The 2nd Chapter: Easy's 02 SSM

[cronicEP]

your car is one of the inspirations for my build, simple yet so clean...

[Kerby]

your car is one of the inspirations for my build, simple yet so clean...

his car is krop.

[SHG_EasyE]

Thanks guys... Really hoping there will be an open lift at te shop when I get back from VIR.. Fingers crossed!

[ep3jd]

thank you so much for running a staggered wheel set up, the right way. i seriously love this ep

[gtimportfanatic]

i paid 144.70 thru excelerate.. shipped to my door.. should have em hopefully this week.. Bride's in my EP!

[Guardian]

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And then tonight I pressed the ITR ball joint sleeves out and replaced them with the King Motorsports RSX sleeves.
You can see in the first picture the ITR (left) has a larger inner diameter then the RSX. King machines these adapters so you can run the ITR control arms with EP3 or 02-04 RSX hubs.

on the tapered hole what are the measurements? on itr and king rsxs ones, trying to figure out if i have itr or rsxs knuckles.

[RedSiBaron]

on the tapered hole what are the measurements? on itr and king rsxs ones, trying to figure out if i have itr or rsxs knuckles.

ya, take a micrometer to them that would be nice to know...

infact i didnt't know that king made those for the ITR LCAs, now i know my next upgrade to my car...

[CHASEEE]

So clean. Great job.

[SHG_EasyE]

on the tapered hole what are the measurements? on itr and king rsxs ones, trying to figure out if i have itr or rsxs knuckles.

Sorry dude the ITR inserts are long gone and the arms are now installed on the car so I wont be able to get measurements.

Gonna have a dope ass update for you guys tonight whoooooo!

[04SIkwiidit]

wow @ the feels dampers and badge!
car is looking soooo clean. I wish I had time to clean my car. swirl marks galore, unvacuumed carpet, dirty engine bay. soooo lazy. haha

[SHG_EasyE]

wow @ the feels dampers and badge!
car is looking soooo clean. I wish I had time to clean my car. swirl marks galore, unvacuumed carpet, dirty engine bay. soooo lazy. haha

LOL well is it no time or youre too lazy? Give the EP some love she will thank you for it later!

[SHG_EasyE]

Well after almost a week straight I bring you the update of all updates lol.....


Day1/Night1....

So Tuesday I got started on the car around 11am. Worked all through the night and took a quick nap around 7am for an hour or so. Heres what I got done...

-Stripped all the suspension from the car
-Cleaned and stripped undercoat from the fender wells
-Cleaned suspension components
-Layed down POR15 in fender wells, rear sub frame, and suspension components













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Day 2

Kicked off the morning with an early trip to get the new tires mounted. SHG_Mike also brought his GP's along to get some fresh RS3's



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Once we got back I started installing all the fresh painted parts with some new hardware. I also fabbed up the tie rod opening covers you saw before.

The calipers are the only part that didn't get love yet, since I still need to get some stainless lines which aren't in the budget yet and will be a bit of a wait once they're ordered. Ill paint the calipers when the lines go in











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Safety wire for the castle nuts



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Loving these remote adjusters for the rear shocks!



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Day 3

Got the car on the scales Wednesday night, aligned her and got the cross and F/R balance set. Car was weighed and set up with a full tank and no driver weight since its more a daily and will often have passengers.

Specs are as follows:

Camber: -3.0F -1.8R
Toe: 1/64 out all four wheels
Caster: About -6 degrees

As you can see cross weight is nice and centered at 50%. The F/R balance is decent, but as youll see in pictures the rear is a tad lower to transfer more weight back, I didnt want it to bag too bad in the back so I didnt bring it to 60/40.







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And here she is sitting pretty at my apartment

[RedSiBaron]

sick dude!!! wish i could have this kinda fun!! i really like the covers you did over tie rods, i think i am going to do this when i do my engine swap, gotta keep the shit out of there

[20CiviC02Si]

WOW! Your car is getting better and better! Somehow you beat me to the punch. I wanted to strip the suspension, refinish it, and install some new bushings.

So now that you're all set up? When you coming out ot RA?

[SHG_EasyE]

RA? Road America? Probably never with this car lol. Ill definitely make it to Limerock, Monticello, Watkins Glen, Jersey etc. and probably a trip down to VIR at some point next year :)