What have you done to your car today?

[IZichard]

Got a set of MCA suspension on the way for the GC8. Very excited ?

[Niran]

39 minutes ago, IZichard said:

Got a set of MCA suspension on the way for the GC8. Very excited ?

Ooooooh very nice! Which ones>?

[IZichard]

13 minutes ago, Niran said:

Ooooooh very nice! Which ones>?

Was going to get the street performance but MCA didn’t want to supply that model to overseas customers. So I ended up getting the Street Ultimate with 7kg front and 5kg rear, which are the spring rates from the street performance for a GC8.

 

Slightly softer than @YoungOne who has 8/6k on his ultimates iirc.

[YoungOne]

3 minutes ago, IZichard said:

Was going to get the street performance but MCA didn’t want to supply that model to overseas customers. So I ended up getting the Street Ultimate with 7kg front and 5kg rear, which are the spring rates from the street performance for a GC8.

 

Slightly softer than @YoungOne who has 8/6k on his ultimates iirc.

 

Yeah 8/6k on mine, be interested to see what you think

[IZichard]

11 minutes ago, YoungOne said:

 

Yeah 8/6k on mine, be interested to see what you think

Yeah after weighing the options I decided the street performance 7/5k would be best for the weekend/street driving the car does. I talked to Anthony at RSS in Auckland, paid for and ordered a set, then got an email back from Anthony saying MCA didn't want to supply them to NZ. They offered me the Ultimates with the spring rates I wanted for a very small amount more so I went with that.

 

I'm also keen to try them out on the somewhat bumpy roads around the south. If you say yours is only a little stiffer than stock with the dampening turned down I guess my setup should be close to stock albeit with less travel. I'll write up my thoughts in my garage thread once i've run them through their paces. I don't have a huge amount of experience with other aftermarket 'coilovers' other than a small amound of driving in a GGB with BC golds and the tein/hks that were in my wagon when i bought it.

Edited October 24, 2019 by IZichard

[Joker]

Bolted some Tridens on

 

need polish

[newsuba]

found a setting that changes the car symbol on the satnav from an arrow to a pic of my car  ?

 

[Andy_Mac]

19 minutes ago, newsuba said:

found a setting that changes the car symbol on the satnav from an arrow to a pic of my car  ?

 

 

Would look even better if you could change it to a pic of a Subaru though...

[newsuba]

thanks to the renault-nissan alliance, i can make it sound like an R35 GTR   ?

 

Edited October 25, 2019 by newsuba

[Andy_Mac]

30 minutes ago, newsuba said:

thanks to the renault-nissan alliance, i can make it sound like an R35 GTR   ?

 

 

So assume that's just through the stereo and not some magical exhaust mode?

[newsuba]

yeah, it's a renault app that synthesizes sound through your stereo speakers.

 

not particularly accurate but good for a few giggles ?

[sobanoodle]

Haha I made my diesel to sound like an M6 once... didn't like it much as it was a bit out of sync. 

[Firenza]

Drove up a mountain, found a snowy carpark and did some donuts (snonuts?)

 

[newsuba]

21 hours ago, sobanoodle said:

Haha I made my diesel to sound like an M6 once... didn't like it much as it was a bit out of sync. 

 

my old golf gti sounded like a diesel on startup, no enhancement needed

 

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[Gripless]

Ordered a new shiny crank for the money ? pit

[newsuba]

if you like great engineering, checkout the latest Harry's Garage video on youtube and feast your eyes on a billet crank for a lambo v12.

 

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[Timmah]

 

 

Gave painting one of my calipers a crack, photo makes it look OK

[4kworld]

spent abit of time on the intake manifold powdercoating putting on aeroflow rails and 70mm throttlebody for the s401

https://ibb.co/3rY2w5c

[Andy_Mac]

@Timmah Looks pretty good. Mirror finishes are super damn hard to get looking smooth aye. 

[Omsin]

48 minutes ago, Timmah said:

 

 

Gave painting one of my calipers a crack, photo makes it look OK

Looks way too glossy for high temp paint, coats might be too thick or is the paint not dry yet? You’ll get a more uniform finish if you start with light coats and then go a little bit heavier once you’ve got something for the paint to build up on, definitely need to allow time between coats for it set though.

 

 
You could try using a sanding block over the Subaru wording if you want some contrast? Raw metal on black

Edited November 1, 2019 by Omsin

[Timmah]

1 hour ago, Omsin said:

Looks way too glossy for high temp paint, coats might be too thick or is the paint not dry yet? You’ll get a more uniform finish if you start with light coats and then go a little bit heavier once you’ve got something for the paint to build up on, definitely need to allow time between coats for it set though.

 

 
You could try using a sanding block over the Subaru wording if you want some contrast? Raw metal on black

 

 

It's Duplicolor glossy, and yeah I did go a bit ham and the coats are too thick, but looks OK for a first timer.

 

For the Subaru writing, you're pretty dead on the money, but I will use silver paint

[pedro]

They will dull a bit when they get properly hot.

[Gripless]

Covered pedals in industrial grip tape. No more foot slipping when the pedals are wet. 
it’s clear so not changed the look. 
 

originally I was going to find red and green tape and colour code the pedals but that was way too much wasted tape as it only comes in sheets. 

[Andy_Mac]

@Gripless So you've covered the entire face of the pedals or just over the rubber studs?

[Gripless]

It’s 50mm wide over the whole pedal including the rubber studs. 
it seems good so I may slice the studs flat later. 
 

 

but my suspicion that I had a issue with the diff and steering in the left has been confirmed with a set of dash lights turning on ?