My First 6th Gen

[black95gsr]

Well, heres the latest with the car, I wrecked the car trying to avoid a lady hitting me and ended up hitting a curb, well the damage it did was destroying the core support, bending the subframe, and pushing everything 2 inchs back towards the firewall thus bending the frame rail.

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On the trailer ready to go on the frame stretcher

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Back from the frame stretcher with the frame rail straightened, core support welded on and the new subframe.

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Ready to paint all one color so it looks better

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Painted

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New lights

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Now what looks like currently with the new lights, lip, and the brand new Function & Form type1's on it.

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Next now that I have the suspension, I gotta put the camber kit on, new 225/45/17's, on it since the 205's are shot and get an alignement done. Also I did the HID reverse light conversion to recentally

 

[CG6>YourCar]

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Why does that wheel look so awkwardly positioned?

 

[black95gsr]

I thought the samething when I saw the pic, but the driver side is the sameway, and it still drives straight, but I'm dropped all the way almost with this suspension, plus I think the wheels may have been turned a bit. I dont remember. I just have to get the camber kit put on to get rid of the negative camber, because I dont want that much and don't feel like flying through tires in a couple thousand miles

 

[CG6>YourCar]

the front tire looks like it got pushed back from the accident or something..

 

[itzcharlie]

looks good! might i recommend 215/45/17 tires instead of 225. i love tl rims on coupe!

 

[swollen_cu]

^i actually think 225/45 is perfect for TL wheels. The 215-/45 I had were a bit small...

 

[Brad2274]

wow you did pretty much the same thing i did except i hit a wall, i had to replace my subframe also, except my frame couldnt be pulled so i bought a parts car(which just so happens to be a 1999 dark currant pearl v6 coupe just like yours lol) and had a shop chop and weld the front end of mine together. i had the same problem with a wheel being pushed back in the accident, yours looks like it might still be back too far, unless its a weird angle or something(it could also be control arms, mine were bent) id suggest measuring the gap from the center of hub/wheel to the back fender well on both sides to see if they match up, and then compare to another 1999 coupe that hasnt been hit, if it is off by more than like 1/4-1/2 inch id tell the shop and maybe it could get fixed under warranty or something. and i love the suspesion/wheels setup, looks clean

 

[black95gsr]

wow you did pretty much the same thing i did except i hit a wall, i had to replace my subframe also, except my frame couldnt be pulled so i bought a parts car(which just so happens to be a 1999 dark currant pearl v6 coupe just like yours lol) and had a shop chop and weld the front end of mine together. i had the same problem with a wheel being pushed back in the accident, yours looks like it might still be back too far, unless its a weird angle or something(it could also be control arms, mine were bent) id suggest measuring the gap from the center of hub/wheel to the back fender well on both sides to see if they match up, and then compare to another 1999 coupe that hasnt been hit, if it is off by more than like 1/4-1/2 inch id tell the shop and maybe it could get fixed under warranty or something. and i love the suspesion/wheels setup, looks clean

I did that last night, and i double checked and looked at both sides and there both the same measurments. it might be the angle, like i said i think i might have had the wheels turned a bit. but i plan on looking at it somemore, but it drives just fine. I do still plan on replacing the torque arms, I just haven't been able to locate any yet, and havent had much time to look. The subframe was a mother ****** to find for the v6.

 

[black95gsr]

I think i'm pretty much decided that i'm doing the 225/45/17's, and if I get them on and I don't like them than i'll put the brand new set of 215/45's i have sitting downstairs. I was just trying to keep those for the new wheels i'm looking at if I get them, just because of the offset, I won't beable to fit the 225/45's on them being as low as i am.

 

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