Post a pic of your car as it sits currently

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by tipnitty

Pshhhh I think you are exaggerating for an excuse not to drive in the rain

No im not kidding. My company vehicle got pelted on my way back to work. Lol

[gudge]

Originally Posted by Pontiac_guy99

I did FINALLY find out what's wrong with my car. Stripped rocker arm. Any idea on price to fix? And what I can do to stop it from happening again? Thanks

That's what I told you it could be in the other forum and gave you an estimated cost. When I thought that's what was wrong with mine I was quoted around $250-$300 to get it fixed if I am remembering correctly. My mechanic was going to heli coil it but then when I actually took it to him he found out it was the lifter. My mechanic is $40 an hour btw just for reference.

[Pontiac_guy99]

Originally Posted by gudge

That's what I told you it could be in the other forum and gave you an estimated cost. When I thought that's what was wrong with mine I was quoted around $250-$300 to get it fixed if I am remembering correctly. My mechanic was going to heli coil it but then when I actually took it to him he found out it was the lifter. My mechanic is $40 an hour btw just for reference.

Sorry! I must have missed that. But thank you for repeating it for me.

[xUnderCoverHoBo]

So its been what 1.5 weeks without a car ben? Lol thats ****ty

[xxbackhillxx]

Twinsies

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Das hawt, mang.

[Pontiac_guy99]

Originally Posted by xUnderCoverHoBo

So its been what 1.5 weeks without a car ben? Lol thats ****ty

The part isn't even here yet and when it gets here there will probably be a 1-3 day waiting list. Fricken selby south dakota.

[ItsMeScottG]

Originally Posted by xxbackhillxx

Twinsies

Nice car, nice to see another person who appreciates these cars.

[AaronGTR]

Finally got new wheels and tires.



They are mfuller's old wheels. Kosei K1 racing, 17x7.5" 35mm offset. I weighed them at 16.8 lbs a piece. Using the 8mm spacers I had with them, so the effective offset is 27mm which places them just about perfectly where I wanted them. Tires are 235/45-17 BF G-force Sport Comp 2's. They've got a $70 rebate running on them at TireRack this week, so got them for an awesome price, and they are one of the highest rated tires in the category. They are a perfect fit on this rim too. Everything looks much better now.

[AaronGTR]

Only bad thing about the wheels was I didn't like the silver color, and they had some chips and curb rash, so I decide I was going to repaint them from the get go. Wanted something darker so I decided to go with graphite metallic paint from duplicolor. I really like the color and they turned out looking awesome! Only one bad thing... the paint isn't hard enough. I'm kinda ticked because I prepped them very well, primed, painted, and clear coated them with wheel specific paints. I let them dry for 8 whole days before having the tires mounted too, but the paint go f'd up in a few spots from the mounting and balancing machines. The cone on the mounting machine actually caused the paint and clear to crinkle inside the center part, while the primer stayed put. I think I'm gonna email duplicolor some pics and see if I can get my money back. Anyway, it's all I had time and money for right now. Maybe after these tires wear out and/or the finish starts getting more worn, I'll dismount them and have 'em stripped and powder coated. Have to same up some $$ before that.

Here's a few close ups though.

[xUnderCoverHoBo]

Nooooo i miss the old ones.

[Pontiac_guy99]

I think it looks great! I really love graphite. Thats so cool.

And what kind of headlights did you get? I like the whiteish piece around the lightbulb thing.

[xUnderCoverHoBo]

I just really liked tho old ones. Idk i feel like i would like them more in white maybe? Hard to tell i assume these where taken with ur phone so they probly look better in person idk mixed feelings on these

[xUnderCoverHoBo]

Whiteish piece around the lightbulb thing,

quote of the year

[young gun]

Very nice! Very light weight too. Good choice aaron. I'm not too surprised with the paint chipping if you took the rims to a normal shop to have them mounted. I have a shop around here that will mount them for free if they end up scuffing your rims even if they are painted ( not plasti dipped thou).

Now more boost.

[AaronGTR]

Originally Posted by Pontiac_guy99

I think it looks great! I really love graphite. Thats so cool.

And what kind of headlights did you get? I like the whiteish piece around the lightbulb thing.

Lol I've had those for a long time. They are HID projectors retrofitted into stock headlights. Got them from TRS.I painted the housing black and painted the shroud around the projector white and they got LED's in them.

[xxbackhillxx]

Originally Posted by ItsMeScottG

Nice car, nice to see another person who appreciates these cars.

Yea when I moved to Houston I couldn't believe I found another sedan in my apartment complex let alone another standard. Only 3,xxx in that configuration in the States.

There's a white coupe in the same complex too. And about seven more at work.

[ItsMeScottG]

Originally Posted by xxbackhillxx

Yea when I moved to Houston I couldn't believe I found another sedan in my apartment complex let alone another standard. Only 3,xxx in that configuration in the States.

There's a white coupe in the same complex too. And about seven more at work.

Where did you move from? I also live in Houston . I recently got myself a e46 330CI ZHP.

[tipnitty]

Aaron, I like the color that you went with and the new over all look. As much as I like white on white, it was definitely time for a change. But I'm not the biggest fan of the actual wheel design. But to each their own, and these are definitely more function for your applications.

I dig it man.

[sleepyalero]

I knew you were getting those bout time they were put on!