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my lattest addition
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:45 am
by butters
finally decided to bite the bullet and get rid of my old saggy suspension with............
very impresive, just nice to not hit the bump stops anymore
a fairly straight forward job (took the ball joint apart)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:47 am
by Babalouie
Welcome to the Tein Club
They're good, aren't they?
:)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:50 am
by butters
absolutly beautiful, can't get over how flat it corners now. conner speed seems up by 10km/hr aprox but will take a bit to find the limit again
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:53 am
by Matty
depending on your spring rate selection, be prepared for oversteer at the limit.
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:21 pm
by sirbob
All thse people with lots of money to throw at their cars...
Its obsene! I think i need to find a sponser, so i am throwing this out there to anybody whos looking for some cheap publicity for their performance mx5 parts business...
One Green NB, good condition, spends lots of time as a mobile billboard on old cleveland road... I will consider all offers over $1850...
Good buy either way Butters... Still cant believe the difference it has made...
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:42 pm
by butters
sirbob wrote::x
All thse people with lots of money to throw at their cars...
Its obsene! I think i need to find a sponser, so i am throwing this out there to anybody whos looking for some cheap publicity for their performance mx5 parts business...
made...
i still believe my total car cost is less than yours. btw you have a handy list in ur sig
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:49 pm
by tinsfci
I upgraded from stock and old to SS’s last week as well! Ride height looks almost factory at the recommended settings so no one will know you can corner like a loony (unless you put the stickers on the sill panel). Just had a fairly aggressive wheel alignment done and it has transformed the car. Now I have to wait until the 17th to see how much faster I am against the clock, if I am less than 2 seconds faster the finance department is going to kill me for spending too much money.
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:54 pm
by butters
tinsfci wrote: so no one will know you can corner like a loony (unless you put the stickers on the sill panel).
hay, you'd have to get past before you can read them. they don't stick out too much (at least i actually have them on the car). besides i left the other 30 odd in the packet
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:09 pm
by irwin83r
sirbob wrote::x
All thse people with lots of money to throw at their cars...
Its obsene! I think i need to find a sponser, so i am throwing this out there to anybody whos looking for some cheap publicity for their performance mx5 parts business...
One Green NB, good condition, spends lots of time as a mobile billboard on old cleveland road... I will consider all offers over $1850...
Good buy either way Butters... Still cant believe the difference it has made...
just dont drink smoke do drugs or have a social life (or wife or girl friend) and you'll find loads of money you used to waste somewhere else that you can now waste on your car
working for me
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:56 pm
by tinsfci
I told my 3 year old that she could have one of the 500 stickers that come with the kit when I had finished installing the shocks. For the next hour she stood next to me saying \"Daddy, have you finished now?\" Drove me absolutely nuts! I am glad that they include a ton of stickers because I have something to bribe her with. “Go get me a beer or no more Mr Shock Absorber Man for you!â€
I considered cutting the T symbol off the end of the badge style sticker and putting that on the back but it all seemed like too much hard work!
The Tein kit is not cheap but if you consider the cost of buying shocks, springs, bump stops, dust boots, top hats and stickers
separately against getting the kit with matched springs and damping etc then it is not bad.
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:10 pm
by sirbob
i still believe my total car cost is less than yours
Ahh the joys of finance... Its like having a car thats not yours but you somehow still have to pay for everything... Which in fact leads me to the next comment...
...have a social life (or wife or girl friend) and you'll find loads of money you used to waste somewhere else...
These girlfriend things are expensive! (But still worth the money, much like my boooootifull mx5...)
Me thinks i might have to get myself 4 nice green christmas presents this year...
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:37 pm
by Boags
Looking SCHMICKO Butters! Maybe you'll be able to keep up with me on Motorkhanas and slaloms now...
Going on the run Friday night?
Boags
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:10 am
by hegzie
ahhhh.....I know this car! So, work at the Mater hey, butters? I see your car there a bit.
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:34 am
by butters
hegzie wrote:ahhhh.....I know this car! So, work at the Mater hey, butters? I see your car there a bit.
ahh, so you'd be the yellow one then?? or the black nc?? yes i work in icu and always park in the same Parallel park ages away from the door so i don't get any parking dints
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:28 pm
by hegzie
butters wrote:hegzie wrote:ahhhh.....I know this car! So, work at the Mater hey, butters? I see your car there a bit.
ahh, so you'd be the yellow one then?? or the black nc?? yes i work in icu and always park in the same Parallel park ages away from the door so i don't get any parking dints
I'm the yellow one. I work in radiology. Will have to try to catch up with you at work one day!