[Rota Shakotans.... anyone running them?]

I don't have any pics sans spacers... but next time I pull the wheels, I'll post some pics on here.

 

I have the emusa s13 coils.

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Thanks guys.

 

Just got my lepai chinese mini-amp today along with some cheap 6x9's. Plan is to find a good looking original head unit and use the mini-amp and 6x9's to listen to the ol' ipod. All of which is easily removable. Hope it sounds alright!

 

 

The butt...

 

[Rota Shakotans.... anyone running them?]

Here's the fitment with a 205 and a 20mm spacer in the rear.

 

 

From up top...

 

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Works fine so far, I've marked them (to see if I'm getting any movement) and haven't seen any since. I even sent a few pictures to zccjdm and he said they were already thinking about switching to something like this. I paid my machinist $50 to make the plate... which is the cheapest rear camber adjustment tool I've seen!

[Rota Shakotans.... anyone running them?]

I'm running them now as well. I can't say anything new. They're 15x9's with the 0 offset and a 205/50. I would have gone with the -15, but I wanted to run this wheelset on my corolla as well.

 

 

I'm running a 7mm spacer up front (with tons of room) and a 20mm spacer in the rear. I did roll my fenders a bit.

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And finally, I purchased some rota shakotans in 15x9 0 offset with a 205/50 on it. I'm running a 7mm slip on spacer up front, and a 20mm kics project spacer in the rear. Now... before I get lectured on the tire size, I want to know, that at this point, this is my "slow and low" car... and I wanted this wheel set to be interchangeable with my corolla. Here she is.

 

 

This summer most of my cash and time is going into a f20c swap for my corolla, but I still plan on installing a dash cap, creating some sort of stereo system I can run my ipod into, and generally cleaning everything up a bit.

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After a couple months of piecing things together, this was the product I had. It finally ran correctly.

 

 

With a few more touches, like a zx alternator, and a "new"ish exhaust (the msa one never quite fit, and hung down too low in the center of the car) I was ready to purchase some fun more fun stuff.

 

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Suspension was next. I decided to go with the emusa s13 coilovers and the zccjdm kit. I thought I'd save a dime or two with the emusu coilovers... which was dumb. I'll explain later. On top of the coilovers, I bought an entire poly bushing kit and decided to get to work. Here are the fronts assembled and ready to go on.

 

 

Again, at this point, everything I touched, broke. I ended up getting new rear master cylinders, new spindle pins, new ss brake lines, new brake master cylinder, yadda yadda yadda.

 

I should say that I am pleased with the zccjdm product, but I wanted camber adjustment in the rear, especially with how low I was planning on going. Here's the zccjdm rear plate.

 

 

Here's what I had my machinist make.

 

 

I also wanted to retain as much of the original body "strength" as possible, so instead of cutting out the entire top of the strut plate, I just cut what I needed to install the new plates from the bottom. I'm not sure if that makes sense in text, so here are some pics.

 

Holes cut:

 

 

Plates in:

 

 

The other modification I made to zccjdm's design was to drill out his threaded tube, and then at a roset (plug) weld in addition to the welds around the bottom of the tube... a little extra strength never hurt, eh?

 

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As soon as I got the car home (trailered it) stuff started breaking. It really seemed that everything I touched shattered! The first drives around the block were disappointing at best. Missing horribly, exhaust leaks, sloppy... it felt like a 30 year old car. So, I decided to order some parts.

 

To freshen up the motor, I bought the pertrinix ignition, new cap and rotor, plugs and wires, exhaust and headers, and a few other goodies. I also got my first "carb" lesson, and in taking apart these, I quickly realized whoever installed them... was a jackass.

 

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Hey dudes,

 

I finally got an s30 a few months ago. My pops had a green 72 z car when I was growing up, and ever since then, I've wanted one. So... when this came along (cleaning out the house of a horder), I offered the family $500... they said if you've got $750, it's yours. Here is her first day under my ownership.

 

 

More posts to come, but my plan for this car initial is to be "slow and low." Right now I'm keeping the l24. I'll be splitting my money between this car and my corolla with is currently under the first stages of an f20c swap.