What have you done to your car today?
- Thread starter Perfect Balance
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- 8,843
- Ottawa
- Automotive_Buff
- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
Had a shop install Energy Suspension urethane bushings into my front control arms. The press I have is too small to allow me to get to the smaller bush with the weird angle it's at compared to the rest of the arm, and I couldn't find a circle of the right diameter to deal with the larger one. At least when I get around to doing the rear, I should be able to tackle it myself. The arms had a bit of surface rust, so I repainted them. Stock black is boring - everything under a car is always black - so I sprayed them with "aluminum" high heat/chemical resistant engine paint. It's a close match to my coilovers, so it shouldn't look ridiculous under there. Installing them later today.
- 4,763
- Houston, TX
Where's the grease? These need to be lubricated where the sleeve meets the bushing.Had a shop install Energy Suspension urethane bushings into my front control arms. The press I have is too small to allow me to get to the smaller bush with the weird angle it's at compared to the rest of the arm, and I couldn't find a circle of the right diameter to deal with the larger one. At least when I get around to doing the rear, I should be able to tackle it myself. The arms had a bit of surface rust, so I repainted them. Stock black is boring - everything under a car is always black - so I sprayed them with "aluminum" high heat/chemical resistant engine paint. It's a close match to my coilovers, so it shouldn't look ridiculous under there. Installing them later today.
- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
It's definitely in there, I just cleaned off the extra stuff on the outside for when I was handling it. I used masking tape on the bushings themselves rather than paint the arms before they were in, but I hated the feeling on my hands, lol. I'll put more on the surfaces that sit against the chassis when I go to install as well.
- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
Ordered some stuff for my H22 build.
*ED. - actual photo
> 3" Vibrant muffler
> 2.5" to 3" transition (not in photo)
> Skunk2 valve spring bases
> "Skunk2 Inside" VTEC solenoid cover
> Skunk2 cam seal
> Supertech valve guides
> Supertech valve seals
Exhaust system is now done. Next up, to finish off the head: valves, keepers, cams, and cam gears. That's probably in December; January at the latest.
*ED. - actual photo
> 3" Vibrant muffler
> 2.5" to 3" transition (not in photo)
> Skunk2 valve spring bases
> "Skunk2 Inside" VTEC solenoid cover
> Skunk2 cam seal
> Supertech valve guides
> Supertech valve seals
Exhaust system is now done. Next up, to finish off the head: valves, keepers, cams, and cam gears. That's probably in December; January at the latest.
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- 4,763
- Houston, TX
WD40 works well for removing the grease from your fingers. 
- 8,843
- Ottawa
- Automotive_Buff
WD40 works well for removing the grease from your fingers.
Or Gojo.
- 450
- Louisville, Ky
- ZXR-Racer
well I took the DD ZXT out to play with the SCCA last week and it suffered a blown exhaust gasket..
first check discovered 2 broken off studs and at least 2 bolts are not the correct size and are loose...
I had the day off today,so...
then since I had it that far and have a spare head gasket layin around..
and wouldn't ya know it...
2 pots blown completly apart...all 6 are deformed (should be perfectly circular) from having been boosted too hard at some point in its life...
now; the car has already been called a monster by everyone who's ridden shotgun... I'm wondering just how fast is she really??
get her back together tomorrow and probably throw the tokico shocks/springs on her since they're just taking up space in the parts pile...
update:
all cleaned up and a spiffy new coat of paint
first check discovered 2 broken off studs and at least 2 bolts are not the correct size and are loose...
I had the day off today,so...
then since I had it that far and have a spare head gasket layin around..
and wouldn't ya know it...
2 pots blown completly apart...all 6 are deformed (should be perfectly circular) from having been boosted too hard at some point in its life...
now; the car has already been called a monster by everyone who's ridden shotgun... I'm wondering just how fast is she really??
get her back together tomorrow and probably throw the tokico shocks/springs on her since they're just taking up space in the parts pile...
update:
all cleaned up and a spiffy new coat of paint
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- 6,425
- KCCO
lawl that plate....
Hopefully I'll have time to do the same to my dad's Chrysler 200... They look quite nice TBH with zero badging on the back of them...
Hopefully I'll have time to do the same to my dad's Chrysler 200... They look quite nice TBH with zero badging on the back of them...
- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
I think if I had one of those, I'd do the ricer thing put the Skyline badge on there. Even though I kinda disagree with that sort of thing, I don't think I could resist, lol. I once went on a drive with the VQ Club of Colorado. What a glorious soundtrack to be following through the canyons! I was thinking that day, I really need a six-cylinder in my life.
- 8,843
- Ottawa
- Automotive_Buff
ROAD_DOGG33J
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- holyc0w1
- holyc0w
The pictures aren't too good, but I finished up the "alcanteara" steering wheel cleaning/refresh. Top picture is from a few months ago.
- 22,551
- Arizona
- HamiltonMP427
- 7,368
- Houston, TX
- ryandude2448
Not outside of Japan. only called the skyline in Japan.
- 22,551
- Arizona
- HamiltonMP427
- 14,410
- Wellington
You're not really making anything original because the 'original' doesn't exist. There's no such thing as a left-hand drive Holden, nor a left-hand drive V36.
- 8,843
- Ottawa
- Automotive_Buff
Removed the God awful window tint. Posting pictures tomorrow in the pictures forum.
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