I would be furious! I need to clean my trunk as well.....if it stops raining long enough to get to it.

 

today i Got my Maxima Smogged. Passed with flying colors!
Now to register it to make it mine

 

Oh boy, you have no idea.

My **** was boiling with furious anger, that was a real classic a-hole bird. He kamikaze style attacked me and dropped a turd in my trunk, I'm still thinking about this one move he made.

I almost ran to grab my bb gun and go after the bastard . . .

 

Infiniti analog clock out of an i30!

Took out the stock ashtray door and used the lower storage cup out of an i30 for a storage place. A few hours of dremel work, "welding" plastic with a soldering iron, sanding, and painting and there she is. Used the digital clock wiring for it and will be placing something else in the dashboard clock space.. im thinking an indoor/outdoor temp gauge.

 

^ ah yes the good ol i30 clock. I remember it well, the bulb always went out in mine. Its a nice looking clock and all, esp. in the Infiniti.

I think I'd rather have a functional ashtray. Looks nice btw u did a nice job

 

So ive heard about the clock bulb! Both were out when I originally pulled the clock. Since then ive swapped in blue leds to match the rest of my interiori reused the white housing that holds the ashtray bulb by cutting a hole and cementing it on there... so it has light in the space below. ill take a nighttime shot later tonight.

Thanks for the comment! Im rather pleased with how it turned out considering most of my ideas like this end up failing when it comes to actually doing them:[ i was extremely surprised that I didnt have to alter anything in the dash for this to fit in there normally. Its big enough to hold 2.5 decks of cards. In the future ill probably try to fit the old wood grain door around the clock so it looks more like its supposed to be there. Also ill be making an insert

Sorry about that birdy-bomber! Set up some rat traps with bird seed

 

Finally got my DC alternator and big 3 upgrade done...

 

^ LOL King Ten

Washed and waxed today. Mothers caranuba FTW.




Got a compliment from an old man in a really clean Jaguar, must be good

 

I bet it feels like glass. Clay bar every now and then works wonders too.

 

Found my A/C leak. Added more refrigerant, noticing A/C was still not cold, but at least the compressor was cycling. After shutting off the car, noticing a hissing noise and it was coming from the condenser. Guess what I'm doing next...

 

i replaced a cracked passenger foglight in 5 minutes...good as new!
removed my snorkel for now...working up a gab soon.

 

^ yup, I try to clay bar once every summer. Its not something I enjoy but do. Otherwise the mothers caranuba works excellent all year round.

Why remove snorkel esp. if doing gab? You will lose power and the gab without snorkel will be starved for air at WOT. Gab is best with snorkel. And I will argue that any SRI setup benefits from the snorkel. My filter was dirty exactly where the snorkel runs into it, it delivers air to the filter very well.

 

gave her a bath and installed a new TPS harness for the 75mm TB

 

I was looking for a throatier sound initially. but yes i can attest that it seems to be suffocating for air at higher rpm (5k plus)
i will put the snorkel back on. and as far as gab goes- this time going to drill 4 holes instead of hanger method.

 

looking at replacing my air filter- I may mod & add back the snorkel. I just wish the hood could better vent out hot air.

 

The hood is just fine. This is why you want the snorkel in place, not only does it deliver outside air right to your filter at speed (I'm talking about disconnected snorkel) but also blocks hot air from the radiator and engine just by being in the way.

The snorkel produces best results, my filter and whole intake pipe is never even warm after a hard drive. And the other good thing about the snorkel is you can use it to mount a heat shield down the whole left side of the snorkel that will really block all the hot air and basically be like a shield between your intake area and the rest of the engine.

 

Got a new moog ball joint under warranty

And the axle...



God Bless América! And the world!

Happy 4th of july!

 

Nighttime shot that I promised!

 

Drove the Maxi to fireworks stand, drove it like I stole it because today is all about freedom

All I gotta say is, these fireworks suck ***** nowadays man, we used to have the real deal when I was a youngster, its a shame really.

Happy 4th to all!

 

Maybe you just grew up and simple fireworks don't amaze you like how you remember
them as a child?

 

No, they suck now.

Everything is a sparker or snappers.
Even M80s aren't M80s anymore.
More like M.5s.

 

This man knows what Im talking about. When I was 15 we could spend 20 bucks and have enough fireworks for the whole day. And we had the real M80's aka Blockbusters. Not to mention the REAL illegal stuff they used to sell openly in chinatown.

Not to mention, we had shooters! Now there is no more shooters at all they all just stand on the ground and spew some stuff 5 feet in the air. I was disappointed highly, plus they cost lile $50 for 20min of fun. Horrible compared to the good ol days.

/rant lol

 

Smacked my first and hopefully last major pothole. It looks like I put a bubble in my tire. Awesome!

I also ordered a dash kit and harnesses for a head unit install, along with some trimbrite blackout tape for the chrome window trim. A stock clarion speaker and a thick plain black license plate frame were ordered as well.

 

Replaced all 4 struts and springs today. Gr2s and htechs!

 

Got the car back today from the body shop and finally the front end looks like new (until you get up close and notice all the stone chips on the hood ).

Thank you .org members for giving me deals on parts etc!

 

I can't believe I saw the "Replace your coils on a 2000" advice like five freaking years ago and didn't do it until now. I have throttle response again! And torque! It's driving like it did when it was new, and I love my car all over again.

Replace your coils, kids. Seriously.

 

Installed my old JVC KW-XR810 with the Scosche NN1648. Im using the ASWC-1 steering wheel control as well.
Also put in an OEM Clarion speaker to replace the broken one.

Hopefully 2001 SE tails this weekend.

 

Hit a super long straight stretch of road

Less road killed animal trauma.

 

Ummm, ! george_you are the man. Just made my day that much better hahaha

What do you mean by this exactly? Were all or most of your coils bad? I've only replaced one so far.

 

Realized today I haven't gotten a check engine light for 400 miles. Was getting the crankshaft position sensor code and the dreaded p0430 cat code..... I changed the sensor (thanks to maximajoe) and now both codes have disappeared..... Before I was getting them everyone 30 or so miles after clearing.

 

Retrieved her out of the impound,efin scam fo'real,$293 later she was free...

 

why was she locked up for /????

 

No visitor pass,(poorly displayed) wiper blocking date...
" my apts have stupid rules" its not the first time one of my cars,or my visitors cars get towed, you only get two parking stickers and a three day visitor pass that you must display,and park in a spot thats marked for visitors...doesn't seem like much but when the biotch manager parks all night on the wrong side of the firelane, it make you want to go around for signatures,to get rid of the scammers :*** blk bull tow:and my apt owner...

 

LOL classic. I hate those basterds too. This dude tried to tow my car from IN FRONT of my house WHILE I was loading, I almost punched him in the face I was so angry, he left immediately.

 

Their place looks like a fortress for the same reason , but they too have to eat lunch!

 

true

And that's why I don't mind it if they do their job PROPERLY, it's a job so it's not personal. But it's just like with the cops, some of them are cool but it's the scumbags that really make my urine boil.

 

So after 6-8 months of only P1302 and intermittent shuddering like engine was mis/not-firing. I decided to use Car Gauge Pro and shut off each cylinder one by one under load, and tada!!!... A P0304 came up.

Maybe coincidence the second code came up after this 'active test' but I'm not complaining.

Replaced bank 4 ignition coil today. Finger crossed this is the only coil failing.

 

today...just now/ finished wiring up a stereo harness for my indash to go in soon. my metra kit just/harness just came in today.
thru the weekend...hopefully get my deck in plus swap tails to 00ae set sitting in garage as well

 

I drove it today.

 

^What's up with these I drove it today and I looked at it today?
duh




Changed the front crank seal.
I tightened it down to 150ft/lb because that's all my little tw would do.
Should it go more? I can't find specs.

There was some leakage definitely coming from the seal but perhaps from
the top oil pan as well. Next oil change is in September so I'll have to wait to change it if it is.






I also found this little bushing wedged between the arm and where it mounts.
idk if it's even mine. Doesn't look like it.