“Fork in the road, I’m always going right. Nowadays, knowing life, there aint no more road lights.”

It is time to make some changes. My car has been going the direction of clean, simple, and unmolested for a few years now. I have managed to keep the exterior pretty damn clean and the paint has always been fresh. The wheels and stance were about the only things that are really wild on the car, and I was really into that style. Stock metal fenders, OEM bumpers, original styling; the car was pretty tame compared to some of my amigos. After a few battle wounds that is about to change.

I definitely have to switch to fiberglass overfenders in the rear due to the giant craters resembling the moon. This changes the overall direction of the car for a few reasons. I need to space the shit out of the wheels which means the front have to be spaced as well. This brings me to my first fork; pull the metal front fenders or go wide fiberglass fenders. Metal fenders are far more durable but suck when they are pulled. Fiberglass fenders will give me extra clearance but have vents and fit like ass. Hmmmm. Next up is the question of aero or no aero. With wide fenders I am going to want a more aggressive look, plus I will be paying for paint anyways so I might as well go aero.

Type X front with a Group A vent is at the top of my list right now. I might compliment that with a full Sexy Style kit or something very sleek and smooth, nothing crazy. Or maybe a full Type X kit with the kouki wing. Here is some inspiration.

ohhh black betty, bam a lam

So it happened. After years and years and some more years of keeping my car clean and accident free, I finally made a mistake and ruined it. Well, sort of a mistake, sort of a moment of glory. I was working on my car and swapped in some new Hawk brake pads and thought it would be a great idea to lower the front some more. I went about three quarters of an inch lower and it looks killer. I took it for a drive and it definitely rubs more, but that’s the price you have to pay when you want to look cool.

So I am out at one of my favorite drift spots taking a few spirited turns giving the car a little bit of a shakedown. I approach my favorite turn at about 35 mph, and flick the car sideways with a little clutch kick. Womp womp womp all over the rev limiter, perfectly sideways and billowing no smoke (hahaha). I was all over the apex of the turn like white on rice, but had slightly more speed than I usually do in this turn. Having a lower car gave me more false confidence. Or something like that.

I go a tad wide and drop one wheel off the pavement. I know Im running wide and yet I keep the right pedal to the floor. Like a boss. All of the sudden WHACK. A fucking bomb just went off inside my car. I knew there was a road marker on the outside of that turn and my car just kissed it. I held the drift perfectly and drove off like nothing happened. I was scared to look, because it was LOUD. Consistent with my thoughts, the quarter panel is crinkled like some cafeteria fries. Oh well. Overs and aero next year.

With that comes NZNew’s s13 coupe that makes fiberglass look good. Sort of beat, lots of cool. This car makes me feel that fiberglass is OK. Lovin’ it.

vote or die

So I can’t decide. Somebody locally has an SR20 complete motorset for sale and it is super cheap. I simply cannot decide if I want to buy it and swap it now, with little to no extra money if something goes wrong or if I want to wait until later next spring and do it right. It would be really nice to have something to wrench on in the garage all winter, and then come spring time I would have a beast that had been hibernating all winter. I would always have something to work on, and would definitely make the winter months pass easier knowing that with spring comes boost.

It would also be nice to wait until spring and it isn’t so damn freezing in the garage. I would love to do a full swap with some goodies on the side and build a car that is bulletproof and reliable. That all takes money, money that I kind of have but kind of don’t want to spend at the moment. I am sort answering my own questions and making up my mind as I write this. Therapy writing, if you will.

I wont bore you with my stupid life decisions, but I will bore you with my stupid car decisions. I am deciding that my car is going to take a turn back to the streetable side of things, and the interior is getting fully redone over winter. That means carpet, new trunk panels, and probably some seats and other goodies as well. Stay tuned.