(_SxXxT_) 7/15/13. The car runs

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Post by sxxxt » Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:09 am

Ok my brother helPed me out today and ingot a lot done....
Sway bar bushings installed...
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Lca installed with new swaybar endlinks.
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New ss brakelines
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Painted calipers, new pads and rotors.
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Here's what it looks like with a tire on
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Post by sxxxt » Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:38 pm

Today I finished everything up....
And the vertic on everything I did for the front??
Two thumbs up.
Here's a pic of all the crap that was on the car.
If ne wants ne of it I'll pretty much give it away.
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Had some extra time to kill while I let my alarm remote charge.
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Put back together adjusted Nd on the ground
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And I also cleaned between my doors. With no splashguards they get really bad.
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Now... Good Friday weekend Im gonna donthe rear... Then time for alot of body work... Yay!!! My specialty...

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Post by Danteneon » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:34 am

Good to she her down on the ground again :thumbup:

One question though...is it just me, or is your drivers side wheel pushed forward in the opening?

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As opposed to this...

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If I could just figure out how to meld the Outback and the Neon into one car...

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Post by sxxxt » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:52 am

Yea I deff see what ur talkin about but it
Could b the fact that the fender flare makes it look like it's in a different spot.

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Post by Danteneon » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:44 pm

Hmmm. That could be it :-k
If I could just figure out how to meld the Outback and the Neon into one car...

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Post by speed127 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:00 pm

looks good but the breaks look sooo small behind the rims
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Post by sxxxt » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:51 pm

yea when i get a srt motor ill b scooping up a big brake kit... maybe idk... drove the car today about 60 miles and car did great..

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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:18 pm

Def feels nice after all thos bushings and stuff LOL.... I cant wait to start my rears soon!!!
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Post by sxxxt » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:33 am

So I had a couple
Hours to kill so I started workin on the bumper.
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Had to lay some chop mat don on this corner...
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Post by sxxxt » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:08 pm

Well boys and girls it's finally come... I started my rear disc swap ....+ a bunch of other stuff
I think this is everything
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Gonna start dropping stuff tomorrow morning...

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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:20 pm

Oh man is that what I have to look forward too LOL....

we're in the same boat as far as the rear disk swap goes...

Hope it all goes well man..
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Post by sxxxt » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:42 pm

Yea iv been waiting on this for six months.... As of right now I have all the passanger side off and started cleaning and painting this side

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Post by sxxxt » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:08 pm

had to stop, sun started to go down, and i needed caliper bolts so tomorrow ill finish everything up.. gotta wake up real early.


here we have the modernperformance rear trailing arm...... do not buy it unless yours is rusted or gone bad some how.. its the same.
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rubber coated each inner wheel well and under side.
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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:03 pm

Hmm I thought the later arms from modern had better Bushings?? That's why they sold em...

Still on the fence about the DCR arms...Let me know how they work out for you...especially noise wise!!!
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Post by sxxxt » Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:20 pm

I'm done... Nd here r the pictures.
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Post by Caraudioholic24 » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:41 pm

Also on top of the ?? about the modern lateral arms...did you get the ss brake lines from them as well....if so I assume you got the srt ones...How did they fit with the neon front brakes..that is if you are running them and not srt fronts...thanks man and looks good!!!
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Post by sxxxt » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:13 pm

I did not get the ss brake lines from modern I got them from eBay and they fit perfect. Got all 4 for less then 100$.
And yes the brake lines I got are for an srt but they will fit ne neon the brake line bolt is the same on all calipers...

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Post by Danteneon » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:16 am

Nice work! It's nice to have all new and shiny parts on there, isn't it?
If I could just figure out how to meld the Outback and the Neon into one car...

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Post by sxxxt » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:36 pm

So today i met gramps and I changed my driverside outter tie rod..
Gramps stopped by nd said hi nd took a look at the brakes..
Deff fix 50% of the noise nd drivability. Pass side set for Friday.
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Post by sxxxt » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:14 pm

Tinted the windows bout week and half ago just forgotnto post pictures. Also picked this matching bike up.
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Post by speed127 » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:38 pm

like the trunk lid
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Post by 04 Mo Neon » Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:06 am

Tint makes cars look 100 times better wow... Drastic.
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Post by Midnight_Rider » Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:43 am

Better watch where you've been parking the car- there was quite a little ponding going on there earlier this week. :shock:
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Post by sxxxt » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:06 pm

Yea I didnt think It would really make a difference but oh it did....

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Post by skaterking411 » Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:25 pm

04 Mo Neon wrote:Tint makes cars look 100 times better wow... Drastic.
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Post by srtjesse » Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:46 pm

so i know this has ben asked before but any plans for wider wheels??

i mean if you get a set of wider wheels to sit just flush with your fender flares it would set this car off so bad you have no idea
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Post by sxxxt » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:04 pm

yea i plan to eventually get new wheels but what im gonna do with these wheels is get them powdercoated black and i think that will change the whole look of the car...

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Post by srtjesse » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:18 pm

sweet and these wheels look good its just that since the wheels look too sunk in cause of the fenders.. or get some big adapters to push them out
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Post by C1DoG » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:31 pm

Looking good. :thumbup:
Drove my neon until it was killed in a flood.
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Post by sxxxt » Sat May 07, 2011 5:46 pm

So I got the weekend off nd now iv been workin to get my body work finished.... Here's where I'm at.
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Iv also been playing around with the flat black and semi gloss look.... Here's what i got
4 parts flat 1 part reducer 1 part gloss harder
This is the semi gloss
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The First picture is gonna b one side semi gloss the next picture will b oppisite side will b just flat.
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Tell me what u think

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