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vehicle mods
Nismo LM-GT4 rims
....front: 18x8.5 (25mm ET)
....rear: 18x9.5 (30mm ET)
Bridgestone S-03 tires
....front: 255/40/18
....rear: 275/40/18
Hotchkis swaybars
RSR Ti2000 springs (not pictured)
Koni shocks
Crawford front strut tower bar
JWT lightweight flywheel
Stillen engine torque damper
JWT Popcharger intake
Crawford intake plenum
Crawford high-flow cats
Kinetix exhaust y-pipe
grounding kit
JDM front bumper finisher
My goals with the performance mods on the car are mostly functional. This car is my daily driver, so I couldn't really slam it as low as possible (need to be able to get in and out of driveways) and couldn't really install rock-hard suspension. I did want to tighten up the handling, though, and get rid of the understeer. The car is pretty balanced now with only a very slight bit of understeer remaining. (This can be easily compensated for with throttle-oversteer.) :) It's very well behaved on aggressive back road canyon carving, even when the pavement gets a little rough.
audio/video/nav mods:
Alpine NVE-N852A nav unit
Alpine TME-M760 lcd screen
....Pacific Audio Concepts TR-7 trigger module
Alpine CDA-9835 head unit
....TRU Technology T-2.100 amp with Burr-Brown upgrade
........Dynaudio 240mkII components
....TRU Technology T-2.100 amp (bridged)
........Elemental Designs e10o.14 sub
Tiff cables and hardware
"Brown Bread" sound deadener (complete, front-to-back)
Sony Playstation 2
I wanted the stereo system to be relatively hidden and unnoticeable when desired. I think we achieved that goal fairly well. Just about everything can be closed up or covered with stock doors and mats, so the entire interior can be made to look almost completely stock (with the exception of the headunit itself.) We were also very careful with weight. The addition of all the audio equipment was somewhat countered by the removal of the spare and it's supporting hardware. The total car weight gain was only about 25 pounds.
I also wanted the lighting to blend with the stock dash lighting as much as possible. I was very happy with the Alpine's ability to adjust the colors as it allowed me to almost perfectly match the factory dash lighting.
You can see here how the nav unit and PS2 fit perfectly into cubby holes, completely out of the way.
Here you can see the sub enclosure and amp rack. This did require removal of the spare tire (a little disconcerting on road trips), but the fact that it can be completely covered with the factory floor mat is great.
