New to 2gn..

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:40 pm

Hey everybody...

I just joined the other day but I've been kinda referencing the forums for a while

anyway I'm Jeff from CT

I drive an auto 2000 es..It's that kinda girly colored red but it was a free car and over the past few years I've grown to just about love the car. It's got about over 120k miles on it with really only a few problems so far. the head gaskets are just starting to leak now for the first time and the ATF lines are dripping a little too. Everything else is still going pretty good The front bumper's cracked pretty bad on the bottom drivers side so I'm gunna try and replace that pretty soon maybe with something more attractive than the unpainted red plastic. She's still just about all stock right now but I'm gunna probably upgrade a few things later on when I have a little more money to spend. any ideas would be cool too.

that rant aside, just wanted to say hi, and I did so thats that. i'll post some pics eventually

biggrobb1995 · Post by **biggrobb1995** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:47 pm

Welcome to the site. Lots of friendly and knowledgeable people here so make yourself at home.

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:59 pm

Girly color red? Sir you are talking about neons... Flame red, Blaze red and I believe Inferno Red.

Welcome to the forum! Use the site well my friend.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:22 pm

Welcome! I think you will find a lot of good info here, and helpful folks as well (except for that "Helpful Counterguy"...don't know about him...)

And yes, get some pics (even crappy ones) up before the natives get restless (personal experience)

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:30 pm

Free car, eh? Can't complain about that! Welcome to 2GN!

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:57 pm

2k1MotorSport wrote:Girly color red? Sir you are talking about neons... Flame red, Blaze red and I believe Inferno Red.

Welcome to the forum! Use the site well my friend.

ha yeah well i believe it was blaze red originally but its pretty faded over the years but I've got some darker accents on it (smoked tails and side markers and hopefully window tints pretty soon) so it doesnt look so bad anymore

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:11 pm

Well if you ever want a brand name intake. I have 3 iceman intakes left (shameless plug) They may be yellow but they are plastic and can be painted very easily.

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:16 pm

2k1MotorSport wrote:Well if you ever want a brand name intake. I have 3 iceman intakes left (shameless plug) They may be yellow but they are plastic and can be painted very easily.

really that'd be cool I'm on a kinda tight budget though with school and such how much are you asking? and how hard are they to install myself?

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:23 pm

Welcome to the board. There are a lot of good people here. We all like to help. Only thing I ask is that you shink your signature pic a little bit. Try to keep it about the size of mine and many of the others here.

Scott, have you no shame

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:25 pm

thanks, I'm resizing it as we speak I keep reducing the size like 50% at a time and checking to see how it looks up there so it'll be smaller in a few.

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:28 pm

they are pretty easy to install. You will however (to make it easier) take off the drivers side front tire.

http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=27369

EDIT: Frank... i have no shame

jckevns · Post by **jckevns** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:37 pm

a red neon is by no means a girly car fine thankyou

Welcome to the boards

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:58 pm

and see... Jwood1712 you are not the only one with the 00-01 red paint fade.

I had it on my old 01 also

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:59 pm

had it on my '00

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:02 pm

got a pic..

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:02 pm

wow I feel so much better knowing I'm not the only one haha

and i know its good for scuffs and bumpin into stuff but the unpainted plastic bumpers kill me

slaw · Post by **slaw** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:08 pm

welcome
nice to see more neons from CT on here!
itd be nice to all get together for a small meet sometime

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:30 pm

Welcome to 2GN. Nice to have another 2000

Chibits12 · Post by **Chibits12** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:50 am

Welcome to the forum! My car's just like yours, bone stock, but a bit higher on mileage

Both of my bumpers are faded too.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:08 pm

Welcome to the site! Adding an intake is very easy with basic hand tools. I recommend an auxillary tranny cooler for the transmission. They only run $40 or so dollars. Prolongs the life of the 3 speed ATX.

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:21 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Welcome to the site! Adding an intake is very easy with basic hand tools. I recommend an auxillary tranny cooler for the transmission. They only run $40 or so dollars. Prolongs the life of the 3 speed ATX.

thanks and I hadn't even thought about that. how's the installation go on that one?

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:27 am

welcome....i have a red neon!

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:57 am

Jwood1712 wrote:
MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Welcome to the site! Adding an intake is very easy with basic hand tools. I recommend an auxillary tranny cooler for the transmission. They only run $40 or so dollars. Prolongs the life of the 3 speed ATX.
thanks and I hadn't even thought about that. how's the installation go on that one?

I wasn't really mechanically inclined at the time and had a shop do it.

It attaches to the front of your radiator and just run hoses to it. Comes with instructions. I had the B&M one.

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:02 am

Hello

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:36 am

welcome to 2gn! great place, and can be slightly addictive
oh, one more thing

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:14 am

dodge_girl wrote:welcome to 2GN! great place, and can be slightly addictive
oh, one more thing

haha thanks but im not standin outside until the snow melts...CT people know what I'm talkin about....maybe today or tomorrow if the sun comes out

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:44 pm

im in canada lol, i know all about snow!

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:46 pm

snow FTL!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:32 pm

dblsg wrote:snow FTL!

Jwood1712 · Post by **Jwood1712** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:49 pm

Well I got a couple pics up in the garage...nothin no one's ever seen before but it should keep everyone happy for a while...hopefully this'll be the LAST snowy/cold weekend before spring so then I'll get some more when its good and cleaned up.