Purchased some coilover covers for the Evo from ECS Tuning. These were about a perfect fit on the Ohlins, stretching from the top of the coil to the bottom of the spring perch. I’ll likely remove them for racing, but keep them on during other times I’m driving the car. Doing my best to keep…
New bushings ordered before the Evo’s annual corner balance and alignment – still haven’t taken care of since the accident, but everything should still be straight with the car. Noticed the Whiteline outer tie rod ends were torn, as well as the Superpro duro3741k caster bushings. Not sure if this was due to 4-6 years…
Got a new clutch installed last weekend at about 104,000 miles on the car. The previous clutch was in brand new shape – a DKM twin disk. Given my Golf R is part daily driver, especially so with the Corolla being totaled, I wanted a lighter clutch with a little bit higher pick up. I…
Just in – newly custom valved Ohlins for the 2020 season and beyond! This has been in the plans for some time now, and with quite a bit of wear and tear on my 7 year old Ohlins, I decided to sell that set and install a new, custom valved set for the Evo. For…
Mini update while the Evo hangs in the air… 3k helper springs arrived, along with a few sets of Swift thrust washers so I can dial in the Evo’s coilovers…
Picked up my Motegi MR140 (18×8.5 +45) wheels the other day – originally purchased to be my race wheels, I decided to switch things up – the Motegi MR140s will be my daily wheels, running 245/40-18 General Altimax RT43s as my generic all-seasons. I went with the taller offset tires to provide more protection for…
To start off, for some reason these were an absolute nightmare for me to install. The first time I got the perches, they did not fit the OEM springs – while Vorshlag sent me slightly machined ones, a 2 day turnaround to get make for the weekend turned into an 8-day turnaround – with NO…
Wrapped a few of the first things I wanted to address on the Golf R today. This posted will be updated as I wrap up/complete various changes I’ve planned to make: Tail lights (1/26/20): The smoked ones on the car looked horrible, and were among the first things I wanted to change on the car.…
Big thanks to my newest sponsor, Ross Sport! These guys are big Evo enthusiasts in the UK, and were able to play a major role in helping me rebuild my car due to their crazy deals on EDM parts. The EDM stuff is the same as the JDM stuff, at around 60% of the cost.…
Been a quiet off-season with the Evo in repair & no changes planned for the M3 – my new catalytic converter, however, did finally arrive – 3 months after ordering the thing. It was the second part of a 2 stage process in me removing some knock the car was seeing – part 1 was…
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