Figured it was time to start a build thread as I just took delivery of my Heavy Metal Circuit Edition this week. My plans for the car are to take it on some local twisty roads and the occasional track days. Won't be my DD.
With that being said, the ultimate goal is to push about 450hp or so, which should be easily attainable on the stock block following Motive Garage's recipe. For the time being, I'm just gonna throw some tasteful mods on it. Currently shopping around for some PPF and ceramic coating quotes, as the car won't be driven until I get those protections.
I have ordered the following few little tidbits to get the "build" started:
Magnetic oil and transmission drain plugs
Rear bumper LEDS to replace the rear bumper reflectors
LED license plate bulbs (because apparently those are the only lights that aren't LED)
2'x5' of gloss twill carbon vinyl wrap (to wrap all the piano black interior parts)
Dark smoke overlays for the front amber reflectors and for the rear clear sections of the taillights
Valientes custom rear spoiler
Dark smoke sequential turn signals to replace the OEM clear non sequential turn signals
Rokblokz splash guards
Swift Lowering springs
Various GRMods exterior forged carbon pieces
I did have some clear PPF car door bowl scratch protectors that I bought for my Lexus and never used, and they fit the GRC perfectly. Also gave her a good bath because it was delivered on a rainy day.
A few weeks back I also picked up the future new wheel setup (once I get some tires and coilovers/springs), 18x9.5 +22 Volk RE30's in pressed graphite. I believe when they were still available, they were the lightest wheel Ray's made, even lighter than the TE37 and the CE28N. Should shed around 20lbs or so of rotating mass when compared with the stock wheels.
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With that being said, the ultimate goal is to push about 450hp or so, which should be easily attainable on the stock block following Motive Garage's recipe. For the time being, I'm just gonna throw some tasteful mods on it. Currently shopping around for some PPF and ceramic coating quotes, as the car won't be driven until I get those protections.
I have ordered the following few little tidbits to get the "build" started:
Magnetic oil and transmission drain plugs
Rear bumper LEDS to replace the rear bumper reflectors
LED license plate bulbs (because apparently those are the only lights that aren't LED)
2'x5' of gloss twill carbon vinyl wrap (to wrap all the piano black interior parts)
Dark smoke overlays for the front amber reflectors and for the rear clear sections of the taillights
Valientes custom rear spoiler
Dark smoke sequential turn signals to replace the OEM clear non sequential turn signals
Rokblokz splash guards
Swift Lowering springs
Various GRMods exterior forged carbon pieces
I did have some clear PPF car door bowl scratch protectors that I bought for my Lexus and never used, and they fit the GRC perfectly. Also gave her a good bath because it was delivered on a rainy day.
A few weeks back I also picked up the future new wheel setup (once I get some tires and coilovers/springs), 18x9.5 +22 Volk RE30's in pressed graphite. I believe when they were still available, they were the lightest wheel Ray's made, even lighter than the TE37 and the CE28N. Should shed around 20lbs or so of rotating mass when compared with the stock wheels.
