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Post by Mr.President on Aug 26, 2008 19:06:42 GMT -5
Crazy vacuum leak on the fuel system - 2 weeks Body work galore - 1 week Anthony driving - priceless
thats what the last post made me think. That or I just had a long ass day at school.
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Post by DriftHappy on Sept 12, 2008 12:43:13 GMT -5
Austin came over the night before last and helped me out with the car for a little while. We managed to re-wire the passenger door, install a new window regulator, and install some new door speakers. It is nice to actually hear music again. Before, I just had the stock speakers in the back. Ewww!!!
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Post by DriftHappy on Sept 24, 2008 8:55:55 GMT -5
I re-drilled the front 4 lug hubs to 5 lug last night. I thought about doing front conversion hubs but $12 > $160. I'm going to install them tonight along with the Q brakes, stainless braided lines, & hopefully the coilovers. We will see how much I get done tonight. The hard part (the rear) has already been converted so I dont see why I cant knock it all out in a couple of hours.
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Post by SC00T3R on Sept 24, 2008 12:18:40 GMT -5
Hey if you will wait till tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) I will give you a hand with them!
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Post by ReactionEffect on Sept 24, 2008 14:08:37 GMT -5
I am going to put my RX-8 back to stock, which it isn't too far from it now. (I plan on keeping) I think I am going to try to pick up a S14 or very clean S13 coupe for my next little project.
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Post by Mr.President on Sept 24, 2008 21:23:27 GMT -5
^^ oh goodness!
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Post by DriftHappy on Oct 6, 2008 14:24:42 GMT -5
Here is what she looks like right now. Looks aweful but believe it or not, it is quite an improvement. Still in dire need of some paint. I trying to get myself to focus on that for the moment.
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Post by Mr.President on Oct 9, 2008 0:59:42 GMT -5
she has potential!
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Post by DriftHappy on Oct 9, 2008 8:33:46 GMT -5
The car was really rough, it was hit by other cars on both sides in the front fenders, the drivers side rear quarter, & the passenger side door. Alot of hammer & dolly work along with body filling. Last night I completely finished everything except the driver's side front fender. If I can get that knocked out tonight, I can start stripping to get ready for primer. I have all the paint and supplies on hand so once I get it primed it will fly from there.
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Post by Mr.President on Oct 9, 2008 23:40:54 GMT -5
nice, I see a pretty sexy car in the background too !
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Post by DriftHappy on Oct 10, 2008 8:39:09 GMT -5
All the body work is finally done. Tonight, I'm going to start sanding it with 300 grit and stripping it to get ready for primer. Then hopefully tomorrow afternoon I can get around to spraying it. The new brakes feel really good and the new coilovers should be in Monday. So, I'm pretty excited about getting it all knocked out and driving it again.
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Post by hypothermix on Oct 10, 2008 22:58:35 GMT -5
mad max it ;D
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Post by hypothermix on Oct 11, 2008 12:39:07 GMT -5
just to let you know before you get them all on make sure the springs are oriented correctly. mine where backwards 6kg/8kg instead of 8kg/6kg now I have to take everything off.
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Post by DriftHappy on Oct 12, 2008 1:45:30 GMT -5
I got my coilovers in but I haven't even opened the box yet. If I dont start painting the car tomorrow I'll install them. Are the springs marked? I love that mad maxed car. I especially like the FWD offset 2 piece wheels turned backwards.
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Post by DriftHappy on Oct 17, 2008 12:20:05 GMT -5
Yeah, I opened the coilovers and the tards put the 6kg springs up front. I'm going to swap them this weekend. These look adjustable dampers just like Traes. It looks like a little dab of hot glue on the adjustment screw or something.
I'm trying to get to feeling better so I can get everything knocked out. I ended up having a really bad allergic reaction from the paint the other night and wound up out of work for 2 days and in the ER the second night. Finally back on my feet and hopefully I will have the energy to wet sand and buff the paint, also get the coilovers installed this weekend.
Trae, if you get a chance to come down this weekend, I grabbed those lug nuts and tools so you can install those other wheels. I should be out at my parents for the majority of the weekend working on the car.
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