Little write up on the evolution of my car
Little write up on the evolution of my car
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
03-12-2016, 10:04 AM #151was there an issue about the welding on those braces? I seam to remember reading something along those lines??????
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
Lexus IS200 Mods--TTE Supercharger, Tein Superstreet Coilovers & EDFC, 6000K HID Lights, HKS Silent High Power Exhaust, DBA Front Discs, Kenwood DNX9240 Head Unit, 19" Rims, TRD Kit, FIGS Bonnet Struts, Greddy Pillar Pod & Defi Gauges, TTE Red ARBS . And Been To WIM twice
Dont know mate , but mine would be superdooper welding :p:p. The steal would break before the welding :thumbup1:
Lexus IS200 Mods--TTE Supercharger, Tein Superstreet Coilovers & EDFC, 6000K HID Lights, HKS Silent High Power Exhaust, DBA Front Discs, Kenwood DNX9240 Head Unit, 19" Rims, TRD Kit, FIGS Bonnet Struts, Greddy Pillar Pod & Defi Gauges, TTE Red ARBS . And Been To WIM twice
21000 yen is about £140. Bargain!
Edit: Scratch that, Altezza ones are cheaper.
http://www.tomsracing.co.jp/products/par...6713117688
21000 yen is about £140. Bargain!
Edit: Scratch that, Altezza ones are cheaper.
2tongues was there an issue about the welding on those braces? I seam to remember reading something along those lines??????
Not as far as i can find mate,
the welding is meant to be a lot better then the actual TOMS or TRD ones
![[Image: LexuS-Copy.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/Sparkystav/LexuS-Copy.jpg)
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Sparkystav
03-12-2016, 10:16 AM #1542tongues was there an issue about the welding on those braces? I seam to remember reading something along those lines??????
Not as far as i can find mate,
the welding is meant to be a lot better then the actual TOMS or TRD ones
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I am getting old now......................
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
03-12-2016, 10:19 AM #155thats probably what was said - my memory playing tricks on me!!
I am getting old now......................
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
apparently the toms tension bars dont fit the IS200 only the altezza (but we'll see)
and the japsai rear braces can scrape as they make the car about 15mm lower! but i think i can sort that.
![[Image: rearbrace_fitted_1sized.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/Sparkystav/rearbrace_fitted_1sized.jpg)
As you can see the bottom bars are welded in a step on top of the others.
plan is to grind these off, cut them at an angle and weld them back to the inside at work. cant see why it wasnt done in the first place to be honest.
but need to check under the car tomorrow as they may foul something so better check first.
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Sparkystav
03-12-2016, 10:40 AM #156having a dig around found two possible problems.
apparently the toms tension bars dont fit the IS200 only the altezza (but we'll see)
and the japsai rear braces can scrape as they make the car about 15mm lower! but i think i can sort that.
As you can see the bottom bars are welded in a step on top of the others.
plan is to grind these off, cut them at an angle and weld them back to the inside at work. cant see why it wasnt done in the first place to be honest.
but need to check under the car tomorrow as they may foul something so better check first.
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I fitted these and a rear upper strut brace, i had to soften the rear dampning as the back end was very skippyround the bends!
The front ones not too bad for clearence just the back one hits off everything with my car, need to get them cut and re-done.
Mr Mole. If you want to see a set let me know, could poss sort something out.
I ve got a set of the 'japsais' amazing! makes the back end so tight, but if you ve got coilovers with adjustable dampning you might have to play about with the settings.
I fitted these and a rear upper strut brace, i had to soften the rear dampning as the back end was very skippyround the bends!
The front ones not too bad for clearence just the back one hits off everything with my car, need to get them cut and re-done.
Mr Mole. If you want to see a set let me know, could poss sort something out.
may has to invest in new adjustable coilovers then! unless someone wants to swap a set of adjustable dampening coilovers, with some TTE height only adjustable coilovers plus cash!
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Sparkystav
03-12-2016, 12:02 PM #160theres cusco ones, toms ones, TRD ones.
may has to invest in new adjustable coilovers then! unless someone wants to swap a set of adjustable dampening coilovers, with some TTE height only adjustable coilovers plus cash!
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