An update and it hasn't even been over a month yet! I'd say that's amazing progress. The past few weeks have been pretty full of fun and new things. I've gotten a lot done to the car, Candy and I got our May event done, and a few other noteworthy things have happened along the way.
So first off, Candy and I went to Bella Salon and Day Spa for our event of the month for May. We got some body treatments in the form of clay mud wraps and also some massages. On a scale of 1-10 I'd give them an 8. The massages and body treatments were good, but we had to wait a while in the lobby for them to get ready or something. We were scheduled for 1:40 but didn't actually go back there until around 2, and I don't like waiting. The massages and body treatment were great though, so neither of us had any complaints there.
So the past weeks I've gotten my car all done up and officially ready for the Summer. My wheels that ordered back in February finally came in, and we were actually able to get the suspension put on also. For the wheels I got Rays Gram Lights 57DR in 18X9.5 +38, and wrapped them in Hankook Ventus V12 Evo tires (245/40/18). The suspension that I had ordered are Tein S-Tech Springs, and Koni Sport Shocks. So I got the wheels mounted on last Thursday, and then on Friday my buddy Jimmy and I did the suspension. I won't bore you with the details, so here are the pictures...
Before:
After:
I really need some center caps, so I'm probably going to get some pretty soon. I think it looks pretty good so far though. I'm not sure what else I'll be doing for the rest of the Summer to it... There's a car show in August that I'll be going to, and I want to get the car ready for it as best as I can. I have a few things I know that I'll be purchasing to clean it up, but I'm just not sure if I want to buy anything big before then or not... So far I know I'll be cleaning up the engine bay with a few little things. Black Halo Racing makes an air box tray replacement that I'll be getting. Since I have the AEM Cold Air Intake, the bottom part of my stock air box is still in there, and it doesn't look very pretty. So this will make it look a lot cleaner. I'll probably try and grab a carbon fiber radiator cooling plate just for kicks, and they're not crazy expensive or anything. I'll probably get a few things for the interior also. I need a new shift knob, because the stock one is a little faded. There's also a carbon fiber gauge cluster that would look reeeeaaaally nice in my car. I'd like to buy an exhaust too, but I'm not sure if that's in the cards for before the car show.
I did an oil change yesterday, and switched over to some new oil. It's Idemitsu 10W30. It's a full synthetic oil made specifically for rotary engines, and should be a decent upgrade from the standard Castrol GTX I was using. I wanted to switch to a heavier oil, especially since it's Summer now and it's going to get crazy hot. So I figured I might as well go with something like this. I also bought a Greddy magnetic oil drain plug to swap out my stock one. I needed a new washer, so I figured that was a good enough excuse to just buy something nice like this.
That's all the updates for now. I'm sure to update again, because Candy and I have our next event of the month coming in a couple of weeks, and I'm certain more will happen between now and then.
Peace out everybody.
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