beaterX project thread

[rose0529]

Thanks guys! Glad it fits good scheides! Can't wait to see it powder coated to match!

[t-revzr]

Lookin good Scheides!
Nice work Rosey!

[scheides]

The button on the left is crooked. :)

It's just set in there until I get it PC'd. Buttons aren't even hooked up, it's 85°*out; my ass is warm enough! :P


Cause scheides does the gangsta lean!

Fukin right!

[scheides]

No pics, but I put on the whiteline rear sway bar inbetween helping my neighbor with his rattly Forrester exhaust. I put it on the medium setting, and the car now feels insanely flat around cloverleafs and tight corners. I still have the coilovers, which have kept the car way flat already, so this is a pretty awesome setup.

Coilovers will be coming off soon.

[scheides]

Suspension, suspension, everywhere! I was trying to get some sort of stock-ish suspension setup together for this thing, and a few fridays ago I ordered a set of eibach springs for it. I had no shocks and no hats, so there was a lot of little suspension components to either buy seperately or find whole assemblies. I had been hunting and hunting for a decent deal on a set of Bilsteins out of an X MR, but I got sick of people wanting a fortune for them or them being potentially damaged, or whatever.

Ordered up a nice clean set of full GSR suspension, 8k miles on it. As (my) luck would have it, two days later, a set of MR Bilsteins popped up for a great deal, and the came complete with a set of Cobb springs!

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2913.sized.jpg

I swapped the Eibach springs onto the Bilsteins and started ripping out teh coilovers.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2915.sized.jpg

Bolting down the last few bits. You can see the big whiteline swaybar up there, bolted in a few days ago.

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2917.sized.jpg

The Tein MonoFlex coilovers, already sold. Awesome coilovers, but not for me. Hopefully I don't miss them :)
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2918.sized.jpg

And, the leftovers (for sale (http://forums.evolutionm.net/sale-suspension-brakes-handling/503376-fs-cobb-lowering-springs-stock-gsr-suspension-8k-miles.html)):
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2919.sized.jpg

After buttoning everything up and putting some miles on these this weekend, I am SO HAPPY with the results! The new suspension sits about 1/2" higher than the coilovers were set at, the drop looks nice, the ride is absolutely fantastic, and the car still corners like its on rails. I have an alignment scheduled for Tuesday @TheAlignmentGuy, and I'll be doing some more testing and an autoX in a few weeks :D

Whenever the extra bits sell, I think it'll be BBX time!

[turbotalon1g]

BBX time, hahaha.

Congrats ride quality is a biggie.

[Murlo26]

Woohoo, nice work Scheides!

BBX time ftw!

[Speedfreak]

All those pics and you don't have "after" pics! That's the most important pic!

[t-revzr]

Car drives great and handles great! I'm still going to whoop ya at the test in tune!!! :)

[scheides]

All those pics and you don't have "after" pics! That's the most important pic!

I know, I know....the car was dirty as fuk afterwards. I did wash it today, but it was dark by the time I was ready for pics. I was too busy driving it and enjoying the new ride! I'll snap some soon enough, don't worry :D I'm going to try and take them in the same spot as the previous ones in my alley.