Originally Posted by Rocket Jockey

One of my pet peeves is drivers who do NOT know how to merge into freeway traffic from an on ramp. Last night my beautiful bride (I call her that when she is mad at me...read on) and I were going to dinner. I had the misfortune of following someone onto the entrance ramp.....the same person who cut me off at a speed something less than a snail's pace.....and it was obvious that our freeway entrance speed would be a little slower than the ice cream guy that cruises the hood. So, as luck would have it, this long ramp had the car pool bypass lane.....which I decided to use......with the gas pedal mashed into the floor. By the time we hit the highway the other car was a fading image in my rear view and my wife was more than a little upset with me.

I have to assume she was upset because the car had too much body roll, the tires seemed to hop a bit in the long curve, and the under steer issue. Obviously I want to make her happy so I think she would want me to order the Hotchkis sways, swift springs and get some decent wheels and tires.

So, how's my logic??

RJ

Originally Posted by DGGal

haha, sounds good to me! btw, have you installed the sport bumper yet?? any pics??

Originally Posted by Rocket Jockey

One of my pet peeves is drivers who do NOT know how to merge into freeway traffic from an on ramp. Last night my beautiful bride (I call her that when she is mad at me...read on) and I were going to dinner. I had the misfortune of following someone onto the entrance ramp.....the same person who cut me off at a speed something less than a snail's pace.....and it was obvious that our freeway entrance speed would be a little slower than the ice cream guy that cruises the hood. So, as luck would have it, this long ramp had the car pool bypass lane.....which I decided to use......with the gas pedal mashed into the floor. By the time we hit the highway the other car was a fading image in my rear view and my wife was more than a little upset with me.

I have to assume she was upset because the car had too much body roll, the tires seemed to hop a bit in the long curve, and the under steer issue. Obviously I want to make her happy so I think she would want me to order the Hotchkis sways, swift springs and get some decent wheels and tires.

So, how's my logic??

RJ

Originally Posted by mysticmotion

That's awesome Trev! Good to hear things worked out. I'm surprised he buffed your lights from a 800 grit though! That seems kinda rough but I guess if it worked, it worked.

Originally Posted by DGGal

haha, sounds good to me! btw, have you installed the sport bumper yet?? any pics??

Originally Posted by DGGal

^^yeah, that pic looks very familiar lol, but i wanted to see your car! anyway, hopefully you'll be able to make it out to the meets! are you planning on getting a lip as well? or are you moving straight to the suspension??

Originally Posted by Rocket Jockey

No lip for me. Suspension....swift springs, hotchkis sways and 19" OEM S coupe wheels....if I can find a clean set.

I am hoping to make the Luther meet but considering my G is 100% stock, and it has a trailer hitch , I will probably park on the street.....a couple blocks away.....

RJ

Originally Posted by SuperCleanG

When I left work early today a very fortunate sequence of events were set in motion .....


This led me to the body shop to get an estimate to get my rear bumper (lyd scratched it pretty bad with garbage cans last summer) and front fenders painted. I figured I would have to spend about 800 -1000 to paint all three parts. The fenders got scratches last year when I was putting on my front bumper( I learned my lesson and taped them up when fitting the Kuruma).

I pulled up to Abbra where I got my front bumper painted and the tech came out and looked at the rear bumper and then told me to pull around the back.. He spent about 30 min buffing out the bumper and it looks close to perfect now. I asked him how much to paint the front fenders and he said he wanted to try to buff it out. I thought the scratches were too deep; apparently not. 30 min later both front fenders were mint. I offered him lunch and he accepted.. hell of a deal for saving me almost a grand.

He started looking at my lights and noticed they still had haze on them and I told him I painted them and just have to get the haze off. He asked me if I wanted him to try.. Hell yeah was my answer. He actually sanded them both down with the air compressor and some 800 grit then polished them out.

They look brand new! Talk about customer service. Talk about right place at the right time :biggthumpu p:

Im smiling ear to ear right now.

Now I can just skip to getting my sways and strut bars and wait for my wheels and coils and its a wrap after my toe bolt install and fender roll.

Originally Posted by Rocket Jockey

One of my pet peeves is drivers who do NOT know how to merge into freeway traffic from an on ramp. Last night my beautiful bride (I call her that when she is mad at me...read on) and I were going to dinner. I had the misfortune of following someone onto the entrance ramp.....the same person who cut me off at a speed something less than a snail's pace.....and it was obvious that our freeway entrance speed would be a little slower than the ice cream guy that cruises the hood. So, as luck would have it, this long ramp had the car pool bypass lane.....which I decided to use......with the gas pedal mashed into the floor. By the time we hit the highway the other car was a fading image in my rear view and my wife was more than a little upset with me.

I have to assume she was upset because the car had too much body roll, the tires seemed to hop a bit in the long curve, and the under steer issue. Obviously I want to make her happy so I think she would want me to order the Hotchkis sways, swift springs and get some decent wheels and tires.

So, how's my logic??

RJ

Originally Posted by Rocket Jockey

No lip for me. Suspension....swift springs, hotchkis sways and 19" OEM S coupe wheels....if I can find a clean set.

I am hoping to make the Luther meet but considering my G is 100% stock, and it has a trailer hitch , I will probably park on the street.....a couple blocks away.....

RJ

Originally Posted by Rocket Jockey

One of my pet peeves is drivers who do NOT know how to merge into freeway traffic from an on ramp. Last night my beautiful bride (I call her that when she is mad at me...read on) and I were going to dinner. I had the misfortune of following someone onto the entrance ramp.....the same person who cut me off at a speed something less than a snail's pace.....and it was obvious that our freeway entrance speed would be a little slower than the ice cream guy that cruises the hood. So, as luck would have it, this long ramp had the car pool bypass lane.....which I decided to use......with the gas pedal mashed into the floor. By the time we hit the highway the other car was a fading image in my rear view and my wife was more than a little upset with me.

I have to assume she was upset because the car had too much body roll, the tires seemed to hop a bit in the long curve, and the under steer issue. Obviously I want to make her happy so I think she would want me to order the Hotchkis sways, swift springs and get some decent wheels and tires.

So, how's my logic??

RJ

Originally Posted by SuperCleanG

When I left work early today a very fortunate sequence of events were set in motion .....


This led me to the body shop to get an estimate to get my rear bumper (lyd scratched it pretty bad with garbage cans last summer) and front fenders painted. I figured I would have to spend about 800 -1000 to paint all three parts. The fenders got scratches last year when I was putting on my front bumper( I learned my lesson and taped them up when fitting the Kuruma).

I pulled up to Abbra where I got my front bumper painted and the tech came out and looked at the rear bumper and then told me to pull around the back.. He spent about 30 min buffing out the bumper and it looks close to perfect now. I asked him how much to paint the front fenders and he said he wanted to try to buff it out. I thought the scratches were too deep; apparently not. 30 min later both front fenders were mint. I offered him lunch and he accepted.. hell of a deal for saving me almost a grand.

He started looking at my lights and noticed they still had haze on them and I told him I painted them and just have to get the haze off. He asked me if I wanted him to try.. Hell yeah was my answer. He actually sanded them both down with the air compressor and some 800 grit then polished them out.

They look brand new! Talk about customer service. Talk about right place at the right time :biggthumpu p:

Im smiling ear to ear right now.

Now I can just skip to getting my sways and strut bars and wait for my wheels and coils and its a wrap after my toe bolt install and fender roll.

Originally Posted by Rocket Jockey

No lip for me. Suspension....swift springs, hotchkis sways and 19" OEM S coupe wheels....if I can find a clean set.

I am hoping to make the Luther meet but considering my G is 100% stock, and it has a trailer hitch , I will probably park on the street.....a couple blocks away.....

RJ