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[1badg35]

love this shot Jon took. Shows off the .1 mm clearance from the brakes to wheel face. It is so close in real life its scary. Im glad the tolerances of the wheels were next to perfect

[1badg35]

thank you. yeah a lot more about to happen soon.


update: Cage has partially arrived. I test fit the main hoop and the harness bar, and my calcs were all good. Looks like it can start going together soon. If all goes well, beginning of next week I will be tacking the pieces together and making a few small changes to the tubing. But so far, so good. I will snap a few pics once I temporarily mock up all the parts.

I do plan on going to my buddies shop a bunch next week as i have a lot of small cuts and notches to make...

[Shocktech102]

I remember seeing this car on here and when I saw you at staggered my jaw literally dropped. Car's absolutely gorgeous.

-Matt

[up&comer]

I love 300s.

[1badg35]

Nah, one can never go backward... haha

[gbaby2089]

the biggest thing about the current fitment is the rear camber. I was into it for a little while, but I do not like the fact that my front and rear camber dont match. -4 all around is the goal (rear currently at -7ish) In doing this though, i cant keep the rear quarters the way they are. which is the reason for the subtle widening.

If for some reason this initial planning doesnt go as i am hoping, i will drop the widebody idea altogether. I am still super hesitant to mess with perfect condition 23 year old paint. hard as a rock i might add. With that said, i kind of want to get a little more tire on the ground, and really want camber to be the same all around.

Dont worry, fitment will likely be better then before. I dont strive for anything but perfection. haha. Even if it takes me an ungodly amount of time to achieve it


oh and by initial planning, hopefully i can mock it up this week. I have some ideas rolling around in my head, and they are about to come to life. And this will make or break it

Blasphemy warning:

Why not run a narrower/higher offset wheel with a wider tyre? Your fitment could still look incredible. In fact it could be even more impressive.

This video says it all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t5l_F4o8W2k

[DannyE32]

same camber all around sounds good!

[Dave_The_BMXER]

I like this build, I also enjoy your blog.

[1badg35]

the biggest thing about the current fitment is the rear camber. I was into it for a little while, but I do not like the fact that my front and rear camber dont match. -4 all around is the goal (rear currently at -7ish) In doing this though, i cant keep the rear quarters the way they are. which is the reason for the subtle widening.

If for some reason this initial planning doesnt go as i am hoping, i will drop the widebody idea altogether. I am still super hesitant to mess with perfect condition 23 year old paint. hard as a rock i might add. With that said, i kind of want to get a little more tire on the ground, and really want camber to be the same all around.

Dont worry, fitment will likely be better then before. I dont strive for anything but perfection. haha. Even if it takes me an ungodly amount of time to achieve it


oh and by initial planning, hopefully i can mock it up this week. I have some ideas rolling around in my head, and they are about to come to life. And this will make or break it

[DannyE32]

i want to be honest. IMO the car is perfect the way it is now. I think you are in a point where you dont know what else to do with the car.

The fitment couldnt be better, the engine bay couldnt be cleaner, the stance couldnt be more perfect. I really wanna see now what you gonna do, because IMO there not much room for better.

if you widen even more the wheels, you will ruin the already perfect fitment..

I might be wrong of course, just judging from what i can read

[1badg35]

nah to tell you the truth, I am not a "red" type of guy. If it wasnt for this car, i would never own a red car. Luckily, i love the way this car looks and how its progressed and actually came to like the original color on it. But im not a red kind of guy

I think the cage and detailed bit color is going to be pikes peak white from a 350z. pearl but not too crazy

i think this bike was shot in the same color



matching bits in the bay:

Likely, the bay wont likely look any different to most, the covers will be perfectly dripping with shiny paint though. Not like the white paint shot in a makeshift booth before. It was ok but not perfect, and now that shall change...

[dave2221]

Personally i would go with red cage..... make it part of the bodywork.

[deckard]

just read the whole thing. amazing man. truly inspiring.

[1badg35]

It hasnt started yet. I don't want to rush the metal work, so it's likely going to have to start after the show mid October. Under that timeline I have a few months to get it perfect and then either widen the wheels or possibly make another crazy decision... No matter what it should be fun

A close bud is shooting the plastics next week so once I see the color all done, it will hit me whether or not the cage should be white.
I'm big on simplicity, so I don't want the interior to scream white. But if it's subtle, I have no problem making it white. We shall see how it shapes up.

[zxert]

I think white on the cage would pop and add to the look you're going for. Hows the bodywork coming?