Before I Pull The Trigger! v. Struts/Springs/Wheels/Tires

[mattswabb]

And with the condition of the roads in the area I try to avoid the potholes with my setup which is very similar to what you're looking at.

[25Horseplay]

Sweet........................ a mini meet!

[SimonTuffGuy]

I suggest putting on a lug stud conversion... They can be had for about $4 per wheel and it will make it like a "normal" car, where you've got the studs coming off the brake assemblies instead of using lug bolts.

Then pick yourself up a set of Gorilla locking lug nuts and you're done. There's an autoparts store here in PA called A&A that was able to order in the parts I needed for the stud conversion and stocked the Gorilla lug nuts.

Besides that - looks like you've got a nice setup. My first Festiva ran a very similar setup (different wheels), but no rubbing issues and the Toyo's run REALLY nice.

[nonamekid]

Springs for $100? Brand new they are $180 at FMS. Do you know another source? Pray, do tell....

[stefan]

^ I think FMS has some used ones for 100 on there specials page

[spiko]

I'll join you both for Pizza there. Pick a time and day.

Awesome. Well let's pick a day when the weather will be nice. After looking at the forecast it looks like Today will be cold and snowy, Saturday will be fairly decent, and then rain Mon & Tues, Wed looks like it might be good. Ideally for me, Mondays are very slow, but Wed are not much better lol. I work from 4-10.

[spiko]

Just bought Front & Rear KYB GR2's, an Exedy Clutch, and about to call for the springs

[nonamekid]

^ I think FMS has some used ones for 100 on there specials page

That has been on there for a few months. I figured by now they had sold them and just had not updated the web page.

[b8kedbeans]

Uh, yeah I called about the springs in November 2007 and Roger told me they were long gone. The website has not been updated in a long time which is too bad because we all like looking at the cool parts and I know he has a ton of stuff that is not even pictured.

Sounds like you guys are in for a good time with free pizza and a mini-meet. I'm from Akron but moved to Norther California a few years ago to work for these crazy tech companies. I do miss the pizza from Ohio though. Pizza in San Francisco is not terribly good unless you go for the Chicago style stuff. Sigh.

[spiko]

Yeah I had to buy the FMS Springs new, used ones were long gone, the website just wasn't updated. I also have to find 1 front left KYB GR2 strut because tirerack was out of stock.

[25Horseplay]

^^Check Summit Racing for the strut.

[skeeters_keeper]

Yeah I had to buy the FMS Springs new, used ones were long gone, the website just wasn't updated. I also have to find 1 front left KYB GR2 strut because tirerack was out of stock.

from my experience e-bay has KYB's for cheaper, just my .02

for me:
GR2's front rear = $190
4xsprings ($30 each + sh) = $140
adjustors ($25 shipped) = $25

total: $355 for coil overs all around. no "dead coils" like w/ the FMS springs so you still get full travel (not as harsh on potholes etc) and yet the ride is still stiffer (25% as apposed to FMS 15%).

I rode in matt's BPT car with the KYB/FMS setup, and it was nice, i'd have drive both setups for a while to really give a good comparison one way or the other, but for me coilovers seemed like the way to go.

[spiko]

^^Check Summit Racing for the strut.

Found it on AutoPartsWarehouse for $46 shipped. Not exactly sure how much the tirerack order was because they adjusted the total and shipping for not having one of the struts.

[spiko]

Yeah I had to buy the FMS Springs new, used ones were long gone, the website just wasn't updated. I also have to find 1 front left KYB GR2 strut because tirerack was out of stock.

from my experience e-bay has KYB's for cheaper, just my .02

for me:
GR2's front rear = $190
4xsprings ($30 each + sh) = $140
adjustors ($25 shipped) = $25

total: $355 for coil overs all around. no "dead coils" like w/ the FMS springs so you still get full travel (not as harsh on potholes etc) and yet the ride is still stiffer (25% as apposed to FMS 15%).

I rode in matt's BPT car with the KYB/FMS setup, and it was nice, i'd have drive both setups for a while to really give a good comparison one way or the other, but for me coilovers seemed like the way to go.

I never really had any experience with coil overs in the past, KYB's + FMS Springs is what the majority of the board has, with some exceptions obviously. I just went with what people have said worked good.

[spiko]

You Ohio guys should come out today and get some pizza, it's a beautiful day! I work 11-4.