BITCH ASS: A Build of Average Proportions and Modest Income

[cobrawannabe]

You're so lucky. California is sooooo dry.

Plus, riding in mud makes it that much more fun.

I LOVE riding in mud, but I'm not a huge fan of cleaning the bike for two hours after I get home hahaha.

I'd like a little bit more dry stuff out here, to be honest. There's nothing cooler than blasting down some sick steep singletrack with a giant roost behind you.

[cobrawannabe]

Test fit the Type Bs this past Saturday at my friend's house after stripping the stupid black paint off of the spoke faces.

Specs as tested:

Front: 16x7.5 et20
Rear: 16x7.5 et15 (5mm spacer)

Once I have the money (probably this Friday), I'll be ordering tires and camber arms, then finally getting into summer mode. I will be running a 205/40-16 ZE-912.

[cobrawannabe]

Bump because I know a few of you were waiting to see these on the car and I updated at a weird time.

[Belvader]

Looks beautiful dude!

[cfernandes]

Love this Focus man. Do you live around the CCSU area? I see this car occasionally parked outside of Elmers haha.

[cobrawannabe]

Looks beautiful dude!

Thank you! I'm so excited to get them all mounted!

Love this Focus man. Do you live around the CCSU area? I see this car occasionally parked outside of Elmers haha.

Yeah, that was me! I used to live at Campus View, but my apartment was the one that burned down. I just go to school there at night now. Thanks for the kind words!



UPDATE: I just ordered tires and camber arms about ten minutes ago! I decided to go with 205/40-16 Kumho Ecsta ASTs.

[rice4life]

Cannot wait to see them! Get a photoshoot when they are mounted up

[rightfullrudder]

Totally forgot this was your build thread. Stoked for the new wheels. Sorry for stealing your tire idea. #trendy

[cobrawannabe]

Cannot wait to see them! Get a photoshoot when they are mounted up

Totally forgot this was your build thread. Stoked for the new wheels. Sorry for stealing your tire idea. #trendy

Welcome back! #stancenation #getamiatabro #suchadope240sx

[cobrawannabe]

Better pictures forthcoming, including shots of the updated rear fender work. A nice, even pull, if I do say so, myself

[rice4life]

Wow, those wheels look great, and the fitment is spot on!

The only thing I think it really needs is the front end from

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60782&highlight=ford+focus

that thread

and

red vinyl'ed altezza tail lights.
But that's my opinion.

Get some better pics up of the current fitment nao!

[cobrawannabe]

That nose won't fit my car, it's a euro MK2, mine is an NA MK1.5. There are also zero aftermarket options for taillights for my car, which I'm honestly totally fine with. I will be converting the stockers to LED soon enough.

Thanks for the kindness, new pics will be coming soon

[rice4life]

That nose won't fit my car, it's a euro MK2, mine is an NA MK1.5. There are also zero aftermarket options for taillights for my car, which I'm honestly totally fine with. I will be converting the stockers to LED soon enough.

Thanks for the kindness, new pics will be coming soon

I went on egay and found like a few hundred sets of altezza's and other crappy tail lights on the cheap.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/domeniccucunato/my%20240sx/P1010187.jpg

I'm talking about doing that to the altezzas.

Oh yeah, I don't know shit about focuses, so bare with me hahaha.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u204/the_chukker/New%20fofo/IMG_5104.jpg

Apparently that's called a MK1.5

[Dremetos]

My mom has a 2005 ZXW wagon, 5 speed. It was actually almost my first car. I've always wanted to see one of those (or any Focus of said generation for that matter) just completely aired out, except remove the air and add some conventional suspension. Looking real good.

[cobrawannabe]

I went on egay and found like a few hundred sets of altezza's and other crappy tail lights on the cheap.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/domeniccucunato/my%20240sx/P1010187.jpg

I'm talking about doing that to the altezzas.

Oh yeah, I don't know shit about focuses, so bare with me hahaha.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u204/the_chukker/New%20fofo/IMG_5104.jpg

Apparently that's called a MK1.5

You found taillights for MK1s, not MK1.5s. They are very similar, but not at all the same. That being said, even if there were cheap aftermarket options, I'd not be adding them to my car, it's just not necessary when they stock lights already look so good. In case you didn't notice (90% of the people that look at the car don't), but I actually have tinted them very lightly.

The yellow car you linked to (thank you for not posting the picture directly, I appreciate that ) is a MK1.5, the difference you're seeing is the fact that he has shaved the lower grille bars, rub strips, and turn signals from his stock bumper; a look I am not fond of.

My mom has a 2005 ZXW wagon, 5 speed. It was actually almost my first car. I've always wanted to see one of those (or any Focus of said generation for that matter) just completely aired out, except remove the air and add some conventional suspension. Looking real good.

Thanks, man! This car is about as close as you'll find to sitting flat out on coilovers in the Focus world. The front subframe sits about 1/2" off the ground. As you can see to the left in this picture, the quarter is not leaning against the lowest part of the subframe; that's just as far as I could get my arm under the wheel well.



Some more pictures for good measure, taken on uneven ground (heavily crowned cul-de-sac):