Took her to her (and my) first autocross today. What a blast!

 

Love the Solar Orange. Such a cool color. Got to see one in person for the first time over the summer at a meet.

Please be sure to post pics after install what type and color did you go with?
I love autox, and it's a great way to bond with your car, learn its limits and have a ton of fun!

Today I took my Z out for a spin and to the shooting range. Assault rifles and Z's are practically the perfect recipe for a great day.

Also recently wrapped my strut bar in cf vinyl.

 

took her to the local 1/8 track for a little event. best time was 8.9, can't remember the trap. couldn't launch at all which is what was killing my times. this open diff is doing nothing for me.

 

I picked up a couple Bride Digo's in Gradiation, just need to get the sliders, harnesses and harness bar.

 

How were you launching?

 

Whiteline LCA Bushings, OS Giken LSD installed, raised my ride height, softened dampers, re-installed the 2pc rotors, getting ready for events.

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adding a pic:

 

took her out to Ocean Shores, WA with some friends.

 

My 08 started with an open. Get a quaife I love mine. I wasn't 100% confident installing it because I'd never done rear end work (but have installed everything else on my car), but a local tuner shop let me hang out there with them while they did mine and only charged me around $1300 or 1500 for labor, diff and fluid. Such a worthwhile upgrade. I hook up a ton better now, especially in turns!

 

I was literally taking off like I would at a stop light in the city, and then just get on it. lol.

yeah i'm definitely going to look into a diff in the near future.

 

Got metal mini numberplate keychain things

 

Took it to court for a traffic ticket. Go me

One the other hand, I did get the trial set for a couple months down the road to where a ticket won't even matter.

 

Over the weekend, Installed Whiteline Diff Bushings finally!

PITA!!!

 

^ any noticeable differences?

 

I have only driven about 15 miles with the new bushings. I notice quite alot. My old OEM bushings were completly shot so it fixed alot of rattle. It feels great, much tighter feel in the rear end and suspension. Feels much more solid but still very quiet.

Great bushings I would say it was worth the install (for me, since mine was completely blown) which was total hell! Took about 4-5 hours just to remove the subframe-diff bushing (pounding, drilling, cutting, prying!) and about 20 minutes to install all 3 new ones.

So glad it is over!

 

^^^ not that much of a difference , do the whiteline subframe bushings too. Those make a huge difference in feel.

 

Cleaned her up nice. Found a bandanna in the shop and played around with it for the interior. No its not permanent lol.

Excuse the shitty cell phone pics. Only 3.2 MP's.

Okay got everything out. Ready to begin.


Done!

I know, i know. Car looks terrible. Ugly offset. Ugly rims. blaahhhh. The car came this way. Im working on finishing my degree. For now all I can do is finish paying her off.






Hahaha I was bored.

 

3.2 mp?? what are you using a flip phone from high school lol. love the orange though

 

+1 on the orange.

 

Got the wheels mounted/balanced today. Woo!

in before "now it's time for a drop" haha.

 

Looks great! And time for a drop.