Thursday, April 30, 2009

New Greddy Pulley Set

I bought a used set of Greddy Pulley's from a Supraforum's member last month and was disappointed by the shape it was in. It had a couple nicks that bugged me. Since I'm somewhat picky about a few things I decided to sale it on ebay Usually that's the risk when purchasing used parts from people. I ordered a new set of Greddy pulleys from Pann. Now I don't have to worry about any nicks or cosmetic things.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Bumper Repainted Complete

I stopped by last Friday to check the progress of my front bumper at SDCS. They had removed my bumper off the car. Everything was already painted and was drying up in the booth. Jacie, owner of SDCS told me that everything should be good to go on Monday. He also recommended a guy to fix the dent on the passenger fender. I've had that dent for the longest time. It was there when I bought the car over four years ago.

I decided to get that dent fixed as well. I originally was scheduled to pick the car up on Monday but the guy who was suppose to fix my dent informed me that a special tool is required. He didn't have that tool at the time and will have everything done on Tuesday. I didn't mind as long as I'm satisfied. On Tuesday I pick up the car and everything looks great. They did a few touch ups to the bumper and I was good. SDCS did an incredible job. It looks way better than the previous job they did last year. And as for the dent. It's completely gone!

I'm one satisfied customer!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Repainting Front Bumper Again

About a year and four months ago I got my repainted my front bumper and passenger fender at SDCS. At that time I messed up fender backing out of a parking garage and hit the pillar in the convention center parking lot. I got the fender replaced and repainted it. At the same time I decided to get my bumper repainted as well. It had the license plate holes and a few little dents. Everything looked great when I picked it up... About 5 months later I noticed that the paint on the bumper was bubbling. Weeks later the bubble burst leaving an ugly gash. I think it was due to the exposure UV light from the sun.

Last week I showed Jacie, the owner of SDCS the bubble area. He said he will take care of it. Since the paint is covered by warranty I wouldn't have to pay anything... Today I'll be dropping the car off at SDCS in National City. I really hope everything looks better than before.

JDM Steering Wheel Resold.

After a few failed attempts trying to sell my JDM Supra Steering Wheel on Supraforums, socalsupras, and even on craigslist. I had one guy who was totally sold on it. And when I informed him that the steering wheel had no airbag or cruise control he backed out. He didn't respond back to my email or my phone call after that. LAME. My last resort was posting it up on eBay. I was able to make some of my money back on the wheel but wasn't able to gain any profit. I was really hoping to sell it for more than I got it since it's a JDM steering wheel. I suppose the item wasn't as hot as I originally thought.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Clutch Master Cylinder and Cylinder Slave Replaced

With the amount of mileage my car has its only necessary to replace a lot of things. I was informed when I got my starter rebuilt that my cylinder slave was leaking. I purchased all the parts before hand from my roommate and had Mike (Toyota Tech) replace them. I also installed a stainless steel clutch line to replace the old rubber line. It took about 2 or so hours to get everything installed. Everything feels really good now. I'm good for another 100k. Hopefully that won't be anytime soon.

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Good bye NA Front Brakes

I finally sold my NA front brakes to Robert from 935 Motorsports. He wanted to mount them onto his SC300. Originally i thought the SC300 brakes were the same as the NA Supra but in actuality the NA Supra brakes are slight larger... I wouldn't say it's a big difference but he got a good deal on them :) Now I can finally free up room in the garage. Now I have to sell those rear brakes.