ST1G's s52 OBDII Calypsorot

[ajhostetter]

Fancy.

[ST1G]

Fancy.

Not as fancy as s52 swap.

[ajhostetter]

ST1G's Calypsorot Metallic build

Hahahaha!! True story. I had no money left for suspension after the fancy ass motor upgrade.

[ST1G]

Hahahaha!! True story. I had no money left for suspension after the fancy ass motor upgrade.

And I'll have no money left aft a fancy ass suspension swap.

[ArtFoodBMW]

I think the wheel swap compliments both cars, the colors match the cars better. so good choice

[ThatOneEuroE30]

+1 on Koni/ ground controls
Good stuff. Are you going to piece your own together or buy the set? I grabbed a set of billy and h&r's for the new car no dumping that kind of $$ in to coils again for a while haha.

[ST1G]

I think the wheel swap compliments both cars, the colors match the cars better. so good choice

I actually agree. I think the weaves look fantastic on the the zinno.

+1 on Koni/ ground controls
Good stuff. Are you going to piece your own together or buy the set? I grabbed a set of billy and h&r's for the new car no dumping that kind of $$ in to coils again for a while haha.

I'm going to do it all myself. I have access to a bandsaw and a welder, so I'm going to attempt it myself. Shouldn't be too hard.

I figured that I can mess around with other less expensive set ups, but I'm just going for it.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

It's not hard I cranked mine out in like hours. Just took a angle
Grinder to get the stock perches off smoothed the housing with a flappy disc and welded the d ring for the coils where the perch was welded.

[ST1G]

Yeah, I figured as much. I've see some videos and read a lot about how to do it. Seems easy enough.

[gome123]

Can't wait to see the Koni's...

[ST1G]

Can't wait to see the Koni's...

You and me both... I got a little excited and made an impulse purchase, so I won't have the GC adjusters for a few more weeks.... I've got a new toy though..



My brakes have always been really shitty, I changed the rears but as you can see the pads hardly touch the rotors in the rear. I felt like an idiot at first because I couldn't get the rear rotors of, then I realized I needed to let the ebrake down.





The remedy.


Old vs. New









Fronts weren't as bad, at least they were getting some contact. Also replaced the breaks up front, the pads were new but because the rotors were so grooved they needed done badly.






I need to bleed the brakes, when I do that I think I'll pull the calipers and give them a good paint job/powder coat black.

[ajhostetter]

Looks good! Nice piece too. You should smoke the turn signals/side markers on that bad boy.

[ST1G]

Looks good! Nice piece too. You should smoke the turn signals/side markers on that bad boy.

Thanks! I was thinking about getting some clear smoked turns. I don't like the look of amber smoked much, but I might try it just because.

[ajhostetter]

I'll send you pics of mine. They look great IMO.

[ST1G]

I'll send you pics of mine. They look great IMO.

Please do, or you can post them in this thread. Whatever works.