aRc's 1998 CW Facelift EK9


joe said:
Car looks well mate, and that DC5 looks aggressive, nice change to see one without a spoiler looks good.
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thanks mate :)

yeah, the DC5 did look good without a spoiler but check out the following updated pictures and it's got one now!

M.1 said:
Loved reading through this thread man. Keep up the good work :p I will be following this eagerly. :nice:
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thanks mate, very much appreciate the comments :)

chrispyology said:
Very nice build!
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thank you :)

Discostu69er said:
Lookin good wish I kept my EG now some inspiration. Keep it up
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will do my best! thanks for the comments :)

Johnny-R said:
I love CTR's with Spoon look... :D
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thanks :) you'll like the following updates then!

RoEk9 said:
Very nice car man! That dc5 looks mean alright!!
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thank you :) check out the following pictures of the DC5...
 
quite a few updates here..

so during my 120k service, it was discovered that my Ohlins suspension was leaking oil from the front left/ passenger side unit. i was never happy with this suspension anyway as this thread: http://www.ek9.org/forum/suspension/29769-hsd-hr-coilovers-buddy-club-n-dampers.html so i decided to book the car back into the garage for some new coilovers to be installed. after some thinking i thought i would get all my uninstalled parts installed at the same time too!

so first thing was to get some Yokohama AD08 tyres ordered for my Spoon wheels, which people helped to establish in this thread: http://www.ek9.org/forum/tyre-wheels/31653-how-determine-spoon-sw388s-regamaster-evos.html i ordered the tyres from Camskill. A few pictures:
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so on the 21/05/2011, we headed out to the garage for a full day to completely change the feel, and look, of the car. a picture of the loaded car:

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we got to the garage early so thought i'd get a 'before' shot of the transformation:

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Once inside, i helped get all the parts for installation together. a few pics:

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the Calipers were purchased from Beardy and the brakelines were purchased from MWTech, both through this site :)

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thanks to everyone who helped with identifying the nut sizing in this thread: http://www.ek9.org/forum/tyre-wheels/24579-wheel-nut-size.html :nice:

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the car was then put up the ramp to enable the work to commence... it was quickly established the Ohlins suspension had certainly taken a turn for the worse - both front dampers were leaking oil and both rear dampers are completely gone as there is no rebound whatsoever! a few (shocking) pics:

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i took the opportunity to take a picture of the wheels whilst they were off the car and compare the AD08 and RS2 tyres:

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the brake calipers and lines were installed first:

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The KW coilovers don't come with top mounts so we used the oem ones but we upgraded the rubbers. A few pictures:

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i thought it would be of interest to compare the oem dampers to the Ohlins to the KWs. a picture:

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the very worn Ohlins suspension fully removed:

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the new set up:

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the 'after' picture:

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pictures of the no-longer de-spoilered DC5 in the car park:

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and home:

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the car feels much better now as the suspension actually absorbs the road surface and i'm happy with the visual changes of the wheels and brakes. i've not had much chance to test the brakes but they feel very similar to the oem calipers, which i highly rated. i'd be interested on people opinions of the stance as we weren't sure how low to go!

the oem suspension and oem calipers will be up for sale soon plus the Ohlins, which i will probably give away for parts!
 
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same wheel and tyre setup as me tyres are AMAZING.

i want them calipers :/
one day

i will have some spoon calipers lol


car looks much better with the wheels!

what size are the tyres ? 50's ?
 
sweet man looks awsome !
stance looks perfect to me mate i'd leave it as it is :nice:
 
Looking well mate, let me know how those tyres perform wouldn't mind getting a set in.

Derek
 
Long time no speak matey!

Your 9's coming along very nicely, good choice in mods:drive:

The stance looks spot on for me!:win:

We will have to meet up sometime soon!:secret:
 
some nice upgrades there, what are the kw coilovers like, ive never heard much about them? what you make of the AD08's compared to the hankooks? sorry for all the questions. :bow:
 
egshane said:
same wheel and tyre setup as me tyres are AMAZING. what size are the tyres ? 50's ?
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yeah, same as you mate :) the tyres are 195/50 indeed. i'm liking your carbon additions :nice:

Gav-EK9 said:
sweet man looks awsome !
stance looks perfect to me mate i'd leave it as it is :nice:
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thanks for the kind comments :) glad you think the stance is okay as we talked about it for so long i wasn't too sure if it was low enough but i do think it looks good :nice:

Jimbo said:
Good progress dude :nice:
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thank you :nice:

simauto said:
Looking well mate, let me know how those tyres perform wouldn't mind getting a set in. Derek
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thanks Derek :) i certainly will let you know on the tyres after i've given them a blast! :nice:

JIMBOB-EK9 said:
Long time no speak matey! Your 9's coming along very nicely, good choice in mods:drive: The stance looks spot on for me!:win: We will have to meet up sometime soon!:secret:
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it has been long time mate, hope you're keeping well. thanks for the comments, they're much appreciated :) yeah, we'll have to arrange something as it'd be good to have a catch up and see the teggy :nice:

elchunk said:
some nice upgrades there, what are the kw coilovers like, ive never heard much about them? what you make of the AD08's compared to the hankooks? sorry for all the questions. :bow:
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thanks mate, i need some practice on the cleaning and photography to having it anything like your motor though! :)
i'll let you know how i rate the coilovers and tyres after i've given them a good run in! i know what you mean about the KW's though as they're mainly used on German cars but have seen good reviews of them and wanted something a little different. i hope i can look back and say i made the right choice! :)
 
it's been a bit of busy weekend here with the car as today we installed the 6000k HiD kit that was bought from General a little while back. the pictures...

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it looks like i need a new rear lamp/ bulb! :(
 
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Awesome job dude.
So whats your view on that suspension? how good is it ? comfort / handling ? :)
 
Lovely Ek9 and great update! Let us know how you rate the tyres as i think i will getting some of those for my road tyres next since i hear the RS2 is discontinued and mine are nearly dead!. Also heard great things about KW suspension so let us know how you get on :nice: !!!

Car looks awesome on the new wheels!
 
Awesome EK9 bud, read the whole thread, looks well and has a good stance :nice:
 
Great work mate, gorgeous example. Loving the wheels!

Also, I spy Joshm88's coupe next to that DC5! Was looking over the DC5 whilst we were up there the other week
 
Car looks amazin mate, loving the new mods:naughty:

The ADO8's look very sticky, how do you rate them compared to the RS2s?
 
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