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Old 06-22-2011, 08:54 PM
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First sports car, my triangle love drew me back in. I still miss it sometimes. '88 TII

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Yeah it's more a fun, occasional HPDE, local CS car with the options. But the color combo, maintenance records and 51k adult owned mileage drew me in. $12,500 later and this: '05 with leather, butt warmers, Bose system and most important... Black interior.

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Old 06-22-2011, 09:11 PM
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Looks great, congrats. Now throw on some clear corners.
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Nice! Welcome back. That Civic on GSR blades bring me back to 1993
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Welcome back and you need a drop
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Nice! Welcome back. That Civic on GSR blades bring me back to 1993
Yep, we were parked on the infield @ Nopi Nationals in '99


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Welcome back and you need a drop
Going to be a CS autox car, only mod I'm buying is another set of rims for the street and some Hoosiers!

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Looks nice, congrats!
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sweet! how many miles on her?
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Congrats!
Let the mods commence...
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congrats!!

Please search before you make a tread. Check the stickies.
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If ur gonna autox, I suggest buying sway bars.

Bilstein shocks and tein s techs.

Then u can buy ur rims .
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coilovers would be the best choice.
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To be legal for stock class in SCCA autox the only mods I can do is replacement shocks (planning on Koni yellows) a front sway bar and I can run Hoosier A6's or Kumho V710's.

Really loving this car thus far!
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Check with your inspectors first and see how much knowledge they have. A number of performance sports cars come with coilovers so they might not know any better.

You would be surprised how many people cheat the SCCA over because they see a high volume of cars and could never know every detail. From transmissions that have been reworked, to rear diffs that are far from stock.
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