I got rear-ended.. About $3,000 of damage not including labor.. Hopefully it's not totaled.
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I got rear-ended.. About $3,000 of damage not including labor.. Hopefully it's not totaled.
good luck.
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AWESOME VID!!! And I noticed a few of those shots had Dragonbird in them :DQuote:
Originally Posted by LSCyaL8R
Bolt in sfc's
going to try to get my weld in sfcs installed
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nice!!! i'd be afraid of curb rash though... any wider tires???Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshuaGrooms83finally cleaned the birdy out and got all the new parts on the car instead of in the car :) lol Also test fitted these rims. A little small though.
cant wait to test fit the other rims :) if you know, you know :)
oh... and i'll be taking the backing plates off my rear for my drive to meet up with Knight!!! :woo:
Hoping my 1.8 tip for my spray gun comes in asap so I can able to re-prime passenger side.I could start masking her today or tonight in time for Saturday am.Saturday will really be my only day to work on her cause of easter.Come on ups,fedex.usps or who ever:hurryup:
Going to the dyno :)
Nice,i`m jealous not at that stage yet.You gotta post some numbers an take some pictures or a video.
SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! I left my camara at home. I hope this droid takes good video
subframe connectors are in! the shop had to do some 'fitting' because I didn't buy umi.but they are on the car after a year in my man cave room.
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Actually yea eventually. The tires are 225/40R18s.... yeah abit narrow lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Spaz
I plan on getting them widened and then have 275s up front and 295s in the rear :)
got the metal retainer ring for the shifter boot. but didn't get the MGW in the mail this week.... very disappointed. i might need to call them and ask whats up since i haven't gotten a tracking number or anything.
What brand? so we know which to stay away fromQuote:
Originally Posted by 02transamce
New tires (Bridgestone Potenza RE760) on the original rims. What an improvement in driving it after 32K on the original tires. First time out of the garage for the year. We need more warm weather here in Michigan.
former sponser,lol, j&m
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work in progress...right window motor,need long quarter inch rivets to reinstall glass,the one I have were perfect for installing the regulator to the door but too short for the glass.oh well,will finish tomorrow
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Put in new stall then had to park it due to snow. WTF
Totaled it...
Wtf!!!! You okQuote:
Originally Posted by V8MUSCLE
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Gave Spaz the stocker 10 bolt this morning. He gave me his backing plates to put on my new rear, when I get it. Just waiting for it to arrive.
adjusted my idle with the new 80mm TB. doesnt stall anymore when cold and shifted into reverse or drive. that was annoying.
Still waiting on my stuff to paint.
Had a good time cleaning out my MAF and TB today. Glad to see all the black crap come out!!
finished window motor replacement,now it's running like shit,intermittently bucking and jerking,may have got some bad gas.
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Got my paint tip today,started masking the passenger side of the car :happy:
Replaced my pinion seal and now it leaks even more FML, if anybody has replaced that seal before PM me. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by silverWS.6
Finished putting long tubes in
Chirped the tires in second...with a auto! FTW!
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nothing today,but as of friday finally got a chance to pull it out,do a quick cleaning & paint the calipers,they look great now,also painted the calipers on my cousins T/A we both drove our cars for a little while saturday it was great to see 2 clean T/As trailing each other(all eyes were on us wherever we went)LoL!,the weather couldnt have been so beautiful,sometimes this week i will throw the cross drilled rotors on,i been having them for a while but was too lazy to put them on
got a speeding ticket :brick:
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Originally Posted by nichoLaS1
Better to call it a "High Speed Driving Award".
Good call.. i guess i should just start framing themQuote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
Drove it to school today and right back home
Got her covered up and cushioning over the t tops and hatch.rough ass weather in Alabama tonight.god bless the people of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham.
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Wet sanded rear quarter an passenger door.
Put the top down, cruised up the ave ( just when the local highschool got out ), jumped on Rte 21 north and put the pedal to the metal ( I mean carpet ). Sucked up about 1/2 a tank of cheap high test (from last Sept), now have to fill it with expensive hi-test (4.00 gal). Felt good, blew some of the cobwebs out of it and used up the gas with the Seafoam in it. Gotta get it detailed now, lots of little scratches and some rock chips, then find a new p/side door panel. You don't even notice the electrical tape over the crack in it. (much, LOL) :drivin:
You are lucky you just chirped the tires in second. I have the problem of going from 1st to 2nd and breaking loose with my stock auto. I would say you got the win for keeping traction!Quote:
Originally Posted by 02transamce
Did the CETA mod this afternoon and now im finishing up the graphics on the air lid and putting clear on.
Pics?
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Originally Posted by 02transamce
Tomorrow maybe. The car is pretty nasty right now.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e..._7697776_o.jpg
Heres a shot of the lid
BMR lower a arms showed, yea theyll compliment my tubular k member nice.
FInally got my rims put on that ive been working on all winter almost :) and ordered a 6LE rear valance for the rear bumper :)
watch out that valance cover doesn't fit like the one in the their pic im having mine painted and installed.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshuaGrooms83
Ill make sure it fits before i fully bolt it in. hopfully mine fits good without much fitment issue.
Raynor that lid looks friggen awesome.Finished wet sanding car....:) cleaned her up nice ..nice an ready for paint.As you can see the first owner must of used the rocker panel to jack the car up,thank god it doesn`t affect the factory ground effects.Called my uncle to make sure he can`t still paint it in his works spray booth,looks good.Getting ready to prime the rear spoiler.[IMG]http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/a...6/table116.jpg[/IMG]
Spoken like a true Illinoisian (I'm from Evanston.)Quote:
Originally Posted by thor2001TA
Lid looks good!Quote:
Originally Posted by raynor139
Heres a shot of the lid
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You do that yourself looks amazingQuote:
Originally Posted by raynor139
Heres a shot of the lid
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Originally Posted by thor2001TA
I've had them off a few times since my last post. T-tops came off again today. I just love driving that way :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 79Firebird_99TA
NICE! :thumbup: Sorry but I might have to copy you.Quote:
Originally Posted by raynor139
Heres a shot of the lid
got my 3.73s installed, the break in period is killing me.
Drove it to work :hyper: love my car and I have just worked out all of the bugs :)
Put the top down, drove to the " Arabic college fund distribution center ", (gas station), filled the tank, 10.6 gallons, $40.00. Drove it home, put the top up and parked it! :ahh:
my break in period was 3/4 of a mile then i couldnt wait anymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by sok915
fixed my wiring issue with the front turn signals and changed my accessory tensioner to get rid of the squeak. next week built 4l60 and 3.73s going in.
did you change the oil after the first 500 miles like it suggests?Quote:
Originally Posted by T/A98
nope. it has about 3,000 miles on it with out a single problem. ive installed gears a few times at work and no one ever comes back to have it changedQuote:
Originally Posted by sok915
thank you sir, i wont worry about it then, ill probably go a few thousand then change it.
if theyre installed correctly you shouldnt have problem.
maybe the next time you change your oil change it or something
Picked up tubular upper and lower control arms from the UMI booth at Carlisle yesterday. Figured I have to unbolt the lower arms to change out the K-member, so I may as well do everything at the same time.
I recommned doing it ALL at once if your gonna go tht rounte. I took out my stock kmember and lowers still attacked and then installed the UMI Kmember and lower a arms. Its easier and less stuff to unbolt unless you dont get new hardware with the lowers.Quote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
i did it all at once. much easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
Removed oil pump, timing chain, pulleys, intake, heads, lifters, pushrods, & cam getting ready for new install of all of them. The radiator had been removed previously and it was a bigger pain than all the rest since I needed extra hands to get it out. Cleaning up engine (old gaskets, bolt holes, etc.) this week and will start install later in week or next weekend. I'm mostly recovering from all my cuts and scratches today.
got a hood and fit it up http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...n/100_2294.jpg
Thanks for all the compliments on the Lid guys. I did it myself. Its got a coat of primer then 5 coats of color followed by wetsanding. The graphic is a vinyl piece i got from the WS6store. And it has 4 layers of clear on it.
Gotta do a little touch up on one of the bumper corners then Im gonna get the car cleaned up and put some pics up of the CETA mod.
Overall it wasnt really that bad. This was my first time doing something of this scope with paint. Def a learning experience and will know better next time I do something like this.
Since I haven't been able to post on here in a few days due to lack of power, gonna post what I did with my T/A for the past few days. Thursday, get all the debris cleaned up around her from the tornado, see that she made it thru with only minor scratches, then take her to the Bristol dragstrip and run her a few times, nothing impressive except for the perfect reaction time I got on my third run :D Friday: Nothing; Saturday: Drive her t-topless to a local cruise-in :) Today: Nothing
bled the brakes, took it out for a 5 mile round trip on the new rear-end
Gave her the first wash of the year! Then locked the car and low and behold the headlights popped up and closed then the clacking sound of a stripped motor gear occurred! :mad: Took out the passenger side motor, rotated the gear about 180* (where it wasn't stripped) and temporary fix done!
Gotta buy some of those brass gears so I won't have to worry about this again!
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e..._6528921_o.jpg
Pic of the CETA mod.
double checked my converter to flexplate spacing and grinded my calipers a bit to help clear the spokes on my rims. I fitted the rims with regular caliper and rotors and then mounted them on later with C5 braket and the spokes touched a little, so a little grinding on the face of them helped a bit.
Turned out real nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by raynor139
Pic of the CETA mod.
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Car is filthy. Haven't given it the spring bath yet. Weather in NY has been touch and go.
On a whim i just grabbed a wet sponge and cleaned the windows then a brush and got some dust off the rims.... made me want to break out the hose and bucket and go to town.... but i didn't it was already midnight.
Gave her a much deserved wash today, she was duuuuuuuuusty! Maybe tomorrow I'll buy antifreeze for the 98 and crank her over and wash her
Looked at her in the body shop... They tore off the whole rear end and started working on it. I got a speeding ticket yesterday in my Yukon.. Sucks.
Got the axle bearings pressed on the new axles, installed the center section and axles in the housing, and now I wait on the mail.....
Found out the MAC guy forgot to order my Torx Plus sockets.
at least your tool guy shows up. i havent seen the snap on man in 3 weeks. i might actually spend money if hed show up.Quote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
lol the cornwell guh at a shop i use to work at was like that. Ud order stuff and then he wouldnt showup for like 4 weeks. Then when he did he got u the wrong tool.
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Originally Posted by T/A98
I just balanced my checkbook and noticed that he did not forget to cash my check.
OMG!!! come do mine!!! my hawk needs your skill!
Underhood looks much better. Stock lid?
Blackwing Lid, I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
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Thanks, ..., Yep smoothed/de-badged Blackwing!Quote:
Originally Posted by ls1camino
looks good,where did you get the hood from?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey gavingot a hood and fit it up
that looks great,i want to do this to my slp lid but i want the bird logo with the "trans am" name under the bird,did you paint an after market lid or stock lid?Quote:
Originally Posted by raynor139
heres a shot of the lid
cant wait to see it finishedQuote:
Originally Posted by raynor139
Its an SLP lid.Quote:
Originally Posted by fbodyNATION
I thought about doing trans am underneath it but I liked the cleaner look of just the bird on it.
certifit, belive it or not its a good fit i had to do a little sanding but nothing serious the gaps are nice and everything not bad for $270
Getting 2 new tires put on.
Walked pass the Trans this morning in the garage. Didn't drive it today because I had too many errands to do. So I drove my daily driver. Cant post a pic of my daily driver. Dont have rights I guess. Oh well!
finished my K member, control arms and rack install. now the air bag light is on. (see thread in general)
cleaned out interior and conditioned the leather seats.man the top of the back seat was DRY,used a crap load of conditioner on it.seen a few older 4th gens (94,95)where the top of the back seat leather was coming loose at the seams and i believe the sun causes this,so even though the back window has been tinted since my wife bought the car,the top back seat is very dry.fyi to other 4th gens with leather,use the conditioner liberally on the top of the back seat.
Rear end is finished up and broken in. Need to get the new rear tires on.....maybe tomorrow. SFCs are installed too. Had a busy day today.....
Fixing door panel cracks. Damn industrial staples are a bitch to get out.
when are you going to do it (K-member)?Quote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
