Air'd Out Jenny.

[Austin EM2]

Just bought a new pair of spacers so I can make the front sit properly. And I'll be painting my new lip soon...or something.

[Austin EM2]

Finally got everything right with the suspension! Just need to pull my fenders some more and trade out the 30mm spacers up front for 15-20mm.


Also got my front lip in so that'll go to paint soon. Gosh I'm beyond excited to finally be on air after two years of waiting!


Shitty iphone photo edit pictures.

[Austin EM2]

Most dealerships are fucking jokes.

They wanted $100 just to look at my car when I took it in to get them for transmission problems under warranty. All they had to do was add some BMW transmission fluid additive(It's a TSB for gennies with noisy/clunky transmissions), but they would refuse to talk to me any further unless I payed them...

I hope that the dealership pays for the damage in full

Let's hope. Honestly, the damage isn't that bad at all, but it still irritates me that that's how they operate. Never going back there after all this is done!

[Austin EM2]

It is 2 control arms you need to adjust, .... i forget which it has been a few years, there is an obvious one (which you are probably adjusting) and another that some alignment shops miss.

my rear for ref when you go in for alignment is at -4.5-4.7 on OEM stuff.

Thanks! If I remember correctly, you adjust the obvious one (cambolt on lower control arm) and the one that adjusts toe? The alignment shop I went to said they tried this and it didn't work...I'll try another one after I mess around with it more.

[Austin EM2]

So bad news. I wasn't able to take the Genesis to FDLB. Here's how it went downhill: Air ride was done towards the end of Thursday. Fitment was pretty wack because I couldn't get enough camber all around so when I air'd it out, the fenders would rest on the tires..



Spent the rest of the night trying to pull the fenders to clear the meaty tires but I gave up after only getting one rear completed after 4 hours. On Friday morning, I took the car to get aligned, got some more camber, and planned on leaving before noon to make the deadline of 6pm but on my drive home from the Firestone, my Accuair controller displayed an error in the rear driver side bag. Got home, looked at all the lines in the manifold, then looked under the car where I find the bag "crimped"...



Basically in combination with the rear bracket not really being aligned with the top mount and the process of the bag deflating improperly put the bag like >> when it needs to be | |. Tried for hours to get the bag to seat itself on the pillow properly but I couldn't get it. Rented a UHaul trailer to trailer the car to the shop to fix the bracket but the car was too wide for the trailer (a good thing I guess?) so I called a tow truck. Here she is on the tow truck with the freshly powdercoated wheels (color is fantastic in the sun, close up)...



After a couple hours of work, it was decided that a tapered sleeve bag in the rear is not the best way to go, so custom brackets are being made for double billow bags in the back. However, this meant the car could not go to the show. The shop (AutoCulture) even offered me their trailer to trailer the car to California but it was too late and I'd never be able to make it by the deadline. That was the end of weeks of time crunching hard work.




But FD was still nice, and I found a Genesis with really awesome bolt-on flares that I kinda really want on mine. They're kinda hard to see.






Also, if anyone in Arizona is looking for an air ride shop, check out Auto Culture. Great, honest work comes out of their shop and they're super helpful. They have definitely helped me more than I can say and have even bent over backwards to try and get the Genesis to the show on time. Excellent people with a true passion!

[Blumagic]

Hey, quick question; how are you able to achieve that amount of negative camber? I know the stock adjustments allows you to get close to -4 but I can barely pass -2...

It is 2 control arms you need to adjust, .... i forget which it has been a few years, there is an obvious one (which you are probably adjusting) and another that some alignment shops miss.

my rear for ref when you go in for alignment is at -4.5-4.7 on OEM stuff.

[rice4life]

Most dealerships are fucking jokes.

They wanted $100 just to look at my car when I took it in to get them for transmission problems under warranty. All they had to do was add some BMW transmission fluid additive(It's a TSB for gennies with noisy/clunky transmissions), but they would refuse to talk to me any further unless I payed them...

I hope that the dealership pays for the damage in full

[Austin EM2]

wasn't trying to post pics of my bullshit in your thread, i guess my sig was just too big LOL

interested to see the air build progress though

Hey, quick question; how are you able to achieve that amount of negative camber? I know the stock adjustments allows you to get close to -4 but I can barely pass -2...

[244Brick]

Post pix on IG so i know it's real lol

[Austin EM2]

Okay so...a lot has happened!

Took the car to the dealership to get the clear bra off. Guy tells me that it'll cost a lot more and take a lot more time to finish the work. I ask to please double check. He then rips off a piece of the clear bra off my fender, taking paint with it. He uses this to justify the new price jump. So now im left with my clear bra on and paint damage on my fender. Awesome.

Car began its transformation to being bagged, but FedEx kept fucking up with the airbags so I did not recieve them till Thursday morning (keep in mind that I have to leave for the car show Friday morning). Basically, FedEx said it failed inspection due to contents (wut) and they declined to alert me or the seller about this until Wednesday afternoon. After many phone calls, we finally got the package on a plane to AZ to arrive in the moring. God Damn.

Also picked up the Rotiforms from powdercoating!

Airbags are going on the car right now and I should be good the Long Beach! I'll post pictures later

[Blumagic]

wasn't trying to post pics of my bullshit in your thread, i guess my sig was just too big LOL

interested to see the air build progress though

[Austin EM2]

im still on the fence on air... but that wing project should be pretty rad

Yeah, I can't really see your car, with the current mods and future goal, on air. Coilovers suit it much better. I just couldn't handle the daily struggles of driving low on coilovers so I decided on air!

[Blumagic]

im still on the fence on air... but that wing project should be pretty rad

[Austin EM2]

info on the trunk spoiler? going to shape it in the trunk then fiberglass over that?

Yes, that is my plan. Shape it, fiberglass it, then use a filler to make sure its pretty damn smooth. However, I won't be able to work much on it until after this upcoming show

[Dwob]

info on the trunk spoiler? going to shape it in the trunk then fiberglass over that?