It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Strut your greasy stuff!
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Also I think Nickels's pit bbq has free covfefe today for people who are cold.
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troyguitar wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:09 am All seasons are fine. Image
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I enjoy extreme weather looks awesome!
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max225 wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 12:22 pm
troyguitar wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:09 am All seasons are fine. Image
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I enjoy extreme weather looks awesome!
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I wish we got that much snow. NY state/Buffalo really does suck Haha
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FWIW we got less than half that here at my house.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:07 am FWIW we got less than half that here at my house.
Literally only :mahtroy: 's neighborhood got pummeled!
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Tarspin wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:24 am
CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:07 am FWIW we got less than half that here at my house.
Literally only :mahtroy: 's neighborhood got pummeled!
The snow is attracted to RWD sports cars. Can't blame it, really.
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D Griff wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:22 am
Tarspin wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:24 am

Literally only :mahtroy: 's neighborhood got pummeled!
The snow is attracted to RWD sports cars. Can't blame it, really.
Heh I put mine away last week no snow for me
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troyguitar wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:10 am No one else was in Aldi but they were at least open. Did not die or have to get rescued by a fucking truck. :wrong:ImageImageImage
Did you :spinulator: in it yet? :well:
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First day in December with more than a few seconds of sunshine == it's cold as hell overnight. 7F this morning. :doomed:

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troyguitar wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2019 11:07 am First day in December with more than a few seconds of sunshine == it's cold as hell overnight. 7F this morning. :doomed:

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troyguitar wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2019 11:07 am First day in December with more than a few seconds of sunshine == it's cold as hell overnight. 7F this morning. :doomed:

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Typical northern US winter :poop:
The car will survive just fine.
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What's winter feel like?
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Apparently there's a Wilwood 4-piston front brake kit that drops 32 lbs for ~$1k. That's a lot of weight and in exactly the right place. MODZZZ BRO

Of course it's going to be 7F again tomorrow morning so I don't know if/when I'll ever care about doing anything to the car. :doomed:
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Saw your friend
:impressive: so rebellious with the :tints: and no front plate. I like the spare tire sitting on the front porch too.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:45 pm
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Saw your friend
:impressive: so rebellious with the :tints: and no front plate. I like the spare tire sitting on the front porch too.
Poverty-spec life with :wasteful: car(s) is the only way to live.
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I have 2 sets of :fancy: aftermarket :ramz: with Michelins on them sitting out in my back yard. I can't bring myself to make them visible from the street but some people in town here absolutely do that. Stack of winter/summer tarz living on the front porch is something I've seen here at more that one house.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:00 pm I have 2 sets of :fancy: aftermarket :ramz: with Michelins on them sitting out in my back yard. I can't bring myself to make them visible from the street but some people in town here absolutely do that. Stack of winter/summer tarz living on the front porch is something I've seen here at more that one house.
My :ramz: are now in my :fancy: shed, there's plenty of room for them for now, but I'm not above storing in the yard. Hell, I stored my :mk6: extra :ramz: in my living room. The glorious single days...
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If we had floor space I'd bring em inside but our place is already jammed too full. I'm trying to throw out at least one box/bag of crap every week and a year of that hasn't been enough.
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I've been wasting time reading about various stupid mods available and the aftermarket has done some pretty cool things with this car. You could relatively easily drop a ton of weight without making the car obnoxious.

Light :ramz: - 30 lbs
Front wilwood brakes - 32 lbs
LiFePO4 battery - 25 lbs
CF driveshaft - 12 lbs
Al coilovers w/ swift springs - 12 lbs
Al flywheel - 10 lbs
EL header - 10 lbs plus a ton of power across the rev range
Rear upper control arms - 8 lbs
ROW rear brakes - 8 lbs

Almost 150 lbs without touching the interior, gutting AC or emissions equipment, or putting some stupid loud fart can on it. Yuge waste of money but would be pretty :neat: at the same time.
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CF hood and trunk lid for all them weight savings for the winter.

I’d probably consider the brakes :doe: even though the stickers are a decent dual piston design
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troyguitar wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:27 pm I've been wasting time reading about various stupid mods available and the aftermarket has done some pretty cool things with this car. You could relatively easily drop a ton of weight without making the car obnoxious.

Light :ramz: - 30 lbs
Front wilwood brakes - 32 lbs
LiFePO4 battery - 25 lbs
CF driveshaft - 12 lbs
Al coilovers w/ swift springs - 12 lbs
Al flywheel - 10 lbs
EL header - 10 lbs plus a ton of power across the rev range
Rear upper control arms - 8 lbs
ROW rear brakes - 8 lbs

Almost 150 lbs without touching the interior, gutting AC or emissions equipment, or putting some stupid loud fart can on it. Yuge waste of money but would be pretty :neat: at the same time.
Headers supposedly really wake these cars up. I'd go for that and a full exhaust to compliment it. Interesting you can save so much weight with the brakes.
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Johnny_P wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:37 pm Headers supposedly really wake these cars up. I'd go for that and a full exhaust to compliment it. Interesting you can save so much weight with the brakes.
Cast iron calipers vs aluminum monoblock gives you serious weight loss.
Aluminum rotor hats too. It's a great setup, dunno if I really care that much :doe:

At this point I'm leaning toward aligning the thing and maybe getting real tires, though even tires seem stupid since the stock ones are brand new.

Everything else is idle daydreaming. I wouldn't mind swapping the wing out for a small spoiler - just big enough to cover the holes from the wing mounts.
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