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Washed my crap-pile today.

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#1 · (Edited)
And how she sits now:

DDIM Intake manifold w/ 90MM Q45 Throttle body
2AZ 12 hole injectors
BC Coilover suspension
8Kg/mm front spring rate
12Kg/mm rear spring rate (dampeners revalved to match!)
Front control arm bushings replaced with solid black poly
Rear upper control arm bushings replaced with solid black poly
Rear lower control arm bushings replaced with solid black poly
Steering rack bushings replaced with solid red poly
Stock brakes with
Centric Cryo Rotors front
Centric Plain rotors rear
Stoptech Street Performance front pads
Stoptech Street Performance rear pads
Dunlop Direzza ZIII
TRD 3 point rear strut tower brace
Rod Millen Motorsports front strut tower brace
Magnaflow 14210 muffler
Ported stock exhaust manifold
Infinity BassLink securely mounted in trunk
PIE TOY2 auxiliary input box for the factory radio
Front doors and rear trunk floor sound dampened
Antigravity AG-1601 16 cell LiFePo4 starting battery (4lbs, 480CA, 16AH)
Lexus chrome door strikers
Candy Red "TRD" steel door striker covers
Auxiliary trunk light
LED dome light, 5000K OEM Lexus color
OEM HID housings with Osram Nightbreaker Laser Unlimited D2S
9011 high beam bulbs
Di-Chroic yellow fog light bulbs
JDM Astar 3014 T10 amber LED for front side marker
200lm T10 LED's in front parking lights with special modded bulb holders to turn them 90 degrees so they shine into the high beam bowls
Diode Dynamics tail as turn module as front turn signal repeater for side markers
15" electric air horn with custom mounting brackets
16" flexible mast antenna
 
#5 ·
thanks.

first i washed down with some dawn soap to clean most of the shit off, i should have scrubbed a few old hard bugs off...found those later. oh well

then i touched up some stone chips and scratches with the dr colorchip. works well actually! just tedious as hell.

next i buffed the whole thing with scratch-x and burned out a cheapshit 6" random orbit...and then burned out ANOTHER one :lol:

finally i waxed it down with some cheap/lazy teflon spraywax. forgot to get the wheels though! i'll do those tomorrow.









and then it rained!
 
#8 ·
it rained when i was at mcdonalds grabbing a snack, i knew it was coming. a quick blast down the road at 60 dried her off mostly, then i wisked the water off the sides with the silicone blade.
 
#11 ·
may paint the wheels a matte gunmetal...may not. probably red calipers at some point. no tint, all i could tint would be the 1/4 glass legally...what a waste.
 
#13 ·
you noobs don't know my last car, the blue bucket. i never give my cars nice names :lol:
 
#22 · (Edited)
how-to make your car look instantly better!

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#24 ·
i was going to do it today but i left all the shit here at home when i went out. maybe weekend after next or something. i feel bad.
 
#26 ·
things seem a little cramped at first, but having had a toyota before i'm not unfamiliar with 'their way' of doing things. a toyota is pretty much a toyota, all the same metric sizes and threads. from what i've been reading the 2ZZ responds crazy good to some simple bolt ons and tuning. it all costs money though :lol:
 
#28 ·
its not tooo bad under the hood, everywhere else is like any other car really.
 
#31 ·
Best looking crap pile i've seen. You done a good job on cleaning it up. Makes me miss my Celica, i had an 01 GT 5spd. It was a pretty fun car even with the 1zz haha.

What kinda cheap shit buffer did you use? I've been looking to buy me a cheap shit buffer to treat the Stratus and Eclipse nice. Not sure what kind to get or what kind of cheap shit pad to use on it. lol
 
#36 ·
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well looky what came to me in the mail for $70 :) planning on tossing it on today and crossing my fingers that it runs right without the lil MAF fin mod thingy.