Haha you actually ordered one

VIP is always good!

Don't mean to sound dumb but what does that all get a person lol? I don't pay attention to sports really and never go to games, but I'm kind of curious

 

This is generally a somewhat open event (tickets are like $10, and you just walk around and visit booths/chearleaders/players - think TwinsFest)

VIP gets a tour of the faclities (i.e. locker rooms I'm guessing), photos/autographs with players, "commemorative photo" (whatever that means), free food and drink, entry into a special prize pool (Last years, which I was not VIP, there were jerseys, NFL Lockerroom gift cards, tickets, and the big one was a vacation package to goto a game)

There are a couple other perks that I recall, although I've never been invited as VIP - I've just went as a standard ticketholder. The event is limited to 4000 people (not sure how many are VIP). Generally there is enough seating for about 200 people - so having reserved tables will be a plus.

I got these through my work (We are the top rated IT company in the Twin Cities area and have done extensive work for the organization)

 

So Trev, I have great news! I actually just swapped some coils in my car today and it was a TON easier than the first time we did it! (Mainly because we have the smaller Tein H techs in the strut assembly right now). I didn't even have to touch a bolt on the camber arms or calipers. It was literally as simple as taking off the strut bolt on the control arm, the stabilizer bar link nut (which allows the control arm to drop more to remove the strut) and than the 3 nuts holding the strut in place from inside the engine bay. You just put force down on the arm and then slide the strut assembly out! And than do the reverse to put the coils in! No dealing with spring compressors or crap either since I'm assuming your fronts come pre-installed and the spring tension is already preloaded.

If I have time, I'll try to swing by to help out. And I don't know how your dampers adjust but I routed extenders in from the rear into the the rear dash behind the rear seats. You can't even see them! Lol. The front ones adjust from right on top of the strut assembly in the engine bay.

My first drive and first impressions though...HOLY HELL! The car on hard setting is a BEAST! The BC coils are 30 clicks adjustable from soft to Hard and I did 5 clicks from hardest to test the car and it was carving hard effortlessly. On a cloverleaf exit I pushed it pretty hard (doing about 75) to see how much it could take and I didn't even come close to its limit before I ran out of real estate and came to a stoplight. I'm SUPER pumped for the Tail of the Dragon now I just gotta set my height and stuff and get aligned now...

 

Peng, when the hell did you buy coils??

 

Ahh that sounds like a definite bonus! Even better since they were free. Sounds kind of fun though. When and if I go to sports games I always bought the cheap seats and ended up in the "nose bleed" sections lol.

+1

That's awesome though Peng!

 

Damn son! You kept that on the low low low! I actually was gonan cancel my order of my Stance coils cuz of the delay, but found out they are one the way.

Did you just swap it out at the house? NIce man.. Glad you stepped up your suspension game just in time for the trip.

If you swing by that would be cool. I dont see this install taking long but I def appreciate any help to cut install time down.

 

Bought Par's BC Racing coils Oh and setting these things at the softest setting is actually still better performing than the Tein's I had on yet more comfortable as well.

Yeah, I put them in today. Probably took me a good 4 hours to do the job alone. I have an impact gun but it wasn't working and I thought it was gonna suck but turns out I had WAY fewer things to take off than I thought I'd have to so it wasn't bad. And plus I had to run to the hardware store as well cause I was missing a couple bolts nuts that didn't have with the kit. But like I said, the only thing you have to take off from the fronts to get them off is the bolt and the nut shown in this pic (on the control arm) along with the top 3 nuts holding the strut in place from in side the engine bay. (And of course the attached pieces on the strut). Should be a piece of cake. The hardest bolt was the strut bolt connected to the lower control arm though. I did need to blast that b1tch a couple shots to get it loose.

 

Isn't this job a LOT quicker when you DONT have to spring compress? hahaha God my car went like super quick.

 

Yes! And the Tein's we swapped in last time are like 2/3 the size of stock so I didn't have to detach a bunch of crap to wiggle them out!

 

How low are you now, then?

 

Lol. I haven't really adjusted my height. It's all uneven (but somwwhat close) right now but I'm within a half inch of what I was previously. Will probably eventually go as low as I can without needing front camber arms. (still haven't figured out what that should be yet though)

 

Makes me want to buy coil-overs :/

Maybe it's time to buy a winter beater...

 

I'm buying coils when I move or can afford a second car to park this in the winter. Until then, the eibachs are enough for me lol.

 

what teins did you have? that's the first time i've heard bc coils get better "reviews" than the teins, but i guess depends on what you have.

 

Damn Peng!!! I had no idea u picked those up! Can't wait to see the new set up, gunna be siiiiick!!