1993 Festiva L progression thread

[Slyder]

looks fantastic!

[Festiva_Fred]

New stance

here's how it sits with the new springs in back.. My set up is stock festiva springs cut 2 coils in front, and 1 1/2 in back. Looks real nice IMO.

[Festiva_Fred]

New springs worked out perfect!! I'll post pics later tonight if I remember..

[Festiva_Fred]

Curious how the new ones will affect the way the car sits. Nice work, you are always at it.

Me too, we'll see tonight, thanks.

[batstiva]

Curious how the new ones will affect the way the car sits. Nice work, you are always at it.

[Festiva_Fred]

Ooooo anticipation....
What did you use to paint the springs?

Rustoleum semi-gloss spray paint

[thered56]

Ooooo anticipation....
What did you use to paint the springs?

[Festiva_Fred]

Spoiler and new rear springs done

Finished painting the spoiler, and got the new springs for the rear cut and painted.


drool

[Festiva_Fred]

Looks real nice! I like the look of a car with the rear just barely noticably higher. Is that kinda what you're looking at?

Look forward to seeing it with the spoiler mounted btw

Thanks, yep I want it to be the same or just barely higher than the front. I already got the springs cut and painted, I'll try them tonight and see how it sits then.. The spoiler should look real nice

[thered56]

Looks real nice! I like the look of a car with the rear just barely noticably higher. Is that kinda what you're looking at?

Look forward to seeing it with the spoiler mounted btw

[Festiva_Fred]

pics with the grill on






Got the underside of the spoiler painted


I really like this L+ interior that I swapped into it.





I think I may cut another set of springs to raise the back just a hair, since the back is lower than the front right now.. These are cut 2 coils, I'm thinking that if I cut the backs 1 1/2 coils it would sit better..

[Festiva_Fred]

Woohoo!! got both rear shocks replaced now.




The lower shock bolts were kinda a pain to get out.. especially the drivers side one But neither one broke on me, so thats good The back is really stiff now

[Festiva_Fred]

^^ I see that now. Turned out well. The over spray on the cardboard looked more like the color of the car than black. Didn't know if you had changed the color. The car looks a lot different than the one in the weeds on the first page.

Yes it does, it's come a long way since then

[batstiva]

^^ I see that now. Turned out well. The over spray on the cardboard looked more like the color of the car than black. Didn't know if you had changed the color. The car looks a lot different than the one in the weeds on the first page.

[Festiva_Fred]

Looks good. Assuming by that one piece of cardboard, that you did the mirrors as well? How did they turn out. I did mine with a rattle can, but it was black on black, so the margin of error was pretty wide.:p

Thanks, yep I painted the mirrors too.. semi gloss black, look on page 2 for good pics of the mirrors, they turned out nice.