Body work in B/N

Looking for the best value on some body work. A friend of mine needs a touch-up on the rear bumper of his Honda (factory color). Just looking for your favorite body shops considering both quality and price. (Bloomington/Normal area)

Wheel Offset Help

Do we have any offset calculating experts on here? I have been bending my brain on and off for the last week trying to figure out what offset I need for my rear wheels.

Currently I have 18x8 wheels, with I believe a +40 offset, and 1.5 inch spacers (adapters) to account for the widebody kit.

I would like to move to an 18x9.5 or 18x10 and eliminate the spacers. If considering a 9.5" wheel, logic would say that the width would be perfect (current 8" wheel + 1.5" spacer). The only real question left is the backspacing...

By the calculations my 8" wheel should have 5.5" backspacing (and does fit without the spacer). I need to maintain close to this amount with the 9.5" wheel. So if the center point (0 offset) is 4.75" I need to move the wheel in .75" or +19mm. Coincidently 20mm is pretty common... This will fit nicely on the inside but what about the outside? Right now I have 5.5" of wheel on the inside of the mounting surface and 2.5" on the outside. With the 1.5" spacer there is effectively 4" on the outside. The 9.5" wheel with 5.5" on the inside should leave the same 4" on the outside.

In typing this I think that I have convinced myself, if you think that I am crazy please stop me from making a bad purchase...

Fuel feed line fitting

A question for those of you that have upgraded your fuel lines... What fitting did you use coming off of the fuel pump housing? I have seen it documented as (and have) an Earl's -6AN 800106ERL straight swivel connector. The thing that I am wondering about is the fact that both the Earl's fitting and the stock tube are a female type compression surface. While I like a pair of females pressed together as much as the next guy I don't know if I can trust em.

***Willow Knolls Friday 8/11***

TreyDawg has been talking about it, lets make it happen! I will be out in the Willow Knolls parking lot this Friday at 9PM along with my brother in his yellow Cavi. Who is with me?

Fuel Pump Rewire

This weekend's project was rewiring the stock fuel pump with 10ga wire straight off the battery and adding a 8ga ground. I have always heard this is a worth while mod but never read what kind of gains should be expected. Take a guess at what my results were.

*Note: Pulls were three days apart with very similar intake and coolant temps(aka no fuel trim alterations). In fact I found a portion of the log where I was in the same gear with the same intake temp, and the exact coolant temp~freaky~.