ChriSOL
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i love dark green x90 mark iis mostly because of the camry vibe they have going for them. what % of people do you encounter in this that mistake it for something else?
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Mediocre at Cresst - now with nsfw autophilia
ChriSOL replied to LUMBERZACK's topic in Build Threads
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you could go the other way and just let the shit youve collected loom over you for years while you slowly collapse under the weight of your unrealized goals. i feel you, get your head straight or that type of thing will eventually infect any hobby you take up my dude. dont let people put you in a box and define what your mental health should look like. no shame in looking for help. you know i need red interior, if that clamshell is good i will probably hermetically seal it and put it on display in a museum.
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glad to hear yall survived and its driving. you could be even cooler/dumber and find a way to stuff an irs under it. rue has something going on with his x7 and i have a spare x8 rear that i found to be workable under the x3. i think the biggest prob would be locating the upper perches for the rear shock/springs but using coilovers gives you an additional couple inches of room to play with. probably have to cut your wheel arches out to accommodate the additional ~4” of track plus cool wheels in the rear though. with irs you can just dial in hella neg camber and you cant do that w a solid axle. well not really: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/cambered-rear-ends/5680/page1/ lloyds x3 used that x6 rear end i think.
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fortune auto no shroud using ls400 fan clutch and 7 m fan.
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not solid but https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w342635574
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dual wipers 🤙🏻
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pmd
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looking through my parts
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offer stands! if you find something x3 i’ll prob need something from it too...
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@bigtoepfer send yard info if it’s local and i’ll check it out. re: your hub question, look on yahoo auctions jp for hubs that fit toyotas w the same spline. i found 2 nardi/personal hubs that are SOLID fucking metal that way, and they were dirt cheap.
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^ even w t3 you should be able to call gabe and tell him what youre doing and have the “right” combo of parts assembled. i was going to steal the megans off my x8 when i got different coilovers and find a camber plate solution that works for the x3 strut towers. youre on the right track. ill be following your build until the plug gets pulled.
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ps: t3 has been making a lot of this dumb procrastinaty shit unnecessary in the years since i started fucking w it. you can get a lot of off-the-shelf parts to make steering and suspension happen now.
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always, even if it means going out to the garage and just cleaning the accumulated shit off of it. right now i’ve got x8 front struts w x7 tophats (i think? i’ve had x3, x6 and x7 shit cobbled together at different points). ive got the x3 crossmember with an aw11 rack sitting on it, tie rods threaded into x8 ends on the knuckles (i think?). i was doing mix and match stuff looking for the right combination of parts that fit and didnt fuck up geometry in an obvious way. put a pin in it so i could do a better job measuring and getting it right. now its a bunch of different parts in piles next to the wheels. steering stuff is x7 column needing an extended shaft to meet either the aw11 or x7 rack ill end up using, talked to a guy that went the aw11 way because he claimed it didnt need power steering. same guy did an 8.8 rear too, but he sold the car and i lost contact w him. i had an x8 rear end under the car and i’d been marking the floor and rails up and seeing what i’d need to cut and weld to make it work, but i let it go to someone who needed it and the replacement is still bolted to the x8 parts car. been making things happen w the other cars more recently but i will get back to this one... eventually.
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electric would be easier? ive only driven one car w electric power steering and i hated it but it seems like it would be easy to tune it however you wanted it to feel? x8 stuff is relatively easy, i have both aw11 and x7 racks w mounts for steering rack options but havent decided which way to go. rear ends: i’ve had a complete x8 rear subframe under the car, if youre willing to cut and weld and lose some of the floor space in the rear its possible, other option is ford 8.8 rear with custom 3/4 link, weld on spring perches. explorer rear ends are cheap in yards and come w disc brakes and lsd