Gotta take care of the kid first! He's gonna want to ride in his dad's custom ride!

 

Hi guys, long time without an update but I've been busy with life and the newborn, car is being prepped for paint right now and I'm going to do a flat black paint job for the winter and next year I'm doing a wide body kit plus new paint. This is how the car looks right now with the new wheels, let me know what you guys think.

 

Nice progress this thing is gonna be sick when its finished

 

Here's Friday progress.



Sanding and more sanding...




















And of course I had to clean the new shoes after I was done. ...





It might not look like much but this took me a whole day to complete, I still have a little bit of body work left and then of to paint.

I need some advice, I'm painting it flat black for the winter only (just black primer) should I paint all the chrome black as well?? I'm trying not to look like a ricer lol.

 

I'd leave the chrome if its not chipping. I know a lot of people are anti chrome, but it helps break up all the black.

Love those wheels on a sedan BTW.

Also, I'd remove those door bumpers. They bisect the door unnecessarily, and it looks much cleaner without them. Perfect time to do it now that you're going into paint

 

hey uys i hgave a question... my automatic windows dont work and i cant open any other window besides the driver window from the master switch... the rear right door was changed with an 05 door and i didnt pay attention till everything was thrown out that the harness is different, it has an extra wire to hook up to the window switch i guess??? also that window doesnt work and the window control doesnt light up... help me out here guys...

 

thats amazing work right there i wish i had the skills hahaha glad you went with those wheels they look amazing, the fitment is nice too what size did you go with and how much did the wheels cost? also how much of a drop did the springs give you?

 

Hi, I spent around 2700 in the wheels and tires. Size is 19x8.5 in the front with 245/35 zr19 and 19x9.5 rear with 275/30 zr19 offset I don't remember of the top of my head but it's around 28, I need to use some spacers to get a flushed look.

As far as suspension im using full coilovers not springs and well... not sure how much I dropped it but it was a considerable amount.

 

hi guys, the car was just sprayed yesterday and like i said flat black it is for the winter... i also added 1" spacers to the rims to bring them out and be totally flushed.. here are some picts.

























before the spacers








after spacer





what do u guys think... i still have to finish putting it togethwe plus new headlights are on its way.

 

Paint looks awesome, but I'll be honest, I'm not a flush fanboy - I think it sat better before the spacers. JMO of course!

 

well in all honesty i put 25mm spacer all aaround which worked great in the front but in the rear it was a mess... the rim and tire sticks out too much and it just looks plain fugly... i brought the offset from 19x9.5 et+38 to an et of +13 which in my set up right now doesnt fit right and i really dont wanna arch my fenders nor give it more negative camber as i already have -3.0 and im planning on daily the car. i already ordered 15mm spacers which will bring my rear offset to a more subtle et+23 which should work fine with what i have.

the offset in the front is as follows. 19x8.5 et+35 after the 25mm spacer it came down to a cool et+10 which imo looks pretty good but needs to be dropped a bit more.

after i receive the new spacers ill lower the car and post new picts.

 

btw cool rim offset calculator. heres the calculation and clearance picts for my set up

front

http://www.wheel-size.com/calc/?whee...=30mm&scl=50mm

Rear

http://www.wheel-size.com/calc/?whee...=30mm&scl=50mm

 

Putting the pos together

 

It's coming along great! I dig the dual exhaust too, wish they did it from the factory that way!

 

Thanks bro I love it too! Anyways here are some new pics of the car











I had to change all the lower control arms in the front and all the ball joints... Now it drives way better but i have a broken trailing arm in the rear and the car is not safe to drive, ill upload some pics of that later on.