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KingPhilipII's Blue Flame
LATEST SETUP
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...psb9e65296.jpg Engine/Drivetrain Modifications: K&N Drop-In Air Filter 33-2054 Koyo Radiator A1306 4 Gauge Alternator Wire Suspension Modifications: Powered By Max MAX Competition Coilovers (18/12 kg) Prothane Polyurethane Bushings Front Upper & Lower Control Arms 311-18-207-BL Prothane Polyurethane Bushings Rear Upper & Lower Control Arms 311-18-304-BL Daizen Polyurethane Steering Rack Bushings S1-2030 Daizen Upgraded Sway Bar Set S1-2005 2nd Generation LS400 Front Brake Calipers (Polished) Advanced Brake Technology Zinc-Coated Round-Slotted Premium Performance Disc Rotors Front SR-BZ44084 & Rear SR-BZ44107 Goodridge G-Stop Stainless Steel Brake Lines Driftmotion Braided Stainless Power Steering Line Custom Alignment Specs Wheels/Tires Modification: Euro.Tek by MRR Wheels 07 19x9.5 +12 225/35/19 19x10.5 +22 265/30/19 Muteki SR48 Extended Open End Lug Nuts with Lock Nuts Interior/Exterior Modifications: DDM Tuning HID Kit with 35w Slim Ballasts 5000k headlights & 3000k fog lights Toyota Japan Amber Sidemarker LED Bulb Electronic Flasher CF13GL-02 LED Bulbs All Around Exterior & Interior Euro/Japanese Spec Signal/Park Lights Rolled & Pulled Front & Rear Fenders JDM Innovation Oval-Tip Mufflers '98+ SC300 Gated Shifter 50% Tint Front Windows, and 5% Tint Rear & Back Window '92-'94 SC400 OEM Lip Kit UPDATES 04/10/12 2012 Look of Blue Flame 04/12/12 Trials & Tribulations 04/30/12 New Intake Coupler & Brand New Tailights 05/01/12 JDM Sidemarkers 05/02/12 Fuel Filter 05/08/12 Coolant Temperature Sensor 05/10/12 Drift Motion Stainless Steel Braided Power Steering High Pressure Line 05/12/12 Gas Cap 05/12/12 Bad MAF Sensor 05/19/12 SDCL BBQ Meet & Greet '12 05/30/12 Front Polyurethane Upper & Lower Control Arm Bushings / Continuation... 05/30/12 Polyurethane Steering Rack Bushings 06/05/12 Mirror ECU 06/07/12 Cabin Air Filter 06/28/12 Purolator Pure One Oil Filter (PL20195) 07/13/12 Rear Polyurethane Upper & Lower Control Arm Bushings / Continuation 1 / Continuation 2 08/31/12 Oil Pressure Switch/Wheel Flip 09/13/12 New Battery(Just in Time for Winter) 09/28/12 Trunk Cargo Net 10/03/12 Daizen Sway Bars 10/26/12 Old School Amber Lights 10/27/12 3rd/Spoiler Brake Light 10/30/12 LS Brake Calipers / Continuation... 12/03/12 New Tint 12/07/12 Gated Shifter 12/25/12 Brake Master Cylinder & Brake Booster 01/28/13 HID Color Temp Swap 03/25/13 PROPER Alignment 03/26/13 OEM Front Lip 04/14/13 Photoshoot Hello CL, I've been a member for a little over a year now. I wanna reintroduce myself and my SC. I, KingPhilipII bought my 1995 SC400 Midnight Indigo Pearl aka Blue Flame on March 17, 2011 exactly a month before my birthday. I originally wanted a black on black SC, and the first time I saw my SC in Craigslist, the pics were so dark that I thought it was black. I contacted the seller and met up with him the following day...or night, since it was already getting dark when we met, and so I was still under the impression that it was black. On the third day me and my wife decided to buy it, this time I saw its true color in the morning, I didn't let the color throw me off since the car was still in great condition... Or was it? Blue Flame was first bought and always has been a California car. It has not been daily used since 2009 according to the guy I bought it from. It has a clean title, no accidents, no nothing reported to its Carfax. Tags were expired since 2009, the paint was so dirty and grimy, interior was in considerably good condition - no rips in the leather, but some parts of the leather felt hard and were already cracking especially the rear seats. Last time it was brought to the dealer was at 120,xxx miles, and I got it at 163,xxx miles, timing belt and (hopefully) all those good stuff was done at 152,xxx miles. The first time I cleaned my cabin, I found a receipt from a local impounding company, saying my SC was bought by the guy who sold it to me less than a month before I bought it for roughly $1300 cheaper, LOL. My SC has gone through a lot in the last year than the last 16 years it had with it's 5 previous owners. I'm not sure wether I got lucky, or the other; but my SC ended up having every little possible common problem these cars has, but I enjoyed getting her, ahem, HIM back to good if not great condition. My family has always been Toyota guys, I grew up in a garage converted into a car shop by my granpa, and all the fixing and maintenance my car needed brought back great memories. I can even remember waking up in the morning from the loud banging of our metal fabricator guy when he's fabricating auto body parts. We've always had either AUV's(Asian Utility Vehicle; Jeep sized SUV's), SUV's or pick-up trucks (and most importantly, they were all rear wheel drive) back home in the dreaded streets of Philippines. So yeah, I'm new to this car/coupe "thing", especially this "lowering" of cars thing, although I'm not new to the car scene. Back then, the only thing I can modify in my AUV was it's sound system, and since I was younger back then, I wanted my system to be BANGIN'!!! The only reason I didn't sell my SC and decided to restore it and make it my keeper was the fact that it's very dependable as a lot of people has confirmed and vouched for, plus it's considerably a classic Lexus having the same chassis as the Toyota Supra and the very first Lexus sports coupe. These are the only pics I can dig up of my SC the next day I got him; Right from the get-go you can tell I had a lot of work to do. Just look at those cracks on the radiator, the bloated hoses and the fact that it was so filthy inside and out.:thumbdn: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._6761536_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._8195440_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._5931880_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._4741362_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._7592203_n.jpg Only mods when I got it were; Tokico Blues/Tanabe NF210 RPM R-505/Wanli Tires Front - 19x8.5 +33(with 5mm H&R wheel spacer) 235/35/19 Rear - 19x9.5 +23(with 15mm Ichiba V1 wheel spacer) 235/35/19 Here's a screenshot of the excel I made which includes all the repairs, maintenance and mods I've done so far to Blue Flame since there's too much to list; http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ps249f7f70.png http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ps687c362b.png http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ps4ea4bdcc.png http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ps1e3dbbac.png I am so proud to say that no shop has touched this car throughout our whole ordeal in fixing him up and modding him. Everything was done either at my uncle's house, my condo's parking lot, or my buddies garage. Too bad I wasn't able to take pics of everything I've fixed, repaired or modded, everything happened just when my old camera broke on me.:egads: First thing I went crazy with was lights. From LED's to HID's. I hated how the cluster background was color orange, so I decided to upgrade to LED's, to lower the wattage as well considering the wirings are 17 years old already. I'm planning on getting it done by LexTech still, to white background and blue needles and time & ODO, but not until I finish my interior swap to black. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._3864938_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._4628812_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._1373934_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...0_160303_n.jpg I did the foglight mod, so I can turn on my fogs without turning on the headlights. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1037.jpg Then I swapped the flasher relay for the signal lights to the electronic/digital flasher relay(CF13 GL-02) so I can upgrade the front signal lights to LED to get rid of the amber bulb reflection without the hyperblink issue. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1039.jpg I cleaned up the headlights and fogs off of its annoying grime, yellowing, oxidation and heavy condensation... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._2946439_n.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._2616472_n.jpg And installed HID's... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0849-3.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0848-1.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0853-1.jpg And voila! http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_0913.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1247.jpg |
Here's how Blue Flame look like when it's coming at you at night...:p
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1250.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1255.jpg I was so attracted to the newer Lexus' rear license plate LED lit lights... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1248.jpg I love how the '95-'96's tail lights entire top part light up with thin red stealth looking running lights... My interior wasn't so bad, like I said. I've already fully detailed it around December '11 to spotless condition, and since its tan, it's already as dirty as before I cleaned it up. I don't wanna deal with it anymore so I'm planning on swapping to an all black interior when I find one that I really like. (I'm trying to go for that blue IS-F theme color combo on my SC actually.) http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0169-2.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0203-1.jpg I've always liked how Toyota/Lexus come with an organizer for your car manuals, your car insurance, registration, etc... Although mine, being 16 years old already and being passed by 5 previous owners, didn't have it when I got it... Then I saw a guy selling one in Craigslist for $10!!! It came with the original owner's manual, accessory brochure, owner's guide supplement and the leather Lexus organizer - all for a '95!!! :woohoo: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_1130-1.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_1141-1.jpg Then things, started to get serious........:eek2: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_0114.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0117-1.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0096-1.jpg Last look at my old set-up.... I really miss the bling and lip, to be honest.... But I'm starting to dig that stealth look the gunmetal wheels is giving my SC on the new set-up.... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...oneydada/9.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...neydada/14.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_0515.jpg This is my passion right here... So if you're from SD and need job done, hit me up...:thumbup: http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_0786-1.jpg There's a few guys I wanna thank, who has helped me a lot in this process of slowly restoring my SC... raine, whom I've been bothering a lot whenever I need some questions answered.:D TheKevin, when I need a garage to work in so I wouldn't get burnt by the sun if I work at my condo's parking lot, especially the hospitality you have given me and my family...:D http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_1124-1.jpg fliptrix for all the help whenever I work on my SC at TheKevin's place! LOL:D http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...IMG_1125-1.jpg chargerfan, for the hook-up on alignment; although our transaction ain't done yet.;) http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...408178_n-1.jpg And many many thanks to CL and the members for all the DIY's and questions answered through new and old threads. It wouldn't have been any easier if it wasn't for that. |
Now, for the 2012 look of Blue Flame, with no further ado, brace yourself for some pic flooding!!!:D
Euro.Tek 07 (Volk TE37 replica)/Achilles ATR Sport Tires New line from MRR wheels, comes with a lifetime structural warranty. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1181.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1186.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1188.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1206.jpg Midnight Indigo Pearl 8J5 http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1198.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1199.jpg Wrong Fitment Crew reppin', thanks chragerfan for this wonderful decal! http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1194.jpg MAX ドリフト (drift) http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1201.jpg JDM Innovation oval-tipped mufflers aka eBay universal mufflers. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1203.jpg Factory brake calipers painted royal blue with eBay Lexus decal and Muteki SR48 lug nuts anoblue with lock nuts. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1215.jpg Goodridge brake lines and Powered By Max coilovers (18/12 kg) http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1230.jpg Front - 19x9.5 +12 235/35/19 (-2.5 camber) http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1192.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1191.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1240.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1226.jpg Rear - 19x10.5 +22 245/35/19 (-3 camber) http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1193.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1190.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1239.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1227.jpg I live in a condo, so my biggest dilemma and problem is parking... I detail cars for a living, and I can't even maintain my own car to be garage clean... Anyways, here's my lovely parking spot... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1214.jpg Nice poke! http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1212.jpg Those scuffs on the pillar ain't mine btw... I'm used to parking closer than this back in Philippines... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1209.jpg I've always wondered if the wheel stoppers were measured upon installing them and guess what, they were! http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1210.jpg http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a/IMG_1211.jpg This will be the last thread I'm gonna make for my SC's restoration and build info. I daily drive my SC as a lot of people already know so updates and changes come very slow. I have a lot more parts just waiting to be installed, but not really a priority right now. So, please give me feedback, I'd really appreciate if we'd be respectful of each and everybody's comments and opinions. But, if you throw tihs my way, I'll throw it back twice the velocity of yours. Thank you all and have a great build, PEACE!!! PS; Since somebody mentioned it, I forgot to explain why I refer to call my SC as HIM and not her. Well simple, it's all because it's a rear wheel drive car. You know how that differential looks like its balls in between the 2 axles which are the legs? And for me, rear wheel drive cars are the most hard to control out of all car designs so it takes a lot of experience to be a rear wheel drive car driver. |
So sick everything is on point and awesome documentation of the progress. I can't wait to see what else you do with this
Also thanks for all the suspension help. |
So sick everything is on point and awesome documentation of the progress. I can't wait to see what else you do with this
Also thanks for all the suspension help. |
Awesome!
Also, I have never heard of anyone referring the the car as "Him", it's usually a "Her" or "She"! |
amazing job on those head lights
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Looks good man!
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I really enjoy threads like this. It sounds like you have a real passion for your SC. Keep up the good work.
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Looks Great Mane!!! Keep it up!
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I love threads like this. Your SC looks great!
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car looks great man, its come a long way. keep up the good work
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wow some nice stuff you have there! You take very good care of your SC.
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clean and simple, daily driven machine! thanks for sharing
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Awesome man, I enjoyed looking through this thread. Nice Job!
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