Rookie's Teg DC2 VTI-R

[rookie]

Nice rookie!! Any more pics?

Shall get some more when I get some free time. The fit took like 3+ in total due to the horrendous instructions (or lack of) from Recaro so i was pretty dead after getting it in.

That new seat going to be track only or daily warrior?

Both my friend. I purchased a Pole Position due to its slightly wider width and lower bolsters. This means it's not stupidly hard to get in and out of and it's still comfy enough whilst providing more than enough support for the G's that i will be pulling.

[dc_]

holy crap awesome job on the exhaust !

[rookie]

holy crap awesome job on the exhaust !

Thanks dude!

Here's a couple more pics of the newly installed seat.

[Shakeel]

That looks HOT!

[eLtrix]

Dude mint seats! Where did you pick them up from?

[rookie]

That looks HOT!

Thanks Shak!

Dude mint seats! Where did you pick them up from?

Cheers, couldn't justify two seats so I only got myself one :P I got my seats from RacerIndustries up in QLD!

[M@lew]

Dang I should've tried it when I was at yours! Knew I forgot something.

[AL92]

Niceee seat dude, looks sweet in the car !, Your build coming along really nice

[rookie]

Dang I should've tried it when I was at yours! Knew I forgot something.

I'm sure you will be over soon enough to collect more bike stuff :P

Niceee seat dude, looks sweet in the car !, Your build coming along really nice

Thanks dude, appreciate it.

[rookie]

Had a day off Uni today as it's the first week back and there are a lot of cancelled Labs and practicals so I had a good amount of time to spend underneath my car today.

So far today i managed to lower the front coils down about another 10mm each side leaving about a 2 finger gap on all four sides now, instead of my 4x4 spec that was previously up the front. Also cleaned my air filter.
Whilst checking out the rear wheel wells, i noticed that my rear disc was not wearing evenly. After some inspection i found out that my caliper sliders were completely seized! Took my dad and i about 20 mins of wedging and wiggling to get them free. We then sanded off all the rust, re-greased and re-fitted everything. Working much better now.

I did also notice, whilst my front wheels were off the car, that my Tyre wear is pretty uneven between left and right sides. Both have large amounts of camber wear (expected as i ride -3deg as a daily :S) but my right side seemed to have twice the amount of inside wear in comparison to the left hand side. Either way i'm going to organize a wheel alignment soon to get this sorted out but i was just wondering what you guys would think this is caused by? Initially i thought toe could have been the problem but surely that would have worn both sides?

Plan for the rest of the month:

• Order and install new brake discs (DBA4000)
• Install new brake pads all round
• Install rear camber arms
• Create and install fire extinguisher mount
• Look into the possibility of making a rear strut bar
• Fluid flush
• Organize wheel alignment

PS: Excuse my lack of pics

[M@lew]

Re: Rookie's Teg DC2 VTI-R

Pics or ban!

You could have 0 toe for one wheel and - 3 or something different for the other. That would ware one wheel down more than the other. What is the toe meant to be?

[mugsee]

I'm with the guy above - uneven toe can do strange things to tyres. I think an alignment printout beforehand will tell you a tale of why your tyres are wearing unevenly.

[rookie]

Pics or ban!
You could have 0 toe for one wheel and - 3 or something different for the other. That would ware one wheel down more than the other. What is the toe meant to be?

I'll get pic next time i swears! Please don't ban me oh mr moderator.
Last time I got an alignment was from Zac @ Techsport and he set it up at 0mm toe both sides. Given it may have budged a bit i should go get it checked out.

I'm with the guy above - uneven toe can do strange things to tyres. I think an alignment printout beforehand will tell you a tale of why your tyres are wearing unevenly.

As stated above, should be 0 toe on both sides up the front. The thing i find more confusing is that if anything my car veers slightly to the left when driving in a straight line.

Thanks for the comment guys, pretty sure it's the alignment which we suspected.

[eskimo_firefighter]

Damn I want those 15x8+36 6ul's on my car. Can I ask if you needed spacers at the rear to clear the arms with those wheels?

[MYDC5R]

Dude... that DIY on that exhaust absolutely blew me the fk away!
Good family you have there buddy! Keep it tight!
And good job on minimizing the waste of materials... alot of people don't realize how expensive material can quickly become!