A friend and I truly believe we could make a good living doing these types of things.
Neither has the balls (is that too much for a family-friendly site) to pull the trigger.
A friend and I truly believe we could make a good living doing these types of things.
Neither has the balls (is that too much for a family-friendly site) to pull the trigger.
Tyler H wrote: Wait...did you just "fast" forward through a 1UZ-FE starter replacement?Nice score!
Yeah that kinda sucked. Why put it under the intake manifold, at least I didn't need a lift.
Sway bars showed up in the mail today. $159.00 Shipped via ebay motors.
I also won a set of used Bilsteins off of ebay as well for $200.00 shipped.
Man, living in the US means eBay parts shpping is actually affordable.
As mentioned earlier I bought a set of wheels off of craigslist. I searched every which way i could think of but had no luck finding a set of wheels that would fit well into the budget. I found a killer deal on a set of new 2015 Camry wheels for $200 but I really didn't want 18's. Finally I searched for Infiniti wheels but I intentionally spelled it wrong with a "y" on the end. An ad appeared on the Daytona Beach craigslist for simply "Infinity wheels", no size, no lug pattern, nothing, just a picture of one wheel and a price of $100. The add was 28 days old but I tried sending a text anyway. A few minutes later a received a reply that they were still available. The next day I set out for the 100 mile drive to Daytona with a new book on CD downloaded to my phone. When I got there I met with the seller who was an older gentleman from New Jersey. He explained that they were for his snow tires which he no longer needed since moving to Florida. They were mounted on his G35 and he wanted them out of his garage. Apparently I was the only one who called and he accepted my offer of $80 due to the corrosion on the wheels.
They are 17x7.5 Kazeras and are by no means light, but they will hold a 245/45/17 and are the correct offset.
A little sanding and some primer and they were ready for paint.
And finally a little clear coat...
Budget update:
Purchase Price one broken GS400 $900.00
Auction fee for said broken Lexus $130.00
Dealer fee for use of Dealer License $150.00
That brings my total thus far to $1180.00
It cost me $45 to have it towed home but that is exempt.
I then spent $80 on wheels. $1260.00
I bought the sway bars off ebay $159.00
...and a set of shocks, ebay as well $200.00
Two cans of wheel paint at $8.99 $17.98
One can of wheel clear coat, $8.99 $8.99
And last but not least one starter $115.00
Total all in, drum roll please.... $1760.97
There is nobody I trust more with spray paint. Will be interested to see if you hook nitrous up.
I am pretty sure I will not have room in the budget for it. I still need a set of springs and an alignment. I may sell the stock wheels to make some room if it comes down to it.
In reply to pimpm3:
Take a page out of the Hong Book Of Spring and go to the junkyard with your tools and a tape measure. Check pickups and vans for springs with same OD and larger diameter wire. Cut to desired height, balance with bars, win.
ssswitch wrote: Man, living in the US means eBay parts shpping is actually affordable.
Not always true. There are some eBay sellers that will rip you off on shipping to make more money
Will buying coilovers prompted me to order some suspension...
I picked a set of these up today off of ebay.
In reply to pimpm3:
Better watch out soon you will have a ls400 with a blown motor in your yard.
I have to many cars in my yard as it is. I won't fall for your trickery twice.
RS3's and new pads 
Mounted up ready to go. Now if I can stop playing musical cars and pick the GS back up I can start installing stuff...
My buddy had a unfortunate surprise when he showed up to work this morning... Of course I thanked him and told him that I would be competing in the challenge with a nice set of 19's 
He was less amused then his business partner and I were. I of course took this as an opportunity to sell him my stock wheels and tires. Score $300.00 back into my budget due to my friends unfortunate run in with two thieves the night before.
As an added bonus he gave me the lug nuts for me to use for my wheels. Good thing for me the thugs left them.
In reply to pimpm3:
Need to stop parking in bad neighborhoods.
At least they put it up on blocks for you. I have seen them just dump them on the ground/rotors.
Excellent story and congrats on your score. Please post more pics.
This is a good strategy im going to get full coverage and park my car in the city till my wheels disappear. I can probably get full recoup that way.
New shoes! Now I just need to install the suspension.
$1760.97 + $209.74 Springs = $1970.71
$1970.71 - $300.00 Wheels sale= $1670.71
I bought the tires for roughly $600 and the brake pads were roughly $110 for fronts and rears. (Don't have the receipts in front of me) They are budget exempt obviously.
I might have to find some nitrous now that I have a little budget left in order to keep up with Willrunifchased.
NITROUS!!!!!!!!!!!
What kind of drag radials are you running?
Started removing the suspension today...
It went pretty smoothly overall. The drivers side which I did first took about an hour. I was able to do the passenger side in about 20 minutes since I knew what to remove.
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