Manny's progress log:

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:47 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:
theTeejmiester wrote:looks good, what brand clear did you shoot?? i would be interested to see if there is any substrate delamination from mixing the paint types

Translation... "looks good, what brand of clear did you use? I would be interested to see if your shit peels off from mixing spray paint with spray gun clear coat."

o ill look at the brand later. cant remember rite now.

and i doubt it will peel. well see i guess.

blueneo03 wrote:how are ur black grilles that black mine are faded to a kinda gray/whitish color

Yeah mine are still looking brand new. not a discoloration to them at all.

LowNSlow wrote:looks good... the black eyelids look out of place though.

Color match!

Give me some time. im thinking about the color matching eyelids.

stdlystdmufn wrote:glad you like the TB!

Yep.

bstc00 · Post by **bstc00** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:01 pm

i had the same problem with my tb when i got it from modern. it has a place for the cruise control you have to get your dremal out and make it a little bigger then the cruise cable will fit.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:06 pm

bstc00 wrote:i had the same problem with my tb when i got it from modern. it has a place for the cruise control you have to get your dremal out and make it a little bigger then the cruise cable will fit.

you know.. i actually noticed that. it does have a place for it. i just gota cut it like you said.

thanks for reminding me. ill see what i can do wit it this week.

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:39 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:
theTeejmiester wrote:looks good, what brand clear did you shoot?? i would be interested to see if there is any substrate delamination from mixing the paint types

Translation... "looks good, what brand of clear did you use? I would be interested to see if your shit peels off from mixing spray paint with spray gun clear coat."

yup, sean summed it up

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:45 am

great color match work, I should have done the same instead of paying someone to do mine. As for the TB and cruise, it's weird that mine fit without a problem and my 02 uses the same actuator as your car. I wonder if some of the TB's were machined wrong

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:12 am

We'll my MPx TB was made for an 02..so that's probably why it looks the same. But it works on my 03 RT just fine.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:19 am

Neon4Life wrote:We'll my MPx TB was made for an 02..so that's probably why it looks the same. But it works on my 03 RT just fine.

I thought the cruise would not hook up?

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:52 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:
Neon4Life wrote:We'll my MPx TB was made for an 02..so that's probably why it looks the same. But it works on my 03 RT just fine.
I thought the cruise would not hook up?

ohh well yeah.. i meant the TB is functionig fine.

but i just gotta cut a little piece on it to hook the cruise control back on. but ill show u wat i mean when i get pics of it later.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:10 pm

Been doing some work the past few days.
heres what i got done.
No more rubbing.
Bent the inner part of the fender wall upwards.

BEFORE..you can see the marks where the tire rubbed.

During:

Some more during:

After all said and done:
Now you ask why didnt i bend it the other way..well because i didnt wanna. the end.

---Camber

Pop Can in relation to Height.
itll be more lower tomorrow.

So i lowered her some more.like another 1/2 inch. dont rub anymore.well i still have a rubbing issure with my CAI but ill solve that eventually.
The coil is almost maxxed out on drop height.
but im going to try and go a lil bit more lower tomorrow.
i gotta finish cutting this 1 piece on the front bumper so it doesnt hit when i set the coils lower.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:12 pm

Needs an alignment now.

silversport · Post by **silversport** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:32 pm

OK that's F ing low LOL looks good!!

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:06 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:Needs an alignment now.

i already did like 2 weeks ago.
thats -2 Camber rite there.

just the Angle of the pic makes it look like more.
but it drives nice.

silversport wrote:OK that's F ing low LOL looks good!!

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:27 pm

ANY time you move the suspension of the car, it needs an alignment.

You wasted money two weeks ago.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:31 pm

^What he said.

Also, how can they almost be maxed out? You're on 17" wheels....

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:45 pm

FAC3L3SS wrote:ANY time you move the suspension of the car, it needs an alignment.

You wasted money two weeks ago.

This.

Plus with the camber the way it looks like in the pics, you'll need new tires within like 6 months since you seem to be driving on the edges. Set your height, realign the car, then leave it.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:51 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:^What he said.

Also, how can they almost be maxed out? You're on 17" wheels....

what do you mean HOW..?

like its too low to be on 17s or ...

TheRandom1 wrote:
FAC3L3SS wrote:ANY time you move the suspension of the car, it needs an alignment.

You wasted money two weeks ago.
This.

Plus with the camber the way it looks like in the pics, you'll need new tires within like 6 months since you seem to be driving on the edges. Set your height, realign the car, then leave it.

Yeah ill need new tires. but i got like 2 1/2 more months to use these tires then they go into storage for winter.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:52 pm

Great logic. Instead of being safe you'll just rip up tires because you only use them in summer. Boy you're a genius.

Oh and uh... planning on welding those pinch welds back together?

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:54 pm

^ yes on the Pinch welds.
i remember talking to Hybrid and he told me to weld them back together for better support or something.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:55 pm

Ummm, yeah, absolutely do that before you even drive the car. They're a solid piece for a reason, after all.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:28 pm

Lol. They sorta help basically yanno keep the car together, etc....plus you're putting all this extra weight on it being stupid low.

You really should have gone w/ 16s so your chassis could be low and you'd still have clearance. Well that, and it's cheaper to replace tires for 16" wheels than 17" ones. Lord knows there'll be a post about you drifting your Neon on the on-ramp NEXT winter using THESE same 17" tires lul.

I bet your handling sucks. You probably think it's great, but I have a feeling it isn't. I was around that height and it was worse than stock.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:35 pm

I have a feeling you're about 130% correct, Adam.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:37 pm

Neon4Life wrote: Now you ask why didnt i bend it the other way..well because im

the end

Ah, I see...

TheRandom1 wrote:I have a feeling you're about 200% correct, Adam.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:44 pm

Just tryin' to help him really. I wanted to keep going lower, and shit got worse and worse on the car...he'll eat tires, irreplacable (sp?!) body work, etc... It's not worth it when you pussyfoot around all the time. Plus being low isn't wheel gap. It's how low the car gets to the ground. My civic on 13s will be merely inches from scraping, and I will BARELY tuck tire :shrugs:

I'm out of the "dumped" game though. Performance > ass-dragging.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:47 pm

Good. Maybe some of the others will follow you...

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:11 pm

Yeah you definitely need to weld that up....then get an alignment so you don't kill your tires anymore than you already have. Just not practical IMO but to each their own.

I agree with Adam, Sean, Ryan and John here.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:13 pm

im sure its welded just doesnt look like it in the pics. ( is this joke getting old yet?)

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:14 pm

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:15 pm

how many kept saying that his car wasnt lower in the back it just looked like it in pics.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:17 pm

Ahhh, OK.

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:34 pm

looks good. i want coilovers nowww!