Nausicaa - Project Update - Images from P&L Motorsports (3rd Set)

P&L Motorsports sent some new images with some of the work done since the last update on our 1993 Honda Prelude Project, Nausicaa.

Interior gutted and a work in progress.

Cagalli Yula - Wheels Delivered

Per my recent post, we now have the wheels, center caps, hub centric rings, and lug nuts.

Wheels: Gram Lights (RAYS Wheels) 57DR 17"x9" 5x100 with 38mm offset
Lug Nuts: McGard SplineDrive Tuner 5 Lug Install Kit w/ Locks & Tool (Cone) M12x1.25
Hub Centric Rings: Project KICS 2 Piece Hub Centric Ring Set 65mm Bore with 56.1mm Thickness
TPMS Sensors: DENSO Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor

Nausicaa - Project Update - Wheels Ordered

This turned out to be a more complicated ordeal than I had hoped. Originally when I was shopping for some of my Prelude parts I came across the blog hosted by Studio VRM which has a multipart blog about How to Build a Honda Prelude Racecar.

Roger at Studio VRM was really helpful in figuring out wheel size. I decided to go with Gram Lights 57Transcend 17"x8" 5x114 (having elected to do the 5-lug conversion). This was elected because of wheel availability in 17" wheels for 5x114.3 over 4x114.3 bolt patterns. This all informed the brakes ordered. The 17"x8" recommendation came from Roger, who has a lot more experience racing a Prelude than I.
I then spoke with Brian at Fastbrakes to make sure the wheels would clear the desired big brake kit. He confirmed that these would.
And I was happy to be using wheels from RAYS Wheels (Gram Lights are a sub brand of RAYS). This were listed as in stock with Evasive Motorsports for months.

Cagalli Yula - New Wheels Ordered

We previously mounted snow tires on our Subaru BRZ. We have since ordered new wheels for the car for its summer tires.

Vivid Racing:

1) Gram Lights (RAYS Wheels) 57DR 17"x9" 5x100 with 38mm offset (semi gloss black)
    We bought these with the intention of mounting Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S tires in 245/40ZR17 size.
    List Price:      $333.68 (each)
    Total Price: $1,334.72

Nausicaa - Project Update - More Parts Ordered (and Delivered)

We recently got some photos of our coil overs.

Olsen Motorsports Parts:

Extended Test Drive 2019 Volkswagen Passat Wolfsburb Edition

During our Tucson, AZ trip this was our rental. It is a 2019 Volkswagen Passat Wolfsburb Edition, where the Wolfsburb Edition is apparently is the base model. I find the name a little pretentious.

Appearance is generic German sedan. It will neither offend anyone nor be considered a proper looker.

Test Drive 1998 BMW Z3 M Roadster

For Thanksgiving we took a trip to Tucson, AZ. Holly's Uncle has a fun little car we took for a brief spin. It is a 1998 BMW Z3 Roadster.

This may be the first convertible I have reviewed? It being a convertible was perfect for driving around Tucson in early December.

Cagalli Yula - Snow Tires

We bought snow / winter tires for our 2014 Subaru BRZ. The old tires we had, Continental Extreme Contact DWS (All Season) were a good set of tires for commuting, road trips, etc. At five years of ownership (and tire age) we started to autocross. The additional tire wear severely reduced traction and tire performance, even in normal driving. The car got a lot more skittish.

By skittish I mean the car was a lot more prone to spinning the rear wheels and over steer. We decided that despite the fact that our old all season tires had only been stuck in winter twice, it was time to replace them.

Extended Test Drive 2019 Infiniti Q50 3.0t AWD

We were down in Florida for a family event and needed a rental. I like to rent cars of varying types to keep the rental reviews interesting and different, and my wife accommodates me. We rented a "Luxury" tier vehicle through Budget, which was stated to be a Chrysler 300 or similar.
We ended up with a 2019 Infiniti Q50 3.0t AWD.

In summary, it was nicer than our normal rental, but did not make a compelling argument for ownership if I was looking at this market segment.

C-Quartz Reapplication; Photography / Photo Shoot Information (Part 2)

We decided to follow up our midnight parking garage photo shoot with a daytime one. Recap: C-Quartz reapplication after two years by Arlington Auto Detailing, car super clean, and we decided to take some photos.
Because we had bright sunlight I decided to do these photos in a different way. For the majority of the photos I took them fixed at 100 ISO and then overexposed, at middle white balance, and underexposed.
Lens used, 

EF-S 10-22mm | f/9.0 | ISO 100 | 1/15 | overexposed 2 stops