New front spring in. Only slightly scary jacking up this stiff ass spring while the car is on the lift and watching it all bounce around. Front bolts removed, only lowered it a bit as the old stock front adjusters were cranked as low as they could go. Looks like it already has aftermarket longer bolts in the rear, so I left those as-is. Ride quality is the same. I’m happy with the suspension now. Need to buy new tires for the C6 wheels, the current runflats are so loud that it’s like riding around in a Z71 on big boggers.
Also need to adjust the cutout rod ends and start to plumb them up.
Quick test fit. They really modernize the look of the car, the champagne/pewter color of the magnesium wheels is period correct but hasn’t aged well… image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr
Plan on starting to plumb up the cutouts tonight. Grabbed a few Ford EGR vacuum solenoids over the weekend at the JY.
I think CCWs look great as well. My wallet says not in this lifetime. I’m not the type of dude to roll around on wheels that are worth a quarter of the car
Coworker was waiting to leave the parking lot onto the street, when a kid on a bike comes whizzing down the sidewalk. Coworker decides to back up to let the kid pass in front of him. Coworker doesn’t see my low car and crunches up and over my front bumper.
I hope the bumper can be saved, if not, oh well. This is why we have insurance. If I can buy a used cover I’ll toss that on and use the rest of the dough for new tires
I think it’s time to get those cutouts finished up so people know where I am, even if they can’t see me!
You seem to be taking this way better than I would especially with all the time and effort you are putting into the car as it is…good luck. hopefully it works out alright
Whether it’s a $1000 pile of shit or a 100K supercar, in the end it’s just a car, I realized a couple years ago that it’s just not worth my time to get irritated over things like this. I would rather concentrate on worrying about my family, career, friends, etc. Especially since it’s covered under insurance.
see I think he would have been more concerned about his one off BMW, much harder to replace, this sucks but even if it was totaled its replaceable.
No one was hurt, the car is still drive-able. if he can do the work in swapping a painted bumper on, he will end up making a few bucks. I see no issue at all here.
and it gives him the chance to change to a different style if he so chooses.
@Norb_O , you are a reasonable human being which is refreshing to see in today’s day and age… and your coworker sounds like a fucking putz. Geeze. Glad it wasn’t worse.
That’s minor damage. Plus that area of the car gets a lot of rock chips and minor damage anyway, so I’d think of it as a freshening up for free. I do agree it’s not worth getting agitated over, stuff happens.
So I picked up a new set of Hankook Ventus V12 Evo2, had them on my old BMW and liked them. They are 18/19 compared to the old 17/18, but the overall circumference is the same and will keep the active handling happy.
I also ordered some Corvette wall art for the garage and an OEM GM tail light lense to replace the one aftermarket one that was a slightly different shade of red than the other 3.
Next up - figuring out how to plumb the vacuum. Been playing with some EGR solenoids. More to come. Also need to pick up a new bumper or get this one repaired.
Got the new front bumper on, looks good. Whole car needs a paint correction bad, I’ll tackle that in the next couple weeks. Need to stick on a new front emblem, too. I did my wife’s black A4 a few months ago and hers was in far worse shape to begin with, but turned out nicely - so I have hope for this one.
Threw in a new wheel bearing in the right rear, ahhhhhh, nice and quiet now.
Finally had enough of the stock seats, picked these up on Ebay. Removed from an '02 S2000. All leather, all manual, I will probably clean up the leather with some Leatherique and/or redye the bolsters.
