tomfitz's 2000 plymouth neon (new pictures 4/25)

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:44 am

finally decided to make a progress log so here it is.... the ruhtard stages and the current stage

before any mods wat so ever

mod #1, ugly hub caps

mod #2, steelies with a "chrome" lip and red neon underbody kit and $50 pepboys 3a racing muffler (poopy)

mod #3, white rims

then i was a retarded teenager and bought coilover sleeves therein blowing my struts within like a week... so i got eibach sportlines next time inspection was up

next up was some black halo projectors, debadging and removing the side molding

and most recently, color-matched the mirrors, added my ghetto-modded steelies (soon to be redone) and tinted the tails.. the car currently has no exhaust from cat back but i am getting an srt rear-section for free and i also recieved a transmission from hul kogan which will hopefully go in tonight if my buddy doesnt blow me off again...

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:55 am

Question.....

Explain the .jpg names on your pictures:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d30/t ... ectum2.jpg

myrectum???

Interesting. Car has come a long way, keep it coming. Remove that sticker from the trunk.

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:56 am

i think i like the steelies better then the white rims

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:59 am

haha i am inbetween classes and have already had a ton of coffee so i was just being silly... and i already removed that transformers badge haha.. told you there were ruhtard stages... i will take more pictures when i am home this weekend... hopefully she will be back on the road by tomorrow!

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:02 am

geez... if car pics are called "myrectum" I'd hate to see what you named pics of your privates!

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:04 am

my plymouth.... what else would i name them?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:06 am

Also... I assume the steelies are winter wheels, not something you plan on using all the time?

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:26 pm

i havent decided yet... im a poor college student and i plan on taking summer courses plus working full time and lo-pro tires are expensive so i will have to figure that out.. i like the white wheels and if i decide to just leave the steelies on to save money then i am gunna repaint them or have them powder coated so they dont look as poopy

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:45 pm

They're steelies... they'll always look shitty.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:57 pm

this is true but right now i am looking at costs not aesthetics

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:58 pm

Why not trade the white ones for some 15 or 16 inch stockers? Still look good, and cheap tires.

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:20 pm

comin along good man

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:41 pm

ehhh idk... i still love them and cant seem to let them go

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:16 pm

so i have spent the past two days trying to get my d-bag friends to help me swap the tranny because i have no idea what i am doing, and today a friend came over and basically told me i did all this work for nothing.. supposedly whenever a tranny goes bad the torque converter is soon to go bad and the torque converter might have even been the problem... so fml... now i have to find a way to afford a new torque converter and keep my mom from murdering me because she wont be able to use the garage for her car....

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:37 pm

The car has definitely come a long way since purchase. I like its current form. Good job man.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:43 pm

looks a lot like the bike/walking trail entrance in Oakland.

good luck with the car!

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:48 am

well looks like i have to order a torque converter that will hopefully get here by next weekend.... i am coming home again next weekend to fiddle with the damn thing... now i know why it costs so much to have someone do tranny work for you haha.... and after all of this i still love the neon and miss it terribly

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:58 pm

well i got the torqe converter ordered from advance autoparts and it said 3-4 days shipping so hopefully by the time i come home next weekend it will be there and i can finish stuff up... i miss not having a car.. maybe i can post some pics of the tear-down later tonight

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:59 pm

pics from part one of the tranny swap

dinosaur on the battery tray? is that stock?

my girlfriend wanted to help so i gave her a screwdriver

tranny provided by hul kogan

me and my buddy caleb working on it... he also drives a 2000 neon... except his is the epitome of rice... i will try and get pics of his haha

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:11 pm

Lol! Chris is cool as hell. Glad someone got to use that trans off him.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:19 pm

yeah i got to see chris again and meet t-nasty... two very upstanding young gentlemen.... it was a great thing he did for me giving me the tranny

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:03 pm

Good thing he did. I was half-tempted to drive to Toledo and grab it myself. Hope to see this car running again

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:56 am

thanks man.. it should be running this weekend... i got my torque converter in the mail yetserday so now i just have to come home and get to business.... im keeping my fingers crossed... don't wanna jinx it yet again

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:55 pm

Awesome! tranny swapping is fun, and driving it is even more fun! You'll love it.

Are there any issues that you've ran into yet? I can try to help you out.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:57 pm

the only issue was all the damn rusted bolt haha... the axles were a bit of a b*tch too but we got them out... i cant wait to have it running

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:16 am

Haha, I just got curious about the trans swap so I went looking for a project log and what do I find! Glad to see you're getting closer to having that pig rolling again. Wish I would have known you needed a torque converter, I would have given you one. I just assumed your current one was in good shape and you'd be using that. A bad trans doesn't necessarily mean a bad converter.

Was the trans slipping or requiring a higher rev to start moving from a stop? Either of those would point to a converter on its way out. Either way, not a bad thing to replace since it was all apart anyway.

tomfitz wrote:yeah i got to see chris again and meet t-nasty... two very upstanding young gentlemen

Whoa, whoa, whoa...now I wouldn't go that far. That T-Nasty guy is a douche.

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:24 am

wait did u go to carlisle last year?

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:37 am

DoubtedNeon wrote:wait did u go to carlisle last year?

Yes, he did.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:31 pm

yeah i was the quiet new kid haha... and yeah it was slipping really bad before it went and i had to hit it off the rev limiter to go anywhere forward

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:30 am

transmission is being uber-dumb and keeps getting caught on shit... i am too tired and too pissed to work on it tonight so i guess tmw i will be taking off the crossmember so i can just drop out the tranny and maybe get the new one in... and then take an entire day putting everything back together

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