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Hello Stanceworks. I figured I'd post up and start a thread for my tC that I'm working on and the progress that'll come along with it.
I've had the car for just over 4 years now. Really didn't like Scions before I bought it, but I fell in love with the car as soon as I drove it. Over the years I hadn't really done too much. I did the door panels in a plaid, am on my third set of headlights, and did a few minor things. This year I finally am able to add on to it to my liking.
A few months back I picked up and finished a set of retrofit headlight housings that a friend of mine starting building in 2009. Started with standard 05-07 tC headlights and put in Infiniti FX35 projectors, deleted the side markers and small 194 city lights, painted the housings, and installed an LED strip to go in place of the deleted 194. Also purchased some 5000K D2S bulbs from my good friends at Diode Dynamics to go in. All it needed was for some spots in the back to be sealed up, the LED strips wired up (I plan to change these later on), and the Subaru ballasts to be sealed up as well. After a few days of fixing up and deleting the old mess of an HID setup I had, they went in.
Next up I figured I wasn't going to do a lot else until I came across a set of BBS Style 5s (RC090) on a tC for sale page. The guy didn't finish them and sold them to me for $400 plus shipping with no hardware, just barrels, faces, and center caps. I couldn't pass up the deal. My plan on these is to refinish and clear the barrels, powdercoat the faces, and top them off with hardware from SRR in the UK.
Quick test over at my friend Harley's place. Just a little bit of buffing and rubbing compound and it shined up. Going to do a full out sand and polish thanks to the guidance of BeemerBuyer's excellent write up.
Here's a bit of the SRR hardware. I highly recommend this company out of the UK. I placed my order on Sunday night and by this afternoon, it was already at my door step. The guys over there make a hell of a product. The black wheel bolts look absolutely stunning. Good place to look up if you're in the market for BBS lips or bolts.
My final bit of my post can't be completed without going lower. The car is currently on S-Tech springs from Tein, but will soon be on a set of used K-Sport coils. I typically am sketched out about used coils, but these will be able to be cleaned up decently. Only thing I'm not sure about is that the right front is a V2, and the other 3 are V1s with newer rears. My friend Ryan had them on his tC rocking Desmond Regamasters and had no issue with dialing in the V2 vs V1s. If they don't work out, I'll just pick up a set of BCs.
That is all I have for now though. I'm going to keep updating the thread with more wheel picture progress as well as some other goodies I have planned. I know tCs don't get too much respect, but I'm going for a clean build that I can be proud of!
I've had the car for just over 4 years now. Really didn't like Scions before I bought it, but I fell in love with the car as soon as I drove it. Over the years I hadn't really done too much. I did the door panels in a plaid, am on my third set of headlights, and did a few minor things. This year I finally am able to add on to it to my liking.
A few months back I picked up and finished a set of retrofit headlight housings that a friend of mine starting building in 2009. Started with standard 05-07 tC headlights and put in Infiniti FX35 projectors, deleted the side markers and small 194 city lights, painted the housings, and installed an LED strip to go in place of the deleted 194. Also purchased some 5000K D2S bulbs from my good friends at Diode Dynamics to go in. All it needed was for some spots in the back to be sealed up, the LED strips wired up (I plan to change these later on), and the Subaru ballasts to be sealed up as well. After a few days of fixing up and deleting the old mess of an HID setup I had, they went in.
Next up I figured I wasn't going to do a lot else until I came across a set of BBS Style 5s (RC090) on a tC for sale page. The guy didn't finish them and sold them to me for $400 plus shipping with no hardware, just barrels, faces, and center caps. I couldn't pass up the deal. My plan on these is to refinish and clear the barrels, powdercoat the faces, and top them off with hardware from SRR in the UK.
Quick test over at my friend Harley's place. Just a little bit of buffing and rubbing compound and it shined up. Going to do a full out sand and polish thanks to the guidance of BeemerBuyer's excellent write up.
Here's a bit of the SRR hardware. I highly recommend this company out of the UK. I placed my order on Sunday night and by this afternoon, it was already at my door step. The guys over there make a hell of a product. The black wheel bolts look absolutely stunning. Good place to look up if you're in the market for BBS lips or bolts.
My final bit of my post can't be completed without going lower. The car is currently on S-Tech springs from Tein, but will soon be on a set of used K-Sport coils. I typically am sketched out about used coils, but these will be able to be cleaned up decently. Only thing I'm not sure about is that the right front is a V2, and the other 3 are V1s with newer rears. My friend Ryan had them on his tC rocking Desmond Regamasters and had no issue with dialing in the V2 vs V1s. If they don't work out, I'll just pick up a set of BCs.
That is all I have for now though. I'm going to keep updating the thread with more wheel picture progress as well as some other goodies I have planned. I know tCs don't get too much respect, but I'm going for a clean build that I can be proud of!
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