Hey all, I just picked this up.




Happy to be here. Just picked up some dorky 15x8 American Racing wheels for this. Will post pics later.

 

Dang that thing looks good. Im wanting to get some Keystones for mine too in the future. Welcome to TM!

 

Just picked these up, 15x8 -20.... I don't think these are going to fit very well. What a disappointment. Im thinking either 0 offset would work or 15x7. Shame.

 

Yea a 8" wide wheel needs atleast a 0 or more positive offset

 

Thanks man, I was searching all day and wasn't able to find this information. Guess I'll be flipping these, even though they would be cool!

 

Where are you located?

 

Somewhere cold by the looks of it

 

LOL both of you are correct. Wisconsin. I need to add info in my profile.

 

Just out here ruining my truck.
Fender mirrors and super jdm yellow tint.

Have people on my socials telling me they hate the mirrors already.
Good.
Have new wheels coming everything supply chain wise seems fcked up since pandemic. Month + for both my wheels and tires due to shipping errors or other dumb excuses.

Have some issues with the truck that I need to take care of. She runs a bit hot. Doesn't have a shroud on an aluminum radiator. Hope the aluminum rad isnt plugged up like my R32 was. Gonna flush the coolant and fab up a shroud. I really need to fix all the jacked up fuel lines and THREE fuel pumps this truck has. Ugh. What a night mare.

Need to thank Ivey for this one also

 

The mirrors aint that bad. People are always gonna talk shit about something they aint used to seeing

 

Those mirrors are oem style. If you pull up the Japanese brochure you'll see those exact ones. Placement looks about spot on. To me like a lot of 70s Japanese mini trucks and cars they have the look of the 2000gt-r. You always see that car with fender mirrors and looks great. I would be interested to see their rig and how good of styling they have.

 

I was guna say they look like those pics from the over seas trucks

 

I looked at the brochures very closely to mount them lol. I also went out of my way to find the Thailand connection reproductions lol. I think anything from the 70s with quad circle glass lights looks great with them.
Appreciate the kind words gents.
Today I'm working on redoing the exhaust because it has a flowmaster 40 just dumping under the truck lol.

 

Your wheel situation you might want to hit them up in the next month and ask again if nothing happens. I just delt with this with my custom wheels. I waited a soild 6 months before even asking whats up. Get 3 more months from the dealer. 3 months rolls around and get a message saying oh you're wheel specs don't match the car can you confirm you want these. I hit them up knowing it's not a simple change asking if the wheels where made and could I cancel. They give me the run around from the vendor saying can't wheels are shipped. I change my tone a bit and say I need to know exactly where the wheels are at. Also ask to look into some form of compensation. Next message is hey the wheels are in the vendors warehouse getting put on the pallet right now. They give me 100 back and got my wheels like 2 weeks later.

I'll good ahead and say who the dealer was, fitment industry. They weren't really to blame. The wheels do have a date code the day after I ordered. So it's not like they waited around to get the order in. Work dropped the ball. When I was looking into it welded 2 piece wheels it only took about 1 month to make. With most people getting there wheels in under 5 months.

 

So I'm getting refinished oem wheels and they keep apparently failing the quality checks... after they thought they had them in stock. They are saying I should get them next week.

Then I ordered 4 tires and was only sent 2...... I try to not be a Karen but these companies need to get their shit together.

 

Fucked up that you have to ask for these details before ordering or just order and literally wait til you get your stuff

 

Agreed man.

Fixed the flowmaster that was just randomly burning my vampire clipped tail lights.. great.

Honestly there was a flowmaster 40 series on here and they go for 120$

I had a long day and for reasons I couldn't put it back on after I shopped the exhaust shorter. Looks like the muffler shop flared the exhaust. I got an exhaust expander from oreilly and blew it up in the exhaust lol. On return I saw this shitty muffler for 60$ that actually fit on the OD of the exhaust instead of the ID of the exhaust. It honestly sounds better than the flowmaster.
I then routed the exhaust out the side because I decided I was going to keep the aftermarket rear bumper on this for pulling my 96 yamaha blaster II (yellow and pink also lol)

 

Hows it sound? Been curious of a how a chambered muffler would sound

 

It's better than the flowmaster 40 to be honest. I've had a a few 22rs and it's so hard to make these things sound "good".

I was driving around on just a resonator with this and it sounded like a 350z straight piped LOL. So bad.



Still has a little rasp but the flowmaster rasp sounded like... a coffee can? Hard to explain.

 

It's been a long week. Hate rust.

Once both sides are done it's getting new vinyl floor