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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2010, 11:27:37 PM »
yeah I'ma get that tire fixed up good with an inside patch and if that leaks re plug it with some more cement, I'ma do it with the tire empty and no air pressure, then put the plug in, I was always told to plug a tire when it is FULL of air, it just makes the rubber cement spray all over and not go where it needs to IMO,  if I had enough of the plug to grab and just yank out, re ream, and reinstall one I would, sadly the plug is all the way in the tire and cut level.  I might try to dig it out with a screw driver since I'm gonna pull the tire off the rim now anyway.

and with the front lowered a bit more than the rear it's really tail happy in corners, haha........ you turn hard and the front end bears down and the rear pops up and if you don't back out the rear end does a nice tail slide :P  yay for getting off the off ramp sideways :P
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #26 on: November 10, 2010, 12:26:22 AM »
We will find you in a ditch somewhere lol. So how did you cut them off? What method was employed?
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2010, 01:49:24 PM »
ROFL hahah yeah.

so I just used my cut off wheel and took enough to just bring it down a hair you know?  the front I accidently grabbed the same spring and cut it 2 times so that's why the front is about a 3/4 inch drop or so, but it's not all fail it handles pretty good and that's no bounce, just a more rigid ride is all, not a big deal, I'ma get my new suspension with my first paycheck when I start working whenever that may be!  I'ma do the "stock" S/R setup, tokico s/r struts and eibach 1 inch lowering springs.  I like being able to use my ramps ;)  and big floor jack haha.

so my method was eye ball, cut, 1 coil out of the bottom of the rear springs, it was an uber thin coil so I figured it wouldn't drop too much, then stupid me cut the same out of the same spring, doh, so about 3/4 of a coil instead of half of 3/4 whatever that may be, whoops, oh well it's not all fail.
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2010, 12:52:43 AM »
Well that had to have sucked. you know the old saying measure twice cut once. It applies to car springs. If you are going to tow i would use a monroe sensatrac they last longer and take a better beating then the tokico, i just mill them to have a 14mm shorter strut rod like the tokico.
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #29 on: November 13, 2010, 08:30:06 PM »
yeah I was like "DOH, why did I.... yep I just cut that one twice, SHOOT NO!"  yeah.  oh well not a big deal, yeah when I tow the most tongue weight I put on the thing is maybe 75 lbs or less, I can lift the tongue of the boats very easy, and the little trailer I distribute it very evenly with a little positive tongue weight 40 lbs maybe.  I'll look into all my options for the right struts and springs when the time comes :D

btw when making a custom fiberglass sub box make sure the temp is above 50* LOL  had to use a portable heater to get the resin to start the curing process!!!!
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #30 on: November 14, 2010, 12:40:21 AM »
I do all work inside my shop or at the garage. Shop is 140 x40 and the garage is 40x60. You don't even want to know what the electricity bill is for the shop, what with a flow machine and a CNC lathe, plasma cutter and 3 smaller lathes.   
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2010, 12:50:39 AM »
ok so updates....

here's how bouncy the Eibach ford probe springs were on a "flat" smooth section of highway
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and here's what I did tonight for fun and cuz I could and was kinda sorta bored.  the video speaks for myself.
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pics of it cracked open




not the prettiest pics, but you get the idear!  the LED's are nice, brighter, and gonna last longer than those bulbs!  sweeeeet, can't beat that now.  :D

that's it for now.....
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2010, 01:31:36 AM »
Dude that LED is fucking bright, if you get ass ended there is something wrong lol.
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2010, 01:06:02 PM »
I KNOW RIGHT, well I almost got rear ended this morning from some lady NOT paying attention, course I was sitting on level ground so when I stopped I took my foot off the brake cuz the light turned green so I sat ready to take off like most stick drivers do, she wasn't paying attention, I was so I just launched off.  stupid morning commuters......

but yeah it's good and bright but not INSANE bright :D  it is all win....  now I need some niteshades on it ;)
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #34 on: November 15, 2010, 02:07:40 PM »
holy crap man that thing is bright.
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #35 on: November 15, 2010, 02:16:56 PM »
Great idea. May try something like that myself. Have them plug in to the bulb socket...
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2010, 09:44:52 PM »
yeah it's good and bright :D

yeah Lightning I just crimped some ends onto the wires and stuck them into the stock socket and hot glued it all up good, so I can actually unplug it and it'll stay like a plug hahahah!  I don't recon I'll ever have to unplug it though :D  should be hassle free!  and if I do have to unplug it it will actually unplug from inside the hatch and pull through I think....

but yeah it's really easy just crack it apart and fix them in there however you like, I just used some hot glue and seems to work just fine!

I've had the LED's for months and months now and the idea for months as well just never did it, till I looked at it and decided to go for it LOL.
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #37 on: December 08, 2010, 12:58:03 AM »
RICER ALERT!!!!!!!!!

ok so I made a straight pipe attachment for my exhaust system KNOWING it would sound HORRID like a buzzy honda, so here you go for your viewing pleasure and hearing displeasure!  LOL

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before anyone jumps on me I KNEW it would sound horrid before I made it, this is for laughs, I raced one guy with it on not on video and I won, he was SOO MAD this ricey sounding car beat him!  still fast ;)  I took the attachment off as soon as I got home, only drove it 1 time!  now it's for annoying people if I choose to ;)
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #38 on: December 08, 2010, 03:58:31 PM »
Ah the joys of having a functional clutch :(
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #39 on: December 09, 2010, 12:30:59 AM »
for sure, it's got 221,700 miles on it :P  still going just fine!  I even haul the utility trailer around with it still!!!!  as soon as I get a kia trans that clutch is coming off and probe clutch going in!
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #40 on: December 14, 2010, 02:50:33 AM »
dad gum valve cover leak!!!  here's part 1 of the fix I have in store for it!

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part 2 tomorrow morning!
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #41 on: December 14, 2010, 05:18:43 AM »
Let me know how this works out for you. I have sprung YET ANOTHER oil leak on Goblin :(
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #42 on: December 14, 2010, 02:17:58 PM »
as soon as it's back together I'll do a video and in 1 week I'll post another video showing how it goes, I HOPE it works out and doesn't leak, I'ma post an experiment and see what happens, with my old ford valve cover, only small blobs of silicone on the cam hump areas, and see what happens, so video soon to come with old ford valve cover so I don't ruin my pretty mazda one ;)  video hopefully in a few hours when all is said and done!
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #43 on: December 15, 2010, 12:29:43 AM »
well, here's part 2 the car is all done, tomorrow I will drive it and do a 20 second follow up video then in a few weeks!  I sure hope it doesn't leak anymore I'm sick of valve cover leaks on BP's  hope it helps ya'll out!

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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #44 on: December 31, 2010, 01:09:54 PM »
well my old cherry bomb turbo muffler blew the seams out at just 5 months old.... so I took it in under the 1 year warranty through autozone and got a new one, this time I made it a bit nicer and stronger you know.... hope it lasts longer this time, gonna weld another hanger mount on the flange side to go to the 3rd hanger back there, hopefully that helps some too.  I love the way these cherry bomb turbo mufflers sound, has a nice deep tone to it and it's pretty quiet and doesn't drive you outta the car loud.

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and you've noticed now my theme is just making videos instead of pictures, pictures are old news now LOL  hope you all enjoy!  blue is set, and sweet :D
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #45 on: January 02, 2011, 02:57:31 PM »
Nice vidz man keep up the good work.
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2011, 01:53:43 AM »
Thanks JJ!

here's yet another modification video, it's all self explanatory, and the video does it no justice, it sounds pretty nice for a cheap and quick job :)  it doesn't look all that great but meh.... function/sound over form eh!
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Re: The Blue Car
« Reply #47 on: March 06, 2011, 02:49:05 AM »
Ok here's refining the cheap knock off flowmaster on my blue car!

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I think it sounds pretty killer myself!  the camera phone does the real sound no justice!
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