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Old 06-07-06, 06:59 PM
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Very nice mods, you obviously have some very serious goals in mind.
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Originally Posted by alredxiii
Endless + Zeal = Big Baller That Can Brake and Take Turns on Dimes
Something nice to go along with the HREs and JP parts already on the car.
Old 06-07-06, 10:05 PM
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damn you are going to endless everything huh cody? congrats man!!!!!

can't wait to see the put up

come on, nothing for the rear?
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Originally Posted by rominl
damn you are going to endless everything huh cody? congrats man!!!!!

can't wait to see the put up

come on, nothing for the rear?
endless doesnt make a bbk for the rear? i know they have the supra racing setup...but since i have the regular 6 pot caliper...i was thinking of having them design me a custom regular 4 pot kit?
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Originally Posted by aloha03gs
endless doesnt make a bbk for the rear? i know they have the supra racing setup...but since i have the regular 6 pot caliper...i was thinking of having them design me a custom regular 4 pot kit?
come on cody, custom fit is everything, you can do it i am sure the racing setup can fit the front no problem,and all you need is just a new bracket for the rear right?
Old 06-08-06, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Dennis-C
Lol, not me...I smashed my front bumper...I think I hear Mode Parfume calling me...

I will let you know how fitment is

Look for Blow Design thread on VSC in like 2 weeks
Old 06-08-06, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by TLW
I will let you know how fitment is

Look for Blow Design thread on VSC in like 2 weeks
Sweet! Please don't tell me you got the RTS wheels...They're nice wheels but I rather see something fresh, not something someone already built...Maybe that's just me...I'm so jealous of you though...

Sorry for thread jacking...Can't wait to see them in person on Sunday Cody!!!
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Originally Posted by rominl
come on cody, custom fit is everything, you can do it i am sure the racing setup can fit the front no problem,and all you need is just a new bracket for the rear right?
Oh man. Does that mean new rear wheels too?
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Originally Posted by Neo
Oh man. Does that mean new rear wheels too?
lol that's cody we talking about here. 2 new hre wheels? pocket change!
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Congrats Cody on the partial Endless sponsorship...those things are too nice to install.

Them Zeals are nice too ....now, all you need to fine tune that whole susp. is Daizen sway bars, CT upper stb, a rear stb, front and rear lcb, etc......which are mere pennies for a Balla like you.

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Originally Posted by PHML
Congrats Cody on the partial Endless sponsorship...those things are too nice to install.

Them Zeals are nice too ....now, all you need to fine tune that whole susp. is Daizen sway bars, CT upper stb, a rear stb, front and rear lcb, etc......which are mere pennies for a Balla like you.

Pete
thanks for the kind words bro...means a lot to me especially since your car was one of my inspirations yeah i am definitely gonna finish the suspension...right now i am just really concentrated on the 2jz gte swap...this is one project that needs a ton of research...do it once and do it right like bluelex is not easy to do.
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Originally Posted by Dennis-C
Sweet! Please don't tell me you got the RTS wheels...They're nice wheels but I rather see something fresh, not something someone already built...Maybe that's just me...I'm so jealous of you though...

Sorry for thread jacking...Can't wait to see them in person on Sunday Cody!!!
hope to see you there as well bro. i havent seen your car for a while? still workin on the fender modifications? whatever the case, whatever you are doing...your doing something right! photoshoot sometime? lol...i have clublexus tuning and you have full VIP
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update: rotors came in today...sorry i dont have pics...i just dropped them off at my friends shop...stay tuned for the install tomorrow...i am just praying to God everything goes well...hopefully it does...it should clear since my front wheels are high disk...and the measurements were capatible.
Old 06-18-06, 06:53 PM
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Impressions for Looks:
- i totally LOVE the blue calipers on my silver car!! as neo said...the blue really pops on silver
- i got a chance to spinning in the reflection of another car...man **** yeah!
- caliper is a lot smaller and i still give the baller factor to the 8/4 brembo GT kit...however if i went with any bigger caliper...that means spacer
- the clearance...your talking like 3 mm..maybe even less..the clearance is SUPER tight!
- HRE 540R and endless 6 pot! its really a dream come true for me!!

Performance Impressions:

pros: huge difference in braking power, way way more linear, the feel is a LOT better, very quiet (i love it! barely no noise at all!), easily the best mod i have done to the car...

cons: with the increase in braking power on the front and with stock rear brakes...the car does dip in a little during hard breaking; more brake dust

next mod to install: zeal xs coilovers...we were gonna do the install all one time but it was freakin hot!

Plans for rear:
- bracket still in the process...however i am not sure if the regular 4 pot will clear...the design of the hre 540R has a LOT of clearance but still...either way...they have a mini 4 pot out there for me...

next upgrade: 2jz gte conversion and suspension mods (bracing, brackets, strut bars, sways, etc)

special thanks to: my friends Neal, Mikey, George

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Old 06-18-06, 06:55 PM
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enuff yapping so onto the pics





hard to tell from this pic...but we had to cut the brake shield a tad bit (in order to fit on the new brake disk)...but that was expected





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