My S body

fack all, lol

When i get overfenders its getting all cut away anyway but i suppose nothing stops you getting some hammerite in a similar colour for peice of mind

Hope you get some over fenders soon or treat the arches or you wont have anything left to attach them onto, (thats if your s body anything like civic metal) because this time last year my eg arches were not too bad after JAE by time christmas came its was bad and by jan/feb it was all over for the arches.

Im sure it will be fine, my accord arches were the same and were fine

true, possibly an eg common issue then

Need to get the works sorted.................eventually.

The fronts should be going on as soon as the drift fail damage is fixed

I picked up an mx5 bonnet from a guy yest, he owns a garage called drift garage and he's big into drifting. I pulled up to the unit to a mass of sick lookin s13s and a nice s15 that had been in a fight with A ditch and lost. He's got shite loads of parts and stuff if u need anything. He's only in burton on Trent

Just noticed this^
nice one ste il keep that in mind

Well its been a while since the last little update;

Finally got round to fitting my charge pipes:







Had to put the battery in the boot to make room for the new pipes too;



Not long after fitting these I was practicing at that little drift spot and f'd up, slid the front N/S into a kerb at probably about 35mph.

broke my skirt off:



and bent lower, tie rod and traction bar:





Managed to get a new (to me) tie rod for £20 delivered, a new (to me) lower arm for £30 and got the blow torch on the traction rod and hammered that shit straight.
I fitted it all last sunday but obviously i had to guess at setting the tie rod and the traction bar so it drove a bit wonky and the steering wheel was off centre.

Tesh recomended a place for tracking called Aline in dudley and i can say without doubt they are the best in the region!
I had my car tracked back to factory specs to make sure everything was Ok and straight still then he showed me a list of peoples 'profiles' that were saved on the comp (including the DW S15), I chose a setup that was already saved and he made me a profile to save all my settings to so that if i decide to tweak he has a record of what was what when it was last set. So with what aftermarket adjustable parts i had (top hats & traction bars) and in the tollorances of what the other standard parts would allow he set my car up for drift (as much as it will go without adjustable rear arms etc) he even removed my steering wheel to straghten it all out so the car drives true.
The car drives PERFECTLY and handles like nothing iv been in before, i cant recomend Alline enough!

You even get given a printout showing you before and after



(the red ones in the bottom diagram is because my camber is set outside manufacturers specs)

Well done mate glad your back on the road, I may have to hit these guys up when the Civic's nearing completion as she pulls slightly to the right.

That's class. my s14 had been 4-wheel aligned and geo set-up and it does handle class. you find it grips nicely, untill you want to go sideways

Good work! Glad to see it's back on the road for more side-ways tyre abuse!

how much did it set you back buddy....soon as the coileys arrive its my next on the to do list

no way...thats well cheap...i can see the phone number but wheres it at...?

may have to get hold of a 4ws locking pin and get down there

Its in dudley, i would explain where it is but i think it would be easier to link you


View Larger Map

opposite sandhars.....just round the corner for me...tidy

we used to and will be using them for setting out our / customer stuff untill the mot guy gets his set up next year. I rate them, did my civic before i got rid.

well today i fucked up again, lol

fairly big, you can probably imagine how so i wont bore you with details

It was the rear NS wheel that took the brunt, the damage done is, wheel curbed (mild, all the way round), bent rear qaurter where tyre has bent the lip 'out', lower control arm bent, toe arm bent.

Damn!!!

SXOC.......there good guys

no piss taking, no fucking around just straight to the point and helpfull, already have the parts i need sorted!

props to member 'Turbo Gav' for saving my ass AGAIN!!! sorting my jobless ass out out price too

Alls good!!

Ok so braved the cold and fixed it.
Needs re aligning but should be fine, its been nice driving it again, forgot how much fun it is.

changed the lower control arm and toe arm, subframe seems to have escaped any damage thank god.
Got a nylon hammer on the rear arch and folded the lip back in, jobs a good un.

Got my front works together and sealed too, my mate (the guy i got the car off) came to pick them up for tyre fitting, should be ready tomorrow. I just need to get some spacers though to get them to clear the coilovers.

Torqued and sealed:



Tyres on

Dang nice wheels

you gettin these on today bro