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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Few things should be coming this week or so...

Front Bumper w/Votex lip, used and some scuffs on under side, but nothing you can see once mounted,which is better than mine :-D
Tinted tails, done by same guy as did tturbonegros
Smoked side markers
Silver headlight surrounds
Maybe some smoked osir clear corners

I will post up pics when I get things installed, now if I could just get my friggin winter steelies off.
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:08 PM
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Sweet. Same bumper that you showed me pics of? What'd you end up paying?
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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Yeah I gave in, as far as price, not as low as I wanted, but less shippedthan an unpainted new one, plus getting the votex and stocker grilles is a plus. Have you installed a TIP before?
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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nice, ive got spacers and just ordered vavle cover gasket kit. hopefully come this week
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Nope, but after finishing the wheel bearing myself, I feel like I could do anything to these cars with a blindfold on.

I absolutely see why everyone just takes their car to a shop when a wheel bearing goes bad.

I'll have extra crappy cell phone pics up tonight/tomorrow, mainly of the carnage that was the wheel bearing, and the reassembly. Not really possible to do a writeup, it wouldn't do the average person any good. I was using a 55 ton press, and I was still struggling.
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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At least you didnt ruin your eye like one poster did when working on his, without googles. I am thinking the tip could get done at any point, since I dont think anythign has to get pulled, the tails look east, and the side markers I know are. I think the bumper and headlights could be done on the same day, since you have to pull the bumper anyhow to get at the headlights. I oughta look into which bulb I need to replace and how to get that done too if it would make sense to do it then.
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Lemme know when you're pulling your bumper. I wanna do a little recon as to where I might mount a race tow hook, and if your bumper is already off, that saves me the trouble.
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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Is that something we could do at your work place some evening?
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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Sure, lighting isn't super great once it starts getting dark, but that certainly hasn't stopped me so far.
You'll need a set of torx sockets for the bumper though, the set I have is sized on the larger end, think my smallest is a T40, but you'll need more like a T25 or T30. Wrenches/extensions etc, all that jazz we have here, just not a consistant set of torx bits.
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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Ill check my bit set,as far as lighting, maybe I can grab something from home depot. Worst case scenario, I can return it as an unsatisfied customer after we are done haha. If we do it at your work maybe I should do the headlights at a different time, I dont hink you guys have an oven there :-)
 



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