Well, the night has been nice and cool and the car was running excellent with the cold weather (not common here in Texas). Well as I dropped my friend off at his girl's to head home I had to slow down over those giant squares they put as speed bumps. Went over it nicely and accelerated only to see a manhole cover, slow over it but for some reason it had a hump in front of it and dented the **** outta my header I'm pissed and had to vent, sorry for the topic. Those with dented JDM 4-1's- I feel your pain


[Modified by ill phil, 3:03 AM 11/2/2002]

 

i know how you feel.



but i dont really care anymore, doesnt bother me.

 

Oh ****! I hope Mark (B20a1) doesnt see this! I rode with him to the track last night(first time since he got his DC 4-1 on his crx w/b-series swap). We must have banged the header 10 times! Its crushed . 2 days!

And to top it off he broke mad shiot at the track. If you read this Mark...Sorry .
And sorry to the person thate created this topic

 

sorry to hear.

that is rough!
you gotta avoid that stuff, even make sure to drive one wheel over the high spot so the header is farther off the ground instead of denting it

 

I told Mark that his 4-1 was in grave danger when he asked me how I liked mine.

My 4-1 sits higher than most though because my car probably sits higher than most. My DC JDM 4-1 got scraped (not dented thank God!) at the dragstrip on the shorty slicks after my clutchfork broke because I couldn't stop the car and I HAD to get it off the driveway. The drop to the grass was not a gradual one - thus the scraping.

How'd Mark run anyways? Did Matt go?

Sucks to hear that **** Phil! At least you still have your bodywork in flawless condition, right? I'm on bumper #3 in less than one freaking year!

 

Mark only ran once before shiot broke .It was a good run though! MPH=muy bueno! Might wanna talk to him about it, I dont want him to get pissed at me for telling the world his pain & sufferring . And I have no Idea what happened to Matt. He was supposed to go, but he went dirt biking? Or let someone use his ECU? Something like that.

 

get one of these, your 4-1 will thank you, mine did!


http://www.fastlineperformance.com

for $49 i think it was well worth it


[Modified by bikeboy80, 10:47 AM 11/2/2002]

 

 

Bumper #3? Yeah I've been lucky enough to for the body to be perfect still, but thats because I drive my other car mostly (which is soon to be sold) so I might be catching up to ya.
Sorry to hear about Marks header, 2 days- I'm sure he's more pissed than I am.

 

 

off topic but i dont wanna start a new thread with such a dumb question

will a dc header for a b16a fit a b18c?

 

welcome to the club

 

The only thing that scares me about those shileds are their strength.
If you hit something hard enough, sure, your header wont get dented but isn't there a chance that all that force be transferred directly into your head? I think I would rather dent a $350 header then damage a $1200 head.

 

i think the brackets the plate is bolted to would break first, also if you are hitting that on a regular basis, there is something wrong, raise up your car a little or get stiffer spring rates, i believe this is a safe gaurd not a solution for other problems, i have not hit my skid plate yet, but it is there and is ready for action if absolutly needed

 

yeah i got the jdm dc sports 4-1...no dents yet...had for 5 months...Keep your **** higher!!! haha its cool...im just to nervous to slam it...360 bucks is a good chunk for headers...so im staying high

 

i dented my 4-1 after hitting a boulder while driving the n.ga mtns over the summer. driving too fast to avoid rock the size of a bowling ball. i was luck that i only damaged the header. couple inches to either side and i was losing tranny or oil pan. stinks when you damage header like that.

 

oh, forgot.... Mgast on this board has a great story involving a header, a manhole, instant stopping, airbags deploying and a broken windshield

 

mark broke what????? that sucks...


matt from melbourne... not gast the other one.....


14.0@99.6 w/2.25sixty

 

my **** = 10x worse my headers are bout to break dented soooooo much

 

Ooh. Now that sucks.

 

Matt Dill(sp)?? Ive met you a few times with Vince right?- Jeff

 

oh yea matt from melbourne oh yea i know him he has a black hatch w/ a gsr right yea i know him. dill just don't get a set of gold wheels.


later
matt