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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 09:52 AM
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Post your 1day projects and weekend projects

Im just curious of what some people think are one dayers and weekenders.
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 09:57 AM
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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 09:58 AM
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2 days.............

Old Feb 17, 2005 | 09:58 AM
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painted VC black
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:03 AM
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dope. I painted My vc red before i came to china, what did you use to polish the fstb?, Dremel, sand paper, Or is it that shiny stock???
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Ninos_Maxima
dope. I painted My vc red before i came to china, what did you use to polish the fstb?, Dremel, sand paper, Or is it that shiny stock???
Who u talkin to?

What FSTB??
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:22 AM
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oops lol, i meant the valve head
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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washing my car.....is that considered a project?
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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What is a valve head?

Originally Posted by Ninos_Maxima
oops lol, i meant the valve head
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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oops lol, i meant the valve head

lolol...

I 250grit all the way to 800 grit so far...

alot of mothers

Almost done...
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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the only mod i've ever done that took more than 1 day was lowering my car.
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 11:02 AM
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done motor mounts. front control arm bushings, passenger steering side knuckle, and sway bar bushings.



Old Feb 17, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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HIDs, Painted wheels, painted grill, TV install, Exhaust, Foglight rewire.

All these (seperately) took less than a day to do. Some took an hour.
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 11:48 AM
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lol sorry jeff, whats that part called again?
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 12:08 PM
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Doin my cefiro headlights tomorrow.
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 12:30 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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lol sorry jeff, whats that part called again?

Its called a valve cover.
The plastic piece you painted, is the spark plug cover.

Just curious, how did you mistake the valve cover aka "valve head" for a FSTB?
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my cefiros are whats on the plate for tomorrow night and maybe some motor mounts. if not tomorrow night then saturday after work i will do the motor mounts.
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 02:46 PM
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y-pipe: 2 hours
intake: half hour
fstb: 20 min
test pipe: half hour
sts: 2 hours
struts/springs: 4-5 hours
replacing front bumper,fender,headlights,grill,foglights,hood,spla sh shields: 2-3 days
exhaust: hour
micro 7"er: hour
ps2: hour
bumper lights:10 min

...the list goes onnnn.

Current project: turbocharging the max...has been 3-4 weeks and i'm not done.
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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install air freshener
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by FLAVOR_24/7
Just curious, how did you mistake the valve cover aka "valve head" for a FSTB?
thats the first thing I thought of when I read that part

1 day project... changing front control arm bushings and ball joints
and changing water pump

weekend project.. I dunno I havent gotten that far yet..
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 05:28 PM
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this weekend ill be continuing with my blue led interior conversion. hopefully i can get the hazards, rear defrost, and auto climate control done. if that all goes well i think ill change the heated seat switches lights- anyone know how by the way? also im getting a fstb and the rest of my intake for my bday which is also this weekend, and i think ill install that monday.

hardly any snow in NC + unused snow make up days for school = 4 day weekend
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ant96GLE
thats the first thing I thought of when I read that part

1 day project... changing front control arm bushings and ball joints
and changing water pump

weekend project.. I dunno I havent gotten that far yet..

wanna do my water pump as well?
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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Did my struts/springs in a weekend

Blew my entire christmas break on my 5 speed swap cause I'm a and didnt know what I was doing when I started

Got a 4 day weekend coming up, I'll probably change the timing belt and hunt down a new speed sensor.
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 07:19 PM
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replace radiator: 20 minutes
replace cat: 45 minutes (sawed off bolts)
swap in stock intake for stupid smog and still not pass: 15 minutes
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by UNCDooD
wanna do my water pump as well?
Thats okay I'd rather spend those 5 hours of my life drinking beer and watching tv.

I just noticed, your car is my focking twin!
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 07:30 PM
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Thats okay I'd rather spend those 5 hours of my life drinking beer and watching tv.

me too. lol
Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 05:58 AM
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Doin my cefiro headlights tomorrow.
Cancel that never looked at the forecast. It's like 32 degrees for the highs. Maybe when it goes back into the upper 40's, mid 50's.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 06:12 AM
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i cook steak in sub zero temp.
32 is warm
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:10 AM
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three day weekend on my retrofit, but it was worth it

Old Feb 18, 2005 | 11:50 AM
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o wow, those lights are damn sexi!!!
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by FLAVOR_24/7
Its called a valve cover.
The plastic piece you painted, is the spark plug cover.

Just curious, how did you mistake the valve cover aka "valve head" for a FSTB?
Iono, i was up real late, and I have random points of being really stupid sometimes... hahaha
Old Feb 19, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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o wow, those lights are damn sexi!!!
Thanks!
Old Feb 19, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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whered you getem from? did you cutout the stock lights from the inside? how did you get the silver part around the projector like that?
Old Feb 19, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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Installing my Tein Coilovers was a day project, and also did 4 other maxima's shock, and spring installation in a whole day. 11am - 8pm.
Old Feb 20, 2005 | 01:25 AM
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I got a set of coilovers, Now i have to buy good shox right?
Old Feb 20, 2005 | 02:22 AM
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what kind of coilovers did you get?



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