today i removed the parts to be powder coated. air shuttle tubes, fstb end brackets, radiator brackets, and 2 other engine component brackets. so tomorrow i will take them to the shop, and wait 8 or 9 days to be ready. while waiting, i will carpet the trunk, and do the battery relocation. and clean that dirty engine. with all that stuff off i can see. i am going to remove the valve cover and polish it too. and so on...peace out.

 

tonite after work i routed the postive battery cable from the trunk area where the battery is going to be, through the back seat area under the carpet, down the drivers side and through the fire wall. i removed the stock positive battery cable, and connected the new one to the starter. tomorrow i will remove the negative cable. and install the new one in the trunk area. it went pretty smooth, except for when i had to put the cable through the fire wall, i already have a vacuum line and the alarm wire going through there. so i had to remove them to get the cable through. then put them back through. but the hard part is done. 10 more days to nitrous install. peace out, and have a good nites sleep. sleeper

 

tonite after work , i removed the stock negative battery cable, and the battery tray. then i began to reorganize the rest of the wires, fuse box, etc. and remount the coolant container. i will have to get one of those polished containers now for the coolant. i must say there is a lot of room there, it will be easy to change the tranny fluid now. lol. then i mounted the new negative battery cable in the trunk. i started to carpet the trunk area after that, with the new black carpet. i did the back and the sides. just spray 3m adhesive to the trunk area and carpet, let get tacky and boy, that stuff it great to work with. it just stuck to the sides like a magnet. it also was very plyable to apply around the curves and uneven areas. and it looks awesome. i was impressed with how easy that was to do. well, tomorrow i will finish the rest of the carpet. and install the the new battery box. and maybe wash that dirty engine. peace out.

 

feel like you are talking to yourself sounds cool man, let me know how the vc polishing goes

 

well tonite i continued with the carpet install, i completed the sides, and half way down into the spare tire area. i am going to spray paint the plastic trim piece that is at the opening area of the trunk, black satin, it is grey now. i still have to cover the platfom area, and the sub box. then i moved onto the battery box. i had to cut 2 3/4" pieces of plywood to fit the inside of the box exactly. that brings the battery to the top of the box. the bottom of the optima batteries have 4 slots to secure the battery down, so i screwed the battery down onto the top piece of plywood, to secure it. tomorrow i will cover the platform, then install the battery box onto the platform. it looks great i think to look in there now. i was also thinking, that it would be easy to apply this stufff,(black carpet), to the interior carpet. since black carpet is not available at a reasonable price. i can get a piece of this stuff for 15$ for a 10 x 4 1/2 ft piece. then just buy new black floor mats, for the front and back. but that will be done when i get the new front black seats, and trim the rear seat in black leather. not for a little while. well i'm tired, peace out.

 

keep it up, i do expect some pictures when u are done though

 

is looking bad to the bone. are the stripes painted on or are they vinyl? what suspension do you have?

 

Keep us updated (I have a feeling you will ). I am interested in the cleaning of the engine. I want to do it but I am afraid I will mess something up in there.

 

its not mine bro, sorry, i just liked the pic so i am using it temporarily, it is actually WrecklessMax's car, so if you ask him im sure he can give you all the specs

 

Sleeper, don't forget pics. Actualy, have you been taking pics? Some people want to do a battery relocation, and pictures are VERY helpful.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by medicsonic
Sleeper, don't forget pics. Actualy, have you been taking pics? Some people want to do a battery relocation, and pictures are VERY helpful. [/QUOTE i would love to help out with pics, but right now i don't have the camera. but if you guys want to have a fund raiser, like you did for, chebosto, and buy me a camera, that would be cool, and then i promise to take pics of every mod. next mod is nos on a supercharged maxima. aug, 10th, so hurry, or you will miss this one too. i do want to be dedicated to this site. peace out.

 

well last night when i tried to sign on to the internet, i didn't have a dial tone. i forgot to pay the phone bill for 3 months, lol. guess i was spending on the maxima. lol. well i took care of that this morning. ahh, back on the web. last nite i carpeted the trunk platform, thats all i had time for. peace out.

 

well, tonite i installed the battery box and the battery. peace out.

 

today after work it was raining so i ain't doing anything today. tomorrow i will do some work, like cover the sub box, and start cleaning the engine area. i think i will go see the fast and the furious again, tonite. peace out.

 

doesn't wrecklessmax's car have hydrolics? I remember seeing it at stillen maxima day.

 

man i seen that flick again tonite. those xxlarge nos bottles are pretty rad. peace out.

 

i cleaned the engine bay area tonite. i just used a 1.39 can of foamy brite cleaner from pep boys. just spray on, let sit for 5 minutes and then hose off. i did this 2-3 times. then wiped every thing off. looks pretty clean now. that was easy. except it was pretty hot out, and i was sweating up a storm. i am going to let my buddy do the sub box since that is his expertise. also i ordered a braided ground strap from summit racing today, it is 14" long, and cost 4.99. later. peace out.

 

i primed and painted the plastic edge to the trunk, satin black. man it is hot out. thank god for air conditioning. peace out.

 

today i put a second coat of satin black on the plastic trunk edge. tomorrow i can pick up my powder coated engine parts. by the way they are yellow, not bright yellow. close to the color of the yellow top optima. i plan on putting them on, in the evening. to beat the dog days of harvest time. it is 99 degrees here in philadelphia today. wow. think cool.

 

waz up people besides the heat? well i am almost done this project. i picked up the powder coated parts and installed them today. s/c air shuttle tubes, fstb end brackets, radiator brackets, throttle cable bracket, and a vacuum bracket. yellow. it looks cool. i got my braided ground strap from summit today and installed it in the same place the stock ground cable was, it looks nice and of course provides a service. i connected the battery in the trunk and started it up and everythings cool. tomorrow i will get up early in the morning and head over to gettysberg, pa.,to have the NOS installed. after that i can put on the finishing touches in the trunk and put the sub back in. ttyl. peace out. sleeper

 

no nitrous today. the weather ain't so good anyway. next friday for sure. lets see what i can do till then....polish the valve cover, maybe. out, Los

 

nothing. i went to the movies to see osmosis jones with the kids. lol.

 

i bet your kids see you outside working on the car and say "whats he doing that for" im jk, bt if u get a chance to see american pie 2 it is funny as h***

 

we seen jarastic park 3 last night. it was cool.

 

Sleeper,
If you can't get your hands on a digital camera, take some pics with a regualr camera and get them scanned. If you mail them to me, I'd be happy to scan them and mail them back to you.

I did the battery relocation write-up a while back and sent them to 4-5 org members for posting. If you have any questions, let me know.

Keep up the good work!

 

for your offers.

 

today i covered my sub box, black. to match the trunk carpet. i removed the sub and terminals, then ripped the grey cover off. cut a piece of black covering to fit and glued it on. then screwed everything back together. it turned out great. i was going to let my bud do it for me, except he was busy today, so i did it myself. friday i am getting the nitrous installed. i am thinking about getting a purge kit installed while they are at it. peace out, sleeper.

 

well tonite, i went outside and opened the trunk up and removed the trunk lid liner. i popped out the plugs and removed it. then i layed it down on the ground and sprayed it with that adhesive, and let it set a bit. then i layed a piece of black covering on top of it. and pressed it on tight. i waited a few minutes and then i trimmed the covering to fit the trunk liner perfect. then i primed and painted the plugs black. tomorrow i will put it back together. then the entire trunk area will be black. peace out. sleeper

 

tonite i just put the trunk liner back in. its all black now. tomorrow nitrous install. peace out.

 

Thanks for the updates delos... good luck on the Zex install ..

Ant

 

I have seen other people talkign about powder coating or what not and was wondering what it was for or what it did for you. I am not sure but have seen it around.

Thanks

SuDZ

 

Powder paint system uses electric so the part is grounded and the spray is positive, paint sticks to the part, then thru an oven to cure. overspray is swept up and recycled. Much less waste as opposed to solvent oversray that's lost. We have a booth at my work. All conveyer, big system, to paint sheetmetal enclosures. Suppose you can get diff materials to give extra hard coating. It does give a thicker finish in one pass, extra thick one the edges.

 

So basicly it makes the parts stronger by coating it? To make it less likely for weaker parts to brake?

SuDZ

 

No man...just another way of painting your part. Thicker coating of paint.

 

Whoops okay cool.

Thanks

SuDZ

 

the nitrous kit is in, using a 55 shot. i have 65 and 75 shot jets also. it looks cool, dude. i didn't have time to try it out today. just enough to get it all finished and fill up the bottle. i just have the basic set up right now. no heater, bottle opener, purge kit, etc., i'll get that stuff later on too. so everything that i started out to do is finished, battery relocation, carpet trunk, powder coat some engine parts, and nitrous install. man that was fun. i'll probably re-do the interior next, racing style. peace out, sleeper.

 

wow man thats sweet, i read your mod page, you have ton put into your car, did u install the direct port injection to your intake manifold?

 

no cool looking direct port. i have the dry manifold ZEX system. one nozzle in the air intake tube, about 12" from the throttle body. oh yea, its purple like barney too. lol.

 

purple like barney did u have to drill a hole or did it just connect to an existing place, also what kind of intake do u have on it

 

just drilled a hole through the supercharger air shuttle tube, about 12" from the throttle body, the curved tube before the throttle body.