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TRD strut brace installed
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:57 pm
by iinan
Picked up my TRD strut brace today, painted it yellow and slapped it on. I dunno what impact it will have but it was fun, easy and cheap to do. You can check out the pics of it if you choose to on my car domain site.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:02 pm
by AKLGT
interesting... why not paint it blue like everything else??
Re: (trdvibe)
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:15 pm
by iinan
Well...yellow is my wifes favorite color, I had to find something to paint yellow.
Re: (iinan)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:18 am
by Psychobroker
Nice Now get an Optima yellowtop battery to compliment it EDIT: Better yet, but a set of Hella Supertone horns and paint the grilles yellow
Re: (Psychobroker)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:28 am
by Mavrik
I installed the one I bought from the wife's car... I noticed the difference right away. I left it the colour it was though, gunmetal so it matched my car nicely. Only need to install the intake again, maybe do that this weekend.Yellow sure is bright, people will see it when you pop the hood. Got yellow calipers to match?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:05 am
by AKLGT
yes, i miss my stb. now i need one for the sube. it doesn't handle the corners like the vibe gt did!
Re: (trdvibe)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:57 am
by Mavrik
Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »yes, i miss my stb. now i need one for the sube. it doesn't handle the corners like the vibe gt did! Its also a different car with different suspension setup, it will handle different. But that tire squeal at hard slow turns is weird. Don't think a strut brace will fix that.
Re: (Mavrik)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:59 am
by iinan
Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Yellow sure is bright, people will see it when you pop the hood. Got yellow calipers to match?Will do that, when I get my 18's
Re: (iinan)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:52 am
by Mavrik
Chrome rims? that would look good. others here have blue vibes with yellow calipers. Not bad looking.
Re: (Mavrik)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:40 am
by iinan
Yeah I have a set of American Racing Chrome rims all picked out. But first I want to get my sway bars, and unichip. I just ordered my hotchkis springs a few days ago..
Re: (iinan)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:42 am
by Mavrik
Gonna be a sweet looking ride hey you got that $800 unichip? I got one to install after I do an exhaust... which may or may not happen this year...
Re: (Mavrik)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:53 am
by iinan
Sounds about right, I think the price quote was $713.00, and since it comes out of oregon I can get it next day for that price. I will probably wait till next year to get my rims, my stocks only have 19k on them, so I would like to get a few more miles on em.