traded my protege5....

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for this

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hope to get better fitting wheels or spacers (they are wald 19x8+35)
cut the hole for the uca
has all the 100k work done (hg,timing belt, water pump,etc)
101,600 miles
new pain red/clear tails 5%tint coilovers etc
so far i like it and cant wait to continue modding it.
but i do miss my wagon :(

Thats a good trade, def need spacers haha

i want some spacers or different wheels, but i gotta get her legal first

this 10 is pretty clean. i actually installed the coilovers.

well the dampening is at full stiff 
thats a no no! lol
i need a headunit and to cut the damn shock towers still...annoying to drive right now lol

that wasn't me. i set at ~50% (slightly higher f than r) as i always do to start out.
 
i got a double din that will plug right in and run the factory speakers, but you'll lose the sub.
 
holes are easy.

man that's very nice lexus bro :)

yeah im gonna just scoop up an aftrmarket headunit and im going to do the holes tomorrow hopefully, possibly weld some boxes/supports for em after i cut the holes.
the joys of being a welder

interested to see what you come up with. i liked my exposed hole (no homo) at first, but i think i'm gonna switch it up when i redo the bay.
 
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nice, i would do the same thing but weld a pipe with a cap on it 
maybe an inch tall?

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i'm thinking something like this the second time around. something dramatic, but that blends into the bay at the same time.

Nice pick up bro! Glad to see you over here. Kinda funny how we both went from almost trading eachother our mazdas to getting LS400s.

very nice . wish i picked up an ls instead of my gs.

seems like a good trade. raniel needs to stick with one car lol.

Nice pickup

[QUOTE=Petis;363097]Nice pick up bro! Glad to see you over here. Kinda funny how we both went from almost trading eachother our mazdas to getting LS400s.[/QUOTE]

lol yeah im really glad i got it.
cut the holes tonight in the shock tower and no more banging
going to make them cleaner tomorrow and also possibly do the breaks
still need to fix the broken egr pipe in the back of the motor :(

have fun with that. i only removed the pipe because i had the intake manifold out. not gonna be fun.

very nice trade. yo when you ready to be rid of the wheels, let me know lol :runcoold:

hey blkonblk98, you did the coilover install?
the front coilovers were all kinds of weird
pass. front had no preload on the spring and was "wobble" loose when jacked up lol easy fix
the drivers front wasnt as bad but still needed adjustment lol
i still have to get the rears off full stiff and they feel like they are also lacking preload
not bashing just asking ha ha
im loving this car more and more

im pretty sure he messed with the coils after BoB did.

whose car was this?

alleycats, then saraps on h-i....

[QUOTE=slideshow240;363201]hey blkonblk98, you did the coilover install?
the front coilovers were all kinds of weird
pass. front had no preload on the spring and was "wobble" loose when jacked up lol easy fix
the drivers front wasnt as bad but still needed adjustment lol
i still have to get the rears off full stiff and they feel like they are also lacking preload
not bashing just asking ha ha
im loving this car more and more[/QUOTE]
 
they were set snug against the spring when installed, i never preload. i informed him that he should re-snug the perch after the springs settled but it sounds like he didn't get around to it. i would expect the same from the rears.
 
*edit - it's also possible that he adjusted the height incorrectly, since i know he lowered it more after the install (tires were too big).

yeah possibly, the rears were  sagged but that was alright, it was just the dampening thatwas killing me
im gonna have to sag the springs an inch to geta lil lower
im liking the car more each day

i wasn't a huge fan of my ls at first either, but it definitely grew on me.
 
i was not impressed by the megans personally. even in your hand they didn't stack up to higher quality coilovers. we meant to cut a whol in the rear deck to make adjusting the damping easier in the future, but i dropped the ball. had a ridiculous hangover that day. they didn't go all that low either. i have a used front ss kit that will get you another 20mm up front, but the rear is the bigger issue. nothin wrong with a little droop.

yeah ill probably re sag the springs.....oh well

just nticed the wheels are 19x8 +43....fffffuuuuu
i wanna rebarrel these so bad r someone trade me some 18x9/10's!
lol
i wanna go lower....my p5 was waaaaay lower!

lol that sucks when you find out something like that.

I think this hooker had a slight misfire

Alley is notorious for buying whack offset wheels. lol

can i possibly re barrel these? where and how much? I like the simple design but offsets suck

and can someone show me a pic where the ss kit is installed ?
not with wheels and drop pic stuf,f im talking the actual naked suspension RIGHT after it is installed.

nice man Im feeling the new whip

anybody?
i looked but cant find wald barrels

^ first make sure they are true 3 piece, second, call Kodiak :)

ive been under the impression for a while that they didnt sell barrels anymore.

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that's all i have of the rear ss kit. none of the front.

the barrels will probably have to be custom fitted, unless they happen to be standard bolt pattern. honestly, those wheels aren't worth it. for the value of the wheels + the cost of rebarreling you can buy a better spec set since it is such a common style.

nice trade! the Protege was nice but the LS is nicer.

Nice pickup!

sagged the springs in the back about an inch, deffinnately tucking now. I think these wald wheels are 2 piece, flipping the wheels even possible?

[QUOTE=slideshow240;363885]I think these wald wheels are 2 piece, flipping the wheels even possible?[/QUOTE]
 
elaborate on "flipping".

[QUOTE=OG;363898]elaborate on "flipping".[/QUOTE]
i think he means flipping the barrels. but you'll end up with like x9 -55 or something retarded like that.

yeah but the more i look at em i dont think it will be worth a fuck

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you'll end up with the pad outside the barrel. worst idea ever.

what do yo mean the pad outside the barrel

where the face meets the hub of the car/the contact patch of the wheel and the car.

redid the exhaust recently..no resognators or mufflers out to the chrome tips
washed it...need wheels! and my misfire is pure shit 

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nicee ride