Everyone Digs Autocross Pictures

"Jay Lauer" (thefaultinourcars)
09/16/2014 at 12:18 • Filed to: None

To add to Jake's !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , here's mine. Thanks to Max Lo Automotive Photography for these.

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Here's the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of everybody's autocross pictures. Here's some of the stuff that showed up.

And.... that's me.

I even got my dad to show up in his daily driver SVO, which he uses as a shop truck.

It's been plasti-dipped.

DISCUSSION (13)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jay Lauer
09/16/2014 at 12:29

DAT PLASTIDIP

Also were you entering campus via the south entrance at around 9:00 this morning? I saw a silver S2k and I thought it might have been you.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/16/2014 at 12:29

Also: Of course the one time there's someone at an autocross taking awesome action shots I'm not there >_<

Jay Lauer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/16/2014 at 12:36

Yup, that would be me. This is the first I've driven the S2000 the campus this year, but I'm now down to one car again so I have to. I just know it's going to get door dinged here.

Also, the next one is September 28th. PCA's event open to everyone. Registration is open now.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14hR5Q…

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jay Lauer
09/16/2014 at 12:47

Awesome. I'll have to see if I'm doing anything then. How many runs do they do?

Jay Lauer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/16/2014 at 12:52

10 runs for $20

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jay Lauer
09/16/2014 at 12:54

Awesome. If the lawsuit tomorrow goes well I might have new wheels and tires by then :D If not, I might not be able to go. These tires are in a pretty fragile state and I need to be able to DD my car

Jay Lauer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/16/2014 at 12:57

Well Brown's tire on south Broadway sells cheap used ones. I'm buying some 85-90% tread rear tires for the Honda for like $70.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jay Lauer
09/16/2014 at 13:12

The thing is I don't want to get the same tires. I want to move up to 17 inch wheels so I have less sidewall, because 15inch wheels and the insane amount of sidewall I have gets torn up so quickly at autocross, and makes the steering twenty kinds of awful from rolling left and right over the tread.

Right now there are some 2000 Mustang GT wheels with ~60% tread tires on them that will work very VERY nicely on my car. Probably going to paint them, though. Probably gunmetal grey.

Jay Lauer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/16/2014 at 22:39

Well I'm assuming you've made sure the bold patterns are ok, so I say go for it. Bullitt wheels like on the SVO up there?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jay Lauer
09/16/2014 at 22:42

http://wichita.craigslist.org/pts/4668068140…

Guy I know has Mustang wheels on his 2002 Park Avenue, same bolt pattern as my Buick. The difference between a Buick and Mustang bolt pattern is, wait for it, 0.025 inches.

Jay Lauer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/16/2014 at 22:57

All sounds good so far. You do know they're 18s right? It's a taller tire than Mustang 17s, I know.

We tried wheels like that on the SVO and they rubbed when back out and turning and any time we hit a bump. We bought the 17s that are on it now and they've been great.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jay Lauer
09/16/2014 at 23:44

Yeah, I'm having a hard time finding anything decent on Craigslist, honestly. Everything is chrome donk rubbish, or too expensive (over $500 with tires)

Jay Lauer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/16/2014 at 23:51

Well try out the 18s. Just look up the tire size compared to your own. What's the worst that could happen?