Sonic007 build thread

[SONIC1.4]

Oh okay hahaha, if you could ask him/her and let me know I'd appreciate it

 

[sonic007]

Ill look into it for ya

 

[sonichead94]

How are the springs holding up. I plan on buying some ltz wheels, dip them and put kspeeds springs just cause of that drop. Btw your cars looks awsome. Its amazing what plasti dip can do lol

 

[sonic007]

How are the springs holding up. I plan on buying some ltz wheels, dip them and put kspeeds springs just cause of that drop. Btw your cars looks awsome. Its amazing what plasti dip can do lol

Holdin up real good. I actually took another coil off the front and back just cause. Flushed up the wheels reall nice. Thats what I did. I got the LTZ wheels. It seemed to pick the car up a little. Maybe a bit taller.

Yea the dip helped the wheels for sure..made a nice grill for it too..lol

 

[sonic007]

Put up some recent photos

 

[sonichead94]

Looks sweet.
How much more did it drop?

 

[sonic007]

About another inch. The front wheels are tucked in the wheel well. The backs I have to do just a bit more to flush them. Not sure if i want to chance it.

 

[sonichead94]

Nice i just purchased my wheels from a guy on here. Now the springs. Any extra work to install the kspeeds? I plan on installing the springs my slelf, it doesnt look that hard.

 

[sonic007]

Ohh nice. I got a killer deal on mine. The springs werent bad as long as you have a good spring compressor. The backs were cake.

 

[sonichead94]

Nice. I was planning on just saving up for some wheels similar to boostedsnails but with gold color on the inside with the chrome lip. But obviously thats cash. But i got a good deal on here for the ltz wheels for 250$ with only 10miles on them. If it wasnt for your pics and kspeeds i would of never even payed attention to them. You make the ltz wheels look so god damm good espcially on a sedan.

 

[sonic007]

Yea they turned out really nice. I got all 4 of mine shipped for 160. Had to take the deal. Glad i did lol

 

[sonichead94]

Wow. And i thought i got mine for a really low price.
I was reading somewhere around here about cutting a piece off the bumpstops when installing springs?

 

[sonic007]

Yea the fronts get 1/3 cut off. I may take a little more off and do the backs.

 

[sonichead94]

Could you explain whats the purpose for cutting them and where they are located at? Sorry for the questions this will be my first time attempting to install springs on any car. Looks easy to.

 

[sonic007]

They are what protects the top of the strut when you bottom out. When the front of the car bounces and the strut compresses, the small piece of foam(or bumpstop) stops the top of the strut from smashing the bottom and damaging the strut. It looks like a small piece of foam with 3 levels. One a little bigger than the other. Just cut one level off from the front. This allows a little more travel for the lowered suspension.

 

[sonic007]

The fronts you will see when u remove the strut and dust shield behind the spring. It just slides off. The backs are harder to find. It seams those are easier to cut still mounted to the vehicle.

 

[sonichead94]

Got it. Thanks. I will let u noe how they turn out.
Also any suggestions on what type of amp to use to push a single rockfordfosgate p3 2ohm at 600watt rms?

 

[sonic007]

Depends on your price range. You can find amps on ebay in the 120 130 range. Nicer amps will run you in the 200s.

 

[sonichead94]

If you could point me to the right direction of wich specifically amp to get i would appreiciate it. Anything under 300$ would be good. I just need a amp to push it enough so that it doesnt clip. Cause right now im running the p3 on a amp that is no where near the specs of the sub. But i just have it on there cause all my other 5 subs blew and its the only one thats alive right now lol i just cant pass 10 on the volume or the amp will go into protecting mode for a couple of secs then comes back on.
Heres the amp i got
Kenwood KAC-7201 (kac7201) 2-Channel Car Amplifier Power Amp

 

[sonic007]

I love the power acoustik BAMF-2000/1d amp. Usually runs around 130 bucks. It will be 900 rms at 2 ohms. Just turn it down a bit. I used to have one on my FI 15 at 1 ohm. It knocked product off the shelves. Never had 1 issue with it.