The "What did you do to your car today" Thread!
09-13-2014, 03:10 PM
#3482
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 561
Car Info: 93 Impreza LS, 05 WRX Wagon, 98 Impreza Wagon
Got rid of the egg yoke on the GC with silver painted bulbs - yeah I'm cheap like that.
Edit - Clear corners had "egg yolk look" due to orange bulb. Painted the front of the bulb silver but left the back of the bulb orange to illuminate correctly during turns.
Edit - Clear corners had "egg yolk look" due to orange bulb. Painted the front of the bulb silver but left the back of the bulb orange to illuminate correctly during turns.
Last edited by Rufino O; 09-14-2014 at 01:53 PM.
09-13-2014, 11:41 PM
#3485
Registered User
Well... I went back to go at it again in my XV.
Scraped the undercarriage quite a bit, gonna inspect it tomorrow.
https://i.imgur.com/2zizdEH.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uY7TIVF.jpg
Scraped the undercarriage quite a bit, gonna inspect it tomorrow.
https://i.imgur.com/2zizdEH.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uY7TIVF.jpg
Last edited by AWDfreak; 09-14-2014 at 12:48 AM.
09-14-2014, 11:37 AM
#3487
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: San Jose
Posts: 1,642
Car Info: 2000 Legacy GT, 2000 Echo 1989 Camry All-Trac
Last few days...
-All weather mats, thanks Anna
-Got under the car for the first time since getting it back, and:
...-Found some holes in the weld sleeve on my exhaust, sadface. Touched that up at a muffler shop, just a band aid though
...-Tightened rear sway bar bushings/endlinks
...-Found a stock front sway where the new Whiteline one I gave the shop should be. Was wondering about the Gangam Style body roll, ugg...
...-Put Perrin TMIC back on, had some lumpy idle and lean condition CELs until I reset the ECU and tightened some hoses.
...-Running fine now, but weird I never had any issues before. Last time I threw them on, the car ran better than stock. Tune obviously gets the most out of the part (have a few more upgrades and a new turbo to put on before then), but as a bolt on it does add a few ponies and helps with response
-All weather mats, thanks Anna
-Got under the car for the first time since getting it back, and:
...-Found some holes in the weld sleeve on my exhaust, sadface. Touched that up at a muffler shop, just a band aid though
...-Tightened rear sway bar bushings/endlinks
...-Found a stock front sway where the new Whiteline one I gave the shop should be. Was wondering about the Gangam Style body roll, ugg...
...-Put Perrin TMIC back on, had some lumpy idle and lean condition CELs until I reset the ECU and tightened some hoses.
...-Running fine now, but weird I never had any issues before. Last time I threw them on, the car ran better than stock. Tune obviously gets the most out of the part (have a few more upgrades and a new turbo to put on before then), but as a bolt on it does add a few ponies and helps with response
Last edited by de_engineered; 09-15-2014 at 11:24 AM.
09-14-2014, 05:58 PM
#3489
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Coast CA
Posts: 101
Car Info: H6 Outback & 08 WRX hatch
Bunch of maintenance this weekend.
Down pipe and stage 2 map back on the car after two weeks of stock to pass smog. Feels normal again. The stock tune is just lumpy and awkward.
Made some brackets to hold the rear flaps in place and put them back on. Maybe there will be rain and snow again this year...
Replaced the sway bar bushings on the Outback and put new low beam bulbs in. Old ones literally fell apart when I took them out.
Finally finished putting dynomat in the doors of the wrx.
Noticed the steering rack or one of the hoses is leaking when I was swapping the downpipe. More on the to do list.
Down pipe and stage 2 map back on the car after two weeks of stock to pass smog. Feels normal again. The stock tune is just lumpy and awkward.
Made some brackets to hold the rear flaps in place and put them back on. Maybe there will be rain and snow again this year...
Replaced the sway bar bushings on the Outback and put new low beam bulbs in. Old ones literally fell apart when I took them out.
Finally finished putting dynomat in the doors of the wrx.
Noticed the steering rack or one of the hoses is leaking when I was swapping the downpipe. More on the to do list.
09-14-2014, 10:22 PM
#3490
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Blown intake welds/Fried pistons
Posts: 544
Car Info: Eclipse
I tried to restore my miata interior.
Before:
Found this gold chain in there...
After vacuum and respray:
Also tried to pull my fender because I'm rubbing:
Before:
Found this gold chain in there...
After vacuum and respray:
Also tried to pull my fender because I'm rubbing:
Last edited by PaulWalker; 09-14-2014 at 10:27 PM.
09-15-2014, 04:04 AM
#3491
Registered User
Well I discovered that the Primitive Racing skid plates slightly reduce ground clearance (the engine skid plate reduces the ground clearance the most).
Inspected the underbody for damage, only minor damage (as far as I can tell). So instead, I took pics of measurements of the ground clearance.
rear diff
https://i.imgur.com/TNz8aHT.jpg
driver (left) side unibody lip
https://i.imgur.com/Q2zo4ZY.jpg
Cusco floor brace (paint is scraped off from off-roading)
driver (left) side, rear portion of transmission skid plate
https://i.imgur.com/ABjHT3T.jpg
engine skid plate, driver (left) side, rear portion.
This is where most of the ground clearance is sacrificed for protection of the engine and transmission.
https://i.imgur.com/KQIIsuK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qzwmT6i.jpg
a bigger picture of what it all looks like
https://i.imgur.com/V2YkQ6P.jpg
ripped my mudflap off at Prairie City, so I used a twist-tie (suggested by my friend who drives a GD Impreza STI) to secure the mudflap
Inspected the underbody for damage, only minor damage (as far as I can tell). So instead, I took pics of measurements of the ground clearance.
rear diff
https://i.imgur.com/TNz8aHT.jpg
driver (left) side unibody lip
https://i.imgur.com/Q2zo4ZY.jpg
Cusco floor brace (paint is scraped off from off-roading)
driver (left) side, rear portion of transmission skid plate
https://i.imgur.com/ABjHT3T.jpg
engine skid plate, driver (left) side, rear portion.
This is where most of the ground clearance is sacrificed for protection of the engine and transmission.
https://i.imgur.com/KQIIsuK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qzwmT6i.jpg
a bigger picture of what it all looks like
https://i.imgur.com/V2YkQ6P.jpg
ripped my mudflap off at Prairie City, so I used a twist-tie (suggested by my friend who drives a GD Impreza STI) to secure the mudflap
09-15-2014, 07:48 PM
#3492
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 561
Car Info: 93 Impreza LS, 05 WRX Wagon, 98 Impreza Wagon
Over the weekend built a DSLR/video camera rig to safely shoot low angle rollers without resorting to sticking your body half way out/down the door at speed or using a boom rig.
09-15-2014, 08:24 PM
#3493
09-15-2014, 08:55 PM
#3495
Installed 16g xt turbo , perrin turbo inlet, hallman mbc, stock bvp , and hks catback
thanks heedz for the bpv
perrin turbo inlet from scoobywax .
and full catback with helix down pipe from hermanbaggins.
turbo 16xt
hallman mbc
next stop to EQ tuning... my car runs like crap tho. im not sure if i can make it to fairfield .
perrin turbo inlet from scoobywax .
and full catback with helix down pipe from hermanbaggins.
turbo 16xt
hallman mbc
next stop to EQ tuning... my car runs like crap tho. im not sure if i can make it to fairfield .