda related. Originally we were just going to do the paddle shift mod but that morphed into other stuff. Please excuse yet more poor cell phone pics.
1st - installed paddle shifter mod that Ryan sold me. Absolutely love it. That, along with the Dinan STEP shift s/w makes the car shift much quicker. It's way more fun to drive, the paddles feel great, and it was very straightforward thanks to Ryan (whitexi) essentially selling me his whole setup. It seems like a different car and the STEP M mode (manual) is no longer an albatross. Some pics.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-21-09_149.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-46-32_576.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-47-40_262.jpg
2nd - while in there, we moved the Parrot Bluetooth mic from up above in the reading lights area w/o good voice pickup to the OEM mic location that's on the steering wheel column. This involved a little re-routing and then a cut/splice/switch of the OEM mic to the Parrot mic.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-24-30_229.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...2-07-16_54.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-08-03_187.jpg
Overview shot.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-32-26_829.jpg
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-16-33_256.jpg
3rd - While the center shift boot, etc was out, we did the (vert only) individual windows auto-up, auto-down mod which is essentially taking off a clip and programming the car for it.
4th - While programming, William also set the top for "keyfob close". You could hold the unlock button and the top would lower remotely, but you couldn't close it that way. Now, you hold the lock button and the top will close.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-42-46_318.jpg
Thanks to William for his expertise and again to Ryan for selling me his setup.
EDIT: pic of completed work.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...-37-47_918.jpg
Looks good. Liking the paddle shift mod especially.
Thanks. I'll probably change out the paddle shifters to something that complements the interior more.
You swapped out your perforated leather wheel for that?
IMO I'd rather have that wheel than the paddle shifters.
lol. Trust me, I already miss my perforated leather. It's some consolation that it has the tri-stitch in the center which you can't see. Down the road I'll get the whole wheel re-wrapped with perforated leather and the tri-stitch, but it's just too expensive at this time. I'm also going to switch out the paddles soon. The fun factor was too much to ignore on this one so I wasn't going to wait until I re-wrapped. The harsh flash doesn't do the wheel justice though, it magnifies any small imperfection.... it's in very good shape, other than a little shiny from wear, (and no perforation!).
Glad it's all together John, enjoy!
good stuff john
Holy crap John, I would buy a step ZHP just for the paddle shifter mod. LOVE it! Paddles are fun aren't they? Makes you feel like you're in a race car...
Sent from my hybrid iPhone 4/4S... :shifty
The steering wheel looks great and the new functions are awesome. Now get out there and do some shifting! Congrats!
Thanks again. You made it so easy even a caveman could do it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitexi
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Originally Posted by derbo
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Originally Posted by JupiterBMW
Thanks all. Ryan, I already have! :) And, yes Jon, they are so much fun. It does kinda make you feel like that. I remember renting a Miata with paddles and it was a blast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryans323i
Very dangerous. John, I just read the entire thread, this is going to cost me some $. Beautiful set up, lots of great ideas in here, kudos!
LOL. Thanks for the props. :thumbsup Let me know if you need any advice, etc.
Johnny, we're you going to post something in the diy forum regarding this mod?Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Williamsburg, VA, Droid DNA, Tapatalk
Wow awesome work guys!
Thanks Gary. Dane, which mod were you thinking of a DIY on? Car update: Got some new (or new to me) interior pieces that I'll be installing soon. Wheel sent to be leather wrapped, should be some good updates soon.
Paddle shifters.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Williamsburg, VA, Droid DNA, Tapatalk
Quote:
Originally Posted by danewilson77
We didn't do a DIY on the paddle shifters as Rando bought the wheel from Ryan (whitexi) and he's the one that made the wiring jumper to make it work. He documented the process in a DIY here on the site so maybe we should find it and link back to that.
We did take pics of retrofitting the Parrot mic into the stock housing and can do a DIY for that.
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I went back and looked and he didn't do a DIY either as he followed this DIY:
http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=826971
Except instead of soldiering the wires onto the stock harness he made a jumper to go between the existing connectors. IMO, this a much better solution so I'm going to try and find the connectors he use on Amazon.com and hopefully post again with a link.
Ok. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by wsmeyer
Williamsburg, VA, Droid DNA, Tapatalk
Update to my steering wheel/SMG swap. So I swapped out the OEM paddle shifters with longer, metallic black ones, and William and I had our steering wheels re-wrapped in leather/tri-stitch/extra-thick, with the ZHP overall pattern mimicked. I like the wheel, but I think extra thick might take some getting used to. Also, it's funny with the new leather, I was worried that it didn't feel right, but William assured me that his X wheel had the same feel until it was broken in. So, all-in-all it's so far, so good. I'll have to see how I feel about the thick wheel. Some pics:
Wheel with the new shifters:
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6236c653.jpg
Close up of the tri-stitch - done really well.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps58d9de24.jpg
Looks nice. It does look pretty thick, but I'm sure you'll get used to it.