Looks great as your avatar. Can't wait to see the real deal. Yellow and white would look sweet this way as well.

Also I'm surprised no one has done the wing moldings yet in CF

 

That looks perfect. I've gone back and forth on changing the car from the CR trim basically because I liked it for what it was, but I think a painted hardtop would look a lot better and you just solidified my thoughts. POST PICS when its done please!

How much did painting the hardtop cost?

 

A couple qustions for u guys. First any one have pics of there yellow CR with tined whindows?? Im thinking about haveing it done and just not sure if that would be to much black on the car thinking about 15%. And how about painting the stock exasut tips black i saw it on a white CR and it looked good thinking about doing the same on my bumble bee and ideas or comments would be great thanks guys

 

I'll be tinting my Apex Blue with 35% grey and powder coating the exhaust tips flat/satin black to match the CR/S2000 emblem finish on the car. I hate chrome, polished stainless or alum is OK, but not chrome...

 

So following the advice of some people on here I got my car aligned.

I went with

Front -1.7* with 0 toe
Rear -2.5* with stock toe in.

I have not autocrossed the car with this setup yet. However I have had it at 2 lapping days.

The first Blackhawk Farms Raceway, which is a pretty open high-speed track and it was very docile, predictable and easy to drive. Almost boring.

The second was USAIR in Shawano WI. This is a tight twisty technical track with speeds and turns vey similar to autocross but with elevation changes. Here the car was very tail happy and a bit of a handful but still predictable. I think the car is faster now, but more difficult and more fun to drive. I think it has more grip and a more entertaining dynamic in tight twisty stuff.

Here's a couple of videos from USAIR. I'm still getting used to this car so am not very consistent at all.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLbxE2wtN8I [/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx8TvfKq1NU [/media]

 

GPW CR owner checking in! =]

 

the-moss: Very nice. i have the same alignment setup except for 0 toe in the rear (trying to save tires). You still on stock tires?

AP2CRazy - Congrats on the purchase! Don't forget to take a look at http://s2kcr.com/

FYI to all - i replaced my Re070's as they were almost done and I had a 2 day track weekend this past week. A little over 6k miles on them. That included 5 autocrosses, an Evo school, and a trip to the dragon. Good tires, but I think they could have lasted longer or could have been cheaper (to replace).

I replaced them with Kumho XS in 245/40/17 in front and 255/40/17 in rear with a comptech bar on full stiff and autox alignment. I had them at the track this weekend and while there was still a bit of understeer, the tire offers tons of grip and was very predictable/manageable. Rubbed just a bit on the front left (lost a 1 plastic fastener). I think with the CR's narrow rear sway and a beefy front sway, the car is a good candidate for a non-staggered setup.

Oh, and there were some high speed sweepers at this track as well. I really think the wing is helping...a lot.

 

245 street tires on stock wheels? pics of the pinch please.

 

Next time I get to my garage. It's tight but I've seen worse.

 

i have run 275 and 295 on the stock 7's, but those were hoosiers. i ran r888 sized 235, and it did not work properly because of the soft sidewall. i can only assume street tires will have the same issue.