Hi my names Jesse I live in the PNW and this is just a rundown of my soarer over the past 4 years. Chasing the feeling of an S chassis in a big Toyota coupe! (A guy can dream right?)
I bought it with coilovers, a two way, and an exhaust and it was great. But I wanted more so I swapped the steering wheel out for a Vertex/Nardi wheel, picked up a Recaro and some floor mats and swapped the wheels for VSKF's and lowered the coils. Was cool, but still not enough. So I swapped it to a single turbo and put it on an AEM ecu.
I ended up trading the VSKFs for some Kanseis (yeah yeah yeah) and some paint work on my car. Then I finally decided to take it to the track. That was the beginning of the end for keeping that car as a daily.
Shortly after this I started looking for a kit. Decided on Final Konnexion because it was funky looking. Shortly after I got out of the military and moved from Virginia to Washington.
Once I was there I traded the Kanseis for some Weds Kranze Bazreias.(W for me. Lol) After that I got the car painted (shout out Aaron Leavitt). Spent that whole winter/ spring/summer of 2021 at the track at least once a month, a lot of times twice.
Towards the end went to spirit peaks in southern Washington and absolutely obliterated half my kit.
Did some fixing and had it back together for a couple more drift days. Car wasnt wild enough for me yet. Picked up a BN type 1 hood and a B Wave wing for it. Tossed those on when they came a few months later. Got them paint matched and had a little craziness added (shout out Aaron Leavitt again) because I've always loved the bright in your face cars you see in places like Chiba. 1000 wheel swaps and a couple turbos somewhere in this story later this how it sits. More to come! :)
2024 updates:
Not much change just a couple odds and ends. Too busy with school. Picked up some modded knuckles from a Japanese shop called Eau Rouge. They’re a Soarer specialty shop responsible for some of the coolest z30 builds of the 2000’s . Hoping to get them put on and just get more track time!
Eau Rouge built 4Real works car for reference! One of my inspiration cars!