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Post by NeonOn19s » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:49 pm

Yea. Just finished my Masters Degree so that took precedence to my toy car. Going to kick off on some "light" work this summer
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Post by dtjackten » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:49 pm

^ YAAAAAYYYYYYY.... :)
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Post by dtjackten » Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:20 am

let the parts start rolling in for winter. :)

as some of you know i tend to get together some parts to start messing with the car and get all the mods done before winter... well it has started. :twisted:

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-also, just ordered my first of prolly two orders with asp...
asp stainless manifold is on its way! i got all the gaskets and what not i need to do the install when i decide to do it. :)
the second order i would like to do ALL stainless steal braided vacuum lines. (yes over kill i know. but bling?? yes! should make this car bullet proof for years and years to come.

-also on the list i am going to back to stock housing headlights. the retrofits just did not turn out as good as the rest of the car looks. so i am going with a black housing headlight with stock bulbs. (got wrong parts i orderd from ebay- LSP may remember the many conversations i had with her on that situation, someday may just have her or someone do a set for me)


on the maybe list..
bc coilovers
dcr lateral bars
this is a BIG maybe, wheel spacers
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Post by Danteneon » Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:31 am

Cluster...I approve :thumbup:

Just don't go modding it like I'm going to :beatstick:
If I could just figure out how to meld the Outback and the Neon into one car...

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Post by dtjackten » Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:47 am

lol. i am keeping it AS IS. hoping to not have to change anything over either to make it work. i will know soon enough though. :/
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Post by D-Railed_Neon » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:04 pm

your right dave, that cluster is gonna look badass with your current gauges. Now, are you still gonna be rocking 03+ eyes or, are you going over to 02 coons? either way, keep up the great work :rockon:
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Post by dtjackten » Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:44 pm

no no no... the current bumper is staying (beatup or not) so the 03+ lights are what is going into it.

link to ebay to show the lights i want. (i want more black than just the coons)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IN-STOCK-2003-2 ... c5&vxp=mtr
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Post by D-Railed_Neon » Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:30 pm

oh, got ya. I hear ya though on the bumper you retrofiitted looks awesome with the 03 style lamps. I love my 02 lamps too much to do it though lol.
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Post by dtjackten » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:20 pm

well i have not been on the forum much lately... honestly lost alot of interest in the car recently... but i did get this installed several months back and forgot i never did share it with anyone... as for the speedo i dont know if it is perfect yet.. as i installed it in the place that it is parked for the winter...

anyway a pic for you all. :)
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Post by Danteneon » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:06 am

Hell, you got your pic up before mine :lol:

The weather is going to be warmer soon and you will be into the car again before you know it :D
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Post by dtjackten » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:58 am

i hope so dante.... when i started the build the car is now EXACTLY what i worked so hard to get to... the hood was the last part i have been looking for years... so motivation to change what i always wanted... not sure what to move on to...

i have even started to look into finding a Csrt for something to mess with.... but who knows...
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Post by Midnight_Rider » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:55 pm

It must be nice- I have barely started to do what I wanted to do beginning seven years ago but have run out of cash. :cussing:
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Post by D-Railed_Neon » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:15 pm

hell ya Dave that cluster looks great!!! You better get interested in that neon again soon. Probably not gonna happen this summer but, next summer I imagine Ill be about ready for my turbo build. If you have no interest in your car Ill just show up to your doorstep with boxes of parts and my car and make you do my install. We will see if you get any ideas for your car in the process. :thefinger: lol

The car looks, sounds, and performs great. There is a whole bunch of stuff you could do still. There is always the options of exterior color and accents, LSD for all that power, Electronic additions, etc...etc...etc..

Hope that helps with some motivation buddy :thumbup:
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Post by dtjackten » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:23 pm

thanks man... only thing the car needs is paint.. but we all know what a GOOD paintjob cost these days.....
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Post by D-Railed_Neon » Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:53 pm

I understand completely. That's why I this summer I'm going to attempt the full body plasti dip. wish me luck on it and I will keep you posted on how it goes if you want to consider that Avenue and as always you're car is sick. Props on having a bad ass skittle :thumbup:
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Post by mopar2 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:24 pm

I'm also dipping my 1st gen! It's not worth sticking a bunch of money into paint on it. Mine will be dipped!
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Post by dtjackten » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:11 pm

Danteneon wrote:Hell, you got your pic up before mine :lol:

The weather is going to be warmer soon and you will be into the car again before you know it :D

dante.... weather should be nice next week. . and i just ordered parts. :rofl:

i just ordered the boost controller for my ms. i am going to set it to about 22 psi. or whatever my injectors will handle at wot. at lower rpms i will be still set at 15psi. but as rpms rise so will my boost.


also on the list.
new battery.
adding powersteering again
going to smooth out my radio bezel
figure a wiring issue out
i would like to see the car hit 400whp this year. :)
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Post by dtjackten » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:27 pm

well.. new battery has been bought and installed. powersteering is installed, also due to a few "complaints" about my tail lights i was going to just lighten the nite shade well i did that and it looked great well the clear i put on it messed up and bad. so i got a few new lenses and now they are red with the led light boards... the red is not perminant just a temp fix more than likely.

i just have to run the boost control hot wire and that will beable to be crossed off the list as well..

i did however find out that when i installed the new asp manifold i used a gasket that is a non rt gasket. it leaks. so i am going to put a rt gasket on it and the car will be ready to go. hoping by the end of the week the car will be ready for the streets. :)
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Post by NGCnoproblem » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:44 pm

What turbo are running again?
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Post by dtjackten » Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:40 pm

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well when i lightened the nighshade they looked great. well when i cleared the lenses something happend... so i took a set of stock red lenses and put those on for now. .

i am redoing the exhaust manfold gasket today.. . car should be ready to go and tune the boost controller by the weeks end.
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Post by dtjackten » Mon May 06, 2013 10:24 pm

ok. so i have found the wire short. the roll bar in the rear was rubbing on the wire for the dome light. fixed that. and modded the roll cage to solve any future problems. . also i had my turbo hitting the firewall causing vibrations. that issues is also fixed ...

and now i have started working on something to help me in rainy situations. i will post pics of a air filter cover i am making so if i get cought in a rain storm i will not be introuble with the grip hood. ..

after that is done i will be ready to drive the car and enjoy it.
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Post by dtjackten » Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:21 pm

winter mods list to the car...


there are none..... :(
















































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Post by Midnight_Rider » Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:24 pm

Wha? :shock:
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Post by MyNeonSaysHi » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:58 am

I assume he is driving the car and its all done. Looking at his post in May. Unless he gave up and bought something else. :lol:

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Post by NeonOn19s » Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:07 pm

wow i need to get back on the forum more..... i seem to miss everything....
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Post by dtjackten » Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:17 pm

not to spoil it... but there is something coming for this car.....



hence the :twisted: :lol:
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Post by Midnight_Rider » Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:52 am

**drumming fingers on desk, waiting impatiently**
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Post by dtjackten » Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:12 pm

i will just say.. if i pull it off it will be a first in neon history. lol
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Post by akirony » Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:14 pm

Midnight_Rider wrote:**drumming fingers on desk, waiting impatiently**
Have car-have car problems. Have srt4-have speed problems
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Post by ckrock946 » Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:32 pm

Twincharged?
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