not just yet...gotta make some side money to justify it to the wife first.

 

Wow looks great man! what's next?

 

y u get wheels before A-Spec?!?!

 

if you knew how much he paid for dem wheels, you'd know the answer to that!

 

But I don't know. Therefore I will talk shit until I do

 

Lol. Thanks Jer! I wish I could dedicate more finances to the project doe!

as soon as finances allow...dat wife and dem kids doe...

I did a little more this weekend that I will post later. Next on the list is to put the S-techs on the wife's TL.

 

don't...it doesn't give it back. ever.

 

$300.00. Came with 2 brand new Kumho's. Bought 2 more matching tires for $125 each.

 

I like the new wheels, John.

 

Nice pickup on the wheels, wacker. I like them. Needs the aspec (although I cant really talk)

 

Why did Tyler post a smiley of him with his mouth open in that shape?
Wacker, you are a deal finder, my friend. Wow.

 

damn thats a hella good deal...

 

Thanks!!

Meh...All in due time. Rome wasnt built in a day. It gives me moar to look forward to!

Im a sales manager.....what else would you expect?

Indeed...Methinks the same...




On another note. I was down for a few days with a hella stomach virus. In that time my battery went dead (possibly the non operational HFL). So I took the wifes car to work and left mine on the charger in case she needed to go anywhere. About three hours later I get a call. "Holy shit!!! How do you drive this thing? It scrapes bottom everywhere!!!" My response... "Low is a lifestyle....deal with it...." She then said.... "If this is what low is like, then FU(K it!!...You arent lowering my car!!!"

Keep in mind, I have S-Techs sitting on the garage floor for her car.

Oh Brother.....

 

hahahaha poor wifey

Tell her to take corners slower!!

 

Pics of the progress look good. Good thing you started a progress thread. Otherwise you prolly wouldn't have wrecked your celica, fucked up your body and gotten a TL out of the deal.

We would still be listening to you complain about how you can't mod the wifeys car yada yada.

Looking good bro.

TINTS!

 

Fixed

 

A little update....

Got these in the other day. Extended studs and hubcentric rings for my wheels to help center them and avoid vibrations.


First the stud instal....only thing I did different than the DIY was when I cut some of the metal shield away, I also ground some of the casting of the spindle away for more clearance.


Used my air chisel a bit too....just sped things up some.


Added a 20mm spacer to the rear and a 15mm to the front. Sorry the car is so dirty we have had constant rain here for over a week.....






That's it for now....I'll try to get some decent shots this week now that she is cleaned up.

I have some goodies coming in for next weekend too!!!

 

Lowered + No A-Spec kit is goooooood

 

Gorgeous! Do you live in an enchanted forrest

 

I was gonna give you a whole lecture on the significance of wheel centre caps, and how missing ones interrupt the flow of the car and increase the chances of some no-gooder loosening your axle nut, and how quite frankly it should be illegal to drive around without wheel centre caps...

But then you got new wheels. Nice!

 

Walker ain't got time fo dat!

 

Thanks Meeker!!
Yes

Lol. Those wheels were trashed. I kicked around buying a center cap, but I really didn't want to spend money on them. They need a lot of work. I am keeping them around for spares. I found a crack in the back of one of my wheels. It had a slow leak so I looked it over and found it. These wheels came off of a wrecked car, so not a shocker. So, while that's getting fixed I'll have to run the stocks again. Boo

 

You paid 300 bucks for these...ain't nobody feeling bad for you, brah

 

Still don't want to run the stocks. Those things roar like a 4x4 tire. Lol.

 

Looking good John

Great install....

and @ the cracked rim...

 

A "little" update? Looks like a big job to me.

 

Looks great John! Love the drop

How much camber are you running in the rear? Looks like a lot.

 

Thanks Anil. I'm hoping it won't be too expensive to repair....

Haaa! It really wasn't bad at all.

Thanks Tyler. Yea, I need a kit. -2.5 is what I'm running right now. With the miles I drive I really need to figure out what I'm going to do. I may make my own kit...

 

I didn't know Wacky was a juvenile delinquent

 

Wacker makes it all look easy...oh, new extended studs, engine swap and full paint job in 3 hours. Totally normal day for you.

JB Weld that baby!

 

What? That makes absolutely no sense.

 

I didn't say "JB WELD THAT BABY???"
I said do it!

 

Such a great improvement with the spacers on there. Sucks about the rim being cracked doe.

 

Yeah, it really does...I am guessing the seller didn't realize since it was wrecked?

 

Seller was a salvage yard. I have a 30 day warranty that expires on the 9th. But I have tires and balancing invested and I really like these. Gonna call the guy that repairs wheels around here in a few min.

 

Da drop son! dem rims b! dat camber yo!

You feel me?!

 

$90 to have crack fixed $20 to remove and remount tire and balance. So $110 total.

I feel ya! You mean you ain't got no drop on yo ride? Fer realz?

 

You kidding me...that's a killer deal for a permanent solution. Awesome...you fixing it today?

 

Yep, I'd pull the trigger on doing that deal too, John.

 

John, we've conferred. Do it. Fix it...yeah, do it.