The Blue Angel - Jimmy Pancake's Build Thread

[Gibbo205]

Stunning!

Are those the Corsa quad tips? Got any more photos, they look pretty sweet.
Assume its the Roush valance you used with them?

You thought about gloss black roof and adding the USA stock vents to the hood and doing those in gloss black?

But love it!

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[Jimmy Pancakes]

Straight over. I think the front arch might be a bit low from an aesthetic perspective.

 

[Gibbo205]

Straight over. I think the front arch might be a bit low from an aesthetic perspective.

Yes now I got KW, I raised mine, so front as a finger gap between tyre and arch and rear is a touch more as in a thumb gap between tyre and arch, nice raked look.

It is very easy with these cars for them to get the look of being slammed or the suspension collapsed, if you do not have height adjustable suspension and trick to try is some 3mm wheels spacers and take some front camber out, works a treat for the aesthetics.

3mm by the way is the thickest spacer you can use with stock bolts as our cars use M14 studs which require a minimum of 7.5 full turns of thread engagement to be safe, with a 3mm you get 8 turns, if you fit a 5mm spacer you get only 6 turns, probably safe but I'd rather not chance it.

 

[Manders Mustang]

Yes now I got KW, I raised mine, so front as a finger gap between tyre and arch and rear is a touch more as in a thumb gap between tyre and arch, nice raked look.

It is very easy with these cars for them to get the look of being slammed or the suspension collapsed, if you do not have height adjustable suspension and trick to try is some 3mm wheels spacers and take some front camber out, works a treat for the aesthetics.

3mm by the way is the thickest spacer you can use with stock bolts as our cars use M14 studs which require a minimum of 7.5 full turns of thread engagement to be safe, with a 3mm you get 8 turns, if you fit a 5mm spacer you get only 6 turns, probably safe but I'd rather not chance it.

Speaking of wheels, I'm going from 19x8 to 19x10, I take it that's going to work a bit like a spacer on the wheels? As they'll be wider . Any idea 'what' kind of spacer it'll act like?



@Jimmy Pancakes - Try go over at an angle so one tyre goes up first, rather than both together, joys of a dropped car, with the gloss black plastics you can't see under it, but a pain with the lost paint work!

 

[Gloucesternige]

Speaking of wheels, I'm going from 19x8 to 19x10, I take it that's going to work a bit like a spacer on the wheels? As they'll be wider . Any idea 'what' kind of spacer it'll act like?

It all depends on the ET of your new wheels. If you are going from 8" to 10" and keeping the same offset, the wheel will be 1" wider in relation to the arch.

 

[Jimmy Pancakes]

The car is getting a proper clay bar and wax this morning, I can take any other pics this afternoon. They are black, they just caught the light in that one.

They are the Corsa Touring quad tips with a Roush rear valance. Mike said the valance was a pain in the ass to install. Looks great with the paint job, I don't think I liked it stock but it really brings everything together. As I said I have the Borla resonator but I have a Mishimoto H Pipe in the trunk, so I reserve the option to put that in instead when I go back to Modurstang on Wednesday to get the CB005. I mean it already sounds fantastic compared to stock, I think my Mazda 3 sounds more exciting than that!

They are the KW Variant 1. I'm not going to bother with spacers but I might raise the front a turn, what do you guys think? It all handles great even without the BMR cradle lock out. I am almost 100% compliant with Gibbo's handling guide (thanks mate!), excepting the Steeda diff bushings which I can do without.

Will definitely do gloss back hood vents in the future. Maybe the roof but I kind of like it as it is for now.

 

[Gibbo205]

The car is getting a proper clay bar and wax this morning, I can take any other pics this afternoon. They are black, they just caught the light in that one.

They are the Corsa Touring quad tips with a Roush rear valance. Mike said the valance was a pain in the ass to install. Looks great with the paint job, I don't think I liked it stock but it really brings everything together. As I said I have the Borla resonator but I have a Mishimoto H Pipe in the trunk, so I reserve the option to put that in instead when I go back to Modurstang on Wednesday to get the CB005. I mean it already sounds fantastic compared to stock, I think my Mazda 3 sounds more exciting than that!

They are the KW Variant 1. I'm not going to bother with spacers but I might raise the front a turn, what do you guys think? It all handles great even without the BMR cradle lock out. I am almost 100% compliant with Gibbo's handling guide (thanks mate!), excepting the Steeda diff bushings which I can do without.

Will definitely do gloss back hood vents in the future. Maybe the roof but I kind of like it as it is for now.

Yes the KW height adjust on the front is super easy, just remove the wheel, undo the grub screw and then just turn the coils by hand as because they are new you probably won't need to use the supplied c spanner tool.

I'd try two turns, put it back together, drive it and see how it looks.

Forget the Steeda diff inserts as they cause too much noise when combined with CB005.

I would say KW V1, CB005 will give very nice handling, probably no need for anything else unless your really chucking the car around hard on the road or planning track days.

All I would recommend is the Steeda billet shock rear mounts, I tried them just on the off-chance (£230 from Steeda UK, get KW version) on rumours they improve ride quality and it is true they really do!

The stock shock rear mount is rubber bushing and it binds all the time under suspension load which you can feel when driving the car over rough roads. The Steeda mounts are much stronger, so no chance of breaking which they can do on a lowered car, but more importantly they have a spherical bearing which does not bind so the ride quality and body control is further improved.

Its a nice mod which is not a huge amount of money and is extremely easy to fit.

I suspect you will be fine as you are, car will handle great as the KW stuff is really in another league, but that is German suspension for you, the Germans and the British know how to make fantastic dampers, but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for!

I've tried PP dampers, FRPP dampers and KW Clubsport dampers and the improvement is fantastic, vast improvement in dampening.

 

[Manders Mustang]

@glousternige so basically like a 25mm spacer (2.5cm = 1inch)
[MENTION=25168]Jimmy Pancakes[/MENTION] big clean day then! Yeah as they're adjustable, just take them up a bit more, no harm in it is there ;)!
Black vents will look amazing on it, i'll see when mine go on if the car needs a black roof or wingmirrors or something, as RR/GB/TY/CO are 3 very bright colours, so adding black needs to be complimented elsewhere on the car.

 

[Gloucesternige]

@glousternige so basically like a 25mm spacer (2.5cm = 1inch)
[MENTION=25168]Jimmy Pancakes[/MENTION] big clean day then! Yeah as they're adjustable, just take them up a bit more, no harm in it is there ;)!
Black vents will look amazing on it, i'll see when mine go on if the car needs a black roof or wingmirrors or something, as RR/GB/TY/CO are 3 very bright colours, so adding black needs to be complimented elsewhere on the car.

As for the 25mm, yes, if you have the same et on your new wheels as the old ones. For example, if you have 19 x 8 et 50 then go to 19x10 et 50 you will get 25mm per side wider. If you go for 19 x 10 et 25 you will get 50mm wider in relation to the arch.

 

[Manders Mustang]

As for the 25mm, yes, if you have the same et on your new wheels as the old ones. For example, if you have 19 x 8 et 50 then go to 19x10 et 50 you will get 25mm per side wider. If you go for 19 x 10 et 25 you will get 50mm wider in relation to the arch.

camber etc should be staying the same !

 

[avocet]

Is that the steeda rear spoiler ?

 

[Jimmy Pancakes]

Is that the steeda rear spoiler ?

GT350 track pack spoiler.

 

[Gloucesternige]

My GB GT is built and waiting for a train. You are making the wait even more painful!! STOP posting these pornographic pictures immediately!!

 

[willisit]

Looks wonderful; I saw your car on.. maybe FB or Instagram or something that Mike put up. That's the wheel style I think I'm after too. Very nice indeed.

 

[goldengooner]

As for the 25mm, yes, if you have the same et on your new wheels as the old ones. For example, if you have 19 x 8 et 50 then go to 19x10 et 50 you will get 25mm per side wider. If you go for 19 x 10 et 25 you will get 50mm wider in relation to the arch.

I have the same set-up 25f 21r from Mike with the Steeda Progressive springs
So far have had no issues with the speed bumps, mind you am crawling over them around 10mph

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