charley95

Did a 2 step paint correction on my 18 Caviar and proceeding to ceramic coat today. I'm glad I only do it once a year cause the older I get the longer it takes me.

christ0efu

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Thanks man! I've used it for my fishing rods but haven't had the chance go fishing in a while. It definitely has lowered my mpg. You should try sourcing one used. (at least the crossbars since the clips are much harder to find used)

thisguy_06

Are you saying that you ceramic coat once a year? I ceramic coated my car about 1.5 years ago and it still beads like the week it was applied.

But I hear ya about the labor; it took me a buddy about the whole weekend to do.

jgscott

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Started to set up my ECU to make changes and Load a Custom Tune to go along with some ready to complete and install performance mods.



Tune files to make changes.

JeffKeryk

Tires. $1,605. Ouch. All good.

Gxxr

Tires here as well....

Got the new Michelin Cross Climate 2's for my 2018 GS350 AWD F Sport with the 19 inch factory wheels just yesterday

Driving impressions of them on dry pavement so far: they are pretty quiet overall for such an aggressive pattern, and the ride is definitely a little smoother and less harsh than the factory Michelins. The handling isn't quite as sharp, but everything is a tradeoff somewhere, and I think you would be hard pressed to see much difference in real numbers on the skidpad.

Being in Colorado on the Front Range, we do get a few snows a year, and some come suddenly with as much as a 50 degree temp drop overnight and snow the next morning. I didn't have the funds to allow for a second set of wheels for dedicated winter use, as well, since the Cross Climate 2's are rated well for all seasons with a 3 peak snow rating, it should be about as capable as the car itself. The tires are also expected to have a life of 60-70K miles, so possibly double what the stock tires lasted. I only have 27K miles on the car and the front tires were about worn down, with only a few 32'nds of useful tread remaining, so I only had a month or two left anyways.

NickDangr

50k service. I changed the oil and filter, and the cabin filter. The filter housing came apart a lot more easily than last time. I wonder if the service tech who did it last time skipped putting oil on the gasket.

asciarra21

Nice, what mods are you doing?
what performance increases are you anticipating?

asciarra21

Dang! Looks great.

Measured

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Winter mode

christ0efu

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Stop Tech Slotted Front Rotors and Akebono ASP1118 pads with OEM Shims today.
126.44205SR (Right)
126.44204SL (Left)

Previous Setup (Squealed almost every time I reverse)
OEM Fsport 2 Piece
Akebono ACT W Akebono shims

The brake pedal does feels softer but the car stops much better then the previous setup.
These have no noise as now. Will update if they do. No pictures of them since it was too dark out and you can't really see them with the wheels I'm running.

I'll be putting Stoptech Drilled/Slotted for the rears since I got them for a good deal next week.

Knucklebus

I broke it. Screwed up a wheel bearing, a dust shield and the ABS speed sensor. It looks like the only way to get the dust shield in is to take the knuckle off. That's not going well.

Taking it apart. Will it go back together?

Carnage 1

Carnage 2

jgscott

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What happened here? Hit a curb?

Knucklebus

No, I had a bad LR wheel bearing again. When I replaced it 11k miles and 2.5 years ago with an Amazon cheapy, I got really lucky and it went in with no issues. This time I bought an OEM Lexus bearing and I did the same thing I did last time but the ABS light came on almost immediately. I drove around the block and parked it back in the garage. I tore it back down and this is what I found, mangled dust shield and it had scrubbed off the back of the bearing along with the ABS sensor. I ordered another $500 worth of parts to try it again but more carefully.

Let it be said I'm not completely useless. I can always be used as a bad example. LOL

It was not my day. I got a warning one of the drives in my file server was failed as well. At least I got the drive swapped with minimal issues.

NeilN

little update on my front end;

before


after