"Inspiration"

[civictypeR]

Eight years in the making, but she is still not even done.

"Inspiration"

Ride:
2000 Toyota Solara SE
miles: 153,000

Body:
Trd Molly 7 piece Lip kit
DIY limited Renova Grill with trd logo

Engine:
Trd 1mz-fe Kazuma M62 Supercharger
Trd Oil cap
Trd Radiator Cap
OBX Racing Headers
Greddy Evo II exhaust
NST Crank lite pulley
Injen Short Ram intake
Underhood Fribracation Cold Air intake
Jim's Fuel Mod
Jim's Torque Rod
Polyurethane DogBone upgrade
Magnecor 8.5 mm spark plug wires
Ngk iridium ix spark plugs
Radiator Classic 2 row Aluminum Radiator
170(77) degree Thermostat


Electronics:
Trd Boost Gauge
Aem Wideband
Apexi Neo SAFC

Suspension:
Trd Front Strut tower bar
Trd Rear Sway Bar
Whiteline front sway bar
Tokico Blue shocks
Tein Green springs

Wheels:
Works vs-xx 18X7.5

Brakes:
Rear slot/drill Brembo rotors
Front Dual piston caliper

Eyes:
6000k headlight
3000k foglights
Vled 6000k leds cluster/license plate upgrade

Music:
Pinoe per Avh-p5000dvd
12" kicker







I'll see if I can take some more pictures after I get her tune up.

[GregSolara]

Dude your Solara look awesome!! I always thought white was a boring color (no offense) but you made it look amazing. Those wheels are really sexy looking. Is there any nose dive when braking with all your suspension mods?

[SleeperSolara]

Car looks good man. Makes me miss mine alittle....

[pwizzle]

All high quality parts on that list, and I really like that last photo of your gauges. What camera did you use and what kind of leds did you put in your dash to get an even distribution of light all around? Mine has hotspots and I hate it.

[civictypeR]

Thank you.

There is a little shake when I enter the corners. Thus, I thinks it's because I didn't cut the rubber shock stopper boot when I installed my springs alone with my shocks. In addition, I believe it's my end links too because they are just old. However, I am due for a suspension upgrade. Maybe Megan Coilovers, but for sure whitelines endlinks, upgrade bushings for my control arms(front and rear), and ultra racing braces(have been looking at them for awhile).

At the moment, I'm working on fitting the supra TT rotors on with my dual pistion caliper setup since no one wanted to buy them. In addition, I'm trying to get my car tune. Those brown supra injectors might be a good buy after all.

By the way, the photos were taken with a Canon Rebel XT silver body. I've had the camera forever, but I just didn't feel like taking photos.

The gauges are equipped with V-led LEDs. They have alright prices, but I like how they only charge 2 dollars for shipping.

I'll try to gather up some more photos of the car when I get a chance.

[civictypeR]

Worked on the car today.
Engine Bay with everything on


About 5 hrs later


More to come......

[civictypeR]

being busy...but never to good to do an update for the people.
did some headlight work.














Then some fog light work....



The final product



picked up some more goodies



As far as I came go before the fender needs to be rolled

[Toy1mzfe]

Looking clean. How you liking those ksport vs old setup? custom spring rates?

[civictypeR]

I got them from a guy that only used them for 5,000 miles. So I don't know if he got custom springs. He did say that he wanted to go VIP style, but it wasn't low enough for him.

Here's the spec from Ksport
Kontrol Pro Coilover System: (CTY030-KP) for a Lexus ES300 97-01
Spring Rates Front = 7.5/420
Spring Rates Rear = 5.1/286

Compared to the old setup of Tein and Tokico. I would say, they all way better. However, I did upgrade a few things while I was at it.
Whiteline front and rear adjustable endlinks
Whiteline Rear Trail Arm Bushings
I'll take a picture of the setup this weekend.

More to come.

[cartang]

Excellent good progress.

[yaddadaimsayin]

excellent job sir

[civictypeR]

Thank you all. It's aways a pleasure to post here.