I like the look. I think the muffler is sticking out too far though. JIC did that with their RX8 a few years ago and I thought it looked great

You raise the car? I recall it looking lower before.

 

The muffler appears to be sticking out to far. I could maybe push it back an inch but than the radius of the bend ends up very close to the camber bolt. Add that I wanted a good inch plus past the very outermost part of the bumper to prevent burning or the typical blacking of the bumper there's some reasoning for what I did and I have a few minor tweaks I'll prob get around to this weekend if I have time.

Not saying this is an original idea. I wanted to do something different for awhile with a single sided exhaust as I've always hated dual exhausts. As well as hated the rx8 big pillow type mufflers. Just never knew how I was going to chop my bumper up. When I saw the 8 posted in the cork sport single sided exhaust thread with how he delt with his bumper, I was sold. Fired up the chop saw and welders and went to town.

Now I just need a good quality craftsman belt sander for sanding tubing more flat/trimming to get slightly more angle. Still learning with the chop saw to cut a perfect angle than using the grinder to trim more. Belt sander to add to the long list of stuff to buy to make the fd build go faster...that's another novel to type.

My car used to be an inch+ lower but I raised it back for autocross and function. Getting my autoexe bracing stuck on speed bumps also sucks. I'm also running hankook rs3 285s all around and any lower with the same positive camber I'm at now would prob do fender damage. As of now they just clear.

Fitment = how wide of a tire I can run.

 

^^ sounds like it took a long time and very hard.
When i painted and bondo my s13 it took forever too.





better to be different then looking the same as everyone else's car.

 

Hard? Fun is more like it. I love a challenge. The FD is going to really stress my limits.

 

yeah for me i couldn't do exhaust. Good job lmao

 

The first car in the Corksport thread is Aipex8 The second car which I believe is the one you are referring to is the JIC RX8. A few have discussed doing this but no one had the ***** to cut their bumper! Looking forward to seeing your car in person so I can check it out.

 

Did a quick google search and yep thats the JIC USA 13B swapped RX8. Far as ***** to cut my bumper...My bumper that was on my car when it was near total rear end accident. I cut the entire black shroud away from it to see how it would look. You could see the crash beam sticking out, as did a Oregon member did, wasnt the appeal I wanted. Added it was weak and bent to easily. I like what JIC did so I replicated it. My fresh bumper after the accident has been recently backed into, scratched by something, I hit it with a shovel and fell off the garbage can I was trimming it on. Needless to say, its seen better days...actually my car has seen better days. Theres tons of door dings, cone marks and other battle scars. Oh well...because race car?

Sure caused some flak and a lot do not like it. Im okay with that. But there is some tweaking I will be doing to finalize the look! I need a pair of OEM rear splash guards to give a beefer look to the rear. Next time you see my car in person I hope to have my MS stuff on the car. Still looking for a wing!!! /sigh

 

Nice work, it will be cool to see it next time when you have all that done to it.

 

I have the rear flares for the rear bumper. They are BB so you would need to paint them. Let me know. Or you can get the INGS rear pieces which would really finish off the rear like the JIC car.

 

INGS and the MS front and skirts would look pretty snazzy. Wish I could find a ms wing for decent price so I could get everything painted at once.

 

I'm hoping to change up my exterior next year. Definitely not going to happen this year like I wanted.

 

What are some of the plans? I have a few more things I want to do. Things = money. Money is something I don't want to spend anymore on the 8. Dreading the funds for all the FEED stuff I want... /cry. Tired of living at work.

 

i <3 ings. yes go that route

 

New front bumper, R3 skirts, fender flares, S2 rear bumper and taillights. New wheels. We will see how it goes next year. I need to finish up the turbo setup and cooling mods this year. Working 6+ days a week is not allowing me to get in the garage.

Well I did buy a new shift ****. Pretty sure I can hand the install on that regardless how much I work. My CF round shift **** gets ice cold in the Winter and really hot in the Summer so I'm going back a leather cover shift ****. Should be here in two weeks.

 

those look good man. nice find.

 

height adjustable too. not sure if that will mean much to me because I'm sure I will have it in the lowest position.

 

Those look pretty sweet. How much?

 

$125+$14 shipping. Here is a picture on how it adjusts.

 

Oh how I wish I could find a decently priced MS wing...

 

I was surprised on how heavy the stock **** is

 

I forgot how much the OE **** weighs but remember being surprised it felt heavy. The AutoExe shift **** is 190g.

 

I removed it a bit back to fix my heater **** pot and it feels like it weighs about 1-2lbs

 

finally 1000 miles on my new motor (:
sold my last 240 clutch )':

 

Congrats. Get an oil change if you have not already done so and enjoy the new engine.

 

450g = 1lb? I've seen ***** advertised in the 300g-600g range No idea what the OE **** weighs though.