I joined in on a Driftworks group buy for HSD coilovers. Saved £200 on the list price, result.
Got them through last friday
Went round to a friends to fit them, who has a load of tools and a flat drive.
This how the car sat after fitting them. The rear was wayy too low for my exhaust and the front too high.
On satruday night, some friends noticed sparks coming from under my car. On monday I set about raising the rear and lowering the front to get a better stance. I found the chassis rails had taken a beating and some clamps had also been cained abit.
I adjusted the height settings and span the clamps round. Also fitted my skid wheels to the rear which my mate sprayed black for me and relocated the numberplate.
My drive points down and is quite a retarded shape, the front splitter is pretty close!!
Theres no way my jack would fit under that obviously, and the diff is too low for it to fit also. So i made some ramps out of wood which work a treat so I can actually get the car in the air again haha.
Amongst all this going on, I got the correct hub through for the Nardi wheel, a used one from Japan! So thats fitted now
Bit of a long winded update but I like to take pics. The car handles amazingly now, the wheel feels great, car feels like its on rails. Love it now.
So I won that Nardi Torino wheel and boss on eBay. £65 delivered which I thought was pretty good considering what i've seen them go for before.
I went to fit it today, but the holes on the Nardi wheel dont line up with the Momo boss already fitted.
So I took the Momo boss off and checked to see if the Nardi one fitted the s13 spline. But as I feared it didnt. Its too sloppy.
So i'm trying to get hold of a Nardi boss in s13 fitment, for the time being im just gonna tighten the nut down on the boss/column Chuck Norris tight until I get the right boss.
Looks sweet either way:
It's so dishy, might take a bit of getting used to. Happy with it anyway!
It's called a "Bobber", from what I've seen these bikes can be bought in a kit form which you build yourself, or from scratch using a custom frame and whatever bits you want.
They mostly all have a retro and minimalist vibe about them which I love. I dont like really showy choppers with bright flames/paint/chrome etc. This style of "chopper" (if you could even call it one), is the nuts.
I first came across this style on a site ran by a friend of my friends dad haha, who both build bikes. You can see the site here, http://www.attitude-customs.co.uk/
Anyway, this is pretty much exactly how i'd like one:
The old school parts like the springer forks, old style spring seat, mesh wheels and minimalist style of it are awesome. Its a cool bike that you'd be able to cruise one, which still looks light and nimble, this one has a 1300cc "evo" Harley engine, so its not gonna be slow either.
I love every part of it. In a few years time i'd love to build one, it wont be me building one though, i'd leave it to my friends dad as he's made some fantastic bikes!!
For the past few days, I've been stalking a Nardi Torino steering wheel on ebay to go on the S13. They're quite rare and this one looks particularly cool.
I asked the guy to send me a pic side-on showing the dish:
Perfect! I love dishy wheels. I've been following a car recently on Zilvia and it too has one of these:
Nice!
Thing thats annoying me, is that yesterday lunchtime it was at £1.20, last night went up to £24, now its at £40. But it doesnt end untill 9pm tonight. Why do people bid days early, whats the point? It just annoys me because I thought I might be in for a bargain. At least bid at the last second like i'm going to, would be less frustrating that way.
With everything on Ebay, I get paranoid that the guy selling it is getting his mates to bid on it before the auction end, to hoik the price up. I gurantee it happens all the time on there, but if you want something, you're gonna keep bidding aren't you.
I think i'm gonna bid. My car already has a Momo "Race" wheel, which is actually quite nice, so can be re-sold near enough the value of the Nardi one, i'm hoping.
