NJ Aegean 03

and since it needed some brakes, I bought her these... (hoping they are better than stock!!)



and



to go on




They will be going on this weekend and then next up on the list is timing belt and associated maintainence along with new suspension (Tein). I was toying with selling her ever since buying my Supra this past winter, but in a few months she'll be paid off and there's nothing else that I really want right now...so she stays Thanks to Excelerate for a great price and super quick shipping!!!

CL Platano

I kept checking to see what you were gonna get. You'll love the Tein Suspension..Getting coilovers?

NJ Aegean 03

Yeah, 99% set on the coilovers. Hope they ride just as nice as the stock suspension does. That's 1/2 the reason why I haven't touched it because I love the ride quality.

CL Platano

They will it all depends on how you set the dampening.

mr.motoring

New stoppers!



What kind of rubber are you running on?

NJ Aegean 03

Yokohama Avid V4'S on all 4 They have just over 40k miles on them and still going strong!!

mr.motoring

Though the stock ride is good, the one thing I noticed as soon as I got my car is the nose dive on even light brake application. Once I went to Tein springs, that problem was gone.

Can't beat Yokos! I'm about to get a set of Conti SportContact2 in a beefy 235/45/17.

NJ Aegean 03

Yeah, that's one thing I did notice about the stock suspension is the nose dive under braking. Just going to make her as close to new as possible for the long run!! I have a feeling this is going to be a very expensive winter, in addition to my TLS costs, my Supra is going under the knife starting early October ... I can almost feel the credit card companies breathing down my neck. But, at least I'm only paying for parts, I'll have all winter to work on the cars.

NJ Aegean 03

Ok, back to the brakes here. So I just started to do the brakes today, got the car up on stands and removed wheels, etc. Followed the replacement write-up per tientruong's post (https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=replace+brake). Went out and bought a impact driver to remove the 2 screws that hold the rotor on and these things just won't come off. WD-40, liquid wrench, heat, etc etc. I removed the caliper assembly and bracket (from rotor and suspension) but I'm puzzled on how to remove these 2 screws. They are just starting to strip but aren't in horrible condition, hence the reason why I'm posting back here. Anybody know of any other methods on how to remove these PITA screws just short of drilling them out?

Thanks in advance

FISHYTL

get an impact screw driver from an auto parts store...they are only like $15-20.

NJ Aegean 03

Did that, re-read my post above...