GRAMBO IS UPDATING IN YER WEBSITZ AGIN (Post 54 2011 Update)

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:22 am

I appreciate the compliments guys and gals. Its good to hear from all of you. I've got the fender roller, its just having the time to have a meet up to do it. 4/18 n 4/25 are Subie weekends to do other guy's cars and my own. 5/2 is a meet/BBQ here in town with my lil group I hang with.
After that we hit summer so who knows?

Chris's 02 · Post by **Chris's 02** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:59 pm

i love your car. the silver with gold rims is perfect, and the fact that you did the wheels right and got a jdm rim for a japanese car is....well, its just a beautiful thing. you may have just made up my mind about what my next car will be.

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:12 pm

More stretch!! Car looks good. I like wide rims and stretched tires

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:11 am

^Thanks guys. I definately appreciate keeping the theme straight with the JDM. Phillipino knock-offs would not have cut it.
And yeah, the RS is pretty-well played out but I have always loved the wheel so....meh.
Plus the only other wheels I like are BBS and they are not JDM.

Yes, the stretch is good...I can't go too much more aggressive on a DD though. +29 is a pretty sick offset for these cars.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:41 pm

My buddy took some good pics...still not done but VERY close...

My favorite

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:46 pm

Uh... what happened to the rear wheel well?

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:56 pm

To fit these massive wheels under the fender you have to "pull" it after grinding away a bunch of metal underneath the painted skin. I'll them "skim-coat" the inside of the fender with Lord Fusor. This is a seam sealer that is used in fusing unibody seams together. This will protect from rust and help the fender retain it rigidity. ("ill pump the goop in between the two panels and clamp it all together with 20000 ratcheting clamps...LOL
Then the fascia piece goes back on and is Dremeled inside to match the new "pulled" fender and voila'
+29 offset GTR face Advans on an STI.

So to put it simply..I pounded the shi* out of it with a dead blow hammer and hit it with a fender roller about 100 times...

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:04 pm

Ah ok, so you juryrigged your car to put on bigger tires...

ricer.

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:05 pm

you have balls dude, i was scared to hammer the fenders on the 95' neon lol. It looks amazing already though. Makes me wanna test fit those wheels on my car....

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:12 pm

hybrid-Srt2001 wrote:you have balls dude, i was scared to hammer the fenders on the 95' neon lol. It looks amazing already though. Makes me wanna test fit those wheels on my car....

I don't know. I wouldn't call it "rigging" it. Its what the pros do when they wanna put lots of rubber under the car to road-race. Impreza's have oddly cramped rear wheel-wells.
And as far as the way I am doing it, it'll be show car quality.

Check out my buddy Dave's car in the latest Import Tuner. His rears are done the same way.

Dude, this Saturday is a Meet/BBQ in Tracy. You have my cell. Call me if you can make it. There'll be a SICK SRT-4 there...

jake_tim · Post by **jake_tim** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:26 pm

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:20 am

I can bring the 95' Acr is still not registered.... =( I have the money saved for coilovers for the acr though

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:24 am

Thanks for the compliments.

Yep. Bring whatever. You have my number. Its this Saturday if you wanna go. Bring a bag of chips or something BBQ-ee to share with folks. The meat is covered.

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:24 pm

Looking very good. I'm going to have to roll the fenders on my GTI in order to dump it on coils with 8.5" wheels. Problem is, I'm in the middle of nowhere with K.C. being the closest place where someone could roll them. ANd I don't know any shops personally. I don't want to trust some stranger to do it.

WIll you have to paint yours? It looks like you drilled holes in them to pull them. Seems like a big process if you have to repaint and blend and everything...

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:34 pm

http://www.sportsimportsltd.com/feflroliprot.html

Just pick a hot day and leave the car out in the sun as long as you can before you try to roll them maybe hit the lip with a hair dryer or heat gun. The heat should keep the paint from wrinkling/cracking.

I wouldnt trade my baseball bat for anything but my standards as far as looks are probably lower than yours.

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:59 am

Best instructional video evar....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqiTfYyaI1A

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Fri May 01, 2009 10:13 am

quicksilvr wrote:Looking very good. I'm going to have to roll the fenders on my GTI in order to dump it on coils with 8.5" wheels. Problem is, I'm in the middle of nowhere with K.C. being the closest place where someone could roll them. ANd I don't know any shops personally. I don't want to trust some stranger to do it.

WIll you have to paint yours? It looks like you drilled holes in them to pull them. Seems like a big process if you have to repaint and blend and everything...

You can rent a roller for like $75 or buy one for $300 and be very popular.
The ideal temps for the paint are between 125 and 140 degrees when you roll the area. You must go slowly and having a friend hold the heat-gun helps tremendously as you must adjust the roller rather frequently.
The holes in teh rear fenders are THE best thing EVER!!!! That is where a garnish piece goes back on that will cover up the mess after I scim-coat everything with Lord Fusor inside teh fender well and hit it all with some Rystolium BBQ black. ;]
And the art of "pulling" a fender consists of a big ass dead-blow hammer and some testicles...nothing more.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:41 pm

UPDATES!

With the 17's on you can see how much fender work I did. Lots of hammering and massaging...

New lugs.....JDM tyte yo

A friend's car...

And my artsy favorite of the passenger rear...

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:48 pm

needs moar lower!

v95 · Post by **v95** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:01 pm

so how about some numbers

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:16 am

OTS Stage II

276HP
28? something TQ

Not bad.

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:31 am

oh my ga. i loves subies.

yours = win.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:12 pm

^Thanks man. me too.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:46 pm

Let shake some cobwebs off this thread and blow it up with update pics...
TMIC Intercooler Sprayer from NOS.

The baba. Its gonna be mounted WAY differently soon.

Hellaflush 6

A project car I did for a buddy racing at Subiefest. He placed 3rd in Enthusiast Class after I got the car ready with some fender flares and brake ducts...

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:20 pm

More pics...
My grommet at HellaFlush 6

My grommet at the Grand Prix of Sonoma reppin LIC Motorsports

WINGLESS!

An 05 I did the fender work on...flush=yep

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:19 pm

More...lolz Don't kill me Jason...lolz
Replaced all of my hardware in my engine bay with Buttom Head Stainless Hardware...cleaned it up...

Test fit of Greddy lip...still needs work...

Sexy bootys

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:54 pm

Love the work you have but into your babies sir

The Pedobear sticking out of the fog light cover made me roflmao irl fwiw

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:18 pm

The blue car is a dude that asked me to do the work for him. Mine's the silver one. ;]

Alot has been going on and there is still alot heading into the Spring and Summer.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:25 pm

Got ya. For some reason I thought you had the blue one too.

Compaired to the engine bay of most of the modified Subies I see here, yours is like a work of art. I would love to replace all my fasteners like that.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:37 pm

Thanks man. I appreciate the compliment.

If you would like to see a true work-of-art...

look here...Demitri's car is INFucINsane
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=2076296