This Legend Will Die Hard- A Sad Story

[Bystrov]

pistburgh makes awful awful torque wrenches with flawd springs from factory... get rid of it before you strip some nuts.... get a husky one from home depot, its 74 bucks, and good bang for he buck

[brechnar100]

So heres an update as to whats being collected and bought.

Right off the bat im gonna let people know mishimoto is probably one of the best guys to go to for cooling. I damaged my original gold one pretty bad and i sent them pictures and a reciept of the original and they sent me one for free (70.00 Shipping) Definitely gonna be buying more from them.






A few bent fins. Nothing i cant fix with a flat head.


Over the course ive been buying more tools to do work on my own in the driveway. I finally got accepted to college for Automotive technician which is great timing for everything since ill be needing alot of these things.

Bought SAE and MM wrenches as well as a cut off and grinding disc set 20 bucks each..


Bought wratcheting wrenches SAE and MM for 35 bucks each, pittsburgh torque wrenches in various sizes for 80 bucks all together, some gloves, and pieces from an enjuku order which i also got.


The order from Enjuku came in finally and i bought myself some Buddy Club racing lug nuts in 12x1.50



Ill buy a gold set from Mishimoto once i get a set of locks for the wheels as well. Bought some race Ramps for the driveway as i definitely know ill need them later to jack up the car.



Bought the Adapters from Novustech, 15mm adapters from 5x110 65.1 hub to 5x114.3 72mm hub. Paid $380.00 for all four corners in total, should be getting them before the end of the month. Currently saving some money for Yokohama S drive tires, 225/35/18 fronts and 245/35/18 rears for a nice stretch. Also for now on the season i plan to buy a Lexus Sc400 in july so im gonna purchase Fortune Auto Coilovers to get a little bit more planted to the earth, the air ride will come hopefully before the end of the year.

Pics of the wheels, specifically the rear.




Dont mind the dust






Lip Measurement,


So thats it for now, will be assembling more tools, specifically a mig welder and some sheet metal to get ready to fit the wheels with tires and make a wide body out of this can of tuna.
Unfortunately when it snows up here in canada with 2 feet of snow it is a bit hard to get work done.

[brechnar100]

Had a bit of an incident yesterday. Was coming home from work and roads werent ploughed. Hit a patch of black ice on a downhill and it veered my car into a snowbank, i ended up hitting a lamp post and knocking it over. The bumper is "fine", the paint had chipped off but no biggy, i wanted the car to be repainted anyways. But the gold intercooler didnt really survive too much.



I contacted Mishimoto since they have lifetime warranty on there products. The car still runs fine, no cracks in the end tanks, just alot of f***ed up fins and bars. Considering the impact of the hit im surprised i didnt take any damage for myself.

[244Brick]

[brechnar100]

Got some merch in the mail, my righteous garage sticker and license plate frame, as well as a deathsquad shirt and stickers 100% evil. The deathsquad gear i know is from a user on the forums here and i love his build and progress as well as some inspirations for the wheels so i had to help them out.
Looking to do a proper photo shoot of the wheels when i get a better camera.

[gianni_blanco]

I love the wheel choice. Should look good, best of luck.

[JRodigan]

You should just go full widebody. Som inspiration for you:




haha

[StanceDatSucka]

You have my full attention... this thing will look sick as fawk!

[JPE16]

Hey man!

JP here, I own Strip Tech the company that coated the wheels. So glad you love them. We thoroughly enjoyed working on the project with you and Blain. Can't wait to see the car!

[phenom]

Wheels are fantastic man! Can't wait to see them on the car.

[Bystrov]

Gawsh, i really hope you put on some very very expensive one of a kind lug nuts so these things dont get stolen .... this car will be freaking awesome!

[brechnar100]

Picked up the wheels today and Oh. My. God. They look phenomenal.

I saw them and did this






Then we set them on the table to do a quick photo shoot and i was doing this.....



So here they are....


From the side....4" inch lip


Everything was done to restore them.


Sorry for the shitty cellphone pictures. But i approve this message...


This coming week im gonna be ordering my adapters, getting 15mm 5x110 -> 5x114.3 to 72mm hub.

Then im gonna try and source out parts for air ride, and last but not least get the tires for this bad boy which will be 225/35 front and 245/35 rears. As too which tire i will use i dont know just yet. After all that, custom metal fenders will be fabricated once everything is mocked up.

[brechnar100]

Picking up the final product on sunday. Cant wait. Bottom two are the fronts and the top one is the rear. 18x10 fronts and 18x11 rears. Will let you guys know final offsets on sunday night after im done work and get better pictures of the wheels.

[keenan]

custom fender flares are the way to go!!!

[JRodigan]

Those wheels are going to be fantastic.

Can. Not. Wait!