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By Eg6H2D
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foxtuning65 wrote:No real updates yet. Christmas absolutely killed my funding. But i am buying a set of bmw bottle cap wheels :thumb: and the wheel bearings are being replaced. I cannot wait for my car to stop eating tires haha


why does it continue to eat tires? bad camber?? and about your axles snapping alot.. there is a way to prevent that from happeneing sooo much. have you learned the preLoad method of launching yet?.
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By foxtuning65
#230120 Yea ive heard of it and used it once, gotta practice it more, but as for the tires, my wheel bearing is bad and my alignment is off but im not going to get an alignment untill the bearings are replaced so itll stop eating my damn tires.
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By foxtuning65
#235413 FINALLY! UPDATE TIME!
I've recently been letting the car sit on jackstands in my garage and I have been driving my girl's p.o.s eagle talon. But today I got the new tires (From discount tire direct, only took a day for shipping and great prices :thumb: ) and I am painting my wheels. Ill post some pics when the painting is all said and done :woot:
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By foxtuning65
#235470 Did some work tonight. I really wish i had a bigger heater in my garage, but oh well. Here's some pics.

What came in today :thumb:
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Heres my wheels in there old color. Has lots of clear coat problems and some nicks in the powdercoat
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WHITE - Only painted one so far. I will be painting the other three tomorrow night.
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Painted to match the wheels
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Thats it for tonight. I will be continuing working on the car tomorrow. The header will be painted and I will clean the motor up a little more.
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This is how the car currently sits
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By foxtuning65
#236187 Finished painting my wheels today. After about four days of working on them. Here's a pic of the one on the right front. I also put my jdm fogs back on and i'm going to wash the car because the rims are real shiny but the cars dirty :thumbdown: Anyway here's a pic.

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Let me know what you think.
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By Ajax1989
#236190 lookin good
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By foxtuning65
#236204 Thanks guys. Its coming along slow but it'll get better as the weather warms up. :thumb:
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By Punksz6
#236394 Great work!! :thumb:
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By foxtuning65
#239529 So this project is about to take a really good turn. I got a daily driver from my step dad and he told me to take my civic off the road and build it the way I want to build it. So that's exactly what I started. The tear down has begun. The motor is not out yet but as youll see in the pics its almost ready. Anyway, on to some pictures.

The daily
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Going to re-do this whole thing
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Motor about ready to get dropped
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Getting suspension pieces painted or powdercoated so the spindles are out
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How she sits today
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So over the next few days I want to get the motor dropped out. I will do all the maintenance on it and maybe get the head built. More pics as the work is done. :woot:
By RL-521
#239533 u can never go wrong with white wheels. glwb!
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By foxtuning65
#240352 Major updates. the car is officially ripped apart, I took the motor and trans out and the wiring harness. I am going to repair the harness the best i can and possibly build the motor a little more. We will see how the budget is. Here is some pics.

Part of the wiring tuck I have to fix
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The projects sponsor, Dominos pizza
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Finally got it out
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How the car finished the night and the next day, let the rebuild begin
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By foxtuning65
#241877 No real updates, I just stripped the bay down more and more getting ready to do more wiring and maybe some painting :thumb:
Heres a pic of how the bay looks right now
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By foxtuning65
#243966 Ok so no huge update here other than the decision has been made to go boost. Unsure of what I want as of right now but I am definitely beginning the "quest for boost." :woot:

Got some parts in over the past week or so. Here's some pics
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Here is the wink installed. Very simple but I am going to write a DIY on here for it.
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Then I started to strip more stuff out of the bay, like the clutch line (buying stainless steel replacement) and some more ghetto wiring.
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Finally I started on the interior. I ripped the nasty carpet out and took the seats out. The interior is pretty much stripped. Just have to vac everything up and clean it up before I take the sound deadening out.
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Just to give you a hint about the rats nest i have to fix.
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That is it for today. With class starting up again updates will be slow but I only have six weeks left. This weekend I am buying paint and an engine stand and putting a deposit on a nice turbo:thumb: