Recently got my new Firestone Firehawk Indy 500's installed on the front at the brand new Discount Tire location locally. The place literally still smelled like fresh paint inside! Super nice younger guys running the place, and they even let me drive my car into the bay since apparently not many of them can drive a manual.
Also finally got around to installing my @Dpro negative rear camber plates!
Install is super easy. Removed the wheel, backed out the wheel speed sensor bolt to remove the sensor and removed the 4 wheel bearing hub bolts. Cleaned the mating surfaces and slapped it back together with a dab of blue Loctite on each of the 4 bolts!
The rear tires are tucked perfectly now!
Decided to take the car for a rip in the canyons since I now have matching f/r tires and the camber plates installed. The rear definitely has more grip and is less twitchy! While driving, I passed a Tuxedo Black FiST going the other way who promptly turned around, so I backed off so he could catch up with me. Though his car is largely stock aside from a set of Federal 595 RS-RR's, he kept up with me pretty well with the stickier tires! Nice dude named Chris who lives down in the Phoenix area and was up in the Prescott area enjoying the local roads! I wish I had taken better pics but we were chatting about our cars mostly!
When I got home, I may or may not have accidentally started browsing @ron@whoosh's website and couldn't help myself, so I ordered a few goodies for the car!
Picked up a set of Spec-D LED Tail Lights in Red and even ordered super bright LED reverse bulbs on eBay that came in at the same time! Excited to get these installed!
Also picked up some iSincer LED Side Mirror Turn Signals in clear. I'm not sure I really like the look of the clear, so I may swap these out for the smoked ones.
Since I recently installed a new E30 Tune from @pwnall1337 aka Monster Tuned, I figured it'd be a good idea to stiffen up the motor mounts a bit with the Powerflex Front Upper Engine and Trans Mount Inserts as well as the Upper Engine Mount Bolt Upgrade!
Ron of Whoosh was also kind enough to throw this funny tasting graham cracker into the box with the parts!
Also finally got around to installing my @Dpro negative rear camber plates!
Install is super easy. Removed the wheel, backed out the wheel speed sensor bolt to remove the sensor and removed the 4 wheel bearing hub bolts. Cleaned the mating surfaces and slapped it back together with a dab of blue Loctite on each of the 4 bolts!
The rear tires are tucked perfectly now!
Decided to take the car for a rip in the canyons since I now have matching f/r tires and the camber plates installed. The rear definitely has more grip and is less twitchy! While driving, I passed a Tuxedo Black FiST going the other way who promptly turned around, so I backed off so he could catch up with me. Though his car is largely stock aside from a set of Federal 595 RS-RR's, he kept up with me pretty well with the stickier tires! Nice dude named Chris who lives down in the Phoenix area and was up in the Prescott area enjoying the local roads! I wish I had taken better pics but we were chatting about our cars mostly!
When I got home, I may or may not have accidentally started browsing @ron@whoosh's website and couldn't help myself, so I ordered a few goodies for the car!
Picked up a set of Spec-D LED Tail Lights in Red and even ordered super bright LED reverse bulbs on eBay that came in at the same time! Excited to get these installed!
Also picked up some iSincer LED Side Mirror Turn Signals in clear. I'm not sure I really like the look of the clear, so I may swap these out for the smoked ones.
Since I recently installed a new E30 Tune from @pwnall1337 aka Monster Tuned, I figured it'd be a good idea to stiffen up the motor mounts a bit with the Powerflex Front Upper Engine and Trans Mount Inserts as well as the Upper Engine Mount Bolt Upgrade!
Ron of Whoosh was also kind enough to throw this funny tasting graham cracker into the box with the parts!
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