Desmond's Red Slug

[dezzymun]

1 answer..

It didn't come with them, previous owner had 17" rims, pictured in carsales pics.. It was the cheaper option =]

BUT i will use these for track rims, and get some rims later on..

UNLESS u wanna sell 3 of ur stivo rims to me? hahaha

[Kenshin X]

UNLESS u wanna sell 3 of ur stivo rims to me? hahaha

1 answer....................................................

NO! :D :D :D

levin rims are tasty anyways

[dezzymun]

sleeper look lol... maybe i should take off the body kit too then?? hahahaha

[dezzymun]

CHASSIS BRACING!!!!

[dezzymun]

Birthday present from exe crew car mates, thanks guys!

estimated install time: 1 minute

actual install time: 20 minutes

After removing the stock filter, i replaced it with the K&N filter. I didn't fit snug but i made it fit buy accidentally snapping a bit of the air box lol..

Performance wise, it feels a lot more responsive and has a deeper note and at LIFT it sounds like i've got a CAI!

Update on bracing, just missing a few bits and pieces of the chassis bracing, once i've got them all, ill be taking pics and installing it.

[dezzymun]

Fumoto oil drain plug on the way too

[dezzymun]

Rear strut installed after 2 hours of messing around. First time i attempted this i couldn't figure old how to remove the bits and pieces until i stumbled accross super dave's post on how to install the rear strut brace, that help me heaps, thanks mate!

The gold pieces are the C ONE chassis bracing for the rear of the car.

The 2 little gold pieces are the C ONE bracing that goes near the rad support

more junk

Final product

CBF putting interior back in!

[Chrono Trigger]

Is that front chasis bracing? Can you still have the under splash guards on when you put those on? just wondering....

[dezzymun]

yep u still can.. ill get pics up once i get all the parts for it so u can see

[dezzymun]

So what happens when you get someones number plate bolt jammed into ur front bumper? a nice present..

How do you fix it? theres a few options:

cut and polish: scratch is too deep

buy paint and diy: too expensive and not enough time

respray at panel beaters: whats the bet that it will happen again?

theres probly more but you get the point by now..

so whats the option i took?

[dezzymun]

ANYWAYS time for an update:

installed weathershields and they look awesome, thanks exe crew!

and a few more goodies are on the way at a very very very very good price hehehe

front sway bar

rear sway bar

and custom cat back exhaust too

also got the fumoto drain plug but yet to be installed

stay tuned! lift will get louder =]

[dezzymun]

Also planning to get some orange bits.. and slotted rotors.. and ungraded pads.. and braided brake lines... but more on them later..

Heres some pics to keep u entertained!

fumoto drain plug:

C-One Front rad support bracing:

Edited September 5, 2010 by dezzymun

[dezzymun]

Some gold bits installed:

[dezzymun]

Installed rear sway bar yesterday and played around with my front bracing more.. now when i turn left it clunks =S.. so i gota check it out today.. hopefully its nothing big

[RME1]

Winton has lots of left turns....better get that fixed!

Could it be because of the plastic tray guard?

[dezzymun]

all fixed! the bolts were just a tad loose so its all good now =]

[dezzymun]

THE EXHAUST IS ON!!!!

Front sway bar to go on tomorrow..

[Guni]

What zorst des ?

Video of sound?

[dezzymun]

its a custom 2.5" with stock tip, it sounds a little louder than the stock system, but i can feel slight mid range gain. Vid will come up soon.. JUST got back from a 6 hour operation at chasers *_*.. they swapped over front sway bars from my mates car to mine, no easy task and was glad to just watch them! They had trouble sorting out some knocking sounds from the front right of my car, and the sway bar link was knocking on something too =S.. but its all good now!

[Guni]

Nice nice ....

The sway links can be a pain .....

[King Young]

TinTin needs a lowering.

Feeling any performance difference with the catback?

[dezzymun]

Time for an update:

Had some time to think bout whether i wanted to keep or sell the C-one bracing, ended up keeping it and installing it hehe.. The car now handles like a dream! the small tinkering sounds have ALL gone away!! BUT... i can hear the rear end making some sounds turning at low speed cause its so stiff now.. In summary, the car now handles somewhere between having coilovers and having upgraded springs and shocks.

Stayed tuned, i've put a deposit of some coil overs.. Hopefully i get them in time for the November 21st track day. There may be a possibility of changing to coilovers during midday =].. will upload some pics soon

[johnnieboi]

All bar'd up desmond. and then coilovers too = track weapon

[dezzymun]

PICS update of the c-one chassis bracing..

The bracing sits on the chassis rails

double rear sway bar action!

Track day on the 21st November should be good to see what times i can get, gota chase down a couple of stivo guys here hehehe

Edited November 8, 2010 by dezzymun

[tru-star]

Nice! how much was it? from c-one - japan to aus? total costs? any improvement results? was planning to get sum parts from c-one.