1992 HCR32 type m battleship (esh build)

**cdnleaf** · 11-29-2011, 09:41 AM

Great build, really nice mods. Rather than complaining, your neighbours should thank-you for keeping an eye on the neighbourhood.

**R32FIEND** · 11-30-2011, 04:13 PM

Car looks dam good man. I am running PBM comp coils and love them. How are you liking the pros? Mine are nearly maxxed out! But it sits right where I want anyways. How much lower could you go??
Awesome pics on the subframe I am tackling that once I am finished stitch welding.
Keep up the good work.

Myles D

**esh** · 12-02-2011, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by cdnleaf

Great build, really nice mods. Rather than complaining, your neighbours should thank-you for keeping an eye on the neighbourhood.

Thanks! Yeah it had to be my next door neighbour with no love for driveway car work. Everybody else is cool with it.

Originally Posted by R32FIEND

Car looks dam good man. I am running PBM comp coils and love them. How are you liking the pros? Mine are nearly maxxed out! But it sits right where I want anyways. How much lower could you go??
Awesome pics on the subframe I am tackling that once I am finished stitch welding.
Keep up the good work.

Myles D

Thanks man. I'm running the 2011 pbm comp coils. I don't think pbm has pros for r32. I should have some pics of how I have the coils set right now, I'll upload soon. In order to go lower, I would have to droop the front and rear coils. Probably remove collars in the front too. I'm also gonna switch to 225/35/18 in the front instead of 225/40/18.

The hsd's I had before could maybe go just slightly lower in the front without drooping. Rears would be about the same. The pbms, are much stiffer, that's for sure. Seems like most coilovers for r32 need to be drooped in order to go low.

What are you stitch welding on the car?

Also I'll upload pics soon of the angle I can achieve with the dw offset spacers.

**R32FIEND** · 12-02-2011, 10:19 PM

I'm not following you on the drooping coils. Never heard that before. Please explain?? Lol

I am stitch welding the engine bay and interior sheet metal... Any where there is a seem really. Between stitch welding, cage and chassis bracing. There is no way this thing will flex by the time I am done with it.

**S13Jordie** · 12-03-2011, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by R32FIEND

I'm not following you on the drooping coils. Never heard that before. Please explain?? Lol

once you lower your car all the way until there is no more adjustment and the perch is bottomed out, you can lower it more by taking tension off the spring (moving the collars, that lock the position of the coil, down) doing this allows you to lower the car more, but IMO the ride suffers bigtime.

**Chihuts** · 12-10-2011, 10:44 PM

Amazing build going man. I love seeing people waiting for mastercraft tools to go on sale hahahha exact same thing I do at the moment. Truly inspiring when you've been doing all this work in your driveway. Also, all the painting done on the subframe looks great, really love when someone puts in the effort to conserve everything. Anyways, when paiting the sub-frame, did you just use a generic metal paint? primer or no? Just curious, looks good.

**esh** · 12-16-2011, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by R32FIEND

I'm not following you on the drooping coils. Never heard that before. Please explain?? Lol

I am stitch welding the engine bay and interior sheet metal... Any where there is a seem really. Between stitch welding, cage and chassis bracing. There is no way this thing will flex by the time I am done with it.

Ah nicee....I need to learn how to weld stuff lol

Originally Posted by S13Jordie

once you lower your car all the way until there is no more adjustment and the perch is bottomed out, you can lower it more by taking tension off the spring (moving the collars, that lock the position of the coil, down) doing this allows you to lower the car more, but IMO the ride suffers bigtime.

Yup, what Jordie said ^. I also agree that the ride suffers lots...droop too much and you'll be riding on bumpstops

Originally Posted by Chihuts

Amazing build going man. I love seeing people waiting for mastercraft tools to go on sale hahahha exact same thing I do at the moment. Truly inspiring when you've been doing all this work in your driveway. Also, all the painting done on the subframe looks great, really love when someone puts in the effort to conserve everything. Anyways, when paiting the sub-frame, did you just use a generic metal paint? primer or no? Just curious, looks good.

Thanks! Everything at cdn tire seems to go on sale eventually, might as well wait unless its urgent. As for the paint, I used VHT High Temp Roll Bar and Chassis Paint (Flat Black). $13 per can at cdn tire. No primer needed, but I used several coats.

**Chihuts** · 12-22-2011, 11:25 PM

Nice, thanks for the reply. Keep the build rolling !

**gtstjason15** · 12-26-2011, 08:52 PM

wow sick build man, cars very nice! i was wondering how much you pay for the coilovers? they look beast but very expensive! lol

**esh** · 01-18-2012, 06:32 PM

Sorry for the late reply, the coilovers are 1000 usd of pbm's website + shipping/taxes. They look nice but are more entry level coilovers like hsd, stance, etc.

As for the build, the car is in storage and won't be worked on until I find a new job. Possibly even in the states, which could complicate things.