Mazda + Toyota

[jared1988]

Those wheels look really good on this car. Definitely unique, and very OEM+. The one thing that really detracts from the car is those tail lights. That tint looks cheap compared to everything else on the car.

Keep it up man, good thread!

Haha thanks! If you noticed in the earlier pictures they looked super nice and glossy but time definitely beat VHT nite-shade junk. I'm going to find someone to strip them down and cover them in some ruby red dragon laminate, I think. Still not 100% sure what I want to do with them.

Very nice. I like it

Thanks man.

[pl43]

Very nice. I like it

[rice4life]

Those wheels look really good on this car. Definitely unique, and very OEM+. The one thing that really detracts from the car is those tail lights. That tint looks cheap compared to everything else on the car.

Keep it up man, good thread!

[jared1988]

So I went around and tightened all the nuts and bolts just now. I put the car on 4 jack stands on the lower control arms to best simulate the car sitting its wheels and not hanging freely. Noticed the rear shocks had about 1/2" of compression left before it hit the bump stop and I could tell the car wasn't simulated exactly at ride hight. So I cut some of the bump stop off and took a quick ride around the block. Seems less harsh of a ride now and it looks like the rear dropped a little more too.

DSC_0716 by Jared, on Flickr

[jared1988]

Always wanted of these, those wheels look phenomenal on there!

I'm from Baltimore but unfortunately I'm in Pittsburgh most of the time for school. All my friends back home are great at photography at well(one actually shoots for Stanceworks, another for CAtuned, etc etc) I'll see if any of them have some free time and want to take some pictures sometime.

Heyyy thanks, welcome to the 1% that likes these pie plates lol.

That'd be sweet dude. I live in the Severn area. Hit me up if you ever come back home, looking for other fitment homies to chill with. At the very least I'll make all your rides look better haha.

[FunfGang]

Always wanted of these, those wheels look phenomenal on there!

I'm from Baltimore but unfortunately I'm in Pittsburgh most of the time for school. All my friends back home are great at photography at well(one actually shoots for Stanceworks, another for CAtuned, etc etc) I'll see if any of them have some free time and want to take some pictures sometime.

[jared1988]

i like this alot

Thanks!

[shepherdde]

i like this alot

[jared1988]

EXHAUST TIMEEEEE!

So according to the internets the cat-back flows just fine. After extensive youtube research I find that the cat-backs out there don't sound mean enough for my liking, so I went about getting a "custom" (read: chopped to shit) cat-back. Why spend $400 on something that doesn't give me gains and doesn't sound good enough??? So, I went to the local exhaust shop, purchased 4ft of 2.5" straight pipe, bought a 2.5" v-band kit off e-gay, got a 30 pack of Miller Lite and set off to my friends house.

The biggest headache was when the damn nuts from the studs didnt come off, you know, the ones that have the spring built into them and shit. Those exhaust springs are obnoxiously stiff too. Soooo, tried cutting off a coil, that didn't work, they didnt provide any tension. Run to AutoZone, get some more spring thingys. They were the right length but we had to make one of the end spring bigger cause it wouldn't go over the stud, no biggie. Ended up having to use a little crescent wrench as a mini spring compressor to compress the spring justttt enough to get the stud threaded. I was raging so of course there are no pictures, just my super descriptive paragraph that I just typed up, let your imaginations go wild. On to the pictures.

DSC_0683 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0684 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0685 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0686 by Jared, on Flickr

sparks! So, Mazda made it so that if you wanted your cat-back off in 1 piece you would have to drop the rear subframe, yeah... don't put me down for that. Cut it right here and add a connection of some sort and boom, too easy.
DSC_0688 by Jared, on Flickr

more sparks!
DSC_0690 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0693 by Jared, on Flickr

dog
DSC_0694 by Jared, on Flickr

test fit
DSC_0695 by Jared, on Flickr

welds!
DSC_0700 by Jared, on Flickr

lathe!
DSC_0704 by Jared, on Flickr

done. I really like the angled up look too.
DSC_0705 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0707 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0708 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0709 by Jared, on Flickr

I.Love.It

The sound.. it sounds so angry and there is no drone, so I'm super stoked. Feels a little fast on the butt dyno but probably not, oh well.

Here's the alignment too, somehow it all made it back into spec. I was really surprised about the rear camber, guess that means I have to go lower. I'm hoping it will settle more but IDK if it will. I want to be tucking half my tire :-/ Maybe I will do it after the winter.
IMG_0378 by Jared, on Flickr

[jared1988]

DSC_0674 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0675 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0676 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0677 by Jared, on Flickr

DSC_0678 by Jared, on Flickr

[Lukey]

I did a little over there still. I comment on his stuff in FB every now and then.

Fix your damn teg, at least I had a legit excuse for not doing shit to mine. You're just being a lazy cunt

Car wouldn't go to Korea but it will to the following location.

no shit im a lazy cunt hahahaha

ah cool, would be strange driving in a different country!

[jared1988]

itwas you! ohwells lol, still talk to loz? i dont do hoonigan stuff?

theres a couple on my insta, and some in the post you ride australia thread. no build thread, i plan to start working on the teg to get it back on the road for daily duties then fuck off the bravo cos its a big piece of shit. insta @lukey_89 , but it is mostly full of pics of my daughter lol.

good as, sounds like a good plan! take th car this time?

I did a little over there still. I comment on his stuff in FB every now and then.

Fix your damn teg, at least I had a legit excuse for not doing shit to mine. You're just being a lazy cunt

Car wouldn't go to Korea but it will to the following location.

[Lukey]

Naww, you deleted me! I remember seeing your Hoonigan stuff on my feeds... I think lol. I just got an insta so that would not be the case. Lets just chalk it up to FB accidentally removing our friendship I don't clean out my friends list much.

Wheres the pictures of the toy truck???? I'm finally getting to do all this fun stuff so you gotta post some pictures or make a thread haha.

I'm straight, back in Good ole US of A At least I got my car now. I just heard that I can apply for another overseas position next year (instead of 3 years ). Might have to bite the bullet and go to Korea then hopefully back to the JDM Land. Wouldn't mind going to Europe somewheres...

itwas you! ohwells lol, still talk to loz? i dont do hoonigan stuff?

theres a couple on my insta, and some in the post you ride australia thread. no build thread, i plan to start working on the teg to get it back on the road for daily duties then fuck off the bravo cos its a big piece of shit. insta @lukey_89 , but it is mostly full of pics of my daughter lol.

good as, sounds like a good plan! take th car this time?

[jared1988]

you deleted me off fb or insta may years ago lol. i still dont have a build thread haha.

im good, still got my honda in the garage, its been off the road for 2.5 years now with a defect. i sold my e38 and only lost $500 on it, then i bought a j31 maxima/teana, and gave that to the wifey, i bought and sold an cb accord wagon somewhere in there. and now i drive a 92 mazda bravo b2600 minitruck (static) which is a big piece of shit.

hows about you? back in merica for a while now?

Naww, you deleted me! I remember seeing your Hoonigan stuff on my feeds... I think lol. I just got an insta so that would not be the case. Lets just chalk it up to FB accidentally removing our friendship I don't clean out my friends list much.

Wheres the pictures of the toy truck???? I'm finally getting to do all this fun stuff so you gotta post some pictures or make a thread haha.

I'm straight, back in Good ole US of A At least I got my car now. I just heard that I can apply for another overseas position next year (instead of 3 years ). Might have to bite the bullet and go to Korea then hopefully back to the JDM Land. Wouldn't mind going to Europe somewheres...

[Lukey]

Lol ya, finally felt like I could make a thread. How are you?

you deleted me off fb or insta may years ago lol. i still dont have a build thread haha.

im good, still got my honda in the garage, its been off the road for 2.5 years now with a defect. i sold my e38 and only lost $500 on it, then i bought a j31 maxima/teana, and gave that to the wifey, i bought and sold an cb accord wagon somewhere in there. and now i drive a 92 mazda bravo b2600 minitruck (static) which is a big piece of shit.

hows about you? back in merica for a while now?