Congrats! Looks really nice!

 

Congratulations - she looks great! I picked mine up in October too, and winter is killin' me. Spring's right around the corner AND I CAN'T WAIT!

 

Haven't updated in awhile so here is what I've done so far.

The rear right coilover that came with the car blew so I ordered some Buddyclub N+ Coilovers


Out with the old


Had to take my hood off to go pick up a OEM Style CF Hood


Here is my Project TE37 [Rims getting Repaired and repainted a nice baby blue]


My banged up AP1 Rims


Which I Started my Project Midnight Purple AP1 Rims. Only had time to do the front two today and will be doing the rears tomorrow



The car as of now!

 

i like the enthusiasm you remind me of myself! always on the go lol

have fun ! and let us know what happens to the TE37s

 

Are those lugs on the stock wheels from the Volks? Those two sets of wheels have different lug seats and the lugs are probably not interchangeable.

 

Yes they are, but for some weird reason the car came with different sets of lugs on front and rears. the lugs fit both sets of rims fine actually.

 

The stock wheels should take an acorn/ball seat lug and the Volks a conical lug. Sure, either lug will hold either wheel on but it's far from ideal to mix them up.

 

I concur with the above diagram. A lot of people neglect the importance of proper lug fitment. Using a ball/radius lug on a conical/tapered seat or vice versa will give you a LINE of contact that holds your torque, rather than a proper FACE of contact. Given that you now have negligent surface area on your lugs, your lugs are far more inclined to loosen due to vibration.

On such a large investment such as a car, and the valuable goods you carry in it (yourself and friends/family), safety should be priority. But that's just me...

 

Welcome! What else you got planned for the car?

 

Looks like i'll be buying 2 sets of new lugs. One fore my oem rims and one for my te37s as i only have 10 rays lugs and 10 oem lugs.

also, here is an update:

Project Midnight Purple AP1 Rims complete!