"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/17/2016 at 19:24 • Filed to: None
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"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
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I came home from the interview, and he showed me a picture he took of a stanced Toyobaru. There was a brief exchange.
TheHondaBro: I’m guessing you thought the car was broken?
TheHondaDad: I thought the owner was broken.
Steve in Manhattan
> TheHondaBro
03/17/2016 at 19:39 |
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As I have said in this space many times - you’d better have a good reason to modify your car from stock. Start with something that doesn’t void the warranty.
Rico
> TheHondaBro
03/17/2016 at 19:42 |
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Lmao!
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Steve in Manhattan
03/17/2016 at 19:51 |
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But... Why? For many car guys modifying a car is the best part, especially with the toyobaru which was designed from the factory with aftermarket tinkering in mind.
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Steve in Manhattan
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
03/17/2016 at 20:00 |
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All of that is true, but I always hate seeing a car that’s been stanced. It does not improve the performance. On the other hand - a revised suspension and fat tires might be a lot of fun. I had new ‘91 CRX Si ... never did a thing to it. It was my college commuter car, and we sold it for damn near what we paid for it. Two kids came with, I think, 12 grand in cash? That was 1993, and I wish I had that little car back.
interstate366, now In The Industry
> TheHondaBro
03/17/2016 at 20:07 |
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If I repeated what my dad says about stanced cars, I’d get banned.
sn4cktimes
> Steve in Manhattan
03/17/2016 at 20:13 |
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My first car was a used and well beat up 91 CRX si. I will always remember it fondly. It was sadly disassembled and incorporated into an already tuned car that suffered some damage. At the time I couldn’t keep up with repair costs: head gasket, clutch, electrical, ignition harness, heater had issues, sunroof went spastic, windows only worked intermittently, etc. But man it was a fun little car to rip around in. I would pay almost new car price for a good to go mint example, black, with a larger engine dropped in it... Oh the cornering...
V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
> Steve in Manhattan
03/17/2016 at 20:16 |
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Start with something that doesn’t void the warranty
OKAY!
Put it on with a little over 5,000 miles on the car. The service manager at the dealer I bought it from didn’t even bat an eye. That was in 2007. I had a 6 year 36,000 mile warranty on the car through Ford at the time. There’s been a lot of supporting mods to the car since then as well. One of the best things I did was ditch the stock panhard rod and install a Watts Link.
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Steve in Manhattan
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/17/2016 at 20:31 |
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Looks good - and anything that stiffens a suspension (that needs stiffening) is fine by me.
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Steve in Manhattan
> sn4cktimes
03/17/2016 at 20:35 |
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Mine was white, black interior, and I took the radio delete and put a Sony CD player in it. That didn’t work when the temperature went above 85 degrees or so. Other than an E-Type Jaguar, that little car was the purest driving experience I’ve ever had.
unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> TheHondaBro
03/17/2016 at 22:42 |
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(Rcr voice)It’s Dad time again! Time for Daaaaaaaad.
d15b
> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
03/17/2016 at 22:54 |
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Suspension porn is the best kind of auto porn.
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d15b
> Steve in Manhattan
03/17/2016 at 22:58 |
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Rockin’ some 185/65/14, tokiko blue shocks with neuspeed springs. Replaced all my bushings with an ES master kit, 23 MM rear sway and 25 MM front.
Lastly, changed my 5 speed to a SI for a D-Series.
Best 102 HP car ever.