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What did you do to your car today?

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Old 05-15-2009, 07:33 AM
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Installed the Upper Firewall Mount.

My Tint came in yesterday so that will follow soon. :-)
 
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Old 05-16-2009, 04:37 PM
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Changed the Control Arms on the white car. Now it really needs an alignment. Not all that hard of a job. If you can not get the ball joint spindle out of the clamp, you need a bigger hammer. I could not find a good write up on how to do it, but it's pretty much self explanatory and I did read the Haynes manual.
 
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Old 05-17-2009, 01:44 AM
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Put more piece in the car....

I will be finishing the install tomorrow.....

later
 
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Old 05-17-2009, 06:29 PM
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Installed tint on side windows. I could not do the back because the tint had a crease. I got the tint from Next Level Ride. They sell pre-cut tint.

Several attempts were made to contact Next Level Ride about the damaged tint but they have not responded as of 7/12/09. You may NOT want to buy from them.
 

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Old 05-17-2009, 06:31 PM
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Installed mud flaps. Not sure what happened to the other mud flaps. They were gone with I purchased the car.

Drove out of my driveway and the front mud flaps scraped the ground. I bet the back ones will catch parking lot stoppers and curbs.
 
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Old 05-17-2009, 07:12 PM
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Installed a Rear Spring Bump Stop Retaining Pin. It was missing from the passenger side.
 
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Old 05-17-2009, 07:13 PM
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Painted the wheel balancing weights to match the wheels. The guys at Wal-Mart put the weights on the outside of the wheels. Also touched up where they scratched the wheels.
 

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Old 05-18-2009, 12:53 PM
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New gas cap today. Some idiot left it on top of the car at last fill-up. The p0455 code took 200 miles of driving to set. Odd that the check engine light hadn't come on yet. I just happen to check it with my code reader.
 
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Old 05-18-2009, 09:47 PM
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Well after helping a buddy some parts found its way into my trunk. Here is what is was.

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Old 05-18-2009, 09:52 PM
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You lucky dog! looks good.. I see you got a bra on the yellow too....
 
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Old 05-18-2009, 10:06 PM
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Just the hood section for when I make the trips to the south west area. To keep the bugs off.
 
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Old 05-19-2009, 02:22 PM
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looks great tech!!
 
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Old 05-19-2009, 04:22 PM
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NIce......
 
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Old 05-19-2009, 08:06 PM
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Thanks now to cut the rears to level it off.
 
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Old 05-19-2009, 09:44 PM
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How does it ride?

also.....do you know what brand those are?
 
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Old 05-20-2009, 03:10 PM
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Replaced cabin Filter!...... The last replacement sticker shows it was done in 1999.. Needless to say it was NASTY!..
 
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Old 05-20-2009, 08:43 PM
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It rides pretty smooth.
The struts and springs are Weitec.
Something in the R/F started squeeking while driving on a bumpy road today but I will figure it out.
 
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:33 PM
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Cool....

Changed the oil today and painted some trim piece until I buy a full pillar.
going to paint the bumpers soon too!
 
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Old 05-23-2009, 10:23 PM
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New lower Radiator hose on the 244T.
 
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Old 05-26-2009, 04:01 PM
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Installed the mud flap clips on the front.
 

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