Shaken but not Stirred
: W A R N I N G :
: P H O T O B O M B :
I realized that I was sort of neglecting this car. I didn't want it to end up like the other S14, therefore I picked my ass up and gave it the tender, love, and care that it needed.
Seeing as this was one of my favorite cars to drive on the street, I had to get it optimized for the road.
STEP ONE: I N T A K E
Factory airbox? Nope that had to go.
Brought the intake acoustics to life with a special Kami-Sama Intake Pipe fabbed by our very own Marc Allenegui (Macaron_moon), the man is INSANE with tools, each pipe bent is accurately measured with a tolerance of 0.05mm. That, paired with an A'PEXi Air Filter, gave this car the induction noise I've been clamoring for. The nice guy didn't even charge me, I just bought the filter from Super Autobacs for 11,500 yen (V$115)
STEP TWO: E X H A U S T
Some off-brand Titanium Twin Tip I found at my local Super Autobacs. Gave the car a lot more BURBLE. Sounds very solid, well worth the 18,000 yen (V$180)
x M A C H I N E : C H E C K x
I went on a
6 hour road trip to Ibaraki the next morning. Took advantage of my work leave and went to Tsukuba to shakedown the car. Safe to say I was there the
WHOLE day and it fared
VERY WELL.
Not a lot of smoke coming from the rear tires nah, 180hp-ish hp, a helical LSD and some sport tires, yeah it was HELLA fun though
I then slept the night at an AirBNB, and went to finally get the car registered.
Shaken: P A S S !
That's it for this S14, for now.
Speaking of S14s,
This car is no longer mine
Seeing Muzahid (Niatross) look at his old car getting all emotional got the best of me. Keys are his now, and so is the whole car. Enjoy Muza!
S 1 5 . S T Y L E : U P !
As the first customer of the newly opened R-Style (Congrats Lennart!! (Renaruto!!) I had them give the car some much needed treatment, namely:
- Uras GT Kit Paint Match (V$350)
- D-MAX 50:50 Clear and Red Taillights (V$250)
- R-Style SPL Carbon Kevlar Spoiler (V$300)
- Original RUNDUCE Big Brake Kit, 6-Pot Front, 4-Pot Rear, (V$3,495)
- RAYS Gram Lights 57C6 Wheels, 18x9.5 +38mm Front, 18x9.5 +25mm Rear, (V$1,772)
- KUMHO ECSTA PS31 Tires, 235/40ZR18 all around, Tread Wear 260, (V$491)
- R-Style Sticker Tune (V$200)
= TOTAL (V$6,858)
After saying my goodbyes to Lennart, I was on my way out, but
HEY I BUMPED INTO SOMEONE
TOP 10 GREATEST CROSSOVERS
It's the B O I
..............M A R C U S
....................L A M
...............(marcus915)
He went in for a brake upgrade, BNR34 Brembos to be exact, OH and he got his D-MAX Roof Spoiler painted and installed
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Last few pics of us hard parking at ENEOS before parting ways
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Finances:
V$15,230.34 - V$6,858 = V$8,372.34
