Bay area meet in last Friday of June

[YarisSedan]

We can do the same location as last time but set it earlier like 6 if that works for everyone. That gives us ample time to chat eat and still have time for a cruise for those who want to afterwards.

One alternative location i can think of is Fudruckers in Union City. Cheap and room inside for large party as well as ample parking space in front. Also appears to be a central location between where most of us live.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/fuddruckers-union-city

Any other ideas for locations please post.

[advocate]

Fridays might not be so good for me anymore.

Just picked up a new job, I start in a week and a half!

I'll keep you updated. Also, Assad has something special planned for this summer I think.

[Kioshi]

BUMP~~~~

i didn't want to demolish this plan or anything Jason, had no intention.

This meet can still go as planned.
I will be busy w/ a few things, so i won't be able to make it out to this one, even though Union City is right around the corner for me.

[advocate]

Jason,

Maybe we can turn this meet into a modfest? I know Jonathan is picking up some new suspension parts and would like some help getting them on.

I'll also be pulling the trigger on a large purchase at MI in the next couple weeks. Details on the thread about my car on the MI forum =)

[Kioshi]

this mod session better not be between July 28th to August 17th!!

[ezhacker1]

Jason,

Maybe we can turn this meet into a modfest? I know Jonathan is picking up some new suspension parts and would like some help getting them on.

I'll also be pulling the trigger on a large purchase at MI in the next couple weeks. Details on the thread about my car on the MI forum =)

Rear Tokico Blues went in on Sat, an interesting experience using jack stands for the first time ever, paranoid of car falling on me LOL.

Front shocks will go in once i decide on springs...maybe ill take your DFs Sean.

[advocate]

yes please. I will have a set of tokico blues and tanabe DFs once I get my coilovers on.

a local buyer would be awesome. also NCVC members will definitely be eligible for an exclusive discount.

[ezhacker1]

im lucky i got mine new for $280 shipped or i would have been mad lol, now that you would swap em out. PM me potential price on DF, i just need the front, car cant sit any lower in the rear.

[advocate]

I wouldn't want to split up the springs.

If you want to buy front / back and only use front that's fine.

Also, would want to throw out a feeler thread first / check in with some people before splitting the springs and shocks in order to be able to sell them as a package as well.

[YarisSedan]

yes please. I will have a set of tokico blues and tanabe DFs once I get my coilovers on.

a local buyer would be awesome. also NCVC members will definitely be eligible for an exclusive discount.

Let me know when you decide im planning on buying tokiko blues by end of this month. I was going to put them on this week but the damage to my car kinda put a dent in that. Waiting to see what repair costs are gona be first.

[YarisSedan]

Jason,

Maybe we can turn this meet into a modfest? I know Jonathan is picking up some new suspension parts and would like some help getting them on.

I'll also be pulling the trigger on a large purchase at MI in the next couple weeks. Details on the thread about my car on the MI forum =)

Sounds like fun. I still have the spring compressor in my garage that needs to get some use out of it.

[advocate]

alright sounds great.

let's plan to meet somewhere with lots of room?

I don't mind volunteering my house but don't have a ton of tools.

Did something happen to your car Jason?

[ezhacker1]

I wouldn't want to split up the springs.

If you want to buy front / back and only use front that's fine.

Also, would want to throw out a feeler thread first / check in with some people before splitting the springs and shocks in order to be able to sell them as a package as well.

Thats fine, let me know on price for the set

[YarisSedan]

alright sounds great.

let's plan to meet somewhere with lots of room?

I don't mind volunteering my house but don't have a ton of tools.

Did something happen to your car Jason?

Yeah some dumb ass backed into my car and messed up my bumper. I went to go home and found it damaged. Hit and run. Tomorrow insurance tells me how much the damage is going to be.

I can bring any tools we need. We should make a list of what mods people are going to be doing so i know what to bring.

[advocate]

Yeah some dumb ass backed into my car and messed up my bumper. I went to go home and found it damaged. Hit and run. Tomorrow insurance tells me how much the damage is going to be.

I can bring any tools we need. We should make a list of what mods people are going to be doing so i know what to bring.

alright. ideally this meet should be BEFORE the big NCVC meet.

can we agree on that? have all our mods nice and ready for photoshoot / cruise / bbq / awesomeness / etc

[tomato]

I love you all :biggrin: :biggrin: but I can't do 880 going South on Friday night. I'm too fried at the end of the week to face 2.5 hours of trqaffic :frown: That's OK though, just have someone asks a lot of silly questions about the mods and pretend it's me ;) :laugh:

I haven't done anything to my car since the exhaust tip anyway. :/

but I'm down for a bbque or something like that over the we.


@sean, Congrats on the new job thing!

[tomato]

where and when is the mod session?

[advocate]

@sean, Congrats on the new job thing!

thanks!

not sure where it's going to be at yet. I shall poll the local members when I have the chance and see what the best option is.

[Pur_Blu]

I'm down to help out with some mods. What day is this going down and has a place been picked out?

[ezhacker1]

id be down for some help with my front Tokico Blues. Blues on the rear, stocks in the front feels twitchy LOL. or squirrely. Also i still need to put on that UR front strut bar.

I could bring Jack/jacks tands/torque wrench/sockets. The usual stuff.

[YarisSedan]

id be down for some help with my front Tokico Blues. Blues on the rear, stocks in the front feels twitchy LOL. or squirrely. Also i still need to put on that UR front strut bar.

I could bring Jack/jacks tands/torque wrench/sockets. The usual stuff.

i got the spring compressor and cordless impact gun

[advocate]

so the date this title suggests is the 25th. Unfortunately I don't think I'll have my coilovers by then.

Could we set it a bit later?

[Pur_Blu]

Any updates on this?? and who is getting work done?? Time place ha ha

[YarisSedan]

I think we should push the date a bit as sean suggests. I dont even have my car this week anyways either not sure what day i will be getting it back. If we want to find a place and time set in stone next month ill use it as a excuse to order some tokiko struts and camber bolts to put in as well.

[advocate]

don't order tokiko struts!! please buy mine! I will get you a good deal. I'm DEFINITELY going to order coilovers, it's just a matter of time. Working on getting a used pair right now.

[Pur_Blu]

Sean PM me bout those shocks... I might be interested

[YarisSedan]

Okay if we plan to do this we should plan it a all day thing. Like a saturday or a sunday. Those who want to work on cars can meet up early in the day and those who dont can still come watch/help or meet up afterwards like a normal meet. We just have to agree upon a time and place.

[ezhacker1]

im down for an all day meet. Sounds FUN! Ill try some fitment stuff then.

We need a big enough place AND where we wont be harrased by people. So it cant be just some parking lot.

[advocate]

My dad's new place might be perfect for this.

I've got a great idea. Let's have this meet the SOONEST possible time we can, when everyone will be ready.

For sure attending:
Sean - Not ready - needs coilovers first
Jonathan - Ready
Jason - Not ready - needs car back from shop first
Assad - Not between July 28th and August 17th - will be on vacation at that time
Pur Blu - Ready?

Copy / paste the above if you wish to update / change your status.

I am waiting on a pair of coilovers to come in. Until that point, I won't be ready.
I could be persuaded to go back to stock suspension temporarily if the coilovers are going to take too long to get in. I will get an ETA on the coilovers ASAP.

[advocate]

Update for me:

The used TEINs I was looking at don't provide an aggressive enough drop. Weighing my next options now.

Sean - Not ready - needs to order new coilovers
Jonathan - Ready
Jason - Not ready - needs car back from shop first
Assad - Not between July 28th and August 17th - will be on vacation at that time
Pur Blu - Ready?

[Pur_Blu]

Sean which teins were you using?? the SpecS or the Basics?? I've got the SpecS on my car and the drop is nice but i want a stiffer and yes more aggressive drop. I'm doing R&D now to make a set of one off coilovers.

Most of my performance i go with my gut and make my own design to my driving style. I'll keep you updated on my design, should come out to about 500bucks all the labor imma do myself.

[advocate]

Well this whole coilovers business has been a learning experience so far.

I was unaware that you could remove the spring perch in order to get an even bigger drop so the TEINs might be suitable for what I'm looking for. I'm going to shoot you a PM Pur Blu.

I've also PM'd the seller back saying that I might be interested in buying them again.

[YarisSedan]

Well this whole coilovers business has been a learning experience so far.

I was unaware that you could remove the spring perch in order to get an even bigger drop so the TEINs might be suitable for what I'm looking for. I'm going to shoot you a PM Pur Blu.

I've also PM'd the seller back saying that I might be interested in buying them again.

Keep in mind i think by doing that your spring rate will still be the same just the result is your car is a little lower. So where as you would normally not bottom out rub you will do so now. Where as coilovers i believe the perch moves up ward or downward preloads the spring slightly which changes the spring rate to compensate.

[cali yaris]

where as you would normally not bottom out rub you will do so now.

lots of people dumping the car on coilovers with no perch and not rubbing. depends on wheel/tire combo and how much weight is in the car.

you can always upgrade the springs later if you want to.

[YarisSedan]

lots of people dumping the car on coilovers with no perch and not rubbing. depends on wheel/tire combo and how much weight is in the car.

you can always upgrade the springs later if you want to.

I should have refrased that to that you may instead of you will. Thats true its total dependant on what your current wheel and tire combo is now. I think sean is runing 195s so probally should be okay. As oposed to people runing a different offset with 205-215s

[YarisSedan]

Update for me:

The used TEINs I was looking at don't provide an aggressive enough drop. Weighing my next options now.

Sean - Not ready - needs to order new coilovers
Jonathan - Ready
Jason - Not ready - needs car back from shop first
Assad - Not between July 28th and August 17th - will be on vacation at that time
Pur Blu - Ready?


So looks like we should plan something before the end of july. That should give us plenty of time to get our stuff straitend out and parts we need and before assad takes off on vacation.

[advocate]

Sounds good. Still waiting on a reply through PM for the guy with the TEINs. He takes forever to respond =(

[advocate]

Update!

http://www.microimageonline.com/forums/showthread.php/2194-KIDO-coilovers

[advocate]

Can we shoot for this Sunday? 07/11/2010?

I'm volunteering my house. Directions / address will be PM'd out as needed.

I needa get these coilovers installed ASAP for Garm to test the fitment.

If I can't get these on this weekend then I am going to have to take them to a shop to get them put on.

If anyone is interested in picking up my Tokico Blues and Tanabe DF210's used I would encourage them to drop by. I wouldn't mind helping them install them on their car right after taking them off mine.

[YarisSedan]

Unfortunately I am busy this saturday. I dont mind lending any tools that you need to do the job. I still think i have that small alen wrench I modified and the spring compressor you might need and the long wrenches.

[advocate]

This is scheduled for Sunday, not Saturday. I'm working Saturday.

[YarisSedan]

Oops sorry i meant to type sunday but it came out saturday im really out of it right now. I work saturday as well.

[advocate]

can you post some dates that you will be available?

And if worse comes to worse and I have to come by your shop in order to track you down, what days you'd recommend I stop by. Basically when you think you'll have free time at work to work on my car. (I would be paying of course)

[ezhacker1]

so its like a no go for a meet? pretty last minute. Crap i still need help on my front shocks, might as well get some DFs on at the same time and front strut bar.

Lol, us Meteorites will stick together and have an install day.

[advocate]

Problem is that Jason is the one who knows all about the shocks and I'd feel a lot more comfortable if he was around.

I'm looking to see if there is someone local who is experienced with coilovers that can help us out.

[YarisSedan]

I gona see if i can try to rearrange some things on sunday so i can come and help cause i didnt forget how you guys helped me. If i can go its gona have to be early morning for a few hours. I can help you knock out the front maybe and the backs you guys should be able to figure out they are a piece of cake on the LB.

[ezhacker1]

I forgot about helping you out last time. Time to cash in on a favor LOL.

Im gonna have to rearrange my sunday morning to be able to make it too... Yeah rears are easy to put on, just time consuming.

[advocate]

that would be awesome Jason. Don't try too hard though I know how busy you can get I don't want to inconvenience you too much.

[YarisSedan]

Im gona go to harbor freight tomorrow to pick up a cordless drill to install my lip kit. Ill see if they have a electric impact gun to speed things up. You have a area where we can work at sean thats close to an electrical outlet?

Im gona wake up around 7ish and be at your house about 8 then. I gota leave at around 11. So 3 hours should be plenty time to help remove your front struts and put in the new ones. If i get a impact gun we should have the job done in less than a hour probally.

[advocate]

Yes if not I will buy a big extension cord. We're going to work at my dad's house, we'll have a bit more privacy there and lot's more room.

8AM is incredibly early but I will definitely get up that early to accomodate free help.

By the way at the moment I don't have my jack stands. They are on loan to someone. I will see if I can get them back for this weekend.

[Kioshi]

I start work at 11:30am on Sunday. I can swing by Sean to help out if need be. 8am sounds good to me since i would leave around 10am to make back to Fremont for gruesome 8 hour shift.

[YarisSedan]

Sorry i cant make it Sunday morning. If you guys want to swing by my house tomorrow I can help you even if you get off work late im off the entire day. going to be doing lots of projects tomorrow anyways. Days are longer so we will have lots of daylight. Tomorrow morning im going drive to harbor freight and pick up a cordless impact gun. Let me know if that works for you that way i can take home a bunch of tools from work today.

[advocate]

Here's the current plan:

Possibly drop by Jason's tomorrow evening depending on work.

Help others put on the blues / DF's from my car onto theirs?

[Kioshi]

what time? 5pm?

[YarisSedan]

Ok looks like its my house at about 5pm thursday. Although if anyone wants to come over earlier let me know ill be home all day working on cars.

[Kioshi]

address? I get off from work at 5pm...so I'll stop by for sure.

[advocate]

5PM sounds tough. Right now I'm aiming at 6:30 Jason.

I'll try to put in a lot of hard work today to get off a bit earlier than normal.

[YarisSedan]

PM for address.

[ezhacker1]

sucks i cant make it cuz of school work, plus i live far away from you guys :(
Sean texted me about still having a meet on sunday?

[Kioshi]

tonight was a great success. Thanks to Jason, Sean, and Jonathan.

[YarisSedan]

It was fun we have to do something like this again but during the daytime.

[Kioshi]

Pics are up now at MI - http://www.microimageonline.com/forums/showthread.php/2194-KIDO-coilovers?p=28718#post28718

[Pur_Blu]

That sucks i missed out... and i wanted to go hella bad. I've been working some long hours at work so i probably wouldn't have made it out. At least everyone who showed up had fun moddin. I look forever to the NorCal meet coming up

[computerlove87]

Wow, i completely missed the whole thing LOL i was in the process of moving, so haven't been paying much attention. I even got off work early Thursday and could have made it!!!

Edit:
NO FRIKKIN WAY SEAN< U GOT THE NEW KIDO COILOVERS AND I WASN'T THERE TO SEE IT!!!!!! OF ALL THE TIMES TO SPACE OUT ON A MEETUP!!!!!!!

[advocate]

Sorry about that Taylor! No worries though because I'm sure Garm is going to be ordering at least 5 sets to put in stock now...

It's a great coilover set with a lot of adjustability but also maintains great comfort levels if you don't get bone-jarring spring rates on them. The set I got was 5k/5k and is perfect I think. See the thread on MI for my full review.