02/28/07 – Building the
Downpipe, Paint Choice & Wheel Info
The car is being painted green.1
Olive army super high gloss...2
The cage and engine are being done a
really dark bronze.
MMMM...3
This is what I did tonight... It's as
far from the reservoir
as I can get it. I May need a heat shield4.
The DP and manifold are getting coated with Swaintech White Lightning5. The DP will be
completely
enclosed by the tunnel.6
also, put my order in for these bad
boys... 8-12 weeks7.
17X10 & 17X8.5. Gold finish.
3.875 lip INDA REAR
Seriously. The
amount
of dumb comments about the down pipe was staggering.
I don’t understand what about “totally
enclosed by tunnel” was confusing, but it was one of the most
annoying repeat
questions of the project. (well,
with
the exception of “Are you keeping it AWD?”)
The paint choice I saw on a civic in some Honda tuner
magazine and I loved
it, so that’s where I decided upon that.
I don’t think I have ever seen the color in
person, though. The
wheel decision actually came AFTER I tried
ordering a set of Brock B2s from tunershop.com.
I had paid for them and everything was ready to go, until
they told me
that they couldn’t get them in my size.
Bummer, but a blessing in disguise.
The Work wheels are far hotter.
(1) I knew this a while before, but I think someone on the LT boards had asked. The amount of POSTED interest was very very small… I think it’s because most of the Elise guys are too stuck up to appreciate anything that takes effort, nor can they see the “big picture” They only see a rusted old 80s car, not what it could become.
(2) It’s actually a BMW Z4 Color
(3) I have since decided to do the engine a lime green. Not sure about the cage.
(4) More like, DEFINITELY.
(5) Maybe not. It comes off and stains very easily.
(6) This was bolded and in red font, yet it still blew peoples minds. They couldn’t see how this was NOT going to be in the passenger compartment.
(7) 7 MONTHS!
