cars lookin good man :tup:

wish mine was low isschair:

edit. sorry but how do you like your rokkor coils? do you have to buy reducing washers with those like the racelands?

 

I haven't driven on them long enough to really know, just drove around the circle to make sure nothing was clunking. They seem to ride decent, so far. Getting the alignment done first thing in the AM, so I will tell ya more then, but I didn't have to buy anything extra. I just used the old washers and stuff from the oem ones and everything fit fine and tightened up nicely. Getting the typical clunking noise when you turn the wheel at a stand still or slow, but not too worried about it, most of it should be fixed with the alignment, I hope. lol

I am happy it is truly dropped though, a lot better than the 1" drop that was barely noticable with the Eibach Pro Kit's I had in before :dance:

I was suprised too, camber isn't all that bad, no camber kit either... fronts have about 3-4 threads and rears are about a little more than halfway up. Have about 1/2 - 1 finger gap all the way around, if that. I am still rolling on 14" steelies though.... (yes, I know I need wheels)

 

Dump that thing i know you can go lower haha i looks good tho man i like it so far :tup:

 

^^nice nice! good to know cause racelands you need reducing washers and such. lemme know how they ride after the alignment cause its either these or d2's

 

YehI read that too at some point and it came across my mind when I was putting these in today, but really everything went back together no problem so I don't think are really necessary.

 

looked like my Es1 3 years ago keep up the good work

 

Thanks man! Your car has always been an inpiration...

 

Looks good so far man :tup:

What year is your car? I'm planning to get some rokkors, hope to be pretty damn low in May :dance:

 

haha thanks man :] and yea u will go through plenty of phases if u keep the car long enough

im at the point to where im satisfied with how it looks for the rest of the time i own it

 

Well got it aligned... camber isn't too bad only about 1.0-1.5 degrees negative. Rides much smoother, the ride isn't all that bad, comparing to blown struts. Only issue I, as well as many other raceland/rokkor owners are having as well is the creaking of the springs when you turn the wheel at no or little movement. Not entirely sure how that is fixed, to me it just sounds like the spring is rotating when I turn but no idea. Headlights are amazing, love the way it looks, got school tonight, so before hand I am gonna get a wash and try to find some decent pic spots, although no camera, only a Droid X so it'll have to do.

Thanks for all of the compliments everyone!

 

Well got it aligned... camber isn't too bad only about 1.0-1.5 degrees negative. Rides much smoother, the ride isn't all that bad, comparing to blown struts. Only issue I, as well as many other raceland/rokkor owners are having as well is the creaking of the springs when you turn the wheel at no or little movement. Not entirely sure how that is fixed, to me it just sounds like the spring is rotating when I turn but no idea. Headlights are amazing, love the way it looks, got school tonight, so before hand I am gonna get a wash and try to find some decent pic spots, although no camera, only a Droid X so it'll have to do.

Thanks for all of the compliments everyone!

I think its your tie rod ends, mine does the same, almost sounds like a popping noise?

 

I will have to record a video or something, its almost a mix of creaking/popping. I know its been talked about, don't have time to research how to fix it atm but I will get a video up when I can to show you.

 

Looks pretty good. You definitely need to get a set of wheels. The caps just aren't helping anything. So personally I would do that one first. But the car looks great.

 

I almost picked up some Si's last week, but the kid sold them on me... not a big deal, either way, yes wheels are important, but t-belt is WAY more important, need that done asap... don't feel like replacing a head

Hopefully I will be getting that done within the next month or so along with the leaking cam seal and then I will be good for maintenance items for a long time. Then it's on to wheels and everything else

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV_4q7mQk3M

 

So, I am pretty sure I fixed the major leak I was having... I had already replaced my valve cover gasket, and it was still puddling up under the cam cap... pulled that out yesterday after buying a new one and hondabond from the dealer and here is what I found...

Here is the new one lol

Have taken it for a bit of a drive and no leak as of yet, hopefully thats it!

Next thing on the list is the tbelt, which will probably be done this weekend or next.

As far as the noise, it is still there, figured I would give it a couple days to settle in, but no such luck. I have exhausted my resources, searched this forum, honda-tech, and other forums (scion, bmw, vw) and people have posted plenty about the issue but no solution on how they fixed it. I have gotten the alignment, I never had this issue before so I know its not strut bearings, everything is tight and I double checked that yesterday after already triple checking it when I put them in. My guess would be that there is just not enough load on the spring to keep it seated seeing as there is no groove like on OEM to keep the spring from turning.

Another thing I think it could be, when I got the coilovers, there were 2 pieces that sat on top of the spring, am I only supposed to put one on? or were they to stay how they were, because that is how I kept them? Anyway, I know people are gonna say use the search feature, get better coilovers, blah blah blah... it just bugs me that some people have the issue and some don't. Not everyone has 1k to drop on coilovers, so thats not gonna happen, and I have already taken in that if it can;t be fixed, I will live with it, just want to see if anyone has FIXED it and could tell me what they did. Thanks!

If it helps too, when I turn the wheel to the right and it pops, then straighten it out to drive down the road, the car pulls to the right a bit, and vice versa when I turn to the left and it pops then when I go straight it pulls to the left a tiny bit/goes mostly straight (due to crown of the road) don't know if that will help at all, but kind of makes me think its not just the spring rotating.

 

Thanks! Little update on the car, took apart the coilovers to try to figure out the clunking noise that Raceland/Rokkor is notorious for, turns out I just had it put together wrong and with help of some nice peeps here on this site I was able to piece it all back together the RIGHT way, now NO MORE CLUNKING!!!!

I did take the bump stops off and lowered it a bit more so the front was maxed down, which was too low, exhaust was dragging when I turned just a tiny bit, plus just hitting a little bump, my lip scraped. Raised it back up, tires still rub a tiny bit if I corner it hard and exhaust too, but nothing compared to what it was. I will get a pic up of how low I was able to get the front...

 

 

Where'd you buy the Rokkor's?

 

Directly from there site... rokkortuning.com

They were 340 shipped. Nice ride, definitely dump the car too (in my standards)

 

Yeh that is correct, the EP3 coiloers all fit the EM2/ES1, just make sure the first thing you do is get an alignment. The toe is out so bad it's not even funny. If you don't know how to adjust toe enough to be able to drive it, get it towed to an alignment shop. The fit well though with no issues.

 

Took some new pics last night of the drop (still going to drop rear a tiny bit more) Also new headlights. These were all taken with my Droid X, so not insane quality bu came out good. Also I realize there are a lot of similar shots, just decided to post them all up

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That looks Sofa king clean! Great Start! Whats next?

Btw what HID kit did you get you made me really want a set now :werd:

 

Thanks man! I think next might be (depending on money) try to get a set of wheels, and if not that, then type a sides and 04-05 tail light conversion.

The HID's are from ddm tuning. They are the 6000k 35w set. Didn't think they were bright enough at first, but new headlights = blinding people haha I aimed them down quite a bit though so its all good now

 

Nice ok i think im gonna go with the 8000k set i want them the be a bit darker than what you have. Was the installation pretty easy? I know some people have trouble with them ?

 

Yep, never installed an HID kit before and it only took me about 35 minutes. It is pretty straight forward. Plugs only fit in one way. I got the slim line kit, just an FYI for the smaller ballasts.

 

sweet car man, i wanna see how low those rokkors let you go in the back
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I still haven't dropped it down anymore, need to. I would imagine they go to a sagging look, which I absolutely hate so if you wanna see how low they go, gonna have to find someone else lmao. I will probably even it out at max, at some point at least. Thanks though, it's come a long ways :tup:

 

yea, im not much for that saggy ass look.lol. but would like to see what your car looks like evened out in the back, btw, what tire size are you running and how do you like the ride on your rokkors? thinkin bout buyin either them or racelands but everybody says rokkors are stiffer. :dunno:

 

Haven't updated in a WHILE! Got rid of my steelies and picked up some CLEAN EX wheels for free... perks of working at a Honda dealer Here's some of the latest pics... enjoy!

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