Mad tyte KDM build

[kevinc]

x10 with a 205/45? holy shit.

[blowntwofive]

If I ever have the money I know what specs I"ll run.

16x8 et 0 front. 195/45 front. I'd have to do a fender roll with a slight pull.
16x10 et 0 rear. 205/45 rear. I'd have to shave the fender arch and pull it a bit. Also run a little more negative camber but it would work without being mexi-poke.

finally you see our point haha my buddy has a set of xxr wheels with that size ur bolt pattern if ur interested cheap

[andybob]

x10 with a 205/45? holy shit.

I figure its worth a shot. In order to stay the same height i'll have to tuck some tire in the rear, but I also want a little poke, hence the stretch.

finally you see our point haha my buddy has a set of xxr wheels with that size ur bolt pattern if ur interested cheap

I just have the feeling I would do 8's in the rear then realize I want to go wider. I'd rather do a 10" and try like hell to make it fit. With a good pull and a touch more negative camber it'll work.

[andybob]

Gonna have a bit of an update over the next few days. Lots of rust proofing and more lows. There will be many pictures.

[StatusRacing]

I don't even do math, just buy shit and hope/make it fit lol

I wish more people did this. Then again, that's probably how we have 16 yr olds with EF Civics rollin' on Rotas with 3" of poke all around.

like a boise
hope my shit fits

Like Boise?

Gonna have a bit of an update over the next few days. Lots of rust proofing and more lows. There will be many pictures.

So you're not getting rid of it? Good!

[Aubrey107]

Hae mate, really like what you have done to the car. if you don't get some wheels, I suggest try to widened those steelies and then camber it out, cause I reckon that will look pretty dope. but its your choice.

[andybob]

So you're not getting rid of it? Good!

I figured its paid off so I might as well keep it plus I just want to finish it.

[andybob]

Decided to start my project tonight. There will be more better pics as I move on...

[andybob]

Update #1

So this all started off with the idea of just undercoating the front and rear subframes before winter and has snowballed into a full on project. The 'rents are out of town for 10 days so I have another car to use for a bit as this is my daily.

I've always wanted to go a bit lower but I was already maxed out on my coils which either led to cutting springs or getting shorter springs. After people saying there isn't a big deal with cutting springs I figured I would give it a try. Another problem was the wheel well area and for a while I didn't want to modify it but now I'm to the point where if just said "fuck it" I want to be low.

Enough with the words, time for pictures.

To start off i brought home some of my tools from work because my dad's tools are shit.



Wheel well problem area:



Reason I deleted the front swaybar due to binding issues:



After getting creative with the air hammer and dead blow I got the pinchwelds to look like this. Gave me about 3/4 of an inch more room. Its not pretty, but I'll be painting over it.



Coils out ready to be cleaned ad disassembled so I can get to cutting. I had a fuck of a time getting this one apart but oh well.



Disassembled and ready to get choppin'



So I cut an 1 1/2" off the spring and tried to grind where it would sit on the perch as flat as possible but the metal is so hard the grinder wasn't doing much so I said the hell with it and mounted it up. That's where I ran into a snag.



The spring wouldn't sit right on the perch and I even tried to compress it some to see if that would help and it would still just slide off of the perch. There is no way in hell I would feel safe running them like this.

I called up Megan Racing and was able to order springs that are 2" shorter and a little bit stiffer. The sales person I talked to tried to get them shipped out today but it was after 5 and their shipping was closed so they won't be in the mail until Monday. Not a big deal, gives me more time to do shit.

So I went over to the right side took off the brakes, coilover, and other little shit so I could work on the pinchweld again. After doing the left side I had a good idea on how to get it flattened out and this side turned out a little better.



Again, not terribly pretty but it'll work.

Quick pic of my coilover workshop area. Pretty bawse:



Other than that I started cleaning the subframe up so I can start getting it ready for paint. I'm using this stuff called "Chassis Saver" which is pretty much the same stuff as POR 15. Clean where you want it, scuff it up a little and remove loose rust etc, and paint it on. Once its fully cured you can hit it with a hammer and it wont chip off. I chose the color Satin Black because I think it will look a little more OEM.

That's it for now.

[SeanDub]

Nice man

[DannyE32]

why didnt you just cut the strut housing in stead of the spring?

[andybob]

why didnt you just cut the strut housing in stead of the spring?

I thought of that but its threaded where I would have to cut it.

[coconutt]

Whoa you actually went through cutting the coil! The need for moar low in us...

Good you bought some shorter/stiffer springs. And that computer you have there, that is totally shop material lol.

[birdy]

to bad you cut that spring, I would buy the old ones off of you.

[andybob]

Unexciting Update #2

So I got my ass out of bed fairly early this morning so I could head down to Lowe's and pick up some needed supplies. After reading the paint directions all they really want you to do is wire brush loose material, make shiny surfaces dull by sanding them, and wash with a general degreaser.

So I picked up a gallon of this for only $10 and it came with a handy sprayer:



Before I could get cleaning shit I had to take the rear pads and rotors off so I could get to the backing plates and such. That's when this happened:



Not sure what the hell happened but I need new slide pins so off the parts store. Ordered new ones and they will be here the 16th (same day as coil springs). I also picked up a new set of ceramic pads in the rear as I didn't like the way my current ones were wearing. (Pads were siezed up in the brackets.)

So after I got all tat bs dealt with and got the rear pads and rotors off I got to prepping for paint.

Not too many pictures with this. Use some elbow grease and a wire brush to get the big stuff off. I used a combination of that and a wire wheel on a die grinder. Worked pretty good.

Then I sprayed everything down with the degreaser:



I let it set for a few minutes then scrubbed everything I sprayed with a gray scuff pad, then soaked it all down again with degreser for a few minutes before I sprayed everything clean with water.

I did the same thing to the back subframe but did it twice because some of the shit was pretty heavy. Pic if the rear subframe:



After everything had time to drip dry after rinsing I went through with towels and dried all the little valleys where water collected and I'll let it all sit overnight and dry out really good. The directions say there can't be any moisture on the surface or the paint wont adhere.

It doesn't seem like I did much today but prepping for paint is such a pain in the ass.

Tomorrow I paint.