Project:Soarer by megamax

9 minute(s) of a 462 minute read

1-9-2014

well, it's been quite a while since ive updated this. lack of time and effing with this damn s13 has stolen time away from my thread that none reads pretty much. so lets recap on what I have done to the car since I last posted. 

I finally got some rubbers for the rear wheels. some nitto 555's (non nt1). 275/40/17 if I remember right. had them installed and balanced at the mart.

so after bringing them back to my (then) garage I mounted them on my car and went for a short lived test drive. Short lived because something was rubbing against the wheels

this was the 1st time I actually ran these wheels on the car in the back. so I ordered up some new ss brake lines and cleared them back further this time.

so, now since I was going to drive this car more, I needed beats. I already brought my 2din radio receiver but I had no sound due to no stock amp(searched high and low for one). so I decided to manually run each speaker to the new receiver, cutting out the stock crap. 

I don't remember the exact sizes, but I just replaced the 4 speakers(2 in the door and 2 in the back.) I am not running a amp or another subwoofer(maybe down the line I wlll get a sub). iam not big on car audio I just need some surround sound when iam watching porn on the go(yes really). 

at the time I did this didn't have much monies to donate to this so I cheaped out and went to the sound section at Wal-Mart and got some speakers. I got some indoor speaker wire from best buy to seal the deal. 

the oem door speakers had really had it.

luckily removing them from the plastic housing was a breeze

the wally speakers were a good fit

I had to extend the pig tail harness. 

doing the back is so much easier with the seats out. 

surprisingly the stock amp was intact. I have it for sale if someone wants it.

I reused the back brackets, and the stock ones just collapsed as I touched them.

new is good!!!

run the speaker wire to the front, and that's pretty much it.

yes I could had waited and got a higher end speaker system, bit when it comes to noise iam easy to please. combined with my ebay stereo system total was around $300.00* give or take to give my car some beats. now when iam on the go I can pop in a porno and the time goes by quicker.

so my next major pressing issue is the damn ride height.my total initial estimate of a full suspension including coilovers was about 3k. now it seems iam going to go over that a bit more. 

I picked up these brand new megan super streets for around 900ish shipped. I think I went through sonic motors??

first time with megans myself and they look like they are good quality as does any coilovers when you first open them up.

after 3 easy struts coming out. one was a stubborn *****(iirc the left rear) so I had to hack some of that one up for it to come out. then these went smooth as but-ter

car looks worlds better lowered

then it was off to the alignment and that's where the pain starts again. the eccentric bolt's in the front really didn't want to cooperate. so my buddy ron had other ways.

then I further got ****ed as one of the alum thin tabs broke. 

so after doing as much as he could do, heres the numbers we came up with. 

luckily I don't have any stupid amounts of tire wear up front. I drove to Canada border and back, and put hundreds more miles on the car with this setup. The problem is I have too much neg camber in the front(very noticeable) and on the highway it's not as straight as it should to be.

I need to replace the whole suspension on the front and remove the subframe and get that alum repaired. the parts alone will be around $1,500.00 with the biggest expense the stock lower control arms($500.00 a set iirc). so yea I would like this happen sooner than later. 

in other news I got another mast and I now have an retractable antenna(old school)

so my next issue was the ac system. this was a big cluster **** as I threw out all the sc400 stuff. then come to find out I should had kept all the sc400 stuff. because even the same model has different lines from some model years. so it was a fun-task tracking down all this ****. 

so I ended up with a 94 ac condenser, a sc300 compressor(from my scrap car). and 94 lines(with the black rubber on the connectors). 

I put 2 cans of Freon in the system. my problem is I can't get the ac button to work with my engine. I can put a wire on the ecu to power and get the compressor to kick on. but to make the interior switch work, I was stumped. heres a thread on my ac-struggles

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/perf...-a-c-work.html

so a couple of weeks ago my daily had to be taken out of service to have maintence done on it. so lucky me and my effing life I had to drive the sc around because it is heavier than the s13 and Iam considering burning the ***** because I have to pull the engine again. 

so with careful maneuvering iam getting around till I got the dialing running again(till the ecu went again).

yes snow sucks with an open diff rwd. 

so this ***** in a truck backs out not paying attention(Not even snow, slick related) and she hits my car. it was a dodge truck with a tow ball on it. rips through my bumper and causes this. 

she claims fault(of course the ***** should had been in the kitchen anyway). and the estimate at the body shop is $2,800.00

so after days on edge deciding if I was going to smash this *****es fender with a hammer. the claim was approved and all is well in the kingdom.

iam looking for a excellent bumper,fender and reasonable priced headlights. I know I can't find green so I will have to go the shop to get the paint done. iam hoping to save some coin and get a aem!!

hey mr gerb. there are a few sc's in the local junkyards here. but iam hoping to find my color but iam sure iam not that lucky. going through the collision place I got the quote at (local car star) their price is $1,500.00

-body labor $530.00-10 hrs

-paint labor $470.00 9and hlf hrs

-paint supplies $300.00 9and half hrs

and if I can find everything I need at the junkyard that is $150.00*

that leaves 1350 and that the exact price of the aem pre-shipping

http://store.driftmotion.com/static/...rer1jz-gte.php

so heres what irks me. even with the freaking aem I still need a resistor for the injectors if I go low imped, wtf!!!