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#26
CAI, rear sway bar, and coil overs are performance enhancements that are not visible to the onlookers...
CAI is a cold air intake, which changes the plumbing used to bring air into the engine - usually pulling the air from a location where it has not been heated by proximity to the hot bits under the hood. (edit: oh sorry! bonnet)
rear sway bar is a replacement for a suspension component you have now - it's usually just beefier, and has the effect of making the car lean less around corners
coil overs are replacement parts too - in this case you are taking the springs and shock absorbers that came with the car and substituting alternatives that also have the effect of reducing lean
all great changes, and very popular but none will gild that lily from an appearance perspective
thanks for the tip on the badge, and again - nice ride!
CAI is a cold air intake, which changes the plumbing used to bring air into the engine - usually pulling the air from a location where it has not been heated by proximity to the hot bits under the hood. (edit: oh sorry! bonnet)
rear sway bar is a replacement for a suspension component you have now - it's usually just beefier, and has the effect of making the car lean less around corners
coil overs are replacement parts too - in this case you are taking the springs and shock absorbers that came with the car and substituting alternatives that also have the effect of reducing lean
all great changes, and very popular but none will gild that lily from an appearance perspective
thanks for the tip on the badge, and again - nice ride!
#27
CAI is a cold air intake, usualy gives a small bump in power and gives the car a nice growl on hard acceleration and with this car will likely allow you to hear the turbo spool much better than with the stock airbox (by itself is more of a sound mod with this car from what I gather, though can show gains when paired with other stuff).
Rear swaybar is a part of the rear suspension that acts to limit independent motion of the rear suspension components thereby reducing body roll in hard cornering and dialing out some of the understeer inherent in FWD cars. Understeer is the tendency of the front wheels to slide when entering a turn aggressively, ie you turn the wheel, the tires screech and you keep going more or less straight. Unless you are a seriously spirited motorer, or are planning on tracking it I wouldn't recomend it. I've found that the stock suspension on this car is quite competent, and am a big proponent of the "tighten the nut behind the wheel first" school of thought (in other words improve the driver before improving the car, this usually results in a much better driver and better sorted car in the end than simply throwing mods at a car to attempt to make up for a lack of talent/skill).
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I got it! (I think.
) It's going to take some custom work though.
Get a Cravenspeed tow hook, have the powder coat bead blasted off, have someone polish the $#!# out of it, then have a graphic's company make a screen print of your lepard pattern to stick on the face.
It would be a nice subtitle touch that is a compliment to everything your car has going on.
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Get a Cravenspeed tow hook, have the powder coat bead blasted off, have someone polish the $#!# out of it, then have a graphic's company make a screen print of your lepard pattern to stick on the face.
It would be a nice subtitle touch that is a compliment to everything your car has going on.
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