Comfort comes home-Project Lexus GSX

[Speedfreak]

I almost got to that point too, luckily I was doing it in stages so I caught it before it was too late. Steve and I are pretty much on the same page now, he just has money to put in his car, unlike me right now :D

I have to go for a ride when you are done Steve, I want to see how it turns out!

I guess I was the only sane one who took this new found route from the beginning. :)

[JET]

I have been trying to walk that line between street car and max performance. I have had a sub in the back of my car most of the time. It is just stripped right now getting ready for the cage.

[92EvilTalon]

Old Man Hill doing it again.

And I do agree that was a very clean shell. Great to see it going back to normal. Besides the auto seatbelts.

[Goat Blower]

I almost got to that point too, luckily I was doing it in stages so I caught it before it was too late. Steve and I are pretty much on the same page now, he just has money to put in his car, unlike me right now :D

I have to go for a ride when you are done Steve, I want to see how it turns out!

Ha, you've got it backwards. I'm earning money selling off more expensive parts for cheaper parts. Weight=speed=money. I've added weight but subtracted money, and the speed thing? Well, I never got any slips worth two bits anyways, so if I can make any clean pass ever, I can't get any slower than my previous best, so who cares if I added 300 lbs back into the car. The only thing I'm really putting in my car is a lot of time, but I've always done that.

[Goat Blower]

Great to see it going back to normal. Besides the auto seatbelts.

Look closer.

[sleepydsm]

Where do you get Canadian seatbelts? And what kinda stuff needed for a complete swap (minus the interior trim pieces). Do they just bolt in two places, and have one spot where the spool for the belt goes? Probably where the track motor is huh.

[Goat Blower]

They bolt right in. The retractor bolts in where the motor assembly used to be. The upper panels are the ones you need since they have a hole for the upper mount and a recess for the belt to pass through. Then you need the female ends that go on each side of the center console and the rod shaped thing that bolts about where the lower belt retractor used to be. There's factory holes for everything so there's no fab work required, just two holes in the carpet on each side for the brackets. I might see if I can scrounge up the Canadian carpet as well so I don't have the extra holes. I got mine from a girl on NABR, I've seen them pop up on boards here and there.

[Goat Blower]

Well, I finally got to take her out for a quick spin this morning. I've got a few things to take care of like a working 02 sensor for fuel tuning and welding a new bung for the wideband, but it actually drove pretty well. It was spooky how quiet it is now with the full interior back in and the dynamat, plus power steering and heat will take some getting used to. Once I get it running right, I can put it in storage and bring it back when I get time to put in a real stereo system and move on to my next big project, 3000 GT VR-4 or EVO brakes.

[scheides]

Awesome steve! Can't wait to see this thing on the street again!

[Kracka]

Sweet!