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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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I found BNIB KYBs for the rear for $100.
Bought these today. Suspension is a go for tomorrow. Its supposed to be a nice day and everything!
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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WOW. This suspension was a pain in the ***! Now i know some tricks i can do it probably in 3-4 hours but it took my nearly 7 today!! I can do a honda in 2 hours lol. The time progressively got lower per corner.

Just to let everyone know I have Falken "Gravity Springs". They are made by Eibach and are 1.5F/1.3R. They are Supra springs and I used Supra KYBs.

THESE SPRINGS WILL NOT WORK WITH SC3/4 SHOCKS!

Before:






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Rear shot, does this seam really low for stock? These shocks where blown and the springs didnt seam to be cut.


MmMMmMmm


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The product of baby ****ing:







+50 offset = HELLA FLUSH



If you notice my drop is about 1.8" front and 1" rear so i have some settling to do which is going to make it low as ****!
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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Looks spot on! Give that car a bath while its nice out! Those stockers while slammed are definitely sunken battleships! haha
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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this got some good progress!

keep it comming!
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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the drop came out niiiice
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 09:55 PM
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Damn those seats look made for this car. Nice drop
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BostonSC4
Looks spot on! Give that car a bath while its nice out! Those stockers while slammed are definitely sunken battleships! haha
I have a bad area Im going to wet sand and buff out tonight and ill wash it all then.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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Made some more progress today! Here is my old center console. I found replacement ones on ebay for like 20 bucks and the fit ok. Im sure yall could get them to fit better but all i had was craft adhesive.



I would say my interior is 85% done now

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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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Got the windows tinted today. I give it a 8/10. I'm going back friday to get it touched up there was no sun out today and there was water trapped in the defroster lines so it couldnt be helped out till friday. For $75 though im happy.

20% all around. With my black interior it looks darker inside but I can actually see out at night vs the cars that i had less then this. 5% was a nightmare!







Had some bad oxidation in this area and bumper. I didnt post pics of it and tried to hide it because i was ashamed but i finally got to work on it today. Nothing a little wet sand and buff couldnt help out. It still needs more work but i think i can get it looking pretty good.



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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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very nice. did you just sand out all the oxidation then buff??? I would assume that there would no clearcoat and you would just be buffing the paint??
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 04:19 PM
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very nice!!! how much was all together without the coilovers?
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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I DO recomend any supra springs with 1.5" drop if you want the slammed look!

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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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I picked up these 18s today i give them a 8/10! He didnt tell me he had some tires laying around and he gave me them for free with 90%+ tread! Not the style i was really looking for but i will see how they look installed!




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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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For trade now.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...wered-etc.html
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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nice work man
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