driving with tt brakes

so its been a couple days already since the tt brake brake swap. and i must say it feels way response compared to the stock brakes. but the really cool thing is that the annoying sound coming from my rear passenger side is gone! thank goddness. i can finally drive fast without the annoying noise and stop. in my opinion this was definitely a great upgrade for me. the next thing i need to get is an alignment.

hid kit sold...

i just sold my philips plug-n-play hid kit recently to a fellow supraforums member. i decided that it was time for me to upgrade my lights with a fancy S2000 projector HID retrofit. don't get me wrong the philips kit was nice for a year. it lit the road quite well but not as good as i wanted. i remember one time i was going down palomar mountain from a mountain cruise... and i couldnt see that well with the philips kit. the beam of light didn't extend as far as i wanted. so i had to be extra careful. so last sunday, my friend david and i removed my headlights and replaced them with his old ones for now. so right now i gotta purchase a set of S2000 projectors and send them off to customlightz.com to do the retrofit. this will probably be my last upgrade before the big 2jzgte motor swap.

tt brakes finally on!

after weeks of prepping and painting my calipers i finally had a chance to get the brakes swapped. the cool thing is that i was the one doing most of the work... keith ta directed and told me what to do. we put the supra on the lift and started on it. there were a couple of visitors checking the shop out and watched me work. they also lent a hand on some tasks. however, we ran into a little snag when putting on the brake lines... I kinda stripped the bolt that connects to the brake lines. keith told me not to stress about it. it will be fix next time we do another brake thing. keith bled the brakes with my Motul 5.1 brake fluid, while i pumped the brake pedal inside the car. my leg got a pretty good work out.... it's pretty awesome working on my own car and learning a few things. i think i can be able to swap out rotors and pads next time for my brother's cars ;-) we took pictures of the upgrade, so ill post them as soon as i get them.

Rev'd Up Kustomz Meet Today

Today is the big open house for Keith Ta's new shop, Rev'd Up Kustomz. I'm rolling up with my friend, Frank (97 Supra TT - Jade Green) and maybe Marcus. I'm meeting up with Brian Cuison and some of his buddies. I posted up on Club Lexus and Supraforums... And people have shown interest in going to the meet. Hopefully we'll have about 25+ people go. Not bad huh? Hopefully, I can get pics taken and have them posted. Stay Tuned.

painted calipers

on tuesday i was able to do the final prep work for the calipers.... i degreased the calipers, soaped , and dried up the calipers one last time before painting. on wednesday i stopped by rev'd up kustomz and had keith start the paint work. i didnt get a chance to paint them myself since i had work and all. he started with a thick coat of primer and moved onto the paint. for some reason the caliper paint spay head wouldn't spray. after switching heads of another spray can it worked. i wasn't able to go back to the shop to check on it but keith told me that it looks very shiny and clean. i can't wait to see them.

another note. i received 5 of 6 bottles of Motul 5.1 brake fluid. pretty much everything is all accounted for... Brakes, calipers, pads, stainless steel brake lines, and brake fluid. hopefully we'll have everything installed and ready to go on friday.

happy new year 2007...

hello 2007. goodbye 2006. 2006 was a good year... the year wasn't full of mods though. i mainly purchasing parts for my twin turbo swap. but i feel that 2007 is going to be a better year. first off i'm in the process of doing a tt brake swap. safety first :) next on my list will be some new wheels, sparco or momo pedals, a short shifter, and a TSX/S2000 HID projector retro. first i gotta pay off a couple of bills before i purchase any of the above. but the big upgrade of all will be the swap!! so look out for that.