What have you done to your car today?

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I changed my spark plugs, and it was hell. A total of 6 and a half hours over two days. Put some MSD 8.5 wires on and NGK TR55's. Hopefully by the time I need to change them again I'll have my Long Tube headers, apparently it's easier with those.
 
I removed the front left axle nuts. Here's the catch, the axle and nuts were both stripped. I had to use a angle grinder and nut splitter to get them off. There goes $50!:crazy:
 
Revheadnz
Ideally a Datsun 1600 but I'm keeping my options open. Could be keen for an ITR as well.
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OK, not entirely sure what a Datsun 1600 is, I assume it is similar to a TA70 Celica or Mitsubishi Colt Galant '70. Good luck in your search for either Datsun or Honda. 👍
 
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OK, not entirely sure what a Datsun 1600 is, I assume it is similar to a TA70 Celica or Mitsubishi Colt Galant '70. Good luck in your search for either Datsun or Honda. 👍
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...I think I'm missin something to you guy's conversations, but Datsun became Nissan, not Honda.
 
I would love to drive a Supra and an NSX :dopey:

I will probably wash my car tommorrow, give it a very brief interior clean, then try and wash out the grease stains the mechanics left on my carpet :grumpy: Then take an interior pic for you all to see :dopey:
 
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man, wish i had my own car.., i would love to drive a Civic Type R EK9!! :D
 
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man, wish i had my own car.., i would love to drive a Civic Type R EK9!! :D
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Just keep the rice sound off it and I'm fine.
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Good thing is, when you're old enough you could probably get a normal 1.6L Civic for you first car right?
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Definately. heck, for the cars I'm lookin at I could buy 2 of those.
 
Never know a person's circumstances though.
For the price of my Ute I could have gotten 3-4 VL Commodores :scared:
 
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Never know a person's circumstances though.
For the price of my Ute I could have gotten 3-4 VL Commodores :scared:
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Lol. 1 for street racing. 1 for track racing. 1 for drag racing. And 1 for daily driving.

Lol. Insurance would murder you with 4 cars though
 
Of course the insurance would kill, but if you drop the street racer one to be a spare parts vehicle (because street racing is uncool and illegal), you wouldn't need to insure the track racer or drag racer because anything that happens at a track is not covered by insurance anyway, you would only pay 1 insurance and 3 regos (or just buy a car trailer and only pay 1 rego). It would be do-able :sly:
 
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Of course the insurance would kill, but if you drop the street racer one to be a spare parts vehicle (because street racing is uncool and illegal), you wouldn't need to insure the track racer or drag racer because anything that happens at a track is not covered by insurance anyway, you would only pay 1 insurance and 3 regos (or just buy a car trailer and only pay 1 rego). It would be do-able :sly:
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True. Well that renders the nice, flat, straight, deserted 3/4 mile straight away I found...

I wanna try that.
 
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Well your daily driver could do that too.
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Yup. And I'll make it too. That or just head on down to the dragstrip that's about 3 miles from my house.

I love living near it, I can hear the cars in my backyard every Saturday:dopey:
 
Yesterday I waxed my front fenders and hood to see how big a difference it makes. I'm doing the rest of the car today or tomorrow. I'm going to have to take good care of the paint so it doesn't turn Milano Pink on me.
 
mustangGT90210
Yup. And I'll make it too. That or just head on down to the dragstrip that's about 3 miles from my house.

I love living near it, I can hear the cars in my backyard every Saturday:dopey:
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Do you get free spectator entry for living so close? I have to drive around 15-20mins for my drag strip, not far really, same distance for racing circuit.

Keef
Yesterday I waxed my front fenders and hood to see how big a difference it makes. I'm doing the rest of the car today or tomorrow. I'm going to have to take good care of the paint so it doesn't turn Milano Pink on me.
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Aye :scared: Nothing worse than a faded red paint job, lucky my car is white. :D
 
Bought:
  • electric mirrors
  • grey kick panels
  • entire set of rear bulb socket housings
  • grey arm rests/handles

Next Monday I'm buying:
  • complete grey interior minus carpet and seats
  • grey seatbelts
  • lots of sandpaper for the sanding down process
  • paint thinner--to help me along :lol:
  • hopefully a 4th gen console--if not there's a good 3rd gen with grey carpet I'll get in the interem

What's left?
  • carpet
  • 1 dent to get fixed
  • driver rear quarter panel ground effect
  • fenders
  • front nose + cut/remove license plate area to open up more airflow to radiator
  • radiator
  • install front fans on radiator
  • new hatch latch
  • new hatch glass
  • switches
  • resurface/restore taillights and turn indicator lenses
  • buy led bulb replacements for the aformentioned
  • clean and paint engine bay
  • remove all exterior fibreglass bodywork to clean/sand the sheetmetal underneath
  • paint car
  • install Ram Air II bonnet
  • buy a dremel and cut holes in bonnet to make the Ram Air snorkels functional
  • new rear tires (:lol:)
  • coolant system overhaul+flush
  • general fluid flush
  • new front chin spoiler ground effect + new driver's side skirt ground effect
  • replace steering components
  • replace steering wheel and airbag
  • rebadge the car with RS badges
  • buy long tube headers and do a full exhaust (side exit possibly)
  • refinish wheels professionally
  • rebuild entire drivetrain
  • turbo?
 
Stuff done today before I got hungry...

Installed some new power mirrors.



Cleaned out the mud and debris behind the tail light lenses and installed new(er) better conditioned tail light housings (I was in the middle of doing it when I took this pic.



I also used the air compressor and blew out all the dust and debris I could from the engine bay, rear hatch, and the seats.
 
I took my car to the dealer just to find out I need a new A/C condenser. :ouch:
Said it would be 875 with work and all included. :indiff:
Toyota Corolla '06... Makes me want to just keep going without the A/C. :sly: (like I always did before) :trouble:
 
More proof that Toyota's reliability is non-exsistant compared to the mid-90's and older.
 
JCE
More proof that Toyota's reliability is non-exsistant compared to the mid-90's and older.
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Indeed, my dad says he smells coolant when he uses the heater in his '07 Corolla.
 
JCE
More proof that Toyota's reliability is non-exsistant compared to the mid-90's and older.
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You'd like that wouldn't you? :rolleyes:
I didn't say how it busted, I just said I needed a new one. :dunce:
Freeway + loose gravel = perfect shot to one of the many lines carrying the cooling agent. :ouch:

I wish it was poor reliability because it would be covered by the warranty. :(
 

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