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9krpmrx8 10-18-2010 02:16 PM

Mods you regret?
 
I would have to say the only mod I regret are the RotaryFX parking LEDS/Fog Lights and my CP racing 4 point strut bar (makes working in the engine a PIA). And maybe not going with full coilovers from the start.

rx865 10-18-2010 04:48 PM

havent done too many things to my 8, but as far as regrets I wish I had gotten some wider rims with a lower offset. My enkei's look good I think, but man I wish I had some pf01's 18 X 9.5 on all four corners with a +35 offset

speedjunkie 10-21-2010 12:02 AM

A lot of the mods on 7club, BWAHAHAHA. No, there are a few good ones over there.

Seriously though, I wish when I went single turbo that I'd just saved my money and got a full kit the first time instead of piecing together my own kit and blowing it on the dyno lol. There might be a few other things too but for the most part I've been pretty happy with all my mods.

RioX7 10-21-2010 07:11 PM

Doin a turbo conversion to my RX7 ha ha. Now I cant get away from the power and problems.

9krpmrx8 10-27-2010 09:54 AM

^ :lol: Going FI is something that should definitley be planned out and budgeted for with much detail. I am beginning to consider that now.

willnordacgreen1211 11-01-2010 12:58 AM

i am yet to do a mod i regret on my car:)

rx865 11-01-2010 12:09 PM

Youre one of the lucky few haha

RotaryMachineRx 11-14-2010 08:50 PM

Agency power Crank pully... did absolutely nothing and is barely visible in the engine bay

Prodigy 11-15-2010 08:48 PM

Giving myself a "heavy foot" if I had stayed off the throttle I would no be rebuilding it so soon... again :P

my rationale was... if I've rebuilt it once, why cant I do it again... well guess what I'm doing this winter.. lol


J.

willnordacgreen1211 11-17-2010 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willnordacgreen1211 (Post 131391)
i am yet to do a mod i regret on my car:)

scratch that i thought of something. i got the rotary fx yellow overlay for the fogs. it turned brown after three months o_________o and was a bitch to get all that gunk from them off the lights

rotarytherapy 02-13-2011 09:33 AM

Glowshift digital gauges... leds are crap in those units ..

Pete_89T2 02-13-2011 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rotarytherapy (Post 140152)
Glowshift digital gauges... leds are crap in those units ..

Another crap issue with the Glowshift gauges is the the constant +12VDC connection required to remember the last color setting can drain a good car battery dead in about 2~4 weeks if the car is being stored. I have a set of 3 of the black 7 color series analog (oil pressure, oil temp & water temp) gauges in my FC. Last winter that's exactly what happened while my car was sitting in the garage for a few weeks. Did a little electrical troubleshooting and determined the current draw on my 3 gauges was 250 mA (= 1/4 Amps) when off.... Naturally I only discovered this after the warranty expired. So until I get some good gauges, I added a switch to cut the constant +12VDC to keep my battery alive.

ducktape 02-13-2011 04:24 PM

I wish I had rebuilt my last motor and drove it for a bit longer before tearing it out for a new one. I could have had a few more months of fun.

Also, I wish I would have had the rear-end narrowed a bit more. Even another inch would prevent the wheel offset problems I'm having now.

Sideo 02-14-2011 02:10 AM

i regret everymod about 6 hours in haha

Gregory Casimir 02-16-2011 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RioX7 (Post 130862)
Doin a turbo conversion to my RX7 ha ha. Now I cant get away from the power and problems.

this^^^^^^^^^:banghead::cuss:
i can't even begin how much of a pain in my ass this is!!!


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