Fisheyes and Overspray

Body Update: L'creation Bumper

I pulled a complete 180 and fitted an L'creation bumper instead of using the TRD lip.  Had my carbon fiber refurbished as well, since it was looking pretty bad.

Everything actually needs to be re-done because of fish eyes in the clear.  More on that later.

In other news, I also fixed my airbag light and power door lock.

(Testing out "X-Large" pictures.  Widened the blog as well - still fits 1024x768 screens!)

Engine lid on the workbench

Before (yeah, it was this bad)

Finished product looks great, but desperately needs sides!

03+ TRD Lip

Bought a busted TRD lip in San Diego for cheap.  Have a few cracks to fix, but it'll look good when it's all fixed up.

Lip test install... with painter's tape.

Started sanding to make all the damage visible.

HKS Muffler

Picked up and installed a new HKS muffler for my MR2 last week.  I swear there's a power gain over stock. This might not be news to Honda boys, but it's nice coming from an '86 MR2 where intake and exhaust don't do anything.

Muffler installed.  Tiny compared to the stock muffler.

JASMA Tag

JASMA (Japan Automotive Sport Muffler Association) certifies that this muffler meets certain noise requirements (or more importantly to us, that this is a genuine part from Japan).  The muffler is very quiet - almost disappointingly so.  But the power gain makes up for it.

Welcome to Grip Tight Garage

Instead of hosting my own blog, images, and everything else, I thought I'd give Google products a try.  Let's see how this works.