Purchased an Airbag Adapter for TRD Steering wheel

Yesterday I purchased an airbag adapter for my TRD steering wheel. The steering wheel is originally for an MR2 Spyder and Celica (7th Gen). To have the steering wheel work with my car I would need this air bag adapter. This adapter has been discontiuned for a while but I was able to find it at L-Tuned Parts.

Valve Covers sent to Chromer

On Monday I was able to send off my valve covers to Cal Tron Plating in Santa Fe Springs. Luckily the shipping wasn't as bad as I thought. I made sure to pack it really well with bubble wrap and foam peanuts.

The following day I was able to get a hold of Carl, the owner of the company. He received the valve covers and questioned me about the polished finish. He mentioned that his guy could've have down a better job at a lower cost. At that time I didn't know how much it would have cost. However, the black nickel plating doesn't show imperfections compared to chrome plating. I just hope it doesn't look too bad.

According to Carl they should have everything down in a few days.

The First Step of Chroming Parts

I've doing some research and the first step to chroming a part is to have it polished. When you take something to chrome shop they usually prep it up making sure its clean to dip in the acid then dip it in the chrome. Polishing is the hardest part of the whole process. Chroming is easiest. To save some money I decided to get it polished here before sending it out. After making several calls I decided to go with Romero's Custom Chrome in El Cajon. I picked up the valve covers and they looked great. You should've seen the the valve covers before. They were really dirty and were begging to be cleaned.

Now I will need to ship the valve covers to Cal-Tron Plating to get black chromed!

I Finally WON a TRD Steering Wheel

After months of scouring Yahoo Auctions Japan I've finally WON a TRD Steering Wheel. I can't wait to get it.

Yahoo Japan TRD Steering Wheel?

It's 4:53 in the morning on a Sunday. It's a bit early in the morning but I have a good reason. I'm keeping and eye on this TRD steering wheel from Japan. I've been eyeing this steering wheel for some time now. The auction ends in about 30 minutes and I'm hoping that I will win it. In Japan its 5 minutes to 9 in the evening. I just hope the person who bidded on this item before me isn't going to snatch it in the last minute. I've been disappointed a couple times already trying to bid on TRD steering wheel. We'll see if I win this bad boy! Wish me luck!

Supra Following?

On occasion I would get a comment regarding my car from different people. I get a couple of saying that the Supra is there dream car. Last night was a rare occurrence. I was driving around Mira Mesa and at a stop light a BMW rolls next to me and just comments me on my car. He liked my car and asked if it were turbo and how much I paid for it. They were really cool.

Then I was at the Jack N Box drive thru the guy working there also commented my car. He also asked how much I picked it up for and if it were turbo... I think those are the most common questions. It's funny that I had two people commented about the car one after another...

Although my car isn't the fastest Supra out there its just cool knowing that I own a Supra :)

Hot days are upon us.

My air conditioning works great now! Thank goodness it wasn't as bad. They had to replace the expansion valve and refill the freon. Today was hot and the air condition came in really handy!

A/C Service Time

I just dropped off the Supra to get the air conditioning checked out at Miramar H&A. I've been running with no air conditioning since August or September of last year. There were some days that I wished that I had air conditioning. My friend who is a Toyota mechanic told me that my freon is completely empty. So since summer is almost upon us I think it would be a good time to service it. I just hope it's something minor.