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What did you do to your GS today?

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Old 06-11-15, 01:50 AM
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Ooooh... so pretty!! Who did the chroming for you?
A friend of a friend, he has a powder coating business and also does triple chrome plating.
Old 06-11-15, 12:09 PM
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Yesterday I installed my first modification. A K&N Cold Air Intake. I was proud of myself for doing the work myself. I am learning as I go. It went well and sounds great. Definitely increased horsepower also.
Can't wait to do my next thing which is the exhaust.

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I changed out my bad heater switch light bulbs with some 12v mini lamps I bought at Radio Shack. Just as bright as the OEM and at 2 for $2 it cant be beat. Also this will fit the mini green caps and will work for the green light illumination bulbs when you have the lights on as well.
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Old 06-14-15, 10:06 AM
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Yesterday and today been working on replacing my worn out front suspension parts. So far have install new front tie rods (inner and outer), new lower ball joints, new endlinks, new lower control arm bushings and new caster arm bushings. Managed to get most of it done no problem until i bunged up one of the bolt holes for the passenger side caster arm. Going to tap it tomorrow to clean up the threads. Looking forward to see if my clunking is gone. Coilovers go on order tomorrow morning.
Old 06-14-15, 10:37 AM
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flushed 12 quarts of tranny fluid through radiator cooling line and changed rear differential oil. Found nasty leak on the crank seal I need to tend to next.
Old 06-15-15, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by PandaGS300
Added LED signals with resistors to fix the hyper flash :-)

LED Tails next, just need to find a good resister for them that doesnt overheat. This way I dont have that annoying taillight error come up.
You know, you could've saved your money from LED resistors and bought the JDM electronic Flasher. I bought mines from amazon where I can control the speed of flashes with a turn of a dial (also has the flashers without the dial). It works with LEDs and stock bulbs if it doesn't exceed the maximum wattage to operate.

I have it installed, but has no led turns in my car yet.
Old 06-15-15, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by keepit
Yesterday and today been working on replacing my worn out front suspension parts. So far have install new front tie rods (inner and outer), new lower ball joints, new endlinks, new lower control arm bushings and new caster arm bushings. Managed to get most of it done no problem until i bunged up one of the bolt holes for the passenger side caster arm. Going to tap it tomorrow to clean up the threads. Looking forward to see if my clunking is gone. Coilovers go on order tomorrow morning.
How did you get the Caster Bushing out? last time i did them i had a shop do it but its sounds do able, pressing it in will be easy I just dont know a good method for pulling out the old bushing and its shell?
Old 06-19-15, 03:35 PM
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Washed, used a clay bar, then waxed it. The paint looks and feels so good. Snapped a couple pics at a local park.








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Got tinting done darkest legal tint here in Australia
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Changed my power steering fluid, transmission fluid and brakes (pads & rotors). Still hunting down a damn clunk in my suspension somewhere guess sway bar bushings are next with the coilovers.
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Default What did you do to your GS today?

Originally Posted by james94



Got tinting done darkest legal tint here in Australia
that's a hell of a lot darker than you can go in the UK I like it. If you're in France however there is no law at all about how dark your tints are. madness!
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Diy oil change every 3k, still running strong at 217k..

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Got some new stickers for my car 😁



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Old 06-23-15, 10:18 AM
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Picked up a Kazz grill from a fellow CL member and it arrived yesterday. Installed that and restored my headlights.
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Originally Posted by krdp2GS
Picked up a Kazz grill from a fellow CL member and it arrived yesterday. Installed that and restored my headlights.
Sorry for ask. How much you pay for that grill? I always try to found one.


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