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First event in the books. Finished 9th overall on PAX out of 140 drivers on a mid 30 second course where I dont think I got to full throttle once.

Still figuring out these Yokohamas. Tried to treat them like my Kumho V730's and ran them at 28 psi. They were gripped up, weren't rolling over too far, but also felt really soft on the sidewall. Talking to another driver who's also testing these out in another region and he was told to run them at closer to 37 by a nationally competitive driver there to help offset the softer sidewalls they have. Going to try that at the next event just to see. Car definitely feels gripped up though, but curious if other are at one end of the spectrum or the other on pressures. You can see how much the outside rear is folding under in the photo below.

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Still haven't made it to a national event, but just got news on how stiff our local region is. My friend and I finished 7th and 9th on PAX at the first event and the next week 5 of our competitors went to the national stop in south GA. 5 of the top 10 in our region placed 1st or second at the national event. Still want to make it to one to test the level of competition.

1st in our region - 1st place CS
4th in our region - 1st place STX
6th in our region - 2nd place SSP
7th in our region - my buddy Brent in CAMC
8th in our region - 1st place GS
9th in our region - where I finished in CAMC
10th in our region - 1st place STU
12th in our region - 1st place in EVX

I know that south GA doesn't bring out the stiffest competition nationally, but happy to be amongst this group of drivers in our division on a track where I barely went full throttle once in a car that's still full interior full weight.

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So I've spent the last month or two working on a re-design of the look of the vehicle and the quality photos are finally here to show it off.

I've always been a huge fan of the Mustang GT4 cars launched by Ford Performance so based the look on the factory launch livery and the livery from the Volt Performance race car.

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I also purchased the Tamiya 1/24 scale model kit (which I've yet to build) and within the instructions was a great set of images that allowed me to utilize some basic photoshop techniques to conceptualize the general look of the car and since all the graphics were scaled I was able to actually pull scale approximate measurements of all the designs as well. Obviously went with the 06 number to reference the car's build number J0006.

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I did have QSpek Vinyl cut the large white "billboards and numbers on the door" for me as part of their off the shelf offering, but utilizing a custom font. Beyond that I used a Cricut machine to cut logos and knifeless tape to cut designs on the rest of the car myself in my garage. In the end the design came out better than even I expected. It wasn't perfect and even since these photos I've tweaked some details like the front driver's side bumper not being level and the passenger side flag being the wrong direction. Overall I'm ecstatic with the overall look of the car and love the way it looks with the gunmetal Apex wheels.

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Ludachris

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So I've spent the last month or two working on a re-design of the look of the vehicle and the quality photos are finally here to show it off.

I've always been a huge fan of the Mustang GT4 cars launched by Ford Performance so based the look on the factory launch livery and the livery from the Volt Performance race car.

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I also purchased the Tamiya 1/24 scale model kit (which I've yet to build) and within the instructions was a great set of images that allowed me to utilize some basic photoshop techniques to conceptualize the general look of the car and since all the graphics were scaled I was able to actually pull scale approximate measurements of all the designs as well. Obviously went with the 06 number to reference the car's build number J0006.

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I did have QSpek Vinyl cut the large white "billboards and numbers on the door" for me as part of their off the shelf offering, but utilizing a custom font. Beyond that I used a Cricut machine to cut logos and knifeless tape to cut designs on the rest of the car myself in my garage. In the end the design came out better than even I expected. It wasn't perfect and even since these photos I've tweaked some details like the front driver's side bumper not being level and the passenger side flag being the wrong direction. Overall I'm ecstatic with the overall look of the car and love the way it looks with the gunmetal Apex wheels.

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Looks bad ass. I think you have to cover the black stripes with matching gray vinyl now.... and add one more decal somewhere on the car. :)
 

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