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well, today, minor stuff:
replaced both rear wheel bearings with Koyo oem units,
replaced 2 remanufactured rear axle's
installed new rear shoes for parking brake
rotary milled the rear wheel hubs and rotors for 5x112mm bolt pattern with 14mm studs
machined rear wheel hub register's for forged rear wheels 19x11
I greeted her when I came home from work... I said "hello Ms. Starfire... we will be together tomorrow"... She's my weekend ride... my RAV4 is the workday workhorse...Got her claybar'd last weekend and her windows ceramic tinted the weekend before that... I'm ready to show off tomorrow...
I fixed my servo motors yesterday. On sunday it started blowing extreme hot air from the passenger side vents, it felt like it was literally blowing straight from the heater core and for those who live in florida its a very uncomfortable feeling not having a functioning a/c in your car. Luckily, its good to know people, my buddy has a customer that buys wrecked lexus's and strip them to the bare bones and they had every servo motor I needed from a low mileage gs300 so I lucked out on getting them at a extremely low price and after everything was fixed, took her to get detailed. I need professional photo's of this thing.
1). I got gs430 yellow capsule fog lights. Not sure if I prefer them over clear fogs as yet. Love them on silver / white GS's but on black I am not sure. Did not take a good pic of them nor does the picture represent the actual color. Don't mind all the bug marks please, car was dirty
2). Next I got a used Blitz axle back exhaust. Video can be found here:
3). Cleaned up the headlights. They had clear coat on them so it was a PITA to get through the clear coat. Thinking about it now I probably should have tried some paint stripper on a cloth. Ah well. Also got new good struts, which I think might be too strong, the hood flies up and hits with a thud when it reaches its stopping point.
4). Bought the car with tint on the windscreen. Kept the car really cool in the florida sun. I could park in the sun and it wouldn't get too hot inside. However I was worried about the cops bothering me so I took it off...kind of regret it now though.
Before (I think it may have been about 35% tint):
You can see the big difference when taking it off.
5). Lastly, I got this steering wheel cover off amazon that you sow yourself. I highly recommend this, nice grip and it matches the perforated leather on the spokes. Oh also I got a shift **** from a RX which can be seen in 1 of the pics below.
Mods to come:
coilovers, maybe new rims and a GTE swap in the distant future if I keep it.
nice work Blaze876 maybe you could do a lighter % on the windshield so its not as dark but still keep out the heat.
What brand is the steering wheel cover it looks really good was it hard to do, also is it universal or car specific ? I need to do something like that to my daily the top of the wheel is starting to look bad
nice work Blaze876 maybe you could do a lighter % on the windshield so its not as dark but still keep out the heat.
What brand is the steering wheel cover it looks really good was it hard to do, also is it universal or car specific ? I need to do something like that to my daily the top of the wheel is starting to look bad
The reviews are great, with people reviewing after a year saying it has held up. It is universal, your steering wheel must be 38.5 cm diameter or less. The hardest part was putting it over the steering wheel. Felt like I was going to rip it with the amount of force I had to use. Apparently if you spray water on it and put it in the microwave for 15 seconds, it will make it easier. As far as sowing it on, I watched a youtube tutorial. Took 2 minutes to watch and off I went. Total time was about 45 mins from start to finish. My GS was starting to get messed up on the top too. Also if you look at where I did my spokes, I tucked the edges in. Most pictures I have seen leave it as is.
If you want to keep the heat out get Llumar Air 80 blue on your windshield if you can find it. It's 78% and blocks heat like limo tint. I have it and the only way you can tell it is on there is by looking at the cutout for the inspection sticker.
If you want to keep the heat out get Llumar Air 80 blue on your windshield if you can find it. It's 78% and blocks heat like limo tint. I have it and the only way you can tell it is on there is by looking at the cutout for the inspection sticker.
Oh okay I will check this out. How much did it cost?
08-05-16, 06:26 PM
