spraycanmansam build thread

[Redliner]

Thanks for the response Sam. I was more hoping than anything. Trying to get the power down to the ground. Let us know what you think of the Federals, wet and dry, once you've driven on them for a bit.

[s4mmie]

Hmm... I'm going to say no. The Federals are a wide 215/40/17 and they just fit fine.
I gave him the ok to go for gold on the guards but Kev didn't really want to go much further than it is as he said the metal was pretty thin in places. I'm sure he could but there might be some compromises, I imagine it would stand out.

I think I need to remove the rear plastic canards as well as they're in the way a bit and Kev said if anything scrubs it will be that.

[Redliner]

Still figuring out the bump stops as in the other thread..

On another note, I had the wheel alignment done at Ricks Wheel Allignment. Nice and trouble free and a good price.

Also had Kevin from Precision Guard Rolling come up and sort the guards out. I can't recommend his service highly enough. He rolled the lips on the front, macgyvered some tabs for the front plastic liners and rolled the rears. Theres plenty of room now. Obviously if you slam it over large bumps its going to scrub but for enthusiastic daily driving it's fine

Any chance of putting 225's under the rolled guards?

[s4mmie]

Still figuring out the bump stops as in the other thread..

On another note, I had the wheel alignment done at Ricks Wheel Allignment. Nice and trouble free and a good price.

Also had Kevin from Precision Guard Rolling come up and sort the guards out. I can't recommend his service highly enough. He rolled the lips on the front, macgyvered some tabs for the front plastic liners and rolled the rears. Theres plenty of room now. Obviously if you slam it over large bumps its going to scrub but for enthusiastic daily driving it's fine

[noone]

I just had a look under my car, from what I can see, seems the rears are close to riding on the bump stops.

Interested to know if cutting them down is a good idea and by how much. As the top and bottom section seem to be the most relevant in terms of fitting into the required areas, would it be better to try and cut out the middle section? Are they fairly solid?

As the perches are designed to be "in", I would expect the rubber should be cut down to 95mm then remove the thickness of the perch as well (so maybe 70-80 total)

[h100vw]

Watch where you cut if you want to keep the dust cover. And at the other end don't cut too much as the hole in the middle isnt the same diameter all the way through.

[s4mmie]

Thanks guys, I'm stoked with how they look, better than I expected.
I'll see how the EVO's handle the power upgrades but it's good to know that the RSR's could be a good upgrade.
Yeah I saw the happy laps too late! Next time though.

I checked out the rear suspension today and Eddy is right on the money. I took out the rear adjusters, put a wheel on and jacked it up to where it sits. At it's current height, there's only half an inch of shock travel before it hits the bump-stops! This is the current height of the rear bumpstops --



...and this is a picture of the KW manual with the specified bumpstop dimensions --



Where do you measure the bumpstops from, the extremities? If so, then they're currently 110mm instead of the required 95mm

[noone]

Red Polo, KW's and Enkei's. A man of my taste...

Looking good dude.

[kaanage]

That's bull****. I can't believe they came so quickly haha. After ordering on July 2, my wheels should finally be here tomorrow. And they'll probably look the same anyway hah!

The PF01s do look sweet, though.

You've had word on them! (and just after I met you )

I'll be trying the coffee today!

[Buller_Scott]

Not too keen on semi's, from everyone I've heard they're not great in the wet...

the fed 595 rsr's are the best tyre i've ever driven with, in the wet.

when you're conscious of speed limits, but trying to keep up with semi trailers that are quite obviously ignorant of speed limits whilst it's pssing down, on an 8 hour run in the middle of the night from melb to syd, and due to your obedience to the law you let the truck go, trying to stay in its tracks and then sighing a sigh of exasperation when the big rig is no longer visible....

sheighting your pants because you're on semi slicks, and yet they evacuate water better than any other "awesome wet road tyre" that you've spent the last 5 years commuting to mount buller from melb, twice a week (at least) with... yep. fed 595 rsr's... good.

EDIT:

people in vwwa vic will also be able to attest to how brutal my polo diesel was when it came to obliterating far more expensive cars around corners in damp conditions, too.... oh, as well as a skyline and evo heavy jdm club from victoria who isnt confused (hey i want lows but also chasing power oooh i've fcked my car up!) - proper ride heights and big power kits who were amazed at how the pog was set up with suspension brakes feds etc....

[Smead]

Looks sweet mate

[leitch]

That's bull****. I can't believe they came so quickly haha. After ordering on July 2, my wheels should finally be here tomorrow. And they'll probably look the same anyway hah!

The PF01s do look sweet, though.

[Redliner]

Looking good.
How far can they lip and pump the guards?

[team_v]

Looks ace on the PF01's.
Get on the main list for happy laps NOW, only 1 spot left!

[clicht]

looking very nice !!