97 5thgen VTi prelude

PowellyEG wrote:

Needs lowness !!!

like you wouldnt believe

bought spring clamps on the way home...but just couldnt bring myself to do it in the street...will have to go down my moms once ive sorted the exhaust

1, sort the exhaust out

2, then hit me and ezza up and we shall make great things happen!!

Lots of potential for WIN here!! just needs ehem "Lowness"!!

Good stuff andy

did the rocker clean up OK?

And that wheel looks really nice!

yeah few squirts of bug and tar remover and hey presto...appears to have a wee bit of championship beige on there but nothing too obvious....looks a damn site better than the black 'paint flakin' oem one i was rockin....

still that one will be stripped and superheroed................

must not order anodised fittings................arghhhhhh

the one's from tegiwa??

yup or ebay or quarry bank motor cycles...he had a knock out range back in the day

im gonna just throw red white and blue all over the bay even gonna run different colour silicone hoses

not a big fan of the multi colour dress up bits if im honest, but what ever flicks your switch dude haha

just thought nice plain murdered out car...funky red white and blue bay

british stamped all over it!

no union jacks though....it aint no mini

arrrrggggghhhh just gid it the once over with the meg mit and broke a wiper snagging it on the waffle cloth...im off out on a frantic hunt for a 20" lay flat wiper

bit of work in the last few days preppin for reppin



got this cut out and replaced with straight pipe...check out the flat spot on the lip and the banged up dentage along the length

this was so i could go lower

after loads of research and putting it off i decided to just use the lowering springs i got for free and lopp a coil off....until i decided whether or not to buy coilovers

so got this out


did this


took the old off for a comparison


then took a coil off anyway


shortened the bump stops


Got a bit of scrubbage if i give it some on bumpy roads so arches will be done

it aint super low but i dont think i could go any lower on 16"'s


BEFORE


AFTER

Damn good work there mate.. reppin at the ready that looks much lower

it really cant go any lower...i have to plan journeys and need a new smaller back box

did the fronts in 2.5hrs....rears took 6hrs!!!!

had to take the mudguards off and dropped two nuts off the rear top fixtures theyre down the back of the seats...lol

dude that looks loads better, but i dunno if its the angle of thast last pic, but it still dont look THAT low for what you've done, i thought those lowering springs would lower it about that much anyway with out sutting a coil off

fark it...lop another coil or two off

looks sick

Yea I Took Like 5 Coils Off My 40mm Lowering Springs On The Sol Haha Now On Coilovers And The Difference Is Night And Day. Used To Handle Like Shit Tho! You'll Know The Meaning Of The Word Bounce.

i tried it without a coil off...then took a coil off and measured the difference....one more coil and i would have 1cm tyre to arch....this i couldnt justify or risk

the picture is shit its at an angle and frosty....

it looks better in the flesh...youll see

jap plate with tilt on, a sticker or two and some much needed engine bay cleaning...

maybe a new back box...

Pow liking this mate. oh ive got ur other boss and some dude wants it at the meet il chuck it back to you.. heres the link

https://theorientacademy.forumotion.com/for-sale-f14/steering-wheels-x3-miata-mx5-spoiler-steelies-t2508.htm

PM - skysdalimit

Doesnt look slammed but gosh darn it looks good! still looks 'mature' if you know what i mean.

good work

ezza wrote:

still looks 'mature' if you know what i mean.

LOL classic! (4th v 5th gen banter hidden joke)

mature.....lol well i am 33 in january

4th genners cant help but be jealous of our rust free chasis and modern refinements


never gonna be slammed due to the length of the bloody thing and overhang of the front nose

might go lower if i get 17"s in the new year....illest sticker arrived today...lol

even got accosted outside my shop by two school lads who buy pasties off me askin about it and sayin how much better it looked lowered....

COLD LUDE LURKIN LOW

rite i'm still fixing things as i go, and throwing a few mods in at the same time ...

noticed a leak on the power steering system...further investigation led to the discovery of yet another bodge by a previous owner

the power steering cooling pipe has been cut off and looped with some left over pipe crudely bent over and leaking all over the front panel...

ive aquired a new one and will refit it soon, but how do i bleed the system??

turn the steering left to right, when it doesnt get any lighter its done.