1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.

[SlowWhite]

Forgot to post this picture yesterday. But my bump steer kit showed up on monday.


But also getting frustrated with some vendors:
- Carbonetics after agreeing I paid them in full, said it shipped out and would get me the tracking number. Still haven't recieved that and they stopped answering my messages.
- Paul Volk LCA - group buy ended in March and still haven't recieved them. Plus I see he's commenting on his other threads but has skipped over his LCA group buy thead for a couple of days now.
-locally I ordered my brake pads coming up on a month ago and they still haven't come in.

At this rate my Compworks fender braces which aren't scheduled to start being made till Aug. Might get here sooner.

[Kracka]

So my brothers wife sister jusy posted this picture of my brothers nephew and him giving instruction.

And this is the first I'd heard about this...... I'll just leave the picture..... so jelious sometimes.
Quite the setup!

[SlowWhite]

Well hood and diffuser showed up today finally
Will have to check then out when I get home.

Here's the picts my wife sent... funny thing is the packaging slip stayed pick up date as last friday, even though Sergio said they were trying to deliver last friday and had my wife waiting all weekend by the door/phone for it.... But at least it's here.

[SlowWhite]

Brakes finally showed up. Drove down to "Panic Motorsports" in columbia before work today to pick them up.

They do spec Miata's. But am planning on having them do my race alignment once the rest of my suspension comes in.

[SlowWhite]

Installed my rear diffuser overlay today.

My camera in my phone is cracked really bad. Will take better picturea once the car is all done. Then I'll have my wife do a photoshoot

[SlowWhite]

Got some painting done on the new hood. With help from my kids swing set.

[SlowWhite]

Seats showed up with out notice. Kids/wife found the box on the front door step this morning

Rained all night and this morning. The box was damaged during shipping and seats are soaked.

[SlowWhite]

Well they replaced the seats. But my luck must be all used up for the year or something.

The new seats showed up in 3 days with tracking this time. But they must have been rubbing on something during shipping. As there was a tear in both seats that were on the same side of the box.
I got looking at the originals and 1 of them was rubbed almost to the point of a tear in the same spot that I didn't even notice.
Spent 4hrs working on my suspension trying to get ride height all adjusted only to have it be almost undrivable.
FEAL clearances are so tight it's a PITA. To get the suspension off once installed especially the rears.
And on there setup the part that adjusts the ride height is the part that mouth to the lower section. My KYB. You just spun the spring perch to raise or lower, was really fast to set up.
So tomorrow have to try it again as the rears are way to high and the fronts aren't the same angle. (My driveway isn't flat and once I drove the car they settled funny I guess.

Also my carbonetics hood is messed up. Sergio said I'm the first person to recieved a hood that wasn't made right.
Originally he denied any wrong doing. Till I sent him a video of me with my stock hood installed, then had to install my carbonetics hood to prove it. (With out a break in the video btw and since facebook messanger only allows 1.5min. Of video before you have to edit let's just say that was a pain in the ass to finally get a hood swap done in 1.5min.. so he'd finally believe me.
Supposedly he's making a new hood monday and going to tell me how to fix this one I guess? (Not sure how since I can't move the aerocatch latches now that they are cut out).
But frustrated none the less with my bad luck. Was also supposed to go to VIR this coming week and then go see Matt at road atlanta on the 25th.

Only we had a major failure at work friday along with our 4th osha recordable this year (new guy cut half his finger off) and our department is shut down. So now I have to watch my spending, and use my vacation time.

[SlowWhite]

Well update good and bad.

Start with seats - I hadn't heard anything from "driven" after sending the email about the damage. I ended up going to VIR with just my mother and son (mom paid for the gas and food, for driving..mom's the best)
Anyrate get a call friday afternoon that fedex delivered more seats however the driver being the douchbag he is decided to jusy roll my seats off the back of his truck 3 feet to the ground. Then drag the box half way down my side way (50feet) before noticong my wife standing at the door watching the whole thing
At which time he then picked them up and carried them the last 50 feet to the front door. She called me to see what I wanted to do. I said open them she did. Long story short this time they wrapped the shit out of the seats practically could have been a giant sized rubber band ball with as much foam and wrapping they did this time so all is well. And there wasn't a return shipping label for this last set of seats or my tshirt which i ordered. So sent them now 3 emails with no replies on how they want me to return the other seats.. Guess they don't want there other seats back, so into closet they go for now.
Next my Paul Volk LCA and rear toe arms finally shipped out today. Hopefully will get here by saturday.
Still waiting to hear about hours rest of the month. But more then likely will be going to 7 days a week due to all the down time we've had.
Which is good and bad. Bad that I have no time to install anything. But good that money will be flowing in nicely again (already surpassed what I made all of last year, as of this week)
So hopefully shortly I'll be putting my rpf1's and tpms back on the "to buy" list.
Once those come in I'll be sending the car off to get the suspension lined out

[SlowWhite]

My Paul Volk LCA, and toe arms finally arrived yesterday.

Paul never sent them originally. He thought I was Alexii Coulter who lives in lugoff and the tracking info I orginally got was his. (Im done buying stuff for the year, I must have used all my luck up or something when it comes to vendors and shipping)
So I've decided to just put the car up on hold and start back on it next year.
Sergio from carbonetics still hasnt sent me the video and said but said now once again won't make a differecent as his hoods are different so even if he made a new one it would be the same as what I have
I've opened a claim with paypal and unless they stick me with return shipping, which paypal says more then likely I'd have to pay ($320) I plan to return the hood.
If I get stuck with shipping then I'll jusy have to pay someone to fox the hood properly and quite frankly I'm also considering having a mold made and then selling the "fixed" version mold to a shop or something.

Anyrate here is the pictures of the LCA and toe arms along with my porsche brake ducts.
Which look good.