Just happened. No special circumstances. Coolant seal I think it was.

 

Vertex does sorta curve down the fenders a little bit, but it sits solely on the trunk as well. edit: I guess you mean it sits on the trunk like the r-magic/evo-r and doesn't overhang the edge.

 

My second motor was toast due to coolant issues. Think it only had 1200 miles on it. 1400 max.

 

Mine will mount like the R-Magic lip. See how it does not extend over the fenders like the Vertex?

 

haha your ninja edit beat my post

 

Just stopping in to stir up flack. USAF Stationed in Glorious Nippon for 3 years now, just sold FD #3 last week and dropped the money down on an '09 Aurora Blue R3 in Austin. Landing in San An around the beginning of April to househunt. Looking to meet up with everyone after that. Picked up a set of RE30 18x9.5j RE30's in Hyper Bronze here and jumped on the Powertrix coilover group buy yesterday. Hoping to hear from one of the forum vendors regarding Seibon Carbon this week as well. Was really bent on getting into Auto-X, but decided I wanted to change too many things with the car to stay in a competetive class. How many Mil-Spec people/total members in the SARX*M area?

 

Welcome aboard, nice start man. A lot of us (probably half of us) are ex military and we have a few active duty guys. You will arrive just in time, the Texas8 is on April 28th.

 

So, I guess a few questions about the area... Any good spots near-ish the base to live? (sub 30mins) Looking at a budget around 1K a month for rent (was on the fence about buying a house instead). Not sure of the areas as far as crime/theft etc. Looking hard for a place with a 1+ car garage. I guess gated communities are popular? I'd love any info of good places, or at least places to avoid. You can only rely on websearches for house/apartment listings to a certain degree. Thanks!

 

I live in a 3 bdr 2 bath with a two car garage in a good neighborhood (near medical center and castle hills) for $900.00. It just depends what you want exactly. If you will be a Randolph then cornholi135 or houstonrx8 can probably help you better since they live in that area.

 

Heading to good ol' Lackland, I was looking at a place in Leon Valley the other day with similar numbers. Quite a few places near the Medical Center look nice. I guess I'll keep my eye out in that area, a two car garage would be awesome. Thanks for the heads up 9k.

 

I like the med center the best but if I had to commute to Lackland everyday I would look into1604 and Patranco or 1604 and Babcock.

I will most likely work at a few different basses and the med center is for the most part smack dab in the middle.

 

i live in leon valley..... i like it, its peaceful and quiet and the cops are rotary friendly

 

I just got here too man...moved into a 3 bed 2 bath house for 850 a month...decent area...lot of retirees around me...live about 5 mins from fort sam

 

So anyone up for helping Z1king install springs this Sunday??? I can do this at my house...

 

If weather permits, I'm gonna pull my turbo Sunday. I'd like to help but I need to get this turbo sent out so I can be tuned and ready for the Texas8.

 

no prob I can "Instruct" him....lol...

 

If I wuss out I'll show up If i'm not too sore from helping Shady move,

 

Oh god not moving i have had enough of that in the last month to last a lifetime...

 

 

Just installed AFE short shifter the other day. I like the way it feels.

 

Even though everyone loves it I am still resistant

 

shouldn't be too bad I'm gradually moving **** over this whole week.

Yea man **** sucks!

I have it and its meh... Dunno what all the fuss is about.

 

For what it costs, it made a huge difference to me. The shifts were shorter and more certain. With the stock shifter, I had an issue with 2nd gear having a "wall" in front of it coming out of first from time to time. As soon as I installed the AFE, that went away. The issue was there again when I reverted back to stock. That was definitely a benefit to me.

I can't really think of anything that offers that much of a value. Maybe an exhaust component if you're really focused on sound or something. The AFE was definitely one of the more significant mods I made.

 

I really like the feel of the shifts with mine (before 3rd and 5th were too ambiguous) but I wouldn't call it game changing. I wasn't blown away like a lot of people seem to be.

 

Yeah I have driven a couple of 8's with it and I wasn't blown away. But I did notice a difference with my Voo Doo ****, so maybe I am already used to a shorter throw do to that