QUOTE (Goonter @ May 29, 2012 - 5:49 AM)
noice. Welcome to the club. theres some good parts on that car. Good stuff. and congrats. Question.. didnt your car come with a jdm flare? they all usually do. Annnd were teh sideskirts on your old car still intact or smashed cause its been sitting on it?
did yours come with it? i always thought the jdm flares were removed as they are hazardous materials.. anyway i remember playing with one of the flares when i went camping as a kit. it makes a nice 2ft flame just need to make sure you don't wear expensive clothing when you light one up
the skirts and splitters are bent but are probably repairable. the problem is getting under the car to undo the locking tabs & screws. you'd need to jack up the car to get to it but i didn't want to take any chances since there have been many deaths with cars falling on people at junk yards.
QUOTE (glenn @ May 29, 2012 - 7:17 AM)
About the brakes, it can be some non standard "high performance" pads, they usally make a lot of squealing sounds.. the yellowish dust looks like they are not standard anyway.
What kind of DRL kit did u use ? ..Here in sweden we also need to use lights daytime, but it doesnt need to be automatic, however its very easy to forget about it when you are used to cars with automatic DRL (as most cars sold in sweden have)
i figured that the pads were high performance type pads since they were yellow. i'm gonna switch back to regular supra TT on the next set.
this is the kit that i went with. it cost $40 + tax.
you have to wire up to a constant 12V (battery), ignition, ground, then your headlight of choice (for me it's the fogs), and optional parking lights, and optional high beams if you want the DRLs to shut off when the high beams are triggered.
QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ May 29, 2012 - 7:22 AM)
I really like that flare, I dig the utilitarian way that you mounted it in the foot well. Anyway, sad to see your car like that - I'd cry and punch something in the face in that situation. Why did you not remove all the parts at time of parting with the car? Sweet GT-4 still too, looks like she's in good hands...
jdm cars have their flares in that location. since it has everything but the flare, i decided to put one in.
i was not able to remove the parts because after the accident, the car wasn't driveable. the insurance company allows you to come back for the car to retrieve any loose items but anything secured to the vehicle cannot be removed but instead holds value in the insurance write-off amount. unfortunately i wasn't able to bid on it at the salvage auctions to buy it back as a parts car and sell the parts.
QUOTE (KAOS @ May 29, 2012 - 9:44 AM)
Gerald; what shape is the driverside projector housing in on your old red one??
i checked the lamps and they're all damaged. but the driver side high and low beam lenses are still good. the internals of the projector is also in good shape.