After that November 4th trackday, I got some blisters on the edge of my palms with the leather steering wheel. Have been tossing up options to either get a suede wheel, or racing gloves, until a bunch of people told me to get both LOL
I ended up ordering MOMO Mod.69, but when I came to pick it up, the shop were more than happy for me to exchange it for something else if I wanted to.
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Left: Mod 78. Moderate Oval grip, rear finger imprints, side palm cutouts and thumb insert grooves.
Right: Mod 69. Chunky/Thick /round grip, rear finger imprints, no palm or thumb cutout/grooves.
Both wheels are suede, with no stitching, and have the infamous yellow MOMO logo found on the likes of the NSX-R!
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The thick grip sounded great, but when I held it in person, it was too thick for me. I opted to take home the Mod.78 instead. Have ordered a new steering hub and quick release, so they should arrive sometime in January/February.
Also got my hands on one of these babies. Shorai LFX27L3-BS12. 405CCA, 27Ah, 1.69kg/3.7lbs. Will get around to installing it after xmas
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These also arrived, to replace my Red Recaro TS-GS's I had sold off a few weeks ago.
Brand new twin Recaro RSG-GK in Black/Black. It's a combination of Recaro's Glass mesh fabric and Alcantara.
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Split thigh cushions and close up of the glass mesh fabric
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Silver stitching along with silver Recaro logo's front and rear
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and of course, FIA approved too
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I must admit, the red seats do look better than the black, but it's hard to look past that glass mesh fabric on brand new seats!
I had a trackday on Monday 7th Dec, so I installed one of the seats for that. Will write up a review shortly of how the day went, waiting for photos to be uploaded from the event!
Also made use of the Black Friday specials. I set my alarm for 04:00am local time, woke up to join the XIDA bandwagon!
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In the box, are a set of XIDA RACE coilovers at 800/500lbs springs, recommendations from Ed based on my goals/current setup. They were $2000USD + $250USD for coaxial billet mounts + $385USD shipping. If you thought that was bad, I also got slugged $460USD for importation taxes and duties.. grand total? $3092USD... safe to say, that'd be my xmas present to myself for the next few years..
They'll get installed, along with a set of new polyurethane bushings, Rigid collars, NB F+R subframes/arms/steering rack in the next few weeks