| strat61caster |
03-23-2016 06:30 PM |
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Originally Posted by softgrip
(Post 2594530)
The more I research the more questions I have, the less certainty of direction.
I'm used to buying PC parts - there are very simple metrics for "bang for buck". That is not the case with these cars.
Wheels - who the hell knows, but probably lightweight 17x9
Tyres - prob eagle f1 asymmetric - but again, spoiled for choice
Coilovers - my god... So many things!
Brakes - sti brembo t3 ... Maybe?!
SC - prob sprintex with hks supporting mods
The one thing I'm certain of is my audio set up, but I have worked in a music studio and have my own home studio, so I know what I'm looking for. Even so, the head unit is down to a selection of 4, but at least I have the brand.
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Ichi beat me to posting this but I've already got it written so it's going up anyway:
Unless you know what you want to do with the car any advice is pointless. As hardcore as you think you are, what you've posted is the equivalent of "I need a laptop, can't decide if I should prioritize an SSD, 4k screen, touch screen, battery life, or getting a dedicated high end graphics card, my budget is $3k" You can get a little bit of everything with that budget, but not quite, and there's a chance you compromise on something that makes the laptop just not work well for you in day to day life. Modifying cars is harsher because there are rarely 'no-brainer upgrades' coilover A isn't necessarily better than coilover B because it's more expensive or has better brand reputation and at the end of the day all you really need is a good spring and damper combo (kinda like how a 4k screen is pretty overkill on a laptop even if you're a gamer it's just not worth the money when your graphics card can't push the frames to it). Some vendors tried marketing "stage 1" and "stage 2" back in the fast and furious days, it's mostly died out as information has spread that clutch E isn't automatically the better choice over Clutch F because it holds more power the same way a GTX990 is better than a GTX980, the perfect set of tires for setting a good drag strip time are going to be garbage when you're commuting to work in the rain. There are dozens of examples of where you could buy something mentioned in this thread and potentially extremely regret it.
The first question asked is: "Well are you going to be gaming, editing photos or browsing facebook and writing Word Docs?" Buying the hulking laptop with a GTX980M and a month later post again bitching about battery life and how it sucks to be in the library hunting for power carrying your 10lb laptop while you write your research paper is akin to buying 17x9's and bitching about the price of tires and how shitty your fuel economy has become and how you can't do anything competitive locally because you put your car in a class it can't compete in.
Put the money in the bank, go drive the car, and only spend the money to fix problems you find. That's it. If anybody makes fun of you for rolling around at stock height or on stock wheels or whatever, well, I'd guess they're probably not very fast drivers or capable of setting up a fast car and their opinion doesn't hold much weight to me.
You could go out and spend $9k on suspension and 1 year into ownership be sitting at a stoplight thinking, 'goddamnit I need to get in front of that V6 Camry by the next light but that driver is really aggressive so I can't out drag him and it makes me feel inadequate, should have bought a supercharger' or "I spent $10k on wheels and tires and a supercharger and coilovers but now I want to compete in this autocross/time trial/HPDE class and all that stuff makes me uncompetitive and it isn't fun so I have to sell at a $3k loss and buy the right parts"
Edited to add detail: There are rarely part X > part Y in cars without a ton of caveats. |
