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Old 07-31-2014, 09:54 AM
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i dont buy ANYTHING w out trying for sponsorship first anymore.
Old 07-31-2014, 10:42 AM
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It would be nice to have sponsors but I have zero desire to show my car and most if not all sponsors want exposure at shows in exchange to discounts or free stuff and things.
Old 08-01-2014, 02:56 PM
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thats basically how it goes yes. Its advertising.. i deal w marketing managers.

Its stuff i do already, now i get paid for it.

Which is good because even with the discounts, this whole "body and wheels and etc" redo is costing me between 12 and 15 grand, cash money no credit cards.


in other news, i picked up xbLED DRL kit form TRS...

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and a Weapon R polished PS resevoir form Chase Mays off the fb page.

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Some aluminum capped lugs since you cant see my Rays lugs w this low of an offset on these wheels.. Picked up a few sets so i can do one color on each side of the car.. thyere cheap and look decent.. ill utlimately do titanium ones once i try these and find the exact color and size length i want.. theyre 340 bucks a set.. not messing that up.

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a better lit shot of the wheels.. dark in the shade, firey in the light/flash

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Ordered up a set of sponsor stencils for the r888s as well.. pretty cheap and beats having to paint.

TOYO TIRES/PROXES... same as this guy:

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Old 08-04-2014, 11:40 AM
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what sort of stencils? you say it beats having to paint but don't you use stencils for painting the wheels?
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Tirestickers.com
They are licensed to use the exact toyo fonts and logos too..

Same as Nascar would use..they are a latex transfer.. I'm sure they are iron on and actually vulcanize to the tire...or something to that effect.
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Just looked em up. that is awesome. I'm really curious to see how they work. I've been wanting to try a stencil or something similar on my track wheels.
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Yeah I figure they'll react better to tire dressing than white paint would... and they come in double qtys. .. so when they're toast.. I'll just line up the dups..and reset a new one over top.of the old.
Old 08-07-2014, 01:39 PM
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Shroud is done..back from polishers.
Dimple dies for strength.. blocked back off from behind..

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Got my 60mm lugs in too. . These were some.deep holes lol.

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Right now im.woking on match painting the red anodized finish onto the tpms valve rebuild sleeves.. the red anodized aluminum ones I bought are too long and won't work... jesus...nothing is EVER simple.
Old 08-08-2014, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by bmccann101
Got my 60mm lugs in too. . These were some.deep holes lol.



Those lugs look amazing in there! Nice work man. Can't wait to see some photos of the whole car with this new setup.
Old 08-12-2014, 03:31 PM
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New stuff.. +50 hp

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Nothing is simple..these tpms sleeve nuts are all 4 mm too long.. i had to pay a MACHINE SHOP to cut them down... smh

But end result is that they blend KILLER.

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Another 17 hp... a new pos dash cupholder... from West Covina Nissan..

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And some eyelids.. they match the hood now yeah.. but they will get dipped over just like the hood will anyway.

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I hope to have the car in hand this weekend so I can start tearing the interior out to suede it up... rewire all my gauges and audio too.. hope to neaten things up and git rid of key-off draw coming from somewhere. .

Lots of additional things to wire up.. so i sacked up and bought a stack of wire spools w the proper colors... i have mismatch all over this car from.the last 10 years lol..

Stan's out til next weds.. (toyo)
so no tires for me until then..boo!
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Kit is nearly ready to ship


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Old 08-13-2014, 09:50 AM
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That epic broken Engrish, though

Nice, Brian
Old 08-13-2014, 10:26 AM
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BADASS! Makes this build that much more interesting. I smell a speedhunters feature in your future!
Old 08-13-2014, 10:46 AM
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oh for sure.. thats the idea.. no more half @ss exposure.

Got my guy looking into what its going to take to get my sparcos mounted up to to the modified oem seat rails today too.
Old 08-13-2014, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bmccann101
Tirestickers.com
They are licensed to use the exact toyo fonts and logos too..

Same as Nascar would use..they are a latex transfer.. I'm sure they are iron on and actually vulcanize to the tire...or something to that effect.
Thank you on this!! Buying my R888's this would add the magic touch! lol Should I go with a Permanent or use Semi Permanent?
(As well as the My350z.com sticker)

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Old 08-13-2014, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ser_Z
Thank you on this!! Buying my R888's this would add the magic touch! lol Should I go with a Permanent or use Semi Permanent?
(As well as the My350z.com sticker)
youd have to ask the manufacturer about what they recommend .. im not sure what they told me off hand.
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your progress is moving much faster than I thought it was going too. It is nice to see for a change when most projects sit for months on end without any updates.
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ive had plenty of those threads already on the last legs of the build lol.. body stuff is most generally under my control.. so there will be no more 1.75 years in the shop for this car lol.
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got several 500 ft spools of ofc wire to redo all my electronics inside the car.. pulling my CCA stereo wire and laying OFC as well. Tired of the janky sht thats in there now.

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Also thinking of having my local friends at Active Auto do CF for my rear interior parts.

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Old 08-15-2014, 09:46 PM
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Looking forward Brian. Good deal on with Toyo....
Though... Struggling to still get over the plastidip...and eyelids, dont over do it just because its another mod to do, they hide your work on the headlights anyways


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