Jon, you are way too fucking close to that parking block!!! Car looks on point tho my dude
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Jon, you are way too fucking close to that parking block!!! Car looks on point tho my dude
LOL! Yeh I was like an inch away
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Looks great... how did you go about prepping the bumper? Always wondered how to paint plastic bumpersQuote:
Originally Posted by CHICAGO_ONE
Primer, 400 grit wet send, adhesion promoter then sprayed. I got the clear coat with a catalyst in it so it came out shiny. Didn't have to wet sand/buff
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So primer right on top of the old paint?Quote:
Originally Posted by CHICAGO_ONE
Very nice dood! Where in the heck did you find paint to match rattle can at?
She was getting aligned today [emoji1]
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I sanded the bumper as it needed some repair anyways (typically you just scuff it up). Then sandable primer, wet sand, adhesion promoter, paint and clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by juicejax
It's not the best and I definitely see more flaws in my body work. But it'll do for now before I get the whole car repainted down the road. Again, not bad for spray cans IMO
Rudy- I got it from paintscratch.com a little pricey but it's a really good match. I read reviews about that site vs the others and it seemed to be the best overall match. Even has a good amount of the Pearl mixed in.
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And Bc I can't stop staring at it.
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I have enough leftover to paint the grille. Might get that fitted better then give it a shot.
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Looks good, nice job. As for me I didn't do it but my car has been in the shop addressing a coolant leak. They kept figuring it was coolant pipe o rings, but after replacing multiple times, now they saw it was the gasket to the water pump.
Hopefully it's fixed for good, cause I've been dealing with it since winter. They also surprised me with a new o2 sensor which cured a CEL I've had for over a year.
I stopped buying anything new for the car to save up to fix these issues, but the shop were standup guys and it was on the house since I had been dealing with the leak for a while. So if I don't see a leak for the next few weeks I'm mod hunting again lol.
Making some new pipes
For a customer.
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The welds are so clean [emoji24] [emoji24]Quote:
Originally Posted by Trotty
Amazing welds man!
Bored on my lunch break today walking through Pull and Save. Found me some red needles. I can't stand the yellow ones.
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Manual Trans will be going in shortly [emoji106]
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I found some on amazon too, just put in the paint code and car make, model, year, etc.Quote:
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Man I'm jealous!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thatfresh_kid
I thought you had a manual?Quote:
Originally Posted by Techn0Nut1996
Nah man, I wish.. Automatics are handy but I miss driving my dads manual Miata, driving it just feels so much better than my auto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thatfresh_kid
I feel it man autos are boring to me ahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Techn0Nut1996
Agreed! If my G had more power it would be better but for now I use my stereo as entertainment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thatfresh_kid
That's why I'm saving up for an evo swap or a turbo mod aha and that's cool my dad has that type of set upQuote:
Originally Posted by Techn0Nut1996
So now that I have wheels that clear brembos, I've finally installed them
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SickQuote:
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So we officially have everything to put my car to a manual transmission [emoji573]
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Beautiful...Quote:
Originally Posted by Guzm4n
^^^Agreed!
I uswd synchromesh and didnt like it. May I highly recommend RedLine GL4 75w-90.
On a scale of 1-10, how hard is replacing the front rotors and brake pads? It looks easy enough I just haven't done it before so I wanted your guys' opinion. The Bremos remineded me haha
Also, Im tempted to do something to my front bumper, make it look a little more like an evo.
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Something like one of these maybe? Thoughts?
Edit: Not my car
Oak I use synchro and I haven't had any problems, although I don't really know what a "bad" gear fluid would be like...
But Keith and Kyle/black8g both recommended redline MTL 75w90. Keith was saying synchromesh is more of an additive rather than a stand alone gear oil
Changing the front caliper/rotor is really easy. Undo your lugs, pull the wheel off. Loosen the caliper bolts that are behind the caliper, set it to the side (don't let it hang by the brake line) then remove the rotor. If it's stuck you thread a bolt into a little hole and it'll push it off. Then put the new stuff on. That's not 100% step by step but you get the point
Anyway, on to my own update:
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Been working over the bumper where it meets the hood, trying to make it match up better...so far it's not too bad. The above pics are of melting the bumper and oem grill together so I can use the oem clips to hold it. Below is as it sits now:
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Thank you sir! And my God you know how to make a man jealous haha I would love to make my own evo front end.. I cannot wait to see the finished product!Quote:
Originally Posted by demond0d5
I have seen a lot of different "evo" styles while researching for mine...there are 2 different methods from what I can tell. ill put up some pics and talk about them from my standpoint. give me a second cuz im uploading from my phone and laptopQuote:
Originally Posted by Techn0Nut1996
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here is what im basing my design off of, a guy I saw on the mitsunation facebook page. this looks like he just took a JDM bumper and modified it, similar to what you're wanting to do.
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This is probably the closest to what you want to do. Cut out the center, lay some fiberglass, and polish it.
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This is just a photo I found
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This was done by a company in Germany, they made a mold I think but I'm not sure...
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this is the same as the silver one, from what I can tell, just a different color/car
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this is my personal favorite out of them all, but to do this you have to remove a good portion of the structural support in the front end...that's how it is able to tuck in so close.
And then obviously mine. I have some details on my thread if you want info on it
I'm leering that doing that much work on my car now wouldn't be wise.. The Iowa winter roads are slowing killing my car. I've noticed the rust spots getting far worse faster and faster, makes me sad.. I wonder what else is rusting that I can't see. In fact, I just got my car back from the shop cause I had some strange vibrations and it turns out my front passenger strut had somehow managed to rust, and mostly from the inside out.
For me the synchromesh looked very watery and thin. Gears were very notchy going in.
When I switched to Redline after only a week, it was night and day. Smooth shifts in and a quiet reverse.
I think I would have to try the redline.. I do feel the nothcyness when shifting.Quote:
Originally Posted by oakrdrs187
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Thanks bronxbombr!
Is that a transmission?Quote:
Originally Posted by rezyy0
It is! Finally!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thatfresh_kid
You going manual ??Quote:
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That's the plan! [emoji106]Quote:
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Tight .[emoji108] mines being started tomorrow hopefully [emoji12]Quote:
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Lucky! I still gotta get a clutch kit, probably the mbk1000 and find some time and help to do it.Quote:
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