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just bought an electroluminescent panel from china to do the 300zx logo light up mod should be here in a few weeks!

A common question many owner ask: How does MeisterR coilovers compare to other brands? As coilovers are only part of a car's suspensions, and there are many other variable involved; it is often a difficult questions to answer. So I want to bring up a very interesting "test" that we will be doing. Here in Houston USA, I meet a driver at a local SCCA Auto Solo event name Lucio D'lsep.Lucio was an Italian racing driver back in the early 2000's, and have decided to get back into competitive motorsport after being absent for over 12 years.Here is a picture of him in the former glory days racing with Osella in Rechberg (Austria) back in 2002. Lucio's current car is a Honda S2000 daily driver that runs in the SCCA Auto Solo STR (Street Touring Roadster) Class.The good thing about the STR class is that the rules limit modification you can do as well as tyres you can use, thus creating a class that daily street driven cars can compete with each other. Suspension Issue Speaking to Lucio, he have been having issue with his car.He is using an off the shelf Bilstein PSS9 adjustable coilovers, and he just couldn't get the suspension to work with the car.The tyres just couldn't find grip and the body motion does not feel controlled no matter how he adjust the coilovers, so he is struggling to keep speed through the corners as well as keeping the car on the racing line.The result is lost traction as well as hitting cones, and this put a time penalty on his result. MeisterR Suspensions Change I thought this will make a great opportunity to test the MeisterR coilovers against Bilstein, and will keep things fair as we can get a qualitative (how the suspensions feel on the road) and a quantitative (Lap time) feedback on the same road car driven by the same driver in the same competitive event. So we got a set of off the shelf MeisterR Zeta-R coilovers, and swap the Bilstein PSS9 coilovers out. Initial Feedback on MeisterR coilovers The initial feedback by Lucio is positive after a few days of street use. Here is what Lucio have to say: Both the Bilstein and the MeisterR look like serious tools and not toys. The MeisterR out of the box are ready for the installation, the light weight aluminium top mount included with the MeisterR is the main difference when compared to the Bilstein that need to reuse the top mount from the original Honda suspension. After 12 years out of racing it’s the first time that I see a suspension with springs coil adjustments independent from ride height adjustments.This is a great improvement and it mean no more compromise when adjusting the ride height. Compare to the Bilstein, the MeisterR damping response and compliancy on the irregularity of the street gives you confidence. You are able to feel the grip and trust the car/tyres, and know that when the grip finish there will be space for correction.The accuracy of the steering is what impressed me the most with the MeisterR coilovers.The front of the car is on track followed by the rear even with the non-linear power curve of the S2000 engine trying to mess up your approach to the apex. It is also more comfortable on softer damping setting.If your potential girlfriend has already experienced sport cars, she will not complain about comfort as softer damping setting is not so far from the original equipment. SCCA Result with Bilstein The last round of the SCCA Auto Solo, Lucio finished in 7th place with 13 competitors total.While the lap time of 51.297 isn't slow, the additional penalties from hitting cones brought his result down to 7th place. The next round of the SCCA Auto Solo will be this Saturday 2nd of August, 2015.We will get the S2000 to the track and hope we finish on the podium, because when you race you race to win. We will report back in a few days time.

yeah I think it's just rusted inside out, no matter as I have brought a new tank today, along with the a fresh fuel rail, I'm sure once fitted my car will be sorted

I think you will have to stick to MA or MB mirrors, as i think other civics are slightly different.

After i posted it, i saw it was an mb but couldn't be f**ked to edit the post!

Okay! (been a bit dead here with progress, have a few small things in the pipeline to entertain you all in the next coming months. Progress with the car is starting to slow down now as i am starting to realize that putting £500 into the car every months isnt exactly healthy for my bank balance. (among other things) Okay, i got my seats sorted with much hell from GSM Motorsport (basically put, its hard to get through to them and they're hella busy all the time, was recommended the XL seat due to my 32/33" waist, even though the XL seats are too big for a 14 (this they didn't know?)) either way, sorted. they had a good deal on the seats that i wanted but the demand was insane so had to wait quite a while. went down to their unit last Friday to drop off the XL seats and got my slim ones delivered (and fitted) on Tuesday this week. Really happy with them, quality seems really good for £300 new for a PAIR! passenger side seems to sit on the door card a little but will look at that when i can be bothered to do so. few photos (^) photo of outside my gramps house the other day (before seats) looks aggressive as hell love this pic! (v) posting a photo of the rails. they cost as much as the seats so deserve a photo. came direct from japan (including Japanese newspaper as packaging!) - excuse the mess! (^) when the car looked most race car. posted this on Instagram and the miss was not pleased! (instagram @ andys14a) (v) seats are in after waiting a good long time! really happy with results. are maybe a little tight but will get accustom to them (^) stance scene pose My birthday on 23rd, getting a Nardi 330/Leather deepcorn and a few cleaning products from that got a couple of small parts id like before end of the year including harness and harness bar (just driver side harness i think (don't think the miss would like)) would also like a set of gauges including boost/water temp/oil temp and maybe oil pressure to? triple A pillar and boost in center upon dash. this month got a few small bits to do a small service with so i think after this progress will start to slow down a little till the beginning of next year. looking forward to seeing you all at JF2!

Or it didn't happen!

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Nice work dude!

The result are in, and it was very close racing! Lucio finish the day 3rd in the SCCA STR class the fastest time of 53.244, only 0.012 second behind 2nd place!The first 3 place in the class was separated by less than 0.2 seconds... Lucio time also made him the fastest S2000 of the day, with a 13th overall in raw time.Pretty respectable considering he is only 6.5 seconds behind the 1st place, and that was a fully prep Racing Go-Kart. Another interesting thing was we had 2 driver that day using the same car.Lucio was number 14 who finish 3rd, and Landon who was number 114 and finished 4th.It was interesting to see as both driver have different preference, so both found the best suspension setting that suit their driving style.They also tired out each other suspension setting to give a comparison but it was Lucio who was just a little faster in the end.The next car down is almost 2 seconds behind, so the front runner are fast compare to the rest of the group. Objective Result As Auto Solo track layout changes at every event, it is difficult to compare raw track time.The best way to compare is to use average time between driver who attended both event, so that is what we will do. In SCCA, each time you hit a cone you add 2 seconds penalty to your total time.Lucio time in round 7 was 55.297 after a 4 second penalty, so his raw track time was 51.297 which would of place him in 3rd place in the STR class.We will use the raw time for comparison. Round 7 (raw time 51.297)STR class average: 53.76 (beat average by 2.46 seconds).Total average: 56.65 (beat average by 5.35 seconds). Round 8 (raw time 53.244)STR class average: 55.90 (beat average by 2.65 seconds).Total average: 58.93 (beat average by 5.68 seconds). Difference between round 7 and round 8STR class average: 0.19 seconds improvement Total Average: 0.33 seconds improvement So all in all, an improvement but wasn’t catastrophic.The biggest difference was getting 3 clean runs in round 8 vs no clean run in round 7. The clean run make a huge difference to the final result.Lucio was ranked 13th overall in round 8, but ranked 65th overall in round 7 just to show the difference. Subjective Feedback Getting feedback from Lucio after the end of the day, here is what he have to say: The car was tested on the street and the 90% of the set up was clean, the remaining 10% set up are based on driver preference.It was cool to see how Landon and I were able to select different set up to suit our driving preference on the same car, and really show how much difference a few clicks on the damper made to the overall dynamic. My driving is pretty aggressive and I was able to maintain the car ON the track with just one penalty on the first run Vs the previous race where I was not able to obtain a clean run in the all day. Adjusting the suspension to a softer setting for the 45 minute drive home was also impressive.I was not used to have a comfortable feeling in this car and at one point I visually checked the tire's pressure to see if everything was fine.The best proof was my 16 years old daughter in the passenger seat who does not have a lot of experience in sport car felt comfortable enough to take a nap during the driving home. Overall, it has been a big improvement and I am please with the result. Conclusion So that is it, an improvement but not a huge amount as expected.Auto-Solo only give about 60 seconds worth of track time and speed aren’t fast, so a lot of importance are place on the tyres and how much traction it can generate. The S2000 never made it out of second gear on the day, and this type of tight track favour the lighter MX5 / Miata.To be able to keep up with cars that is 500lbs lighter is quite an impressive achievement given the fact that there aren’t enough “straight” to allow the S2000 to use it’s upper power band. I hope this was an interesting read, and we certainly enjoy the experience working with the driver.3rd place finish aren’t back, but we will hope to see 1st place in the future. Jerrick

if the paint is too cold it'll crack. I don't mind lending it's not a problem, I just want it back after

Went out in the civic and decided to take a couple of pics.

its the same thing lol

They make an awesome addition dude n totally change the bay top effort

They look great. Nice work

Ta lads! Your quite right Tom I haven't! I will have to do something about that!!

You obviously need a bigger hammer mate

Well, if it is a skyline you are in good hand. I have been using them for quite a few years now. Well, we don't know… but don't take it too seriously. I thought it would be fun to see, but it doesn't prove anything. After all, there are many variable… it is just a case of a little tease and little fun. I don't know actually. I have seen a few guys asking for springs rate and damper part number, and I haven't heard back from them. I have a few German ask for details for "single TUV approval", but again I don't know much with regards to regulation of different European countries. Jerrick

I will Will be ready for JF2 !