Mugsee's DC5R Blog

[tRipitaka]

OH, forgot to mention, I have a Buddyclub race header and Spec III on the car, I also don't drive it a ton just because it attracts so much damn attention from the lovely police force.

michael's eggbeater is running a spec 3 too.. lol


also. question for you mugsee..
why has post #2 been reserved, and never been used ?
waste of forum space methinks haha

[DC5R]

how sick those car theft.........sorry mate

[STTICH]

seen this on road near nunawading/ringwood few times, RGs and that offset, damn hotness.

[Importtuner]

michael's eggbeater is running a spec 3 too.. lol

Spec III FTW! Too bad I can't let her roar all the time! But it's one hell of an exhaust!

how sick those car theft.........sorry mate

I know, it's a shame!

[Devil8787]

nice DC5R man~~
so cool

[mugsee]

Ah ok. Mine is a weekend car so not so much driven in the rain.

How are you getting -4.8 degrees camber up front and ~2.2 caster? I know there's different ways but curious to see how you're getting it. Also, any rubbing during hard cornering?

I'm planning to run the same amount of camber up front and hopefully try to get as much caster as possible. I guess we'll see though.

Driving in the rain sucks but I live in Melbourne which is known to sometimes have 4 seasons in a day so its unavoidable for us.

Camber is obtained with the Zeals + the top mounts they supply as well as a pair of camber bolts in each side. Castor was obtained by the pillow mount switch trick.

Run a staggered offset like MR crew. There really is no need to run 9" rear on a DC5 or any FWD for that matter. MR crew helped me with my specs for a sole TA car and it will run 8" +42 rear and 9" +28 front on JDM suspension and wide fenders with ~-4.2 camber

Thanks for the props monty.

The reason why I like the 9'' in the back is so I can have the concave face front and back.

But yeah, I've NEVER had a problem with rotation on my car. It's setup real well and if anything, has too much rotation at times that I have to correct the alignment settings to get it back to a managable amount. And all those times it's been on matching front and rear tire size.

Anyways, yeah, I do see the benefit to running a smaller rear tire size but the concave face and the extreme amount of oversteer available in my car with just tweaking my settings is really making me want the same tire size all around.

We'll see though what happens. My main issue is the front and making sure everything fits fine and doesn't rub since those are the wheels doing all the turning, etc.

Why is your car getting so much rotation? Care to share how its currently setup?

Btw, depending on the rims you get, most concave rims start at GTR offset, which is ~+25 and less, unless you get something cheater, like Advan RG2/RS/RZ, etc.

Great snaps!

Concave rgs = WIN...

haha what does that make people like mugsee and charger who run camber like that for their daily's

Thanks kid

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Anyways, sorry, didn't mean to threadjack! Mugsee, your car is freaking hot!

I have no problem with you thread jacking but thanks for the considerate thought!

also. question for you mugsee..
why has post #2 been reserved, and never been used ?
waste of forum space methinks haha

gtfo

It'll be used, one day... I think.

seen this on road near nunawading/ringwood few times, RGs and that offset, damn hotness.

nice DC5R man~~
so cool

Thanks guys!

Kev your car is hot too. Maybe it deserves a thread here as well...?

[Importtuner]

The car has a 27mm Hotchkis rear bar with it set at stiff (also Hotchkis endlinks). Running on Buddyclub Race Spec coilovers as well. Shocks set evenly, believe it or not. 7 front and back. The rear alignment is what does it. I usually run max camber up front with the plates swapped for more caster. Half or less in the back and 0 toe but that does make the car somewhat tail happy under braking. Car also have Mugen front and rear braces, ITR rear shock tower bar and ITR rear bar (the one that goes under the rear seat).

Again, I can easily dial in the rear suspension for more oversteer or understeer. Last track event I didn't have time for an alignment and I ran the car with how it was set at and it was all even and everything but the rear had 0 camber and about 0 toe. So the car was just sliiiiiidiiiiiiiing all over the place. By just fiddling with camber and toe, I can get the car to do w/e I want. As it sits, it just is a real handful. When I realign the car with the new wheels and tires, going to run half the camber I have in the front in the back (as a minimum) and set the rear with a little bit of toe in (probably around oem spec) to keep the rear end stable under braking. The track I run on has a few turns where the braking zone isn't as smooth as you'd want it to be. Makes things interesting to say the least.

As far as the CE28N go, there's 3 faces. The most common pop up face, the concave face, then the GTR face. The GTR face is the same as the concave but it just has a bigger lip which makes it look more concave. Spoke design is the same. Basically any 17x9 CE28N and beyond is going to have a concave face. Yes it won't be as ridiculous as your Advans but it should look real nice!

[wills.i.am]

nice ride

[danielj]

saw you on springy rd and high st intersection (at least i think it was). if so..freaking HAWTT and the wing looks much bigger in the flesh..

[zhangjing1987]

nice ride

[mugsee]

nice ride

nice ride

saw you on springy rd and high st intersection (at least i think it was). if so..freaking HAWTT and the wing looks much bigger in the flesh..

Thanks for the compliments guys

A friend of mine (Tangcla) took a couple of photos of the car the other night which I was very appreciate of. I like a lot of his work. Check it out over at www.tangcla.com if you find yourself wandering.

[Didz]

sexy pics :P

[maracer]

looks all so tuff

[k0e1]

love your ride especillay the gold rims

[Stinger]

Mr Represent!