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Old 07-26-08, 06:33 PM
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4x4 status here I am Vik
Old 07-26-08, 06:50 PM
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Many thanks to Brian and Matt for killing a lot of time to help me out! It didnt go very well as you can see but the effort was there I cant wait to be done with this car after today....
Old 07-26-08, 07:06 PM
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Oh crap! I think I cursed your garage with my RX300 problem. Sorry. That is definitely way too 4x4ed in the front. Is the car driveable?
Old 07-26-08, 07:49 PM
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^^you dont like it lol...the springs are on wrong thats all. we just wasted a lot of time??? ugh...thats what I get for being cheap and not just doing it right the first time. hopefully Monday I can get him to take my car and be done. I want to get rid of the car next week and be done with it.
Old 07-26-08, 08:55 PM
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electric impact, some wrenchs and a monkey bar will do the trick. thats what i have in my garage. i changed suspension with those tools for a evo8, 99 civicsi, my gs, my s2000, and 2 camry's ones a 98 and one is a 07. you might just want 2 big guys to press down on the mount.

by looking at the pic, the springs might be in the wrong way.
Old 07-27-08, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Deception

by looking at the pic, the springs might be in the wrong way.
bingo....

so you have these tools in your garage? where are you located at? up to tackle this today?? I would really appreciate your help. I can see If Matt will come back down so we have 3 guys to knock this out

Mike
Old 07-27-08, 07:14 AM
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The fronts are on the back and the back on the fronts.
I think the problem is the front springs are shorter than the rear. And not knowing, one would assume that the taller springs are on the front. Hell, it made sense to me.

I did learn that if you have a friend in the biz and can get your springs compressed at a dealership or shop. Do it!!! Forget those screw compressors.

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Its took Mike under an hour to bang out this navi hack and he got my radar hardwired in less that that. Fun times!!!
Thanks for the install.
Old 07-27-08, 08:48 AM
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at least we had 2 successful installs yesterday

still have these for sale locally if anyone is interested:

XM Reciever
CF Overlays
20mm Bolt On Spacers! (pending sale)

Thanks
Mike
Old 07-27-08, 09:19 AM
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I love the cell phone pic.

Where do you put the switch for the navi hack? Looks like you took out or added a switch on the left of the steering wheel.
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^^ Yea DJ brought his own switch for me to use. I like it better then what I had done. I just pulled the dash out and popped out one of the covers. its pretty easy to do. it took us about 20 min to do this nav hack.
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The main reason why Mike raised his car in the front was for the extra storage!

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Princess Diaries 2 and the Notebook....WTF?!?!

Some funny stuff!!!
Old 07-29-08, 06:35 AM
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hahah....Vik that was good! Dont get any ideas of taking my JZ intake pipe for your car
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Originally Posted by passnu2
hahah....Vik that was good! Dont get any ideas of taking my JZ intake pipe for your car
I knew you'd like the JZ pipe
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well I had to clear out some of the garbage, well only the JZ intake so my car is normal...but it still looks funny...to the dealer it goes tomorrow so wish me luck! Then I need to go out with Matt and get the next car....


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