Macaroni

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Wired up my COP today. And cost under $200 for everything.

cerevo

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Lets see some full side shots!


Yesterday I worked on the infamous "LCA bolts" I only got to the passenger's side. Didn't have much luck getting the bolt out, it's rusted to the inner bushing sleeve. UHG!

The bolt does turn in the nut so at least it's not rusted to the nut. Just have to get it to let go of that and I can get my Perrin PSRS arms in!

golgo13

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Some here from this weekend:

http://www.gotbluemilk.com/web141025/415/index.html

http://www.gotbluemilk.com/web141026/415/index.html

Ignore the STI, he just happened to have the same number so the photo guy put them all together.



I'll probably be picking up these from the photographer once he gets back to me.

03Roush2

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gave her a boost leak and order the parts to fix that issue

superbovine

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Air bag recall, and promptly got a rattle in the column so it looks like I am digging into that tomorrow.
Also de-pinned the ilumination wire from the clock plug so I can read the damn time during the day now (headlights are left on all the time).

.M.

Replaced a broken wheel stud

D1andonlyantman

Got my manifold heat shield powder coated. Not sure how it will handle the heat but it helps hide the ugly stock manifold when you're looking through the bonnet vent so I figured it's worth a try and the shield was in a bad way, plus it didn't cost me anything



Also the keen eyed of you might notice my DV is the wrong way round. That's not an accident. I think it might have been opening under boost so tried it this way and prefer the way it operates and sounds.

Verbal21

Nice. What kind of finish is that?

03BBY1088

painted my ETS stencil and put on my rexpeed D style carbon fiber lip

cerevo

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Very nice! I really would like to eventually get a 9 front bumper for mine, just looks better IMO.

Did you have to flare your rear wheel wells?
It looks like they are but its had to tell.

*EDIT*
Also I see you're trying to lose more weight up front, do you have a manual brake kit?
Reason I ask is I have a custom Wilwood kit on my car and I want to make my car more daily driver friendly and it's just not for me so I think I may get the RS kit to put my booster back on. If you're interested PM me!

golgo13

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I'm running the stock brembos and stock brake system with upgraded lines, lighter two piece rotors, fluid, pads and brake ducting. No need to change anything else with it.

My rear fenders are partially rolled and pulled, but it's not needed with 255/40/17 tires. I was planning on going 18" but decided against it for a few reasons.

cerevo

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ah ok, its hard to find a good looking rim with a bit of lip that you can use with a 255 tire and not have to roll them. They look good though!


I ended up having to cut my control arms which I was really sad that I had to do since I could've sold them but I didnt see any other way to get the bolts out. I cut them off and just worked the remainder of the arm out, then burned the bushings off and when I get some new Dremel steel cutting discs I will cut the inner sleeve off the bolt, I couldnt put the new arms and bushings on anyway since I didnt have the rubber washer things yet. I also ordered 2 new bolts to go on when all that comes in I can FINALLY get this done and start on my timing belt... yay..


pics:





uhhggg

golgo13

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Holy ****.

I guess that's what happens when you drive the car in the wet or where there is snow/ice?

cerevo

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I know the previous owner had it in a garage for 3 years, it spent most of last year in a garage too. I drove it a couple of times in the snow last year but its got 127k miles on it. I was replacing the arms due to the passenger's side LCA bushing being bad. This would allow the arm to move around and hit the frame so every time I went over a bump I would hear/feel "thudthudthudthudthudthud" and you could feel the actual wheel moving back and forth on the car.

I got the Perrin PSRS bushings into some new arms to replace these. I was really trying to avoid cutting the ones on the car. I tried everything to get those bolts to let loose of the bushing sleeve.
It's actually a quite common problem on these cars. People have had issues even on cars that had less than 60k and that have never seen rain. The bolt just rusts to the bushing sleeve.

golgo13

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Next time I have them out I'll put some anti-seize on them for sure.