Recent content by 02 t-wrex

After years (seems like it) of hanging out here on the board and spending countless hours detailing my own cars... today I finally got paid to do it! :D :D :D I've been unemployed for a couple months now and I was starting to run low on cashola... so I mentioned to my wonderful girlfriend...

Since I do quite a few track days in my WRX I was getting very tired of inadequate brakes... so I called up Stoptech and ordered thier big brake kit :D So here are the teaser pics, I'll take more pictures during and after installation and post them tomorrow. They looked pretty big to me in...

As some of you may have read in my other post, my girlfriend recently purchased a 2002 SVT Focus. Today she came over and we spent a couple hours detailing it, since it has been raining and windy the last couple days it was pretty nasty. We didn't clay the car because of time restraints and...

Last weekend I took my girlfriend, Shannon, out for a day of test drives as she was in the market for a new car. The requirements were: fast, fun, small (light), and under $22k. Shannon REALLY wanted a new Mini Cooper S, but with options the price was nearly $26k and slightly out of range...

Today I finally started detailing the engine bay on my Alfa Romeo Milano racecar. Attached is a picture before I cleaned up for the day. I am kinda disappointed, because the engine degreaser I used ruined the hi-temp silver paint I had put on the valve covers... oh well, I was planning on...

I attached my digital camcorder to the outside of my Blackfired Alfa Romeo Milano racecar today... and I thought it was pretty cool to watch the reflections moving ;) Just a little different than the usualy still photo :D Enjoy.. it's a little over 1 mb...

After my little "off track excursion" at Buttonwillow Raceway, and a couple fast rally-action drives down dirt roads... the engine bay of my WRX was looking quite disgusting after 18,000miles. I finally couldn't stand it any longer... people always want to see under the hood, being a rather...

This isn't my car... and I didn't detail it, but I took a couple pictures of this very beautiful car over the July 4th weekend at the Alfa Romeo Owners Club National Convention. Enjoy:

On the 4th of July I attended a time trial event at California Speedway put on my the SoCal Alfa Romeo Owners Club as part of the 2002 National Alfa Convention. It was a one day event and we ran the 1.5 mile infield road course. I was a bit dissapointed that we didn't get very much track time...

Before I start, let me get this off of my chest: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <ahem> ok... now for the story :doh...

Here is a link to a video I made with in-car footage from my WRX at the last Alfa Romeo Owners Club time trial at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Bakersfield, CA. The video is of one semi-hot lap of the track in the full clockwise configuration. I say "semi-hot lap" because it was far from my...

I have been searching for the perfect wheels for my Alfa Romeo Milano racecar project for a loooooong time. My requirements were 16x7", hubcentric, and LIGHTWEIGHT. Unfortunately there are very few options available for the 5x98mm bolt pattern... and the few options that do exist, they are...

Today I drove my girlfriend up to Irvine, CA to test drive the new Mini. She really wants one, and will be selling her Alfa after the summer to buy a Cooper S. We lucked out and the guy that took us out for the drive happened to be the manager. He told us we could do whatever we wanted, so we...

I just got back from the garage... I decided to attack the nasty swirls & light scratches my car got from the evil dealership :mad: Since it was getting pretty late, and the garage is kinda cramped (can only move around easily on one side of the car) I concentrated my efforts to the...

I have a SA95 Bieffe Predator helmet that I would like to protect with a couple coats of Blackfire protectant. The helmet is made of Carbon & aramidic fibers (according to the label on the helmet) and is painted white, so I am assuming it's gelcoated or clearcoated. I remember reading in the...