Deadmau5X: MOAR Mods 'N Stuff

[Rmondoh]

What size is that exhaust? 3" then splits to dual 2.5" ?

Yup, that's right.

[Rmondoh]

So I met up with Kracka at the powercoating dude's shop and checked out the candy blue that Kracka recommended. It looks REALLY nice even under the shop lights. Couldn't really see it in the daylight...because there was none! Stupid Daylight's Saving Time. Regardless, I have to agree with Kracka when he said that in direct sunlight, that candy blue is going to shine so well and give a nice spectrum of blues. It's going to look awesome! I can't wait to rip apart the piping. Hopefully I can tackle that in 2 weeks!

[Rmondoh]

Update Time!!

So I finally got around to installing my Whiteline Rear Swaybar. It was pretty easy to install except for the fact that I didn't install it.

I had a problem getting one of the bushings and saddles to line up properly and no matter what I tried, they would not line up. After 45 minutes of trying, I gave up and put the stock one back on.

I then told Kracka about it and he kindly went out to his car and took some pictures of his Whiteline bar and sent them to me. Everything fit nicely and looked good. So the next day I decided to try again after seeing his pictures. I knew exactly how to orient the bar and everything. Yeah well no such luck. I had the exact same issue. So I was even more pissed off and irritated because now I had failed for a 2nd time. It should only be like a 20 min job at most...but not for me.

I reported back to Kracka and he didn't believe me. I told him I quit on it and didn't want to put a rear swaybar on anymore. I was sick of it. He told me to come over on Tuesday night and he would get it on there for me. So I said sure, obviously my noob self can't put it on and he has the EXACT same bar so why not.

Come Tuesday, I go over and we start doing the swaybar. We get to the point where I was having trouble and he looks at it and goes "Hmm." He tried for a bit to make it fit. Pushed it over to get more room. Wiggled it to make it sit better. Nope! Wasn't going on. The only way it would fit is if the bushing was all open looking and on the bend on the bar. If we could even tighten it down like that, I'm sure the bushing would have snapped in half in a day easily. So we put the stock bar back on.

I managed to take pictures when I tried putting it on the 2nd time. I ended up sending those to Bill @ MAP and he forwarded on my email to Whiteline. They are going to send me a new swaybar and it should be here on Monday (12/6/10). So I'm all happy again.

Well I get an email from Bill yesterday saying that Whiteline sent him an email. As my luck would have it, the swaybar they already sent me is ALSO defective for some reason. So now when that one arrives, I will have to put the old one I have into that box and have BOTH of them shipped back to Whiteline. What a complete disaster this has turned into...

So after emailing with Bill @ MAP, I looked at their other swaybars and decided to go with a 25mm Perrin instead. After doing some research I found the following:

Whiteline:
Soft setting - 148%
Medium setting - 181%
Hard setting - 220%

Perrin:
Soft setting - 127%
Medium setting - 153%
Hard setting - 186%

Kracka tells me that for his driving style, the Whiteline Medium setting is perfect. Given my driving habits, I would probably have chosen the Whiteline Soft. I may do the Medium, but I would never go with the Hard setting. Given the numbers above, the Perrin bar gives me a better offering than the Whiteline bar as I'm more likely to use all those settings. The max for the Perrin is the Medium of the Whiteline, which would be my max. So the Perrin bar seems to be a better fit for me and my driving style and it does offer a slightly softer setting than the Whiteline.

So I told Bill to quote me the difference and it was a done deal. I should be getting it this coming week and I'll be installing it on the weekend. Hopefully nothing retarded stupid is wrong with this one.

[Rmondoh]

Also today, I rode in Kracka's X as we went to Cobb to pick something up. During the drive he asked me how I liked the Prokits. I turn to him and say "I haven't put them on yet. You should know that." He looks at me and says "My car has the Prokits remember?"

OHHHHHHHHH! Yeah I had a total noob moment there. If he had not said anything, I would not have even remembered that his car has Prokits. I guess that's a good thing because I didn't notice any difference on the drive. They seem to be a LITTLE bit softer but not a whole lot so I think they are going to be perfect for me. :)

[mlomker]

I have the Perrin bar on medium. Haven't felt a need to adjust it.

[Rmondoh]

I will most likely run the Perrin on Medium as well as that's the rating I would have run on the Whiteline. :)

[simulatedwood]

Perrin on Meduim is what I run for AutoX, if you run the Perrin on hard setting, the car feels a bit to loose to be fast on the course (this is with the stock suspension). The hard setting does make for some rather fun drift action, Yo! ;P

[Rmondoh]

Perrin on Meduim is what I run for AutoX, if you run the Perrin on hard setting, the car feels a bit to loose to be fast on the course (this is with the stock suspension). The hard setting does make for some rather fun drift action, Yo! ;P

That's good to know! :)

[Matt D.]

The hard setting does make for some rather fun drift action, Yo! ;P
That, and Super Jackass Mode.

[scheides]

Whoah , swaybar drama! They're a PITA like anything else, I'm with you on the '...except for me' stuff, as stuff always seems to happen. Never had a swaybar not fit though, that is def a first!

Also, I think your car should be 'DeadmauX' (pronounce it dead moux or whatever), seeing 'Deadmau5X' always throws me into 'dead mau 5 X and that is just blargypoo.