2004 Lancer Sportback Ralliart AT Build
Apr 13, 2014, 06:56 PM
#1246
...my budget was 4k right? And I ended up spending how much...$5500? Well that's $200 shy of what they charged me.
I almost wept when I saw that!
Apr 13, 2014, 07:06 PM
#1247
I got to push my Kuhmo's yesterday a bit and WHOA....sticky or what?! There's a large 360° radius where I can enter the turn at 80mph and my old Yokohama's would start to squeal if I tried to maintain and exit at 70 mph. These Kuhmo's were silent, accelerating out of the turn comfortably at 70!
Last edited by truthdweller; Apr 13, 2014 at 07:22 PM.
Apr 13, 2014, 08:27 PM
#1249
1500 is kinda steep. though I did not pay shop prices for welding, I did cut my own charge pipe, fit it all with couplers, marked mating surfaces for correct angle. all that it needed was welding. the manifold we did at the shop, because it was thick steel, cutting it myself would have been tricky, nothing that couldn't be done with a bench vice, a sharpie, angle grinder, cut-off wheel and beer.
this goes to show what shops are willing to charge for this type of work...I remember, it think it was Raikiri saying a shop quoted 10 large for a turbo kit...all-in.
I didn't like the kumho tires I had, they were noisy and had squishy sidewalls, they were like 320-340 treadwear.
the Kumho tires you have are actually 10% stickier than my Dunlop ZII, and they cost less, lol. how's your alignment? go slightly negative camber if you haven't already. try even .5 or 1 degree. also, you tires will wear very quickly.
this goes to show what shops are willing to charge for this type of work...I remember, it think it was Raikiri saying a shop quoted 10 large for a turbo kit...all-in.
I didn't like the kumho tires I had, they were noisy and had squishy sidewalls, they were like 320-340 treadwear.
the Kumho tires you have are actually 10% stickier than my Dunlop ZII, and they cost less, lol. how's your alignment? go slightly negative camber if you haven't already. try even .5 or 1 degree. also, you tires will wear very quickly.
Apr 13, 2014, 09:03 PM
#1250
I didn't like the kumho tires I had, they were noisy and had squishy sidewalls, they were like 320-340 treadwear. the Kumho tires you have are actually 10% stickier than my Dunlop ZII, and they cost less, lol. how's your alignment? go slightly negative camber if you haven't already. try even .5 or 1 degree. also, you tires will wear very quickly.
Last edited by truthdweller; Apr 13, 2014 at 09:05 PM.
Apr 14, 2014, 12:38 AM
#1251
I felt the same thing with the Kuhmo Ecsta SPT tires I had on my old car. The tires felt less firm at speed, taking corners was harder, the car sort of flailed a bit more than when it was on the previous Goodyear's, only way I can describe it was the sidewall's were "squishy" :P
Apr 14, 2014, 06:04 AM
#1252
I felt the same thing with the Kuhmo Ecsta SPT tires I had on my old car. The tires felt less firm at speed, taking corners was harder, the car sort of flailed a bit more than when it was on the previous Goodyear's, only way I can describe it was the sidewall's were "squishy" :P
Apr 15, 2014, 06:57 PM
#1257
My original vision was keeping the hood red and the rear wing red with the ground effects black. Then the hood was installed black and it gave it another personality. Definitely the black rear wing with the black hood and ground effects!
