BACKSTORY TIME:
So. Let’s rewind to summer 2014. I’m scrolling through craigslist and find this gem of a car. A 1997 SAAB 9000 CSE turbo 50th anneversarry model. Stored in a tile floor garage. $500. SOLD. I called the guy and said I’d come pick it up in an hour. So I called out of work and did exactly that! I always wanted a aaab 9000 but could never find a clean one for cheap.
Here she is when I first got her.
I immediately got to work, upgrading the turbo, and painting some odds and ends... H20i was coming fast and I was determined to get this car done! It ended up getting a JZW stage 3 tune which made just over 300 hp.
Next I picked up a set of OZ fittipaldis. They were 16x8”... pretty weak specs but they were $100 sooo whatever. Spent about 3 days polishing them until they looked like this
NEXT STEP: COILOVERS. no one makes coilovers for these cars. SAAB people tend to be very one dimensional for the most part. Most just get lowering springs, bilsteins, and tell everyone “any lower is just stupid.” I guess they ain’t wrong but I wanted lower
my first attempt at front coilover.....
So. Let’s rewind to summer 2014. I’m scrolling through craigslist and find this gem of a car. A 1997 SAAB 9000 CSE turbo 50th anneversarry model. Stored in a tile floor garage. $500. SOLD. I called the guy and said I’d come pick it up in an hour. So I called out of work and did exactly that! I always wanted a aaab 9000 but could never find a clean one for cheap.
Here she is when I first got her.
I immediately got to work, upgrading the turbo, and painting some odds and ends... H20i was coming fast and I was determined to get this car done! It ended up getting a JZW stage 3 tune which made just over 300 hp.
Next I picked up a set of OZ fittipaldis. They were 16x8”... pretty weak specs but they were $100 sooo whatever. Spent about 3 days polishing them until they looked like this
NEXT STEP: COILOVERS. no one makes coilovers for these cars. SAAB people tend to be very one dimensional for the most part. Most just get lowering springs, bilsteins, and tell everyone “any lower is just stupid.” I guess they ain’t wrong but I wanted lower
my first attempt at front coilover.....
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