My ED6... weekend racer on a budget

[CrackerTeg]

Titties. There. I said my piece.

[M.Doban]

15mm looks great man! I haven't commented on your thread in forever but your car keeps looking better and better man!

Thanks a bunch, mang. I'm really glad you think so! haha!

Spacer + stretch tires for extra JDM.
Also done goof on measuring sideways.

OH SWAG, SWAG.

Yeah... but hey. Now I know. And It doesn't seem to be that detrimental of a mistake. Stoked.

[floatingdino]

Spacer + stretch tires for extra JDM.
Also done goof on measuring sideways.

[brsteinbach]

15mm looks great man! I haven't commented on your thread in forever but your car keeps looking better and better man!

[M.Doban]

nah itll caster forward so much cause the trailing are that itll never get close..unless your on like 18's

That's not caster, but yes, it's nowhere near the rear bumper.

Rear wheels do not have caster unless they steer. Caster is how much the spindle is angled. It helps keep the wheels straight while moving and harder to turn. If you have ever seen a rail dragster turn and the front tires fold over like they are going to fall off, you have seen LOTS of caster.

Thanks for the help though, guys!

[CrackerTeg]

nah itll caster forward so much cause the trailing are that itll never get close..unless your on like 18's

Cool! Thank you for refreshing my memory on that one.

[1mellowkid]

Not sure if you would need a bumper tab relocation as its been a looooong time since I messed with an early 90's Honda.

nah itll caster forward so much cause the trailing arm that itll never get close..unless your on like 18's

[CrackerTeg]

CrackerTeg, I love you. You told me 15mm and well, it looks lovely.

No worries bro.

As for the rears (I'm assuming that's what you're highlighting in that last pic), like 1mellow said, just roll that shit flat. Not sure if you would need a bumper tab relocation as its been a looooong time since I messed with an early 90's Honda.

Call me Z btw. Hondas are kind of my thing. lol

[1mellowkid]

i had to roll my rears more due to caster when i ran the wheels off my old E21 (13x5.5 +15. looks fine. mine was close too you could maybe get a magazine in there. 13's FOR LIFE

[M.Doban]

Glad I could help with the quote issue and here's to hoping you figure out the spacer problem as well.

CrackerTeg, I love you. You told me 15mm and well, it looks lovely.

Sorry to the people that read my last rant post. I was just so frustrated. I was also having a bad day today. For breakfast I didn't get any strawberries in my Strawberry Special K. Like what the heck? So I went to get a hair cut. That made me feel lots better. The I came home and dug out some random nuts that were exactly 15mm wide and tested them on the car. I think it looks heaps better and also does a good job of filling out the fenders. Suggestions for dialing it in? Also! Does anyone have any 15mm hub centric bolt on spacers for a Honda!

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This is where I'm having a problem. The tire is definitely going to touch here even with 15mm's. Should I roll it or would that look silly from the outside? Help a newbie out yo.

[1mellowkid]

Man, I really wish I could quote.

No, there's no notch in the future. The pan and trans are already 1 1/4" from the pavement. The UCA's smack only every once in a while but I have a feeling the aftermarket ones would smack constantly. I'm just not going to mess with it.



Well. This whole endeavor was a total bust. I am livid with myself. You know how they say to measure twice, cut once? Well I may have measured twice... but in the wrong spot. I only measure the clearance from the TOP of the tire to the fender. Not the side. I didn't even make it down the driveway without completely destroying my tire. Basically if my suspension compresses at all in the rear, everything but the very top of my tire digs into the body.

Also yes. It looks terrible in my eyes. I think last night I was all hyped on that "I put money into it so that means it has to be an improvement" mindset.

But it really came down to the fact that there is just no way I could drive it like this. So I was forced to take the spacers off. And now my car looks like a literal pile of feces on account of the fenders being pulled.

Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can fix this? Maybe like a 10mm spacer? I clearly have no idea what I'm doing.



edit: the pictures seem to make it look better than it is in real life.

this is because you see it every day, i have the same problem thinking my cars not low and my towers are cut and the UCA lays on the body. i have to remind myself of this all the time

[CrackerTeg]

Glad I could help with the quote issue and here's to hoping you figure out the spacer problem as well.

[M.Doban]

For the quote, do you get a blank screen with the two grey bars that would normally show up but nothing to enter text? If so, scroll to the right. Its been happening to me lately. Don't know why.
As for the pull, that sucks dude that you can't use the added width now. I'd say to try 15mm spacers rather than the 25's you have now. How much space between sidewall and fenders currently?

THANK YOU. Yes, that was the problem.

I don't actually know but I can find out.

[CrackerTeg]

For the quote, do you get a blank screen with the two grey bars that would normally show up but nothing to enter text? If so, scroll to the right. Its been happening to me lately. Don't know why.
As for the pull, that sucks dude that you can't use the added width now. I'd say to try 15mm spacers rather than the 25's you have now. How much space between sidewall and fenders currently?

[M.Doban]

Man, I really wish I could quote.

No, there's no notch in the future. The pan and trans are already 1 1/4" from the pavement. The UCA's smack only every once in a while but I have a feeling the aftermarket ones would smack constantly. I'm just not going to mess with it.



Well. This whole endeavor was a total bust. I am livid with myself. You know how they say to measure twice, cut once? Well I may have measured twice... but in the wrong spot. I only measure the clearance from the TOP of the tire to the fender. Not the side. I didn't even make it down the driveway without completely destroying my tire. Basically if my suspension compresses at all in the rear, everything but the very top of my tire digs into the body.

Also yes. It looks terrible in my eyes. I think last night I was all hyped on that "I put money into it so that means it has to be an improvement" mindset.

But it really came down to the fact that there is just no way I could drive it like this. So I was forced to take the spacers off. And now my car looks like a literal pile of feces on account of the fenders being pulled.

Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can fix this? Maybe like a 10mm spacer? I clearly have no idea what I'm doing.







edit: the pictures seem to make it look better than it is in real life.