The Graphite 04 - another update

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Post by ZeroChad » Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:58 pm

Rear disk swap eh?
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Post by MrAngry » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:21 am

Oh yea, i cant wait.
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Post by MrAngry » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:09 am

Well late update but an update nonetheless. The rear discs actually went on the 1gn I got, and so did the engine, well there going to be. So this cars going to have to wait for perormance. Its a neon, it has enough. Although I did get the rear lip from Panhead. Pics when I get it.
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Post by MrAngry » Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:48 pm

And my car likes boobs:
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Post by MyNeonSaysHi » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:49 pm

Hahaha. :headbang:

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Post by measy27 » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:32 am

lol.. Nice
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Post by MrAngry » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:07 pm

Late update, and bad quality. Oh well. Heres my update.

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Thats all. Thanks to panhead for the colormatched lip :thumbup:
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Post by neonslg09 » Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:52 pm

Slap that bad boy on there! What's going on with the DOHC situation..?

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Post by MrAngry » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:12 pm

It should be going on monday hopefully. The dohc head is from a 2.4 that I bought and was just going to put the head in my 04, but I got a 98 coupe for real cheap. So I'm doing a complete rebuild of the engine and its going in the 1gn.
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Post by MrAngry » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:27 pm

Heres a preview:
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Theres one reason I dont want to post it on the car, one major reason. But . . .
























Ill do it anyways, I guess.

















Dont kill me
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Just for the people that cant see the side very well, My rims are supposed to be extremely gloss black.
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Post by Broken Glass » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:31 pm

Looks good. Is the trunk just really dusty or a different color?
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Post by MrAngry » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:31 pm

Mostly salt :cry:
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Post by j-king » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:39 pm

looks good
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Post by MrAngry » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:44 pm

I wanted the rear mostly because my car is factory height, so the back sticks up more then the rest. The lip kinda blends everything together.


And Im guessing j-king would like my oil filler cap.
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Post by MrAngry » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:15 am

I need a new tranny. :-k

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Post by srtjesse » Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:07 am

tranny you say therandomidiot should know about that :lol:
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Post by glasswars » Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:57 am

Coming along nicely..
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Post by MrAngry » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:48 am

Thank you. :thumbup:

I might invest some money into a wrecked neon with an mtx, and do me a swap. Hopefully.
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Post by NeonOn19s » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:53 am

looking good
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Post by smiley » Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:50 pm

looks good man, but atleast get the front lip to
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Post by Panhead » Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:36 pm

Looks really good man!
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Post by neonslg09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:50 pm

Why do you need a new trans?? Get that bad boy installed already!!

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Post by MrAngry » Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:29 am

Get what installed?

And my trans is in pretty much a perma-limp mode. I need to rebuild it.
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:18 am

Lip looks good...salt does not. I hate winter :\

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Post by MrAngry » Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:01 pm

Yea I realized how bad it was when I put the clean bumper on so I took it and got it washed with an under body coating. Its been clean since so I'm happy.
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Post by TheRandom1 » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:53 am

Good progress so far!
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Danteneon wrote:You doing this swap with your tech level is like asking a squirrel to land a 747.

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Post by MrAngry » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:29 pm

Thanks everyone. I'm thinking of doing an srt swap.
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Post by MrAngry » Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:05 am

I finally got my car lowered. Im pretty happy with it, ill post pics when I get some.
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Post by j-king » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:02 pm

MrAngry wrote:I wanted the rear mostly because my car is factory height, so the back sticks up more then the rest. The lip kinda blends everything together.


And Im guessing j-king would like my oil filler cap.
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omg i want that oil cap



where did you get it
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Post by MrAngry » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:35 pm

From a company I used to order parts from awhile back. Im sure you could find it on the internet somewhere.
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