1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I'd love to drive a turbo diesel, stickshift anything Toyota

Was it at least a nicely kept Prado?

 

Yeah it was nicely done, had some nice bumpers and sliders. Smelled like shit and was slow, but looked like a cool little import

 

Might go look at an E46 today to replace the ol Rolla

 

Why do EBC greens have to be the same price for both front and rear pads

Gonna get some cheaper rear pads instead

 

Getting on the daily wheel wash cycle huh?

 

The Corvette chrome wheels were practically "black" every day

 

I had EBCs and it practically painted the wheels just in a parking lot. Be funny as hell if you had white wheels.

 

Would've gone Akebano.

Will probably tell my buddy to do that for the SC if he didn't already buy pads and rotors already.

What are you rocking on the Taco and LC?

 

I run Akebono on the LC, and I've tried out the Bendix Fleet MetLok pads on the Taco and really like them. The OEM pads on the LC were good too but made a ton of dust compared to the Akebono. The Bendix Fleet MetLok make some dust but they stop really well.

 

I just put the Powerstop Evo rotors and pads on the 4runner....pretty sure that's what's on the Tacoma, been like 5 years. It stops way better than what the PO had on before that's for sure.

 

Never seen that brand before, then again there are tons now

The front had life, the rotors were warped though

The rears actually make noise

 

Bendix is an ancient company, they damn near invented automotive braking systems

 

I believe it

I had just gotten spoiled by paying a lot less for the premium stuff through the dealer

Now I'm just a lowly peon looking for deals on good stuff

Miss saving hundreds on tires alone

 

Saw this come back up in the news today, last year a doctor drove his Tesla off the side of 250 ft. cliff along the Hwy 1 coast in central CA with his family (wife and kids) inside. They figured out pretty quickly that he did it on purpose because they all survived and his wife told them it was not an accident, which set off the investigation.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area...tor-who-drove-family-over-devils-slide-cliff/

Now they're looking at letting him go without any criminal charges if he's found to be suffering from a treatable mental illness that would have caused this to happen (schizoaffective disorder that led to a delusional psychotic break). He would of course have to go to mandated treatment. There's an interesting take on it from a retired FBI Behavioral Specialist's podcast I listen to

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tymw7xqgYW2dX2GMWm6GQ?si=f8c1e1082e094fa6


Wild story overall...crazy they all survived that.

 

@m3bassman

model building goals

 

Looking at someone else's thread, it's funny how you can see just how bad those 6" DB kits are when the front passenger is suspended in the air while the other is on the ground with minimal tuck.

Only thing saving it is the rear flex and the 35's it's running.

 

I feel like you'd have a room dedicated to model planes and other such things.

Maybe @BartMaster1234 could hook you up.

 

he's trying to recreate actual planes from bits and pieces of scrap, that's next level.

I would love to get into model building again...but definitely don't have the time for it right now lol. Used to really enjoy it as a kid