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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:58 pm
by neonslg09
Get back out there for MOAR WORK

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:16 pm
by srtjesse
haha honestly i want to but the wifey wants me to chill with her we sent the kids to az with the in laws so its just me and her and she wants me to be around her all the time since she feels lonely lol plus its way too cold right now jeje

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 9:30 pm
by LilSparkPlug
Pictures :) Sounds like you got a huge amount of work done.

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:56 am
by sxxxt
how hard was it to take out the dash???

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:30 am
by srtjesse
sxxxt: not too bad its more time consuming than anything you gotta pull out allot of screws and some of them you cant even get to so it makes you wonder how the hell they put em on lol its really time consuming but worth it.

well i did get allot done i swapped all the harnesses,
redid my whole interior,
swapped to a tilt steering wheel,
got a steering wheel air bag,
got all new stock speakers,
installed the r/t front bumper,
put new fender well splash guards,
moved my antenna to were the wiper motors are,
swapped trunks with the green neon since the one on my car had 20 holes from the previous owner having 4 different wings on the car,
installed the rear bumper,
installed the headlights, tail lights, sidemarkers, and third brake light,

and cleaned out the car the only things left to do are get the rear glass on the car swap in the new engine and take it for a spin i really didnt get any pictures of anything because i was out on the cold for 12-14 hours per day working on the car but ill take some tomorrow to show some progress

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:46 pm
by srtjesse
ok im officially done with all the little things i just got done swapping over key cyl from the green neon into the black neon since i had lost my car keys a few weeks ago lol all that i now need to do is get the rear glass and do the engine thank god

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:57 pm
by neonslg09
Hurry up on the engine. Sheesh. What engine is going in here again?

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:37 pm
by srtjesse
im waiting to get a ride to my friends house to get the cherry picker i have no car at the moment im bumming rides with friends and shit lol it sucks.

im taking the stock block from the green parts car and im mating it up to a 1999 2.0 dohc head from a dodge neon its going to be all and n/a for now im thinking of going boost mid next year.

well i found a killer deal here locally from a local srt owner he blew up his engine and decided to overhaul everything from engine to turbo the whole works.

well he said i could have his super 20g turbo, turbo fold, wastegate with spring for 28 lbs, and a ssq bov all for 500 bucks im going to snag it from him mid jan

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:56 pm
by srtjesse
well i have ben breaking my head trying to decide what color to paint my car.

im leaning more towards the original color it was burnt orange or prowler orange is my second option i was also contemplating the mate titanium but im not too sure on that one let me know what you guys think

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:13 pm
by neonslg09
Paint the car white.

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:30 pm
by srtjesse
i was thinking that but i already have a white one lol

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:35 pm
by neonslg09
No you have a white, and glaze colored, thats all cripple.

How about a nice lookin red, or blue?

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:41 pm
by srtjesse
neonslg09 wrote:No you have a white, and glaze colored, thats all cripple.
haha true thanks for rubbing it in lol.
but i have never in my life seen a burnt orange done up nice and clean that is the main reason that i really want to stick with the original color to show people that burnt orange can look good too for the time being the car will be shot with flat black again until i do the body work and shoot it with whatever color i choose

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:50 pm
by Tam
It would help if you can post some pics of other cars with these color paint jobs.

Are you getting this done for $3k at a shop? Or doing it yourself?

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:44 pm
by srtjesse
Tam: im going to take it to my uncle he has a shop in tijuana all i have to do is get the materials so kinda in a way free lol and i get to go visit my aunt and spend some time with them you know.

here is the original color its a burnt orange but it looks more maroonish than orange its a rare color i havent seen many of these.
the first car is actually my car or what it used to look like when the previous owner had it ricerific to its best
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this is the prowler orange its really close to the burnt orange but has more of an orange glow to it rather than the maroonish color

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and here is the mate titanium its actually called autumn copper and its a mate finish its sick

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Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:46 pm
by neonslg09
Widebody tC, NICE.

I say, silver. lol

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:50 pm
by Tam
Original burn orange color looks too much like Salsa Red, an OEM color. I think I would choose either Titanium or Prowler orange.

Are these the only colors you are choosing? What about other colors?

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:59 pm
by srtjesse
yeah its down to these colors the burnt orange is the oem color that the car came with kinda like salsa red but it was an option only on plymouth neons.

the prowler orange well what can i say i love it.

and the autumn copper is different but i think you have to have the right car in order to be able to rock it.

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:58 pm
by neonpla
Jesus, I'm so glad with all the progress. I'm looking forward to meeting up with you again sometime.

My girl and I will be going to the grand canyon around spring time... plan a vacay for the fam and we could meet :)

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:34 pm
by srtjesse
yeah deff man sounds good you got my # hit me up bro so we can plan the trip with time.

well little update the car now has a rear glass.
the glass guy came over and swapped the rear glass out of the green neon into the black neon for 50 bucks all thats left are the engine and paint.

on thursday me and the wife are driving to az to go get the kids we sent them with the in laws to spend christmas.
we are going to a border town called rio rico.
while we are there the car will be painted a (secret color) by me and a friend this will just be a quick remedy so the car doesnt look as bad. and until i get the body work done and painted right.

also while im there i will get two secret mods i might reveal one of them before i leave but then again i might now lol just a little hint both of these mods will be on the outside of the car. thanks for watching and stay tuned

edit: o i forgot to add today im going to go pick up the cherry picker to start working on the engine so updates on the engine will be here shortly

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:09 pm
by srtjesse
just got back from getting the cherry picker im going outside to pull the engine out of the green neon b back in a few

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:42 pm
by LilSparkPlug
Secret colors.....have fun pulling the engine.

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:02 am
by srtjesse
well its not a secret color its actually one of the most common colors out there for cars.

and the engine is out it only took me like 30 min to pull it out (the engine that is) lmao.

tomorrow i will start tearing down the engine and putting everything together and getting it ready to drop it into the black car

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:40 am
by srtjesse
ok little update got the head all gasket matched today and put back together.

cleaned the matting surfaces on the head and engine and prepped them.

tomorrow i will put the head and block together.
install the new water pump and time the engine.
pull the engine and trans out of my car and mate up the new dohc engine to the manual trans and hopefully drop it in tomorrow as well wish me luck thanks for looking

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:50 am
by srtjesse
ok i have really good news the engine is done all that i have to do now is put the trans on and put it back on the car this time i did manage to take some pictures but as most of you know my camera sucks balls lol.
onto the pictures lol

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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:30 am
by LilSparkPlug
Doesn't matter if the camera sucks balls or not, pictures are way better than text.

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:41 am
by neonslg09
Ugh, FINISH this already. Such a damn tease. ;-)

What are you using to control this?

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:58 am
by Ntyvirus1
neonslg09 wrote:Ugh, FINISH this already. Such a damn tease. ;-)

What are you using to control this?
sheer manliness :rofl: congrats on the progress.

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:15 am
by dtjackten
as for color.... prowler orange is sick!!!!


as for progress... NICE WORK!!! finally making some i see! i need to do the same accually!

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:53 pm
by srtjesse
lsp: i know i actually had to take like 4 sets of pictures until i got em clear enough to post lol but the pictures were way over due ill have more today of the car my fried chris is coming over and he has a nice camera.

neonslg09: i will hopefully today. its going to be controlled by deez nuts haha jk im going to use the stock ecu for now

ntvirus: lmao and thanks

dtjackten: i know im really torn between the original color and prowler orange. i actually have ben making allot of progress i just havent taken any pictures lol thanks for looking ill post some more later

thanks for looking