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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:09 pm
by Slide 'em Wide
yip, good thing i got there early! was almost interrupted!
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:18 pm
by HancoB
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:28 pm
by Riekert
Slide 'em Wide wrote:yip, good thing i got there early! was almost interrupted!
HAHAHA!! nice!
So now he owes you a braai and a beer?
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:00 am
by Slide 'em Wide
Sunday
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:00 pm
by HancoB
Got my exhaust manifold gaskets fixed now and new catser arm bushes in and a few other bushes. Hope my car handles a bit better now.
I am also lining up a set of coilovers for me now. I will let you know when that is in an how they are.
Can't wait tho!!!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:03 pm
by Slide 'em Wide
Kewl! So your car running sweet?
You gonna come on friday?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:04 pm
by HancoB
Nope I'm working on Friday. Wish I could come tho but dont think I will make it!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:17 pm
by HancoB
Ok so it has been a long time since I updated anything here!
Well since then I did my exhaust manifold gaskets(Thanks Vlade) and they work great! Also replaced a few bushes and...and...and...
Got my self a set of coil overs and a few other bits and pieces!
First off I wanna say thanks to Faheem and the guys who helped at FSR, then to Oscar thanks for a great set of coil overs and camber arms.
You guys did an awesome job and its super to know people like you.
Here is some pics of what has been fitted!

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:27 pm
by HancoB
Oh ja sorry its so dirty it was raining and didn't have time to clean, took those pics on the ramp while doing the alignment.
And here is the mad scientist!!!

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:49 pm
by Riekert
Love the last pic!! 3 sick SX's in a row! (sick in a good way...)
Take some pics of the stance dude!!
oh, and where is there new shop?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:01 pm
by HancoB
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:12 pm
by HancoB
Now I'm getting 20mm wheel spacers to sort the offset out.
New rear discs will be up soon and then Polly bushes if my finances hold out.
Then at a later stage the rest of the suspesion parts and then some time to save for my new wheels!
I think this is the best mod on a SX. It feels like a new car. Steering is hard and responsive. "Feels like you have been fitted with Gods hands"
It sticks around corners in the dry like you wont believe. Power slides so nice and I can't wait to get it into a drift. It should be awesome.
I'm busy designing a sticker that says woman should wear sports bra's if they want to drive with me! Ha ha
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:36 pm
by veecee
i'm interested in what brand they are?
and have you driven other sx's with coilovers? how do they compare?
they hard/softish/comfortable/kidneybelt material/is the shock the correct height for the springs/is it bouncy/etc!???!?!?!?!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:58 pm
by HancoB
Drove a sx with stock suspesion, then drove one with a drop kit, and then drove mine with the coils.
Its hard at first, but the one with the drop kit was just as hard, takes some getting use to.
Its comfortable on smooth roads, as soon as you hit a bad patch then its horrible. But then again so is the one with the drop kit.
Its a bit bouncy, just a but, but thats on bouncy roads, but it settles the rear well. You can feel you have full control at all time. Every bump in the road talks to you via the steering so thus you know at all times what is going on. None of that fake steering and suspesions that make you feel like you are flying.
To set them up now and to get them the way I like them best is gonna take some time and playing around a bit. There is so much you can do.
Coil overs aren't really designed for comfort. So don't expect any.
Also said I havn't even started to play around with the million of settings there is. I just dropped it the lowest it can go which is 2.5 inches.
Personally I want it harder. You get some red springs which are made for drifting. I want them.
Front camber = -1 deg
Rear camber = -1 deg
Toe all round = 0 deg
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:15 pm
by Gary57
That last pics looks kinda like my house, 6 SX ATM

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