More Car Parts

A goal for this year for me is to get my car in a place that I have wanted since I purchased it. It won't happen overnight, but slowly, one day at a time. To start this process for the year I purchased a set of rear Spoon Rigid Collars. I had seen them on a few websites such as eBay and even Amazon. I decided to purchase them from RHD Japan. The process was straight forward and they gave me updates so I did not feel as though I made a bad decision. If I remember correctly, it took about three weeks to receive the part from Japan. I feel that is decent time. I will order the front set as well in a few weeks. I'm looking forward to putting these on my car.

More Titanium

Yesterday in the mail I received the Yperion titanium lug nuts I ordered back in April of last year. They were worth the wait. I have some Raceseng I purchased a few months back as a contingency to me not getting the Yperion. My reasoning was that I got the brake caliper pins and brake pad shims, but no lug nuts. Anyway, the Raceseng lug nuts look cool and are lighter than the standard steel lug nuts. Well, the Yperion are just as cool to me and seem half the weight of the Raceseng lug nuts. I'm torn as to which set to use first. I am happy I have both and I plan to keep and use both. 

The new brake rotors, caliper pins, brake pad shims and now putting the better wheels and lug nuts will make the car so much more response. The new brake rotors already help with less mass to turn the wheels. The car is completely different to drive and I love it.

The Yperion lug nut is on the left and the Raceseng is on the right.

Snow Day

Yesterday it snowed in Georgetown, Texas. It has snowed before, it's not like this is anything new. What is new is that it snowed from about 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM and left almost three inches of snow on the ground. The school district closed schools for Monday and the roads were bad from what Gaby's mom told me. She attempted to come pick up Gaby, but said it was too icy for her. I was not going to attempt to drive in my car, so it stayed in the garage where it should be in shitty weather like this. It was nice to watch it snow again and Gaby enjoyed seeing it and playing in it. Hopefully it all melts away today. 

Here are some pictures of the progression of snow through the day.

 

Small Garage Update

Over the New Year weekend I put up two more Prime Lights I purchased from Obsessed Garage. I already had four, four bulb LED light fixtures, but when the garage door was down, the front (back?) of the garage was dim. Now with the added two fixtures, it is well lit up. This upgrade will be the last one for awhile as I focus on other aspects in my life. I still have plans to add flooring to the garage and put in more electrical outlets. These upgrades will probably be later towards the end of the year. Another upgrade will be to get a shed for the backyard to move a lot of the items in the garage to the shed to make space and clean up the area.