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Location: South Korea
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Age: 122
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#153158   2019-01-22 17:22          

# Nightrunner :

Thank you :) Great progress on your Toyota builds!

# jdmkvng :

Also excellent work for your builds as well!

# DEADMANE :

Thanks! Keep up with your Aristo too!

REE-DOX



For the last week, 11K and I sourced some goodies for the Supra and some minor this and that we had to deal with the S15 and the E36.

Basically I sourced some "Ridox" aero parts for the Supra, while I helped 11K to get some SR20 parts for his S15 and luckily I found some compatible parts for the engine and it worked like a charm.

Mr. Lee was busy building a "drift-spec" Kia Stinger which was requested by some anonymous guys from Japan. They brought a bone stock 2.0 Stinger and basically requested it to have some "JZX" vibes into it, of course with the notorious JZ engine instead of wonky power-squeezing 2.0L turbo from Hyundai.

Anyways, in short, Supra will probably get another exterior upgrade.



First, I found the previous stock bumper that I shoved into the storage for months, cleaned it up and attached the front lip with the bumper.

I wanted to get the whole Ridox front bumper but it wasn't "exactly" my style and I decided to go more OEM look like my ER34 has right now.

Well it means I cut some corners by getting "Ridox-Style" CF bumper lips instead of whole genuine bumper thing.

Also, the license plate was easy to relocate. Aaaand I realized that CF splitters and lips would probably make DMV say "NO" but ehh who cares anyway.



While I was working on the bumper, 11K worked on the side fender for whole day, which he made a pair of giant vent for more airflow. It was done really nicely and polished really well. I couldn't find the wrong spots or even dusts, what a masterpiece.

Speaking of cutting corners, Ridox side skirts and the CF exension ASSY I got was a genuine piece delivered freshly, straight from Japan. Fitted, painted and installed. No problemo!





Now the Supra has been changed its form and I really like the look of it. I think it looks better than the Top Secret ones I had right before.



The next day, I went to the Nissan/Infinity service center to source some parts for the ER34. All of the employees were really kind and they were REALLY curious about the 180SX I drove to, because it's not a common car to be seen and it's even in a stock shape.



I returned to my home and told 11K to relax for few days and help Mr. Lee working on the Stinger Project which was in a steady progress.



The next day, I opened the garage door with 11K in the morning and I headed to my ER34, started the engine to warm itself up, and slowly moved the car to the working section.



I traded my R888 with Michelin tires because it was more of my taste when it comes to the drivability. R888 was too grippy and it was expensive. Well it's a matter of taste :)



The license plates were finally installed and the Nissan badge I got from the service center fitted nicely. I think the size and the shape is a bit different, but at least it does look almost same.



When I brought this thing, it had a beaten up exhaust pipe which really didn't make the car look good and clean. HKS exhaust pipe was delivered to the garage and it was replaced immediately. Actually replacing the whole exhaust system was in plan, but I guess that will be the next plan.