It's been a few weeks since my last post. I made a promise to someone and I do not break promises, even if they do. Because of what happened, I have been feeling down and I just stayed away from posting. This morning I am feeling just a smidge better and I wanted to share my new brakes I put on my car.
I bought the brake package from Figs Engineering for my Lexus RC F back in May. They have been sitting in my garage collecting dust. I was hoping to get the lug nuts I ordered from Yperion Titanium by then, but that didn't happen. I did receive the caliper pins and brake pad shims. After a friend of my had to have his brakes changed a Nissan Altima and it cost him $1200+, I decided to change mine myself. I bought the Chilton Manual online, which is not as helpful as you would think. Also, the purchasing process is not great either. Once I submitted my information, I got an error message and I was unable to login, but I had access for that time. It was odd and frustrating. I was eventually able to login and use the site, but it is super janky. The design is straight out of 2005.
Anyway, I managed to change the rotors and brake pads. I attempted one brake line, but the clip holding it on would not slide off and I was not going to force it. I left it and figured I can replace them another time when I have someone to help me. I had to beat the rotors off with a hammer, which was not what I wanted. Once I got the first one off, the rest went quick. I did this the night before Thanksgiving and then Thanksgiving morning, I bedded in the brakes. The only thing I had to do after was readjust the parking brake. I was very happy with what I did and the brakes look awesome on the car. The scissor lift I purchased was used and I honestly feel it paid for itself with this brake change. In just being able to have all four wheels off the ground at the same time and not having to pay someone else to change the brakes. It made this process so much easier.
On a side note, I passed a Microsoft certification exam on database fundamentals yesterday. I won't say it was easy, but the amount of studying I did was overkill. There were only two or three questions on the test that I did not know off the top of my head.
