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RodMoyes 03-21-2008 05:11 PM

Holy $417!
 
I have a lot to do!

Z show's less than a month away and my car has been sitting untouched in the garage for months...

I gots ta git bizzy.

So tell me, what project should I start on first?

Finishing the headliner and rear hatch lower panel re-fabric.

Dent removal/paint under hatch/license plate area. (Still FUBAR from rear-ender)

Paint inside of hood/engine bay.

Re-tint windows.

Re-Wire amp/sub combo.

Find mysterious electrical draw that kills my batter if I leave it connected after only a day or two. (seriously pissing me off, but I think it may be a door switch)

Or... he other 150 things I need to do before MSA...


Well???


Rod.

JPerkins 03-21-2008 05:35 PM

i'm an all in or all out interior kinda guy, so i'd say finish the interior first. or take it all out and fix your rear panel. <---- thats just me.

SHADY280 03-21-2008 07:25 PM

well rod those are all fine and dandy, but you should drive it a bit, so youll actually know if it will make it to msa. after all you have some luck getting there. me personally i would do the paint first, followed or do the draw thing. those 2 are my choices, the rest can follow

KasbeKZ 03-21-2008 08:15 PM

the battery short. for sure. then the rear end damage, then the engine bay.

snwbrderphat540 03-21-2008 09:24 PM

just make it pretty. indulge yourself!

RodMoyes 03-22-2008 10:07 AM


Originally Posted by SHADY280
well rod those are all fine and dandy, but you should drive it a bit, so youll actually know if it will make it to msa. after all you have some luck getting there. me personally i would do the paint first, followed or do the draw thing. those 2 are my choices, the rest can follow

I actually drove it yesterday for no good reason... :D

I just felt like burning up some $4.00 per gallon gas and polluting the environment all in the name of pointless thrills.

It still runs like a raped ape (after it warms up).

Door switch = Culprit. Door Switch also = No longer allowed to hang out in my car. :D

Since I got tired of taking my car to the body shop after every ten miles of driving (See previous horror stories of illegal alien hit and run drivers, Demoniacally possessed shopping carts from Hell, Mattress wielding neighbors, and un-insured tweakers all on a mission to destroy the Darth Z Project)... I went out and got a whole crap load of body tools and goodies to try my hand at some minor repairs. I even got matching black paint from the body guy that painted it (the last 3 freaking times!!!! :( )


So, I will be busy between now and MSA.


Rod.

lifegrddude 03-24-2008 11:31 PM

Good luck with your Z Rod! I'm in the same boat as you. My headgasket gave up the ghost, but with time constraints, I doubt I will be able to get a chance to work on my Z before the show. Oh wells, there's always next year right?

Bleach 03-25-2008 08:19 AM

MSA is for hanging out, not for looking at cars :)

tonsoffun300zx 03-25-2008 12:27 PM

ok so then can i bring my honda to MSA this year?

Bleach 03-26-2008 10:11 AM


Originally Posted by tonsoffun300zx
ok so then can i bring my honda to MSA this year?

well, if its a HONDA then we want to see it! :038:

tonsoffun300zx 03-26-2008 07:06 PM

ok im going to borrow my brothers honda so see you there!!!

chinesekid 04-11-2008 11:04 PM

was board tonite and needed to clean my engine bay again.. so here it is

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3706.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3705.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3707.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3708.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3709.jpg

nothing but the best.. snap on!!!.. and it was the heater rap on my headers..

snwbrderphat540 04-11-2008 11:25 PM

HEY! you n me, we got the same header and battery. were like brothers!

tonsoffun300zx 04-11-2008 11:32 PM

no you're like twins

z-hag 04-12-2008 12:29 AM

excuse me, but why would anyone hate bleachie??????^^^^^^

raythenegr0 04-12-2008 12:30 AM

I hate bleach, I got some in my eye when I cleaned my bathroom today :(

chinesekid 04-12-2008 09:02 PM

got everything apart.. off the intake manifold and everything.. cleaned it up.. and was wondering what color i should paint it.. im thinking all black.. i mean everything all black.. what do you guys think???


hows everybody doing on there car before the show?? rod?? lifegard?? heat?? bleach your bring your 350 rite?? doiing anythign on that?? and everybody else thats comming

snwbrderphat540 04-13-2008 01:15 AM

ALL black? no way. her's what im doing, i painted the block black, oil pan orange and some suspension parts red the others black, polishing the valve cover and im going to polish and clean up my intake manifold, then im getting red plug wires and freshening up the engine bay walls with black paint. leaving the head the stock clean grey. that should look VERY nice together. i also want to eliminate teh charcoal canister.

NismoPick 04-13-2008 01:35 AM


Originally Posted by snwbrderphat540

i painted the block black,

oil pan orange

some suspension parts red the others black

polishing the valve cover

and im going to polish and clean up my intake manifold,

then im getting red plug wires

engine bay walls with black paint.

leaving the head the stock clean grey.

Black, orange, red, polished, and grey... sounds like the circus came to town. :D

PS... Chinesekid, you got a nice set of tools!

snwbrderphat540 04-13-2008 01:38 AM

ok well underneathe is the only place orange appears, the grey is a sliver actually, so it will mesh with the polished as wiill the red and black. now a circus, its just the jealousy kicking in

chinesekid 04-13-2008 02:32 AM

heres what i think imma do... block, valve cover, and everything on top of the intake man is gonna be all black.. and then the intake and thermostat housing is gonna be polish.. or try to clean it up as much as i can.. so its gonna be black and metal

snwbrderphat540 04-13-2008 12:15 PM

wait... didnt you get a SR? you should get to work on that. otherwise help a brotha out and send it my way. lol

chinesekid 04-13-2008 02:51 PM

i would but it wont be done in time for the show.. so imma just clean this up first then after i wont be driving the Z for a while cause its im just gonna drop in the sr slowly and work on it little by little.. i'll post pics soon... im waiting for it to dry and then putting everything back on the intake man

snwbrderphat540 04-13-2008 04:37 PM

pffft.... just pay some pro to make your mounts unless your a great welder cost a couple hundred then wire it in yourself. its pretty easy only 6 wires on average i noticed for splicing in ECU's. im sure hybridz has great info on the wiring i learned how to wire in a RB from there. stupid easy job!

chinesekid 04-13-2008 04:46 PM

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3713.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3714.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3715.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3722.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3727.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3731.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3733.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3734.jpg

and then i lost my egr.. cant find it anywhere... damnit!!


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