Project Lex

[b00sted_spyder]

Most likely the carrier bearing or pinion bearing are going bad. With that much shavings, I'd say the bearings are worn out causing that noise.

[Halon]

So, all that work on the rear calipers was for not. Lesson of the weekend, don't grind calipers down no matter how many people on the internet say they've done it and it's OK, they now leak and are trash :(

So I'm just going back to my original plan which was to ditch them for some Supra NA rear brakes. SC300 are the smallest, Supra NA are bigger, and TT bigger yet + 2 piston. So while I suppose this is a downgrade from what I had, it's still an upgrade over stock.

So basically here's what the TT rears looked like. So nice, so sad I ruined them :(
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=337825&stc=1&d=1407005936


Here's the NA Supra rear rotors for comparison sake. They are damn near the same size, just a hair smaller.
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=337826&stc=1&d=1407005936


And here they are installed, with the Supra NA single piston rear calipers. Tons of clearance for my 16's now, should have just done this in the first place. Everything just lines up and bolts right up. Will just run them as-is this year. Over the winter I may get around to painting them.
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=337827&stc=1&d=1407005936

[b00sted_spyder]

Why did you have to grind down the rear caliper?

[Halon]

The TT ones do not clear 16" wheels. So anyone who wants to run smaller than 17" rims, say for a track setup, either have to run the NA brakes or shave down the TT's a little to clear. Apparently others have shaved them to clear the FD wheels before, but apparently I shaved a little too much. So NA brakes it is.


Anyhow, I also did a little ricer mod. The car was debadged when I got the body work done, but I had this sticker made and threw it on. Figured it might get some people to do a double take :)

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/656/IMG_1547c2.jpg

[JET]

Your rears don't do much of the braking anyway, just roll with it!

[Halon]

Well with the new differential installed, the noise is gone! I had the other differential looked at by MAP, nothing really stood out as being that bad however he did find that the backlash was out of spec by about double. He was able to bring it back within spec. So hopefully at some point here I'll be able to find time to swap it back in to see if that fixed the noise, not sure when that will be though. Until then, I'll just enjoy it with this diff installed for now.

[polishmafia]

Anyhow, I also did a little ricer mod. The car was debadged when I got the body work done, but I had this sticker made and threw it on. Figured it might get some people to do a double take :)

SC300 + Supra font = Win! That's awesome!

[Halon]

Got some black coated SS Brake Lines. Also hoping to hit the dyno here in a couple weeks for some WOT stuff :)

[turbotalon1g]

^oh? Got some tuning in already?

[niterydr]

A++ on this project.