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Little write up on the evolution of my car - Asi - 03-12-2017
the under braces are very hard to come by aint they or i aint looking hard enough
Little write up on the evolution of my car - Sparkystav - 03-12-2017
Some in the US:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TANABE-4PT-FRONT-UNDER-BRACE-00-05-LEXUS-IS300-ALTEZZA_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5ad4458590QQitemZ390108382608QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TANABE-4PT-REAR-UNDER-BRACE-00-05-LEXUS-IS300-ALTEZZA_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4837f03000QQitemZ310176133120QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Little write up on the evolution of my car - steviewevie - 03-12-2017
Under braces are easy to find in the US or Japan.
Little write up on the evolution of my car - Moley - 03-12-2017
steviewevie Under braces are easy to find in the US or Japan.
But Moley ones are cheaper :tongue_smilie::biggrin:
Little write up on the evolution of my car - Asi - 04-12-2017
yeah i seen them from US. will buy some decent ones once i get the car and more money :lol:
Moley ones are a lot cheaper and better quality :wink:
Little write up on the evolution of my car - micromarc - 05-12-2017
Sparkystav theres cusco ones, toms ones, TRD ones.
may has to invest in new adjustable coilovers then! unless someone wants to swap a set of adjustable dampening coilovers, with some TTE height only adjustable coilovers plus cash!
They could be ok mate, just something to watch out for:tongue_smilie:
Little write up on the evolution of my car - Sparkystav - 06-12-2017
Well had a good/bad day today.
Fitted the front Chassis brace, no problems at all, looks good but i havent hammered it yet.
The reason being, to fit the rear brace you have to remove two straight braces, but as i was taking these off, two bolts sheared off
so now had to remove that bit to drill the bolts out! Grrr!
Also i dont think the rear brace can be made flat as it'd interfere with the bottom of the petrol tank i think, but will report more once properly fitted.
Also i looked at the rods i bought, and ive not a scooby doo where they fit so got some more investigating to do lol
However i did complete another little project today.
I bought a steering wheel through ebay a while back off alamkhan3980.
Its for an IS300, with the cruise control lever, and the Up/Down buttons for the gear changes.
well the wheel needs a retrim first so the up /down buttons will have to wait to be fitted (i know what im using them for though)
But today i spent time fitting the cruise control lever to my existing steering wheel.
Obviously not for cruise control on my manual but for my stereo.
I have the iDA-X100 from alpine and ive been trying to figure out how to have steering wheel control for ages. but hit a break this week when i found a website that told me the alpine have control box built into it you just have to program it!
Basically it works by two wires coming out the back of the stereo, and then you program it to do a different thing as a different resistance is put between them. Coincidently exactly how the cruise control lever on the lexus works!
So now with a little bit of soldering and fiddling the cruise control lever now raises/lowers the volume, goes to next track, and changes source without coming off the steering wheel.
Quite impressed myself, dont know if anyone else cares lol
Little write up on the evolution of my car - Moley - 06-12-2017
Well that sounds very interesting matey. Its good that you come up with all these new things to do !!!
Bad luck with the bolts mate , is it a threaded hole or just a nut and bolt ??
Little write up on the evolution of my car - Sparkystav - 06-12-2017
Moley Well that sounds very interesting matey. Its good that you come up with all these new things to do !!!
Bad luck with the bolts mate , is it a threaded hole or just a nut and bolt ??
threaded, but im just gonna drill it out and fit nuts and bolts,
Little write up on the evolution of my car - steviewevie - 06-12-2017
Cruise control/radio control thingy sounds cool :thumbup1:
What sheared off exactly ? The bolts holding on the OEM braces that you removed to fit the new rear brace ? So it's not too bad, you just need new bolts ?