what calipers is your brother using.

 

my rotors are 125 a piece but that was for slotted and pads were 100 for rear

 

ya but he gets a crazy discount on anything. he buys parts for what his store buys them for, so its like they never had them. he gets $1000 tires for $200

 

can you hook us up?? haha

 

It's just really different and looking really clean. You'd probably laugh to know I don't particularly care for your wheels, nor the color of the car. And it isn't boosted... so there's another con.

BUT... all put together it's a really sharp looking ride. There's nothing quite like owning something SIMILAR, but not the same as everyone else. Hopefully we'll get to meet this summer at the track or something.

 

where does he work because i know unless you work for a parts store there is no way you will get a reliable caliper for $60 at retail pricing.

 

kal tire

 

ya that makes sense now for the prices you were saying.

 

he races enmax trucks with his coworkers lol. but whenever i need something major done to my car, i just order my parts through him. getting a tranny flush for 20$

 

ya i got 2 brothers that work at shaganappi and alot of good friends of mine are technicians.

 

i only got my brother. but basically my whole family is involved somehow in mechanics

 

i find people who do their own work on their vehicle tend to take better care of their vehicles.

 

that and you also get to learn more about your car, and how it works. since i joined this forum, i have learn soooooo much about cars, and how they work and everything

 

So what are you guys saying here? Lol

 

Anybody doing anything exciting for Easter?

Like I said, talk to me haha. In lieu of me not wanting to do meth and lack of E-85, I'm swapping over to an S256 instead of the TVS so I'll have a take-off kit local.

Joel

 

your better then most people, you actually help with everything rather then just stand there lol

 

Epic. Yeah we can talk about that at some point.

I'm at Murray right now, first time seeing a Camaro vert. Coupe looks better, IMO.

And there's a sport red LSJ here, doesn't look like its for sale tho

 

who was the sylver cobalt driving down memorial east at just before 7am this morning

 

anything done to it?

 

so who's all enjoying the nice weather?

 

5 and cloud here, still down to -7 tonight, and possible snow/rain mix tomorrow. Meh.

 

supposed to get up to around 12* for the weekend here

 

Well I'll be blacking out my grilles on Friday then

 

i will possibly be working on a car, pending availability of a garage.

 

Amber turn signals in the rear lip project is underway! This should only take a couple hours.

I've got 4 of these, 2 for the right side here:



So that's 32 amberish-orange superflux LED's per side. Given my entire 3rd brake light is 30 red superfluxes and looks like so, this might actually work:



Wiring LED's is the one and only thing I know how to do in these cars, so that part won't be a problem. Three concerns at this point. Firstly, off-axis visibility since the grilles in the rear lip are recessed. Second, and most important - for these LED's, amber gives the lowest light output of all the colors... my biggest worry is direct sunlight, especially near sunset/sunrise. And lastly, these things aren't real pretty as you can see in the pic.... they might look pretty ugly just sitting on the grille. But that can be dealt with fairly easily, I figure. I really won't know till it's done.

Solution would be to put these things through a set of relays, then I could change turn signal functionality from these lights to the regular brake light setup with the flip of a switch. This is a worst case scenario, because my brake lights aren't something I want going through 2 sets of relays that could possibly fail. I was thinking of bailing on this project all together, but the LED's were close to $100 and I'd have no other use in the car for amber LED's... so I've got to at least try it out.

Thoughts?