so long stock supra seats...

My stock supra seats have been collecting dust ever since i upgraded to Recaro SRD seats last year. i took the supra seats with me when i moved to mira mesa and they have been sitting in the loft area of the house since. i didn't intend to sell them till now. i was just recently laid off and decided it was time for them to go. i wondered how much i can get for them?

My friend suggested that $400 would be a good price. If he had the money right now he would get them. His budget is really tight because of a recent layoff. He recommend that I post them on ClubLexus. A lot of the SC owners are looking to upgrade there power tan seats to supra seats for weight savings and color.

I started a thread on the SC 300 section of ClubLexus. There were a couple people that were interested. One person from Washington state and another people from the San Francisco area. The Washington person wanted me to get a quote on packaging and shipping. It seemed like a lot of working getting a box, packaging and weighing it. The other guy from San Francisco said he would be willing to drive down. However, he wanted me to lower the price. I was pretty firm on my price.

I also posted the seats on Craigslist. Craigslist is amazing when looking for stuff new or used. I've sold and purchased things on there and the community seems legit. It's way better than going on eBay. I received 3 or 4 responses to the seats but finally found a personal locally who was serious. I responded to all his inquires immediately through email. Anthony (local buyer) asked me to hold the seats for him till the first week of February. He came by a few days ago to check out the seats and liked what he saw. He texted me this morning and decided to pick them up.

It was unbelievable that he was stuffed both seats into his SC. The driver seat was placed in the back seat and he stuffed the passenger seat in his truck... Simply Amazing. You can't do that with my supra.

so long stock supra seats...

coming soon! recaro SRD seats!

take a look at these recaro seats. im going to be getting for my car and having them installed this saturday... can't wait!

new things...

well i haven't updated my blog in a long a$$ time and was about time. things have been going well with my motor swap. the motor is currently being worked on. the head is currently off the motor and is in the cleaning process. i still need to pick up several parts... i need to pick up a new 6-speed harness (i sold my used one on supraforums), clutch and accessories, front mount intercooler, downpipe, turbo manifold, turbo, electronics. still a long list but i should be getting a turbo and manifold soon.

rinkya.

i read this article from project car magazine about car parts. there was this part of that article that talked about auctions in japan. it discussed how you can bid on auctions from japan and have them ship to you. so i went on yahoo auctions japan and found a few items. i can't believe how cheap the prices for some parts are. trd steerings can be had for half the price for a new one, which is an awesome deal. anyways, i found a TRD tachometer for sale for half the price. there was another person bidding on the item as well. so i immediately overbidded him and won the item. since this is my first experience purchasing an item from a japanese auction using rinkya i can judge the performance. i read some reviews after the auction about the service and read that the service is great however its a bit overpriced. hopefully, i can get my item and judge for myself. i cant wait to get that TRD tach!

anodize cooling plate

yesterday i went to stop by southern plate company to bring my cooling plate i bought from ebay to get anodize. you might ask what andoize means. heres a brief definition

"Anodizing will protect the aluminum parts by making the surface much harder than natural aluminum. Aluminum oxide is grown out of the surface during anodizing and then becomes aluminum hydrate that is extremely hard. The porous nature of the anodized layer allows the product to be dyed any color that is required."

for example you look at your new ipod nano and ipod mini. those finishes are anodized.

so i decided to get that part painted black. i hope it turns out well. i didn't want to polish it or powdercoat it. i didn't want anything too flashy. once i get a digital camera ill post up more pics :)