alpha's HE build up

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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by alpha » Mon May 03, 2010 11:28 am

hmmm...
well kinda stuck at dead end street at the moment...
not sure what to do.
got a few mechanical issues with this thing, and ofcourse no money to fix it(well there are money but off to a holiday in 2 weeks)

anyways, i have 2 bent arms, a few popped bushes, stuffed wheel bearing, stuffed tires...pretty much what could go wrong with lowering and stuff, it did go wrong:)
anyways i will be fixing all the above in next 2 months, or even way before that(depends on how much money i will have left after stupid holiday)
and after everything fixed i dont know what to do...
im planning on buying a lexus ls430, but not for another few years(cause you know it takes a while to save up 30 odd grand)
but im still planning on doing things with sentia.
i do want new wheels but not sure which...i do wnat to drop it even more, but then again im very hapy with the way my car looks now and its still reasonably drivable almost everywhere i need to go.
i've been trying to hunt down same mags as i have now but in 19s(ofcourse no luck at all) i did see some on YAJ but either not wide enough or very bad condition.
so im still kinda leaning towards BMW wheels (m6, or x5)

so m6 wheels are 19" they are decent width(8.5 front 9.5 rears and i will be using adaptors to make them fit so they will be flush)
here is quick photoshop
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i dunno, it does look rather sporty but still has a little bit of class in it.
here are x5 mags (they are 20s 9.5 fronts 10.5 rears or possibly able to get 9 fronts 10 rears)again will use adaptors and will be flush.
here is a pic
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to be honest im not very keen on 20s on a sentia (19s are just perfect)
but then again i can keep these wheels for lexus i will get in next 200 years lol.

or i can go MRR 20s (possibly cheapest option)
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still 20s and definately wont be using them on my next car(they dont look that great on ls430)
or i just keep on look out and just get some euroline dh's or just keep it as it is...
i really dont know...
ofcourse mags wont be happening for a while but i will lower it for sure...
currently on the market and looking for possible coilover options...
we shall see.

so what do you guys think?
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by JAY-929 » Mon May 03, 2010 11:37 am

last ones :D
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by alpha » Tue May 11, 2010 6:34 am

back on track:)

got heaps of cool stuff for my car

heaps of trim that only came with royalleclassic model(highest spec ever:))
some tanleather door trims, woodgrain window button thingys, some headlights(will modify them to make em crystal clear)
spare grille that i dontknow what im going to do with just yet.
and a woodgrain centre console where radio goes(mine was just plain black plastic)
oh and a boot lid carpet trim so it doesnt expose the frame of a boot lid(thats that black thing)

so happy:)
all i need now is leather seats and im done with the interior!!
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by Matsuda9 » Tue May 11, 2010 7:05 am

well well well, good to see, i knew that lexus will be just too common for ya :D
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by alpha » Tue May 11, 2010 7:11 am

Matsuda9 wrote:well well well, good to see, i knew that lexus will be just too common for ya :D
haha that lexus is still coming:)
and to be honest they about as rare as sentias over here:)
but yeah got very excited when i saw that sentia at local wreckers,
it had leather seats but they were all ripped and just ugly looking things.
but question is, can i have electric seats in my car?
mine arent electric, and not so keen to take it all apart to see if there is any wiring somewhere under the carpet.
you think its possible that there is wiring from factory?
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by Matsuda9 » Tue May 11, 2010 7:18 am

i'm fairly sure that there isn't any wiring (but i could be wrong)

my Luce for instance, my old one had electric Front seats, no wiring for the rear bench. with this one, the car was not ordered with electric seats BUT i have wiring for drivers electric seat but passenger does not.

i know australian HCs had no wiring in them (but the plug was there as it is used for the belt warning as well)
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by alpha » Tue May 11, 2010 8:18 am

oh well i guess i will have to get under there and find out! thanks!
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by alpha » Wed May 12, 2010 8:36 am

got one headlight apart!! woohoo
started sanding it.
im going for crystal clear look, since im not keen to spend $700 on new headlights from japan(which have been sanded anyways:))
so i doit myself, its pretty hard i have to say,spent 3 hours with a mouse sander and got done bugger all, getting some better grit paper tomorrow.
will post pics later on
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by Matsuda9 » Wed May 12, 2010 9:28 am

alpha wrote:got one headlight apart!! woohoo
started sanding it.
im going for crystal clear look, since im not keen to spend $700 on new headlights from japan(which have been sanded anyways:))
so i doit myself, its pretty hard i have to say,spent 3 hours with a mouse sander and got done bugger all, getting some better grit paper tomorrow.
will post pics later on

i think it a DIY write up opp ;)
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Re: alpha's HE build up

Post by alpha » Wed May 12, 2010 9:36 am

im thinking of getting projectors for them aswell..
gota go to wreckers on the weekend to check it out...seems like a legacy headlights will be a perfect donor...just have no clue how to do it...not a sparkie
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