Corolla Head Unit – 2018

Got a new head unit for winter 2018. My old one was feeling slow, and Joying, the company I’ve gotten past head units for, was offering a new 4gb ram/64gb storage head unit. Given the glitches in bluetooth, severe lag, and the fact that I was downloading more music to the head unit via Play…

Corolla – New Headlights

After we hit a deer with the Corolla last year, we wrecked our passenger’s side fender, front bumper, and passenger’s side headlight. At that time, I purchased a set of new knock-off OEM headlights from eBay to replace the set. Unfortunately, the quality of those headlights was awful – the beam adjusters just did not…

Lux H8 V5 Bulbs – E92 M3

Picked up & installed some Lux H8 V5 adjustable bulbs today. I picked these over the 180s, as I wasn’t sure what exact output the 180s would come with – I’ve had 6000k bulbs that looked too blue, 4500s that looked spot on white, etc. The V5s, being adjustable, would allow me to tailor the…

Kyo-Ei Ti Lug Nuts, Weight Comparison

Picked up some lug nuts a while back from my sponsor, Kami Speed – Kyo Ei Ti64 Titanium Lug nuts. These are extremely light, and feel like toys. They are almost as strong as steel, and almost as light as aluminum, so they don’t excel in one or the other. Below are some images comparing…

E92 M3 Minor Stuff

Got new roundels for the M3, knock offs from Amazon – I got them to replace the plain black Apex ones, and luckily the ones I got look OEM. The other thing I swapped was the previous owner put on some lame BMW courtesy lights in the door – of which the passenger’s side didn’t…

E92 M3 – Gloss Black Kidney Grill

While I really did not think the chrome grills were going to bother me, after a few pictures it started to and I decided to swap them out for gloss black ones. This is an easy mod, just requires some finesse and finger strength and a few tools. One note – I was looking at…

E92 M3 Brake Pad Change, Front and Rear

E9X M3 Front and Rear Brake Pad how-to. This is another simple maintenance job on the M3, with the trickiest part being the outer retainer clips. The other thing different about this car’s pads is that they come with clips that lock the pad into the caliper housing, either at the piston or the outer…

E92 M3 Lug to Stud Conversion

Did the lug to stud conversion for me E92 M3. Had no idea how easy this was going to be. Usually it’s annoying when a car already has studs, but the set up for these was to literally just screw in the studs, adding a little blue loctite at the end. Do all work at…