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I realized today that I was looking at the wrong thread pattern. All toyotas are M12 1.50 >.< Stupid me...

Oh well.

I worked at another store on Friday morning and it was too beautiful outside not to take a pic of my newly updated frontend.

In recent news.



Whai hover car?


Oh they has teh Enkei's?


Wut fuk teh?


Ah. I see.





Front clearance:


Rear clearance:


One finger rule.


Becca got me a Toyota vinyl to add to my collection



She also got me a shirt!


So happy today. Even though my day off was revoked because of team members being MIA... Today is turning out to be a good Friday the 13th! So happy!


There will be some more updates to the wheels and calipers, as the winter has abused my paint job on them and some rust is showing through. Time for new color

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Apr 13, 2012 - 2:42 PM

Nice wheels! I like you "NOT DRUNK Avoiding Potholes" decal. I need one of those.

I got that for a reason. I actually got pulled over by a cop because I was "driving erratically" and put through a sobriety test. I explained to him that there were a lot of potholes and I have performance suspension that causes the tires to flex more than the car actually moves... he wouldn't listen and told me to exit my car. So, the next day I bought a sticker and put it on. I passed the same cop two weeks later and he laughed... I don't think it's funny! Stupid time waster lol. So now if I get pulled over for dodging holes, I'm just going to point to my sticker and tell them to not waste my time, "Please officer."

I'm gonna need one of those not drunk decals too now lol, as a preventative measure. after having my car lowered for just a week i now avoid all potholes like a plague and i can see why other people did that as well now. nice rims what tire you put on those?

This post has been edited by spy00005: Apr 23, 2012 - 4:24 PM

I Went with FUZION 215/45/R17's because they were at the used tire shop for $120 for all four mounted, balanced and installed. I will be getting either 215/40/R17 or 205/40/R17 when I can afford to.

The FUZION's are ****ing grippy though. I hit a corner at 50 today that with my winter tires, they would chirp and these didn't make a sound... just gripped and powered through.

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Apr 15, 2012 - 4:39 PM

Something that I thought was cool:


It's nice to be reassured of your Japanese parts lol. Jap rims on a Jap car = Yus.

Lol, one finger rule.. If you can fit a finger, she aint near low enough! No rule for that, haha.

Looks good though, what are those wheel / tire specs?

Edit: and at least you guys just gotta swerve potholes to look eratic.. I cant't even drive in the middle of the lane without my exhaust dragging, haha..let alone swerving any sort of elevation change, not just pothles, lol.

This post has been edited by mak5603: Apr 15, 2012 - 6:30 PM

ROFL. Did you do the "under the axel" routing or over?

Wheels are Enkei RS7 100/114.3 17"x7" 35 offset (I think)
Tires are Fuzion HRI 215/45/R17.

I honestly thought these Indonesia made tires would be garbage and I would only rock them for a short period of time... but holy hell. They even grip well in the rain. These are some seriously grippy tires. In fact, depending on the road surface, they will pull more to one side or another while I'm braking... and hard lol. They are pretty loud though. But, they're comfortable and grippy... and they only cost me $120 for all four, so I can't complain. Haha.

It's actually "over axle" believe it or not. Unfortunately it contacts the ground before that, more towards the center of the car. Honestly, it looks like it could have been hung closer to the car, but I guess that's what happens when you don't weld the exhaust. >.<

And wow, that is a great deal for tires, all four for $120?!

I just picked up some Bridgestone Potenzas, getting ready to give those a try.

Mak the potenzas are great on dry roads but they SUCK OUT LOUD in the rain
I have a set of 225/45/17 on my tc rims thats on my 1mz swap
But they were on the 5s coupe for awhile if the road was dry i could barely break them loose but on wet pavement i could barely hook up lol

The only thing that concerns me about these tires is the fact that I haven't been able to make them cherp yet. Most tires, I know when they'll break free... but these seem like the type that will give no sign... Kind of a scary thought. I'll have to put them to the test soon.

What is the difference between a radiator like this:


...and a factory replacement one aside from the aluminum tanks, as appose to the plastic ones?

Does it really cool better, or is it a hoax? I need to replace the rad soon and I want to figure out what's going to be more worth the money. I can get an OEM with reinforced plastic tanks for like $130 with a lifetime warranty or the Godspeed one for around $160 with an eBay warranty lol.

Unless you're racing I don't think it'd really matter. I'd go OEM just for the lifetime warranty.

Well, that's the thing. This whole build is to make a auto-cross car/track car but keep it simple and reliable for the street. So it will see some sort of track.

Does the Godspeed one have more "layers" or "cores"? Not sure how to state it, but the number of finned areas lol.

Its thicker than stock i have that same one with 2 slim fans it works great
Idk how much of a diffrence it has really made yet since its in the 1mz but it keeps that running cool from what i can tell

Do you have to run thin fans when upgrading it?

You probably wont but mine came with the pair of slims fans for 180
I had to since i was already close on space with the stock rad
So i knew i wouldnt fit it with the godspeed rad

got the same one.. it is for a 5sfe, so if that is what you have then it will be perfect, if you have an auto, or and ST/MT or ST/AT then you will have to add a cooler and or modify the line so that you get a proper return on the coolant.

as for the fans, i would use em, as when i tested mine they seem to pull ALLOT!!! oh and the rad is 2 row, the OEM is 1 row.. so the core is thicker.



ok , so just checked what your setup is,, and yes this will work perfectly for you.

though only bad thing i would have to say, is that you get what you pay for... on mine the fan mounts where off by just a bit (jig must have been off) and the bottom rad mounts were scooted over by about 1/2 and inch (so still workable) and some of the fins in between the rows were not flush with the rows.. but all in all %100 functional and quite pleased with what i got VS what i paid for it..

if you want perfect fitment and pay the primium for it.. go megan/koyo, i think fluidine may have one for us too.. but you will pay at least twice as much as the godspeed rad.

This post has been edited by mandrek: Apr 23, 2012 - 4:59 PM

The guy at the local advance auto say my fans sound like tornado sirans when i first turn the car on