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451 smart fortwo Lowering Springs / Racing Springs

While it took awhile for the factory in Europe to produce the springs we did get one of the first sets of racing/lowering springs for the 451 smart fortwo. The install was a little tricky but well worth it as the outcome is simply amazing. The smart not only looks amazing with the lower stance it drives like a completely different car.

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Added by forfiveone on January 31, 2008 at 9:00pm — 14 Comments

forfiveone coming to a magazine stand near you...

It has been a busy few weeks, very sorry that I've not kept up to date on the progress of the forfiveone project car. Since the navigation install I've added in new floor mats, color matched fuel flap and the biggest change I lowered the smart with racing springs.

Last weekend we had a photo shoot done at the local smart dealership as in March the forfiveone will be have some coverage in a national car magazine. All members will have access to a free e-version of the car magazine a

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Added by forfiveone on January 30, 2008 at 6:44pm — 2 Comments

GPS NAV System for the Dash of Smart 451

It was a busy busy weekend but we installed the GPS system, some more smart accessories and a couple other items but here I’ll introduce you to the GPS system that I built into the 451 smart.

So while adding in a… Continue

Added by forfiveone on January 1, 2008 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments

forfiveone to appear as a comic book character

comic smartIt would seem that I've been a good boy all year as Santa was good to me and my smart this year and I wanted to share my wonderful Christmas news I received today.

Rob Tokar the Editor-in-Chief at TOKYOPOP confirmed today that they will be going ahead in creating… Continue

Added by forfiveone on December 25, 2007 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Sunglasses Holder for the 451 smart fortwo

While the armrest was a great aftermarket addition that smart forgot to put on the smart 451 this sunglasses holder is something they forgot to have on the smart but are nice enough to let you pay $55 to… Continue

Added by forfiveone on December 23, 2007 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

451 smart Brabus Gas & Brake Pedals

Once I went to install these pedals I could see that smart has always planned to have these pedals as part of the car because the design of the stock gas pedal is setup to have the brabus gas ped
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Added by forfiveone on December 15, 2007 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments

Carbon Fiber Trim for the smart 451

Carbon fiber is always a great way to give a vehicle a hint of aggressiveness and this dash trim added to the smart does just that. Once installed you wouldn’t even notice that it wasn’t factory as it… Continue

Added by forfiveone on December 15, 2007 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Armrest for the 451 smart fortwo

While smart on the new 451 did include many of the items people requested they didn’t include an armrest option but have no fear the aftermarket was listening. I searched for a few weeks and ended up finding a compa
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Added by forfiveone on December 15, 2007 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments

451 smart fortwo 6 Spoke Black Rims

Those of you who followed the redesign of the smart into the new 451 might have remembered those spy photos of the smart driving around on black 6 or 12 spoke rims. Well if you didn’t get a chance to see those ph
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Added by forfiveone on December 14, 2007 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

Start of Project Car: forfiveone™

forfiveone™After nearly 10 years I'm happy to say that I am a smart owner. I've named my smart forfiveone which comes from a mix of "fortwo" and the "451" nickname given to the new smart's by the smart community.

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Added by forfiveone on December 12, 2007 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

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Heh! Penske, Inc., thinks all is well. Frankly, I don't get it. Mr. Penske came up in the race-car business - he should know better when it comes to the mechanics of car design and should have insisted on drive-testing the product before committin...
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