Phil B

Installed my new Cup Kit this weekend with the help of my friend Zach (SoloSol). took a few glamour shots with a little HP pointandshoot.

tuckin' 205's








oh crap... now I need a camber kit.


last shot of the car before a giant fireball from space destroyed it.


Probably adding an Si lip soon, but I have a feeling it won't last long on the Richmond streets. And I'm working on grille ideas. I want a typeR/Si grille but I want to keep the Sedan Chrome too. I'll probably fab something up.

also removed the front mudflaps last night. they were scraping pretty badly.

Quasi-technical post on the install here.

Thanks for watching.


Modified by Barabus at 8:56 AM 9/28/2004


Modified by Barabus at 10:51 AM 9/28/2004

ki3t

Looks like a sweet drop

Ya@inlinePRO

get some new wheels

nice suspension, it rides pretty smooth huh?

sweetcarz02

ugh, you make me want a sedan so very bad

Curt941

Throw a lip on that bitch, maybe front and rear and call it a day

Phil B

those are my new wheels...

EDIT: maybe a set of these...


and yeah, it rides a lot smoother than I expected. mostly like stock with quicker rebound.

I wish the front was a little higher, but oh well.

my biggest issue now is some scraping and rubbing. I hope to take care of some of that this weekend with some minor body work.

lip -- see original post. ^^


Modified by Barabus at 9:29 AM 9/28/2004

darkcvc

very nice

ea_hatch

get a lip and grill and it will be nice

Thrashin

nice to see youre wasting money again, too bad the mudflaps had to come off

Thumbup

sweet drop

teamlegacy

yay richmond streets are the best...:sarcasm:

looks pretty good, the hx wheels are always a great choice. where in richmond are you? im in the west end and am always looking for something to cruise with or just meet with sometime. holla at me, haha!

Tee Jay

I love my cup kit, it can be stock ride to stiff in a matter of minutes. Its great! Good buy by the way For some reason yours look like a lower drop than mine

cozmo2312

it's good start, i wish my four door was that low

Guam_CiviC619

Weird, looks like a "Cali drop" (lower in front). Dosen't the Cup Kit come with 3 different ride heights that you can set the shock perches on? On the rear camber part, just do the washer trick. Good start though. Is it an EX, LX, or DX?

Tee Jay

Can't adjust heights. Its set already and you can only adjust the stiffness. Well that's how mine is:

dFreezy

i love hx wheels

Phil B

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Green_Machine &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Can't adjust heights. Its set already and you can only adjust the stiffness. Well that's how mine is:

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It actually does have some height adjustability. the fronts have two lower perches (it's on the UPPER perch, can you believe that?) and the rears have three perches (currently on middle). see that little ring-groove about 1-inch below the bottom of the spring perch? you can move the little snap-ring that hold the perch down to that groove. It's nothing like the flexibility of coilovers, but it's some adjustability.

About the "cali drop": Zach and I have been theorizing about whether I might have been sent the wrong kit, like an ITR kit or something, due to the uneven drop and the fact that the lower brackets in the rear were too wide for my LCA bushings, requiring washers.

And it's an LX.

teamlegacy: I think I'm too old to cruise, but I'm usually around on the weekends, driving up and down Broad St, grocery shopping and sheyet.

Tee Jay

Whoa... I didn't know that I gotta try that some day. Is it hard do I have to take anything apart? Because I'm in college and dont' feel like driving back home for tools.

Yours look wayyy lower than mine:

Phil B

actually yours looks pretty close to mine. That's reassuring. Mine probably looks lower because of the 205's which actually have a slightly larger outer diameter.

You can't move the perches without taking the shocks out and pulling the springs off, so you'll need a few tools. Like I said, not as convenient as coil-overs. I had to do that Sunday morning, because we originally installed mine on the lower perch and it was too low. Wasn't too hard, but you'll need an extra set of hands.

As low as yours is, I'd advise keeping it there. Mine's on the same settings as yours, and I can't imagine having to deal with any more rubbing and scraping.

Tee Jay

OK cool thanks man... I get rubbing when I turn the wheel all the way in one direction and when I'm going fast on a curve.

japspecjohn

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Phil B

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Green_Machine &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OK cool thanks man... I get rubbing when I turn the wheel all the way in one direction and when I'm going fast on a curve.</TD></TR></TABLE>

same here.

I'm going to go back under there this weekend and hammer back that one seam that sticks down about 1/2 inch in the wheel well (it's cutting up my tires) and maybe try rolling the fenders. maybe.

Tee Jay

Yea man its cutting up mine to!!!

plusONE jboy

no engine bay shots? that fireball pic is trippy

Phil B

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by j boy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no engine bay shots?</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Barabus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's an LX.</TD></TR></TABLE>