My constant work in progress 14a with added jdm'ness!!!

[ricey]

good work chris they look sweet

[Teggers]

I must have been half asleep last week - didn't see you put up a sneaky project thread!! Good job on the brakes yestarday looking good!

[Chriscooke]

I must have been half asleep last week - didn't see you put up a sneaky project thread!! Good job on the brakes yestarday looking good!

Yeah I got a bit bored mate so posted it up Gives me something to look back over and see how I have wasted all my money

[Evilchap]

Gives me something to look back over and see how I have wasted all my money

Invested, you've invested, not wasted Just keep telling yourself, it really helps!

[Teggers]

Yeah I got a bit bored mate so posted it up Gives me something to look back over and see how I have wasted all my money

Lol! 1 way of looking at it! There would be little point to doing a thread for my car - most of the hard work has already been done (by Ari Vatanen on here) before I bought it. He did giive me a couple of CD's worth of pics of the build up and a MASSIVE file of pretty much every receipt ever for the car!

Although I'm starting to go down the bodywork route as its something I've been experimenting with. I now have the use of spraying facilities, taught myself how to fibreglass on those skirts and am considering looking into welding kit too.

[CillianS14a]

Invested, you've invested, not wasted Just keep telling yourself, it really helps!

Thats my excuse....and i'm sticking to it!lol

Nice work Chris, you have spottless paint!

[Chriscooke]

Invested, you've invested, not wasted Just keep telling yourself, it really helps!

Ahh that does sound much better actually

He did giive me a couple of CD's worth of pics of the build up and a MASSIVE file of pretty much every receipt ever for the car!

Although I'm starting to go down the bodywork route as its something I've been experimenting with. I now have the use of spraying facilities, taught myself how to fibreglass on those skirts and am considering looking into welding kit too.

My old man keeps trying to get me to learn to weld. We have all the gear for both arc and mig welding but I haven't got round to properly learning yet

I have also set up a big ring binder with all the receipts and old mot's etc in it. The folders getting bigger at an alarming rate tho

Thats my excuse....and i'm sticking to it!lol

Nice work Chris, you have spottless paint!

Cheers mate, the paints not as good as it looks in the pics but would come up nice with a bit of work/a proper detail

[Chriscooke]

Well this looks like it may be the next job

My apex full alignment arm set and rear underbrace



I'll also have to replace the front balljoint and steering rod arm. Is that an easy job or a pita?

[ricey]

nice bits chris

as for front ball join just by new dw / apex bottom arms

[Chriscooke]

nice bits chris

as for front ball join just by new dw / apex bottom arms

Ha ha they are mucho money iirc

[BBB]

....and rear underbrace

Where does this fit? Any idea how functional it is?

[Chriscooke]

It fits accross the rear subrfame between the two tc arms(I think thats the right name for the arms). To be honest I am not sure how good they are all I know is that it does a similar job to the extra bracing that the s15 type r has.

[Gymbob]

nice pics Chris likeing the brakes thing i need to uprate mine lol! can i have some of your tyres pwease

[Chriscooke]

nice pics Chris likeing the brakes thing i need to uprate mine lol! can i have some of your tyres pwease

Those tyres arn't mine mate, they are monkey magics off of here. He does have a few

[Keith88]

Nice project buddy! Your paint looks immaculate! Ive to get a full arm kit soon myself, mind me asking how much it knocked you?

[Chriscooke]

Nice project buddy! Your paint looks immaculate! Ive to get a full arm kit soon myself, mind me asking how much it knocked you?

I got it off the apex group buy so It cost just shy of £300 iirc I think it's normally nearer £400.

The paint isn't bad but has a way to go before it's good enough, the pictures mask over some of the problems I think plus it has a pin stripe at the moment.

[adam0bmx0]

Oh nice chris, good stuff going for the rubber bushed option as oppsosed to rose joints. I want your rear Toe arms!

[Chriscooke]

Oh nice chris, good stuff going for the rubber bushed option as oppsosed to rose joints. I want your rear Toe arms!

Ummmm no Yeah to be fair Apex suggested them for road use as they don't need the constant maintenace that the rose joints do

[Monkey Magic]

Let me know when your free on a weekend and we'll get those arms fitted

I'm not 100% but I think you might have to take the lower arm out off to change the ball joint, which means you may as well get those rubbish standard front lower arm bushes removed and replaced with nice new shiny apex rubber bushes

If you bushed the rest of the car and added a front lower brace you would be a good set of coilovers away from an awesome road setup

[Chriscooke]

Will do mate The offer still stands if you need any help also, not that I am all that skilled

I am tempted to rebush the arms etc also as I can't help but think that it would completely transform the car Oh and a lower front brace is going to be my next purchase other than service/mot parts