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I just completed and installed my custom grille that I etched designs into. Took a while with the detail. I know this is quite unusual. I hope you guys like it. Had a few chips I had to fill.
I just completed and installed my custom grille that I etched designs into. Took a while with the detail. I know this is quite unusual. I hope you guys like it. Had a few chips I had to fill.
This is a pretty subtle design so at ten feet you won't see very much detail. In fact this was difficult to photograph. The detail was either lost or showed all my mistakes. This is the first time I am etching the grille and found out that the black plastic underneath shows through if I sandblast it excessively.
It all starts off using a Cricut cutter. This amazing machine cuts your chosen design. Then I apply the cut vinyl design to the surface and sandblast the design into the surface. It's a long and tedious process. But I'm retired and have a lot of time and imagination (scary). Check out my post on; What did you do to ……(my custom grille)
It's hard to capture the effect with a picture as the camera tends to accentuate the LED more than your eye. It looks pretty cool at night and you can play with RGB colors.
Does the 3rd brake light still work when braking? Looks cool
Yes, it's totally separate from the vehicle lighting system and controlled from inside the vehicle. You can set the color and brightness via a remote control.
I was considering 35%. I have this on my commuter but it gets kind of dark at night and I wanted to do the windshield matching. Less chance of getting pulled over as well, lol.
Replaced 2 front tires today. Replaced the rears last weekend.
Since I have the wheels off, I tried on the Supra TT caliper & rotor (just received) to compare with the original set and it's obviously look much bigger.
Front tire Rear tire How the car sits with the new tires. Comparing the original caliper & the new Supra TT caliper and the larger rotor
Had the valve cover gaskets, the engine air filter and the sparkplugs renewed at 120k miles. I did the air filter, had the rest of the work done at the Lexus dealer. The old plugs were is fairly good shape.
The Lexus dealer gave me a better price than the Toyota dealer. If you are NE, PM me for the name of the dealer.
When I was picking the car up I saw a SC430 that needed a $5k ECU changed
10-14-19, 05:04 PM
my custom grille
