qnz's 2003 ES build and picture thread

[carl3g]

Im loving the stoptechs.

[qnz]

nice i like them aaron, still powerslots for the rears or you planning on upgrading them as well?

I'm going to keep the rears stock for now. Stop tech doesn't make a rear kit for the eclipse

[gtx]

Nice brakes! Are the calipers steel? Did you measure or do you know the piston sizes by any chance? The evo rear brembos are very compact if you decide to go that route, they cleared my 42 offset wheels with plenty of space.

[greddy]

stoptechs are teh sex, looks awesome I'd go with evo brembos in the rear, they are nice and compact like gtx said

[Samman]

Different is sexy. Stoptech brakes!

[qnz]

So I had my front tires up in the air and car in Drive to check for anything rubbing and I noticed that only 1 wheel spins when the car is in the air. Is this normal for this car? I know on my GSX, if i have all 4 tires off the ground, they all spin.

[Corey2kG]

Mine doesnt spin at all good question though. But mine might be cuz of the abs

[finald8ta]

It's normal, theres no load on the tranny to evenly spin both wheels
If you had an LSD both would spin,

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[Blue8g]

My mind asplodes are you using those wheels in the winter.

[oakrdrs187]

So I had my front tires up in the air and car in Drive to check for anything rubbing and I noticed that only 1 wheel spins when the car is in the air. Is this normal for this car? I know on my GSX, if i have all 4 tires off the ground, they all spin.

Would not being in gear have anything to do with it?

[gtx]

They spin independently because you still have an open diff... It's normal.

[qnz]

Ah, open diff. Gotcha

[qnz]

So I couldn't get away without using a spacer entirely. For some reason unknown, the driver side caliper sits 1mm closer to the spokes of my wheels than the passenger side. I had to use these 1mm spacers from Kyoei to space out 1mm on my driver side wheel


This company also makes 2mm spacers (which I also bought a set of)

[keith6110]

Weird... why would one side be more offset?

[Blue8g]

qnz, can you take a pic of the back of each of the wheels? I think I may have a guess as to why they're sitting strangely. A friend of mine had his issue in the past.

[qnz]

Its a bit cold to get a pic of the back of the wheel. What did u have in mind?

I dont think its a problem with the wheel because I put my pass side wheel on the driver side and it did the same thing. Im thinking either the bracket they machined is off by 1mm or maybe they sprayed the paint a little too thick. lol

[Blue8g]

Did you buy the wheels used? If not, my idea is null.

[qnz]

Ya, i did buy these used.

[Blue8g]

Could someone have shaved the back at one point?

[RedGalant2k1]

Its not uncommon for a vehicle to be slightly different side to side, and front to back. Then for each of our cars to be slightly different from everyone elses. For instance, Qnz, front subframe might be bolted in slightly different from the factory than mine, or vice versa.

Back in the day, General Motors with the early and mid-80s Firebird's and Camaro's had been having issues with this exact same thing. The wheels were having issues fitting properly. So their solution? They removed the rear brakes on one side only, and installed a spacer behind them. This was because the rear axle wasn't square in the rear frame section.