I used to smash my 8" wheels into the inner fenders quite often.

 

well laid down some primer and started working on the wet sand and soon to paint pearl white to match the s14.
picked up a oem zenki lip today too which will be going under the knife via my plastic welder for some corrections.
never claimed i was a body guy but hey gotta learn sometime.




as for the s13 its parked away in the garage where it will remain, some time ago my front main seal started leaking which turned out to be a very deep groove cut in the front crank pulley from the old engine. all parts being replaced. thanks Joe (asia)
thinking of pulling off the moroso oil pan to give it a better polish since the only thing on it is dust

 

Its a long story as to why my car was that low, but it was mostly becasue I didnt want to spend the 100$ at the time to raise it up and get a new alignment and I was rushed for time going on my trip up north. After that I just didnt want to mess with it.

Technically to get the most out of your suspension going that low dosnt help, but I was comfortable with how the car drove so I didnt care. Mostly I would say the biggest help in going low beside getting adjustable arms is fighting suspension bind/stiction. I went the cheap route and did ES bushings and grease fittings on the uprights and RLCA, or you can spend a hella lot of money and go all speherical. Either way that also helps when your that low to allow the suspension to move completly through its motion. But as far as I've read the 240's 5 link set up can go only so low before the arms fight themselves because of their unequal length. But thats for all out maximum road race set up which my car isnt. If you look at most guys that do road racing with 240s their cars are about an 1 1/2 inchs higher than mine in the picture.

Anyways I've never had any problems other than rubbing fenders. Though I did raise the car up a little since those pictures.

 

I would change to the the navan grill, bumper W/ lip, skirts and add the rear valences. But Im never going to spend 1k+ on body stuff. Though it would look pretty sweet

FN's aren't the most amazing wheels and lots of people have them. But I do like them they are lighter most other wheels and yes I did get them for an awesome price and now I have the 9+12s. So I have 8",9",10" and tire size goes like this, 8"-235, 9"-255, 10"-255. And they are getting some sweet paint soon.

 

those also werent that great of an offset.
i think massaging a little with a hammer is fine, your rack should bind before you would need tubs.
like dudes running modified spindles for crazy angle still arent running tubs.

i mean, do what you want, but when i see tubs, i think of that kid on mad tv "look what i can do"

 

Car looks sick. I want your rears... lol You wouldn't happen to have a fender roller by any chance would you?

 

True, but ive been running a 15 mil spacer for about 6 months now and even though its still not that low it was about pretty close to the edge of the fender. The front of my car is getting cut up and reworked anyways, I have the sheet metal so if Im doing all this work might as well instead of bashing it with a hammer. I also have the 9's now and with 255 RT615's which I've yet to run up front.

Yes I have a fender roller.

 

^ Would you be interested in perhaps letting me borrow it in exchange for some beer and/or lunch?

 

any body eles have this problem??
ok only when the motor/trans is cold the gears feel notcie. like the gear oil is so thick that it does not lube the gears right away. but as soon as i drive down the road a few miles it stops and i can shift smooth. or i can just start the car and let it idill for 5 min or so. same prob with friends s14..

 

i have the same problem with my s14 and mainly 2nd gear.