Pablo's 2004 MSM Build

[princess peach]

tests from Grass Roots put them very close to star specs on dry and better than star specs on the wet, on the forums MSM owners report they are a great tire, quiet, very responsive and good grip. Biggest complaint is that they take a couple of runs to warm up during auto-x, thread is 340, we'll see how long they last

 

[princess peach]

and yeah, I had them delivered at work. people were giving me crap about them... most of them didn't see me hauling them from the lobby to my cube

 

[WillD]

How are you going to get them home in the MSM? Definitely not in the trunk!

 

[princess peach]

lulz... 1 in teh trunk, 2 on the passenger seat and 1 over the passenger seat

 

[WillD]

Very nice. I used to transport my track wheels/tires in the passenger seat.

 

[princess peach]

Marc found me a good deal on a trailer, but I won't pick that up till tomorrow

 

[subspeed6]

haven't updated this in a while... got a couple of things in the mail, LOC and brake master cylinder. I plan to modify the LOC to try and get rid of the double amplification with my Alpine HU and the BOSE system, this should eliminate the extra noise I get now and allow me to upgrade to the Clearwater 2 ohm speakers eventually without any issues.

Whyyyyyy? Just bypass the Bose amp. I can guarantee that Alpine unit has better signal processing capabilities than the Blows amplifier.

Also, the regular Clearwater 4 ohm speakers are cheaper by 80 bucks. You can by a nice 2 channel amp for that 80 bucks and have a way better sounding setup than this Frankenstein mess you are talking about.

 

[princess peach]

moving tires around

 

[princess peach]

Whyyyyyy? Just bypass the Bose amp. I can guarantee that Alpine unit has better signal processing capabilities than the Blows amplifier.

Also, the regular Clearwater 4 ohm speakers are cheaper by 80 bucks. You can by a nice 2 channel amp for that 80 bucks and have a way better sounding setup than this Frankenstein mess you are talking about.

still an option, just don't want to run new wiring and if I do that, I'd take the bose amp out (I'm weird like that)

 

[THE Phen]

Marc found me a good deal on a trailer, but I won't pick that up till tomorrow

How's that money saving going for ya?

 

[princess peach]

How's that money saving going for ya?

touche, it's a good deal (just like your DP) so don't gimme a hard time...

I didn't spend what I got from the BMW though, set aside for the pasport and the rest went to CCs.

 

[THE Phen]

hehehe. Someone has to. <3

 

[princess peach]

picked up the trailer for my non existent race tires... included everything I needed so there is now a hitch on the car, had to take it off Marc's car first, install wasn't too complicated. It completely hides away, and no need to cut the bumper

 

[bazooka joe]

but your ready! looks great! by the way, got the short shifter in....incrediable difference!

 

[princess peach]

rolled my fenders to fit my imaginary fat wheel\tire combo, getting ready for... something

 

[princess peach]

spent quite some time working on the car today, installed the converter for the trailer lights, washed, clay bar, etc...

 

[PrinceValorum]

Pics of the trailer?

 

[subspeed6]

Pics of the trailer?

 

[princess peach]

After talking to Marc yesterday, I decided to learn the dynamics of the car before taking it to the track so I'll be doing autox this year and feel more comfortable with it. I ordered a few goodies instead of the bar, we'll see when they start coming in.

 

[PrinceValorum]

Hmm, I missed those trailer pics. I asked my friend to send me some pics of his. I don't remember if he built it himself, but it also has accommodations to carry extra wheels to the track. We could certainly modify yours to do that as well.