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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. |
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.
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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
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the battery short. for sure. then the rear end damage, then the engine bay.
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just make it pretty. indulge yourself!
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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 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. |
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?
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MSA is for hanging out, not for looking at cars :)
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ok so then can i bring my honda to MSA this year?
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Originally Posted by tonsoffun300zx
ok so then can i bring my honda to MSA this year?
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ok im going to borrow my brothers honda so see you there!!!
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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.. |
HEY! you n me, we got the same header and battery. were like brothers!
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no you're like twins
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excuse me, but why would anyone hate bleachie??????^^^^^^
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I hate bleach, I got some in my eye when I cleaned my bathroom today :(
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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 |
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.
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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. PS... Chinesekid, you got a nice set of tools! |
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
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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
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wait... didnt you get a SR? you should get to work on that. otherwise help a brotha out and send it my way. lol
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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
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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!
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so its 1 30 in the morning and i finish putting everything back together, wires and all.. and then i go to crank it and nothing happens.. it cranks but doesn't turn over... im guessing its just fuel getting into the engin and all.. so i turn the fuel pump on and off on and off.. then try to crank and still nothing.. then i tryed one last time it starts but then it died.. so im guessing it might be the maf.. but imma check on that tomorrow.. gotta wake up in like 5 hrs...
heres a pic when i put the intake back on.. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_3740.jpg |
I might show up to this so called msa thing. In my 13..
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Nissan techs already fixed up my Z a couple years ago for me. :D its all good for the show
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got my car running this morning but it idle high now.. like 1500... dont know why.. when its cold its okay then it goes up to 1500.. any ideas?? i drove the car to msa today just to drive it.. went ot pick up a few things then came back but idle is still high.. help?
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Timing... idle screw... vacuum leak... likely one of those three.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSA...spagenameZWDVW
get it for looks or is it "rice"? another question.. if i get these headlight conversion kit for HID... how would i do it?? im only getting this to get the headlight housing.. and im getting an hid kit.. will the hid kit fit in it or how does it work?? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...spagenameZWDVW |
rice and rice. the second one just says HID but it isnt. and wont ever be. doesnt have a projector housing. build your own its the only way
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you dont need projectors to be hid.. im getting an hid kit from somewhere else.. im just asking if i get those headlight housing.. will the hid bulb fit?? ( not the one from ebay kit).
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you do need projectors for HID to work how it should otherwise the light will spread look like crap and blind everyone. make your own. plus you want to use a smooth glass or no glass not that etched and textured glass. id stay away. but i guess they would be something to fool around with....
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it would just be like your reg lights.. just brighter (hid) its just you wont have that line that projector gives... and you just adjust the level.. i know alot of people running hids w/o projectors
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okay, my cousin just offer to get Projectors for me.. hahaha so even better.. i guess i would have to make my own...
he said he doesnt want me to do half ass job on my car lol does anybody have a set of side markers lights?? or side marker lens?? |
"Floor Strut Tower Brace" :021:
where are the strut towers on the floor??? :armata_PDT_04: IMPROVE HANDLING BY 20% :armata_PDT_33: THIS CROSS FLOOR BAR WILL MAINTAIN A STIFFER CENTER OF GRAVITY :retard: A MUST HAVE FOR RACERS AND DRIFT :029: drift king! As for the HIDs, the idea that an HID bulb in a standard housing will be ok is not correct. It will not be the same light spread but with greater intensity. And it is true that lots of people illegally run HIDs in housings not made for that kind of bulb but they also blind other drivers without a care in the world. We had some recent threads on this subject I believe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVuSSdZNsZw the truth is, even projector lenses that were not made originally to house an HID bulb do not perform as well when converted to HID. Take a look at the beam pattern changes on Z32's that have had an HID upgrade. Its better than a reflector type lense but still not perfect. |
so today i didnt know what to do, so i decided to wet sand my car and buff it.. but after i wet sand it i didnt have time to buff it.. so for right now.. its just wet sand and i'll buff it tomorrow... i buff the trunk for fun to see how it would come out so heres some pics...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_2434.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_2435.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_2436.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_2437.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/kid1/IMG_2438.jpg |
and my projector comes in tomorrow too!! =]
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why did you wet sand it? didnt you get it pro painted like a year or two ago? you really shouldnt have to ever wet sand it again if its done right the first time. just some rubbing compound buff and wax...
oh, and you golf. thats funny. why? idk but its pretty funny. |
hahaha, its not a golf bag.. its a bowling bag!! i bowl!!
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