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After a 10 month wait I finally got my Rays! Test fit looks good. Just need to ceramic coat them. Before I get dinged for it, yes I know, working on that gap with some coilovers. So far I've worked it down to 3 choices. CKS on Swift springs, RS-R Actives, or HKS Hipermax S.
Upper Engine Intake cleaning. Ran for 45 mins. New self cleaning system periodically. Hook up, start car, let run 30mins to 1hr. Then take down and disconnect. Drive car. Very nice more responsive, and KCLV up tp 27! Injectors, Head Intake Ports, Valves all nice and excess Carbon Free! Take 3 mins, too hook up. 3 mins to unhook.
Someone will tell you we don't need it. I've seen 5 2GR's inside the heads. I need it to stay clean and flowing lots of unrestricted high velocity air as efficient as it can with the most performance by the Values in those Cylinder Head ports. Ask who has actually seen inside the Heads?
It was very windy today and there was a large piece of plywood with 2 separate wood blocks on top of it on the freeway and I barely missed it. I think it was a piece of a broken pallet. Anyway, cars in front of me was going wild trying to avoid it and comes my turn, I floored the brakes, ABS kicked in, tires skidded a bit and I went over it at like 5MPH. My tires must've went over the middle of the 2 blocks where it's flat cause I didn't feel anything. Good thing the GS has a high ground clearance and not a single scratch on it! I thought for sure this car was done for!
I think the guy in front of me hit it cause he pulled over immediately. Careful out there boys!!
It was very windy today and there was a large piece of plywood with 2 separate wood blocks on top of it on the freeway and I barely missed it. I think it was a piece of a broken pallet. Anyway, cars in front of me was going wild trying to avoid it and comes my turn, I floored the brakes, ABS kicked in, tires skidded a bit and I went over it at like 5MPH. My tires must've went over the middle of the 2 blocks where it's flat cause I didn't feel anything. Good thing the GS has a high ground clearance and not a single scratch on it! I thought for sure this car was done for!
I think the guy in front of me hit it cause he pulled over immediately. Careful out there boys!!
Finally installed my wheels
BC Forged TD-01
19x9.5 +25 255/35/19
19x10.5 +38 295/35/19
roll and pull. rear rubs slightly. gonna pull some more. more photos eventually in the photo thread.
Big thanks to Texas Track Works for the mounting and balancing.
Looks like my good old Thinkware dash cam captured it. Almost 10 years and still running strong!
That wouldn't have come close to totaling your car. I have run over a truck tire at 70mph before in a car that had similar height to the GS and it only caused some light bumper paint damage that I was able to fix on my own. Probably safer to plow through it at speed than slam on your brakes on the freeway (never know if the guy behind you is paying attention), but glad there wasn't a scratch or incident.
When I had my 2020 ES Premium, I hit a piece of a flying plywood from a trunk that ran over it in front of me, similar to that in the pic (just the thin sheet). It hit the headlight, dented the front bumper, fender, knocked out the side mirror. $7K+ in damages. That's only an ES premium hitting a thin plywood. You add two big wood blocks like that to the mix with a GS, it would probably be at least 10K in damages easy.
06-08-22, 10:00 PM
