03sxr/t - SRT swapped 2003 R/T... back to the body!

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:34 am

Found some more pics on my phone of the second time in the paint booth

Im starting to find it very hard to wait around for my wheels and tires to show up. The weather here has been great the last little bit. Warm enough to drive with the sunroof open and windows down. I cant stand the sound of the studs on my winter tires and handling is terrible on dry pavement at highway speeds, which I found out last night!

We were driving up to the inlaws late last night, probably around 10:30 or so doing 105 km/hr. I came around a bend and there was a cat on the road so I very lightly got on the brakes, and I mean very lightly! and drove around it hitting the shoulder of the highway. With normal tires a move like that would have been no problem at all but with the high sidewalls and studs it was hard to get the car to settle after.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:07 pm

Yeah studs are very dangerous to drive on in dry conditions. Did they give you an ETA?

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:46 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Yeah studs are very dangerous to drive on in dry conditions. Did they give you an ETA?

At first our parts manager said 6-8 weeks so I said to order them asap. Then when he called and placed the order they said I should see them in 2-3 weeks. The tires they had in stock in canada but the rims were coming out of the states somewhere. I have a feeling Ill see them sometime next week or the week after. Its driving me nuts not having them!

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:56 pm

I like the rims, but what do they weigh?

oh and that paint job is looking pretty dope!

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:07 pm

hansken_yo wrote:I like the rims, but what do they weigh?

oh and that paint job is looking pretty dope!

From what I can find they are 19.6lbs each

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:13 pm

What is a "Noisey" exhaust?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:29 pm

Means your exhaust is too damn loud.

Alex Kurdian · Post by **Alex Kurdian** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:41 pm

[quote="03sxr/t"]Gf had the car yesterday and was parked way out in a parking lot with no one around. Came out 10 min later to this

Left a small ding on rear door. More of a scuff than anything and Ill polish it out. Its actually really hard to see but a piss off none the less. Lasted 4 days since I pulled it out of the booth. Left a little note on their windshield for them

Car looks good mate....ohh and why is that ...we park so far away or really well so as to avoid door dings and some prick parks like that?

I remember just last week...I parked far faraway in the parking lot...hundreds of spaces free...why did 2 cars park on either side of my car so close....fark man.!!! I say...park in a bay away from me...

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:23 am

sweet

Pocahontas · Post by **Pocahontas** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:45 pm

Beautiful paint job, I can't wait to paint my cars.

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:21 pm

YAY!

Should have them mounted today. Pictures to follow of my 4x4 stance

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:32 pm

those are some sick wheels.... now get a drop and some pics please...

bstc00 · Post by **bstc00** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:33 pm

them some nice looking rims you got there. What kind are they?

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:19 pm

Back to the tire shop. Got 3 rights and 1 left lol

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:21 pm

Looks good!

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:49 pm

cars comin along nice bro

those wheels are tight

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:24 pm

LOL whoops on the tire mounting. Get those bad boys on there!

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:24 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:LOL whoops on the tire mounting. Get those bad boys on there!

FINE!

Think im gonna take it off roading...

Looks like it will be the last mod for a while... well anything major anyways. Found out this week that we will be expecting something around the end of November.... bye bye car fund lol

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:41 pm

You'll be expecting...snow?

lol jk, congrats man!

2001rt32 · Post by **2001rt32** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:53 pm

sweet wheels, you need to get rid of that wheel gap!!!

BlackRT? · Post by **BlackRT?** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:41 am

needs more lower !!

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:00 am

thats gonna look sweet dropped, and congrats, but i am here to tell you you can still mod with kids, just takes a long time...

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:56 am

Congrats on the baby! (if that's what you mean) Wheels look awesome! Get lowering springs while you still can

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:58 am

wheels look great.... deffenetly get some lowering springs and that will be bad ass!!!

03sxr/t · Post by **03sxr/t** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:09 am

Im tossed on the idea of going with lowering springs. It is my daily for now and might be for a while and I still drive it in the winter. We got lucky this winter and didnt have much snow, but if next year is closer to an average year we can expect twice as much and I dont think a lowered car would be fun in that. I would also need new struts I think as mine are original with 150,000+ km on them and might not last much longer with new springs.

I would really like to go with coil-overs so I could have it more slammed in the summer and bring it back up in the winter. I would also like to be able to go to a tire with more sidewall which I should be able to do with coils compared to the factory suspension. Oh well time will tell what happens. Still want to get some different headlights and HID's to help driving the mountain highways out here and I think that might come before anything else.

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:32 pm

It looks really good, but sorry dude you gottaaa lower it. Just keep your stock setup and swap when you need to. Cause sorry, the car is never going to reach it's full potential at stock height.

measy27 · Post by **measy27** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:35 am

nice wheels..

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:45 am

sweet

sullivan · Post by **sullivan** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:31 pm

we will have to photo shoot in august when i come down to BC!

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:53 pm

I drove my car home in the snow, and it's kinda low. You will be fine. Don't wanna handle the snow with being low, then don't drop it.