My projects - Page 4

kittay · 03-20-2008

Got these in, one for the silver car, one for the laser

tranny/ clutch/ flywheel off. I napped and Brendan worked on that

The clutch was pretty shot, flywheel stock and tranny good.. got a new act/ fidanza ready to go in though

kittay · 03-25-2008

Got the motor disassembled. Bearings were crap! Getting rid of the front balance shaft and grinding down the rear.

Head looked great

turbo-soundz · 03-25-2008

this was done in your garage?

kittay · 03-25-2008

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Originally Posted by turbo-soundz

this was done in your garage?

Yup.. MY garage

Brendan made fun of me that it won't run for another 3 months

I just ordered in some SS brake lines, prothane motor mounts, clear cam gear cover, ACL rod/ crank bearings and a fire-retardant jacket

Other then that, think I just need a few sensors (knock/ O2)

I'd really like to pick up the MOMO steering wheel, but omg, 200 + 75 for the hub adapter.. Trying to bring myself to spend that much

brando · 03-25-2008

looks like your making some headway

craig · 03-25-2008

now just put it all back together and your set.

b00stcreep21 · 03-25-2008

This thread wouldn't be 4 pages if you had a penis. Looks like fun though

**Halon** · 03-25-2008

Do you know someone who powdercoats? Any idea how they made your Valve Cover that color? I'm curious because I do coating in my garage for fun, and wondering how they did it. I ended up doing a gloss black base coat, then I put a coat of transparent red on top of that. That's how I got mine to match my car the best I could. Here's how mine turned out. With minimal light it looks like a gloss black, but when light hits is you can see the red. Car looks good though! You should throw a Maaco paint job on that, the paint looks pretty sad.

kittay · 03-25-2008

^ That turned out really well too.. It's def really hard to tell what it really looks like without seeing it in person
He did a black tint as a clear over aluminum (or maybe it was chrome)

But I would never get a maaco paint job. Trash!! I have a guy that does all my work.. just trying to get the engine in sort before spending money on the looks

**Halon** · 03-25-2008

I love it when people call my paint job trash! They do a nice black cherry actually! Paint still looks good to this day. Just don't get their cheapest paint job.

turbotalon1g · 03-25-2008

Your paint job can't be beat for the price.

brando · 03-26-2008

did you paint this yourself?

**Halon** · 03-26-2008

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Originally Posted by brando

did you paint this yourself?

Who are you talking to? If me, I said it was done at Maaco.

brando · 03-26-2008

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Originally Posted by Halon

Who are you talking to? If me, I said it was done at Maaco.

oh woops i looked at kittys name and thought it was her car.

so did you just have them use ppg or something?

kittay · 03-26-2008

Doesn't look too bad. I had a laser painted there.. omg the overspray. It was awful! I don't think they even put a clear on it.

But I'm going to have my guy do a few extra things.. Got a few ideas for him to paint

He painted the silver car, and wouldn't go to anyone else, esp for the price!

**Halon** · 03-26-2008

I just had them do their 2nd to best paint job, and had them match the black cherry already on it.

sleepydsm · 03-27-2008

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Originally Posted by Halon

I just had them do their 2nd to best paint job, and had them match the black cherry already on it.

What did you do to your car before dropping it off though? Remove parts, prep any thing?

Kittay, you guys must love your DSMs

**Halon** · 03-27-2008

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Originally Posted by sleepydsm

What did you do to your car before dropping it off though? Remove parts, prep any thing?

Kittay, you guys must love your DSMs

I drove the car there in it's wonderful multicolor condition. In their parking lot, I removed the headlight lenses, tail lights, marker lights, and the center grill piece between the head light lenses (they sprayed that separately). That's it. I didn't prep anything. I paid for their prep job.

brando · 03-28-2008

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Originally Posted by Halon

I drove the car there in it's wonderful multicolor condition. In their parking lot, I removed the headlight lenses, tail lights, marker lights, and the center grill piece between the head light lenses (they sprayed that separately). That's it. I didn't prep anything. I paid for their prep job.

how much did that cost ya? how well is the paint holding up?

btw kittay im gonna need to get a ride in that thing one day. looks like its gonna be badass

oh and nice nails

**Halon** · 03-28-2008

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Originally Posted by brando

how much did that cost ya? how well is the paint holding up?

btw kittay im gonna need to get a ride in that thing one day. looks like its gonna be badass

oh and nice nails

In the end, with them also filling in some minor dents, it cost around $900 I believe. It's not stock quality, but don't take that the wrong way, because it looks great. There were some small little bubbles, and a couple little drips, in inconspicuous areas. The car looks much better. I'd recommend it to anyone not wanting to spend more on their cars paint job, then they did on the car itself.