Car drove fine to work. Coming home it started a nice metallic thump on the left front that increased with speed. Now that its done pouring, I'm going to investigate. Hoping its the ES radius arm bushing if anything.

...turns out the turns out the tire balancing specialist doesn't have his degree in torquing lug nuts. Reminds me of that Ron White thing about Sears.

So today, Torqued all my "torqued" lug nuts to proper spec.

 

Cleaned up the front bumper a bit by wrapping the lower half.

 

Packed up the Z for a few days of surfing!

 

How about taking your car for an alignment to a in-ground Firestone lift, only one within 100 miles and the guy there is a "specialist" with all the lowered vehicles in NC. Left there and few miles later have an awful thump sound too after going 70+ on the highway. Lugs where hand tight. Yikes. Calls me an hour later to tell me he may have forgotten to tighten them down! LOL! Yeah figured that out!

 

dropped her off at the body shop to get the front bumper painted....no more rockin a black front come friday!

 

lol you talkin about the one in burlington?

 

Sparco, your Z looks awesome!

 

Thanks homie, how do you like the 3.9 fd gears?

 

I have loved them since I had them installed. I was going to build a strong NA or I would have stayed 3.5 or gone to 3.3, etc. I catch a little crap here for going SC and having 3.9 fd, but all I know is the car is strong and quick; had to make some WOT Cipher logs today for Stillen's tuner on a nice open desert road that I like and the car gets to those sweet spots surprisingly fast. Since I don't race the car on the track I'm glad it's got the 3.9's.

 

Scary stuff, haha. Luckily the torrential downpour kept me under 45 on the way home.

Picked up some more parts for the Bronco in it today.

 

Received my CD009 transmission and Z1 clutch/FW combo today.

 

 

Now to spend even more money and find a reputable shop that will do all the work. That's the part I fear the most about spending so much money on the Z.

 

missed the ups man today and ended up running around looking for him to get these

still trying to decide whether or not to wait till i get coilovers to install them and im also debating between the 245/275 or 255/285.

 

255/285 at least

 

Just asking cuz I'm not really sure but either way I'm going to have to get it..
Wondering if I need the rear camber kits right now along with the toe kit at stock height.. I do plan on ordering coilover within these next 2 weeks so I'm going to have to order them anyways.. thanks for the help

255/285

 

Installed helper springs in the rear, now to get the rear height dialed in and end links reset.

Then it's off to the next mod, install 75mm TB

 

Depends on ride height... Most likely you will need them after coils are installed.

No need for camber/toe kit at stock height. Be aware you will also need to roll those rear fenders.

 

Brush/polished some parts.

 

Got rid of the stock rear Bose speakers and replaced them with JL Audio C2-650, what a difference it makes! Next week I'll be replacing the front speakers with C3-600 components.