GSR-V Restoration

Post by **TOMSUN** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:29 am

What wheels you got planned for it?

JDSTAZ45 · Post by **JDSTAZ45** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:05 am

TOMSUN wrote:What wheels you got planned for it?

Widey rims...need to have them refurbished. 7in front and 8in back! I was thinking of going 7in all round, but not with the added width of the sideskirts!

What are Kuhmo KU31 tyres like? Any good? Not too noisy?

1320ft · Post by **1320ft** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:01 pm

JDSTAZ45 wrote: What are Kuhmo KU31 tyres like? Any good? Not too noisy?

What are you looking for in a tyre?

On my std daily's, I always use, Yokohama c drives. Quiet tyre, great wet and dry handling and long lasting.

On modded streeters, I have used both the Yoko S drives and Advan Sports, both excellent tyres.

fugazi · Post by **fugazi** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:38 am

1320ft wrote:
JDSTAZ45 wrote: What are Kuhmo KU31 tyres like? Any good? Not too noisy?
What are you looking for in a tyre?

On my std daily's, I always use, Yokohama c drives. Quiet tyre, great wet and dry handling and long lasting.

On modded streeters, I have used both the Yoko S drives and Advan Sports, both excellent tyres.

Totaly agree on the C-drive's!!! fkn wonderful! Got them on my Lancer -96 (Wagon/Libero)
Can even take a good beating on a trackday...

Sargeant_Khan · Post by **Sargeant_Khan** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:21 pm

Hi Mal, sweet job mate, just take the images from the technical section to a spray painting establishment. They have plotters that load the image and cut it

I cant go past the diamond star on the front though!
:beer
Jay

Sargeant_Khan · Post by **Sargeant_Khan** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:31 pm

did I miss where you got the sideskirts too?

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:09 pm

Sideskirts were from Yahoo Japan Auctions - not cheap!

MainstreaM · Post by **MainstreaM** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:00 pm

I was hoping some reproductions would be made from this set of sideskirts, none the less, they look great on the car. Glad to see it kept in stock form.

Kane

JDSTAZ45 · Post by **JDSTAZ45** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:27 pm

JDSTAZ45 wrote:Those sideskirts are as rare as....I managed to pick them up on the Japanese Yahoo Auction site.

Mine had to be cut in half to have them shipped over from Japan at a reasonable shipping cost. They were plated together with rivets and covered up with a little fibreglass.

Hopefully the same skirt will be reproduced soon! Speaking of which, anyone seen Ricethief around???

As previously mentioned, I have been looking to reproduce these sideskirts, but as mine were cut in half, I thought Ricethief ones are better to reproduce.
Besides I have mentioned this to R/T already and he was agreeable to the copies. If not, I'll get these going!!

But where is Ricethief these days??

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:17 pm

i havnt heard from bao for ages i might call him...

Vulpes · Post by **Vulpes** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:10 pm

Sargeant_Khan wrote:Hi Mal, sweet job mate, just take the images from the technical section to a spray painting establishment. They have plotters that load the image and cut it

I cant go past the diamond star on the front though!
:beer
Jay

Khan, are you talking about the decals in the tech section ? if so its not complete. It is missing part of the car ( from memory I believe the section in front of the rear wheel )

hoongirl · Post by **hoongirl** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:13 am

I've got some photographs of the decals on my car if that helps?

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:26 pm

Sweet ride.

Waiting for some good shots and possibly straightening out that air dam if you can, haha. Gonna look hawt with the widebody wheels on.

Reproduction ralliart kit = WIN. When you guys gonna get on that??

-Robert

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:35 pm

Robert, the front airdam is not bent or warped. We initially thought that when it was pulled apart but once it went back on it was obvious that is it moulded that way as both sides are exactly the same shape

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:28 pm

yeah Charlie thats what i thought too, also the GSR-V airdam is very different from the JD/85.5 USA model one, although not at first glance..

Austarion

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