When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Latest update. Few Weeks i switched out the Tein Street Basis Coils for BC Racing. Got them for less than half new price with very low miles!
I've had my Camber kit collecting Dust in my Garage since like June. Procrastinating because i knew my Toe bolts were seized like hell. Finally nutted up and tackled it this past weekend. Sawzall with Diablo Metal cutting Blade cut through it like Cake lol.
and then Last night i came home to my new HIC V2 spoiler. been waiting for months.
me either! it was a choice between the green or Bahama Blue pearl.
I loved the Teins too. great ride. i had them maxed out all year and ill need to be lower next season. and for $400 outta pocket costs. couldnt pass up the BCs
Such a great find! by far my best accomplishment yet lol. i've been hoping to come across these ever since i bought my TL. 3 years later i got lucky lol.
thanks! i got them fixed on to my tiny stock piping and i love the way it sounds already. i'll go back and have another shop run wider piping from the cat.
Ah man its been awhile. few pics from a mini photoshoot during one my meets with the crew. i think since the Greddy install.only thing significant that i've done is the rear lip lol
Last year i didnt have wheels and it sucked. i tried to order the Rotiform Nue before Hday in charlotte. they ended up running out and discontinuing them in the 5x114 bolt pattern at the same time. so i was stuck with two wheels. i did mount 2 of them. put them on one side for a photoshoot to submit my car for Hday VIP...that was before i knew they were discontinued lol. miraculously i was able to sell the pair to someone and he took on the task of hoping to find another pair. i borrowed a set of Varrstoens from my friend for Hday and Springfest in Virginia last year lol.
Now i have my new wheels that i got few weeks ago. Cosmis S5R. 18x9/10.5. i should've gotten 10.5s for the front smh. i regret that now but oh well. being white they are a PITA to keep clean but i love how white looks on AM. FYI. 18x9 do NOT clear brembos. i had to same day ship a pair of 20mm spacers (Thank god for Amazon Prime) to clear them so i could get these wheels on the night before Hot Import Nights. lol. so this how she looks at the moment.
Someone got a good pic from Hot Import Nights in Jacksonville, NC.
Pics from waiting in line at Import Alliance this past weekend in Atlanta.
surprisingly idk what it is about these wheels. but i barely have any camber to fit these 10.5s +20 in the rear. sitting at -1.5 degrees
Last edited by Steven Bell; 03-28-2017 at 07:28 PM.
Reason: Merged Posts-Please use the Multi Quote Button (the middle icon) in the lower right hand corner of each post to make your responses look like this!
Nice work bro - I agree I would have gone wider in the front also, and after running my 10's in the rear, there is plenty of room to get wider - i don't see 10.5 being much harder to fit, the difficulty comes from fitting the tires lol to get the right fitment
Nice work bro - I agree I would have gone wider in the front also, and after running my 10's in the rear, there is plenty of room to get wider - i don't see 10.5 being much harder to fit, the difficulty comes from fitting the tires lol to get the right fitment
Thanks man!.yea i wish i didnt punk out and get 9s. i didnt have the skunk2 arms yet so i didnt want 10.5s up front and have hella poke til i could get the arms. i thought the 10.5s would be harder to fit. i got 225/40 stretched on there. but here's the weird thing. my friend is running the same exact rear specs and needs like 8-9 degrees of camber. idk if its the wheels or what. she's on Truhart Coils. im on BCs. even on bumps my wheels camber in and tuck into the wheel well...she still hits the quarter on dips with 8 degrees camber. I've been meaning to swap wheels and see if those fit the same on my car. or it could possibly be my quarters are pulled more than hers. she had her's done by professional and mine was DIY lol
last month i lost my rear ASPEC lip since i got it used and it didnt come with any hardware from the previous owner. so the 3M doublesided i guess only held on for as long as it could. bad thing was i planning on getting the hardware from Bruce that weekend smh lol. But i lucked up and found a rear ASPEC in a local LQK Pull-it yard 2 weeks ago. i saw the car pop up with a good passenger headlight and rear ASPEC, i reallyyy needed the passenger headlight. figured it would all be gone by the time i got there. thought i had a better change for the headlight than the ASPEC. So i left during my lunch break at work and went to check it out. surprisingly enough the apsec was still there and since the it was mounted properly AND was the same color as my car. i took the whole bumper home for $40.
Before leaving i decided to look at another TL that came in with black interior. since that was weeks ago i figured it would've been stripped down.but most of everything was still there.just so happened that the yard was having a 40% off sale that weekend for memorial day. i went back saturday morning and ripped out everything that was in good condition. i got everything but the Floor carpet, few plastic trim pieces, Door Panels, and the Front seats and front Seat belts (Mine is '06, that was '04. the front Passenger seat belt clips the seat in my car while it bolts to the floor in the '04 so i didnt wanna chance it being incompatible). Got home with 80% of what i needed to do the swap. rested a bit, it was a pretty hot day and pulling parts by yourself is quite a bit of work lol. looked up the Greensboro LKQ yard thats an hour away from me. Another TL with Black interior that came in the week prior. said F&%$ it and took a chance and drove out there to see if they had anything left. MANNN im so glad it paid off. i was able to get everything else i needed to complete the swap. Front seats, Door panels, the carpet, the rest of the Plastic Trim pieces. got back home, took a nap and started Tearing out what was left of my old interior to swap everything in. Few Friends came and helped. Finished swapping everything but the Door Panels on Sunday.
one of the door panels i got, the leather was coming off the door panel. sure i could've just sprayed more glue and tucked it back in but i decided to try something different so a mini project that following week was replace the leather with black suede. bought thin sheet of foam and black suede. glued the suede to the foam and then cut the shape of the leather and then attached that to the door panel. took about 2 days to complete working a few hours after i got off work. i think it turned out pretty well and it wasnt very hard to do.
had these lines sitting around for a couple months now. i snagged them when HeelToeAuto had that Random Flash sale for a small number of brake lines. they were sold out within an hour and half lol.
Thats a great update, loving the exhaust and fresh interior!
Thanks man!
Originally Posted by Steven Bell
.....still waiting for the "after" pictures.
After pics of what? Lol
Originally Posted by projectwidow
Great job on the suede inserts!! I've been thinking of doing the headliner but not sure. I am just have to do the doors though.
I planto do the headliner eventually. Just haven't gotten around to it. The door inserts was a last minute idea lol. Never even thought of it before then.
12-09-2015, 10:49 AM
Any reason for swapping out the coils?...just wanted to go lower?
one LUCKY Memorial Day weekend!
