XjoEnX 1999 Integra GS auto
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XjoEnX
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:shock: I will be keeping this in mind.
Those look good. :thumbs up
get these
NemesisCBR
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Waiting to be installed? Im so impatient i swap out immediately. :rolf:
XjoEnX
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Lol I want to but don't have time until Saturday. Plus I'm waiting on new tires for the gram lights.
I discovered something in my front end that explains why it flexes so much when I jack the car up from the front. The body shop that examined it didn't look closely enough and I found out that behind the actual radiator support there are broken welds from the previous owner accident. Front end tear down this weekend.
I discovered something in my front end that explains why it flexes so much when I jack the car up from the front. The body shop that examined it didn't look closely enough and I found out that behind the actual radiator support there are broken welds from the previous owner accident. Front end tear down this weekend.
NemesisCBR
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aw damn...
Those look so fuckin nice though.. i rarely want a silver rim but i want to see those on my car.
Those look so fuckin nice though.. i rarely want a silver rim but i want to see those on my car.
NemesisCBR
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When you put them on im gonna photoshop them on my car.
XslickwhitetegX
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those rims are hotness, now you just need mini copper break upgrade to fill in the space!
XjoEnX
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:thumbs up
I'll take a side profile just for you.
Thanks friend! And it does suck about the welds. I would have never known about if Dylan hasn't spotted the flexing. Now that I know, my Saturday will consist of repairing it.
Thanks! Lol I've never heard of Mini brakes on our cars. Gotta look that up now.
XjoEnX
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Interesting!!
Update: 10/28/2012
I should have posted this yesterday but was too tired to put the effort in. I got a lot of work done on my car that I recently caught issues about.
1st thing was that during Thunderhill my axle started clicking badly on hard right turns. I posted a pic awhile back of my outboard boot tearing and was meaning to replace it, but it was driving fine so I put it on the back burner. I bought a replacement boot but when working on it I saw that the inboard boot was thinning out and ready to tear also, so I just bought a reman axle.
Hub removed:
And that's all the pics I have of that before recharging the battery. I had a little trouble popping the axle off itself, took a good 20 minutes. After that the new one popped in with no issues. Threw everything back together and moved on to the next project: re-welding my front end. I couldn't do it alone and asked my brother for help with this.
Batteries charged!
Spot anything wrong here?
Here's the closeup:
The other side:
The issue was something I never uncovered and apparently has always been there when I bought the car. It was in a prior accident to me owning it and every time I jacked up the front with the USDM front end, I would never notice the flex. It wasn't until Dylan (Samurai_Blue) and I were swapping out the cat-converters that he noticed it since the JDM front exposes the the whole support and he spotted it as I was jacking it up. Gotta say thanks Dylan!
Took it to a shop and they told me it was fine so I left it as is. Little did I know, when jacking the car up front the front again it flexed even further and put the whole front end out of alignment. Gaps between the headlights and everything.
The fix: I drilled holes on the lower end of the radiator support, grabbed all my vice grips and clamped everything together and started spot-welding away. After all of that, I let it sit for a few hours and jacked it up, no more flex!
Holes drilled:
Clamped together before the welding:
This little line of rust was the only place on both sides of the support that the previous shop welded, the line is a result of the welding breaking from jacking the car up from the front. They never welded the lower end of it from the previous owner accident. I called the previous ownder and left him a message to ask about it but he never got back to me.
Welding away:
After all was said and done, I put the front end back together and everything lined up perfectly. I love my car all over again.
I also had the chance to install a replacement headlight due to my old headlight missing a tab that caused the beam to shake during night drives. Everything is now as it should be :thumbs up
Random pics from yesterday:
My GSR wheels on the right, and the Gram Lights on the left. You can see why I haven't installed them yet. I ordered new tires for them last Thursday but the shop said they hadn't come in. He'll call me tomorrow with an update but I'm pretty sure they'll be there. I really want to get them on ASAP.
A random shot of my dad's 06 Harley V-Rod SE. This thing screams.
I spent a lot of money on the car this year and really don't want to spend anymore for a long long while except for maintenance stuff. I have a vacation to save for after I complete my final class in March. So any updates to this post will probably just be more photoshoots and meetups. Thanks for reading guys.
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NemesisCBR
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Wow how handy is that to be able to weld in your own garage. Nice follow up and fix. My inner and outer boots have been torn for years but its been driving fine so i put it on the back burner too for maintenance. lol