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Old 07-11-13, 12:02 PM
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Crap....I talked to Evasive yesterday and my GramLights in Gun Blue aren't coming in until middle to end of August.

So I have a couple of options.

1. Wait for another month and a half

2. Get them in Semi Gloss Black which comes in two weeks

3. Or get Work 11rs in Glim Silver next week

sooo hard to decide.
Old 07-15-13, 08:01 AM
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Rubber is in.



I ended up switching to the black Gramlights 57DR and they came in Friday so I'll be picking them up tomorrow.
Old 07-17-13, 07:49 AM
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Picked up the wheels and got the tires mounted.





I'll be test fitting them today. I'm really psyched to finally get these in.

I will finallly get proper pics of everything today.
Old 07-17-13, 09:59 PM
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Got off work today and went to test fitting the wheels.









It looks like I have some work to do on the fronts.
Old 07-17-13, 10:51 PM
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I like those wheels, thinking of going black myself.
Old 07-18-13, 08:52 AM
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Yeah they are pretty nice. Not totally sold on the black on black look but I guess it will grow on me.

I'll be getting my new steering rack next week which will allow to get an alignment finally. Then get some camber dialed in along with a fender roll and I should be set.
Old 07-29-13, 07:02 AM
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This weekend I got around to making sure my harness relocation was cleaned up and I found a permanent place for the air bag and hood release (hopefully). Since I obviously wont be ab;e to run the fender liners I decided to bed line the more exposed areas of the wheel well. Was it completely necessary...no but it couldn't hurt.

Fenders off.



This is how I had left the wires after I had originally moved the harness.


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Hopefully the final spot for the rest of the wires.



Scuffing up the paint so the bed liner has some thing to grab onto.

Old 07-29-13, 07:05 AM
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Bed liner all dried.




My plan was to bed line when the suspension was out but time stopped that from happening. I decent enough job and it quieted up some road noise so all in all I'm happy how it turned out.

The new steering rack came in so that will be going on this week along with get my fenders rolled. So close to getting the wheels on. Just a little bit longer.
Old 07-29-13, 05:27 PM
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Your car is sweet man !
Old 08-05-13, 08:53 AM
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Update with a problem.

On Friday I had the new steering rack installed along with the Whiteline steering bushings. Its a night and day difference and the car has gotten even more fun to drive and push through curves.

Now on to the problem...the overflow nipple broken in half and blew out some fluid. I fixed it with some aluminum tubing and jb weld. I took it for a drive and the temp gauge stayed steady on the line just before halfway. It wasn't until I was pulling back into the driveway that it started to move to the middle of the gauge. I popped the hood while it was running and I'm hearing a whistling noise coming from some hose in front of the engine.

edit: Not leaking coolant so no hole in coolant lines.

Thoughts??

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Old 08-05-13, 10:59 AM
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Some hose? So you know it's the upper radiator hose or think it is? Shouldn't be too hard to work that one out... Or is the noise a vacuum leak?
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Originally Posted by Dx3
Some hose? So you know it's the upper radiator hose or think it is? Shouldn't be too hard to work that one out... Or is the noise a vacuum leak?
I'm thinking vacuum leak now. I'm getting it smoke tested tomorrow.
Old 08-06-13, 04:03 PM
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Congrats on getting back into an SC! pics with the wheels on!!!
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Wheels till aren't on which is lame I know. I still need to get the fenders rolled. I really want to get new brakes on first because my stock calipers look like crap. I will get the fenders rolled soon and get the wheels fitted I just probably won't be rolling on them daily until I get new brakes. Plus construction at my work has made the already ****ty roads even worse. With 2 inch drops from one level of pavement to another and raised man hole covers, its like driving through a damn mine field.
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Update...

Picked up a set of LS brakes.


Also the new Gram Lights decals came in to replace the red ones that came with the wheels.


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