Cusco D Strut Bar and Dunlop Direzza Z1 Tires

My old Dunlop SP8000 tires that were on the FD when I bought it have been showing their age. They were dried out and cracking. The dry traction was still ok, but in the rain I couldn't start from a stop light without spinning the tires on clutch engagement. I had planned on a set of Falken Azenis RT-615's, but after reading reviews decided to go with the newer Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Specs instead.


I doubt they will last very long, but I would like the car to hook up without buying wider wheels/tires. Here they are sitting in the living room before mounting them. Kitty is confused.


I also finally found a good deal on a used strut bar that wasn't an ebay special...a nice Cusco D-shape bar. After I got it, I sanded down the old flaking paint on the mounts and repainted them black. Installed it last night but didn't get a chance to take the car for a spin until today after I got the tires mounted. Everything feels very solid, but I won't know the true value of the tires until the tuning is finalized in a couple of weeks.

Boost controller installed

Got the OG Profec B installed last weekend and did a custom double din gauge panel while I was at it. Now my wideband gauge isn't mounted super ghetto and I have a place for my Greddy EGT gauge (which isn't hooked up yet, just a place holder right now).


Now it would be nice to replace the stock oil pressure and coolant temp gauges in the cluster with aftermarket oil pressure and oil temperature gauges, but I'm saving that for another day.