KBacon's '06 NBP 6MT
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KBacon's '06 NBP 6MT
Here is my recently purchased '06 6MT... bought with 105k back in July... and already at 107k.
Found this car on Craigslist and ended up having a rebuilt title & got it for a really good price...
Day I picked it up..
Couple days later I got the windows tinted 15%
Has obviously been in a front end collision and had been completely repainted... but the paint job left a bit to be desired... was pretty orange peeled... so i decided to try my hand at paint correction...
Just so happens my cousin had a Porter Cable 7424 that he no longer uses... so i borrower that & his compounds... bought an assortment of pads... should be a nice Sunday project right???
Got up early Sunday morning & washed & clay barred... then broke out the porter cable.... Soon realized that the DA buffer & light swirl mark removing compounds wasn't going tto cut it... so i got some meguiars heavy cutting compound... and it did a better job... but was still just shiny orange peel... so another trip to autozone & bought some 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, & 3000 sand paper & went to town wet sanding... the took the buffer & heavy cutting compound to the hood & fenders... end of that Sunday... It's dark!!!
Before
After... starting to think I am getting somewhere... LOL...
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Monday got up & went to town again with the buffer and the heavy cutting compound... results are looking much better!!! Figured out that doing this on a black car in the hot sun is not the best idea... so only worked in the morning shade & evenings...
Lots of rain all week & start back in the following Monday... notice a few spots I must have rushed through a bit.... so I figured with that & the rain... I might as well start all over & get through the heaving cutting compound... lighter cutting compound... swirl remover... glaze... & sealant... working late into the night... using my LED trouble light so that I can get through the process... 11:30 PM call it a night...
Fast forward to yesterday... went ahead & cleaned/conditioned the leather w/ Lexol... the today had to run some errands w/ the family & got home... washed the car again... cleaned up all the left over compounds... then waxed with meguiars ultimate... Looks much better... not perfect... but really close!!!
Waiting on some headlights to arrive so that I can swap them out... also have to replace the ballast in this one..
Found this car on Craigslist and ended up having a rebuilt title & got it for a really good price...
Day I picked it up..
Couple days later I got the windows tinted 15%
Has obviously been in a front end collision and had been completely repainted... but the paint job left a bit to be desired... was pretty orange peeled... so i decided to try my hand at paint correction...
Just so happens my cousin had a Porter Cable 7424 that he no longer uses... so i borrower that & his compounds... bought an assortment of pads... should be a nice Sunday project right???
Got up early Sunday morning & washed & clay barred... then broke out the porter cable.... Soon realized that the DA buffer & light swirl mark removing compounds wasn't going tto cut it... so i got some meguiars heavy cutting compound... and it did a better job... but was still just shiny orange peel... so another trip to autozone & bought some 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, & 3000 sand paper & went to town wet sanding... the took the buffer & heavy cutting compound to the hood & fenders... end of that Sunday... It's dark!!!
Before
After... starting to think I am getting somewhere... LOL...
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Monday got up & went to town again with the buffer and the heavy cutting compound... results are looking much better!!! Figured out that doing this on a black car in the hot sun is not the best idea... so only worked in the morning shade & evenings...
Lots of rain all week & start back in the following Monday... notice a few spots I must have rushed through a bit.... so I figured with that & the rain... I might as well start all over & get through the heaving cutting compound... lighter cutting compound... swirl remover... glaze... & sealant... working late into the night... using my LED trouble light so that I can get through the process... 11:30 PM call it a night...
Fast forward to yesterday... went ahead & cleaned/conditioned the leather w/ Lexol... the today had to run some errands w/ the family & got home... washed the car again... cleaned up all the left over compounds... then waxed with meguiars ultimate... Looks much better... not perfect... but really close!!!
Waiting on some headlights to arrive so that I can swap them out... also have to replace the ballast in this one..
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Also 3rd gear was being a little finicky... not always wanting to go all the way in... so I changed out the trans oil to Pennzoil Synchromesh... stuff that came out looked pretty clean & pretty thin... shifted much better on my test drive!!!
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good job on the paint correction, looks much better.
also, switch our your MTF immediately to gm synchromesh friction modified (ac delco rebrand)...it is the single best MTF you can put in our car and has fixed many people's 3rd gear issues. i would get it in asap even though you just put in new fluid. you can read about it on the forum, it does wonders
also, switch our your MTF immediately to gm synchromesh friction modified (ac delco rebrand)...it is the single best MTF you can put in our car and has fixed many people's 3rd gear issues. i would get it in asap even though you just put in new fluid. you can read about it on the forum, it does wonders
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good job on the paint correction, looks much better.
also, switch our your MTF immediately to gm synchromesh friction modified (ac delco rebrand)...it is the single best MTF you can put in our car and has fixed many people's 3rd gear issues. i would get it in asap even though you just put in new fluid. you can read about it on the forum, it does wonders
also, switch our your MTF immediately to gm synchromesh friction modified (ac delco rebrand)...it is the single best MTF you can put in our car and has fixed many people's 3rd gear issues. i would get it in asap even though you just put in new fluid. you can read about it on the forum, it does wonders
I used the Pennzoil Synchromesh because it was readily available... and I knew that back in my DSM days it was the same as the GMC Synchromesh (manufactured by pennzoil)... which we used it quite successfully for the dreaded 2nd gear... I didn't realize that there was a newer friction modified version of the GM stuff...
I will run this for the time being & see how it works... my test drive seemed pretty promising... and prolly go ahead & order some GMSMFM
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Hey Ken...
looking forward to what you do with the headlights!
I'll be checking in...I can tell you're a passionate car modder, someone I enjoy reading posts from.
Also, this is the rebranded GM stuff
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Yeah... the name is Ken... get called Kevin multiple times a day though... most of the time in not even intentional....
Thanks for the complements on the polish job... it was a lot of work!!! It looks so "EZ" in the videos!!!
So next question... I have all of the Tbelt parts on hand... is this a job I tackle myself (done many Eclipse 4G63 Tbelt in the past)... read the hardest part was getting the crank pulley loose...
And "while I have it apart"... maybe go ahead & replace the crank pulley w/ a light weight version... xlr8 or unorthodox... and diff???
Thanks for the complements on the polish job... it was a lot of work!!! It looks so "EZ" in the videos!!!
So next question... I have all of the Tbelt parts on hand... is this a job I tackle myself (done many Eclipse 4G63 Tbelt in the past)... read the hardest part was getting the crank pulley loose...
And "while I have it apart"... maybe go ahead & replace the crank pulley w/ a light weight version... xlr8 or unorthodox... and diff???
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In my opinion...do the lightweight so that you remove that rubber surround that can bust on the oem one (Majofo had this happen)...
If you have the money, I can tell you the winning combination for an easy crank pulley removal if you have $320 to spend and you think you'd use it.
I did valve adjust at the same time as the TB job so it seemed long and arduous. I think just the timing job, with a couple of beers, some Freebird on the Hi-Fi...and a day or two to yourself and you're golden.
Also...just finished JUST doing a polish on my entire car. Wawaweewa...what a fucking job, bro...8 straight hours. Results are pretty though.
If you have the money, I can tell you the winning combination for an easy crank pulley removal if you have $320 to spend and you think you'd use it.
I did valve adjust at the same time as the TB job so it seemed long and arduous. I think just the timing job, with a couple of beers, some Freebird on the Hi-Fi...and a day or two to yourself and you're golden.
Also...just finished JUST doing a polish on my entire car. Wawaweewa...what a fucking job, bro...8 straight hours. Results are pretty though.
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A gun! Dewalt, to be exact...
if you have access to a good one though, go do that...
buy this to throw on it.
https://smile.amazon.com/Lisle-77080...+pulley+socket
if you have access to a good one though, go do that...
buy this to throw on it.
https://smile.amazon.com/Lisle-77080...+pulley+socket
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Well it's Monday again... Last night I went ahead and pulled the front bumper in prep for getting an early start to swapping the headlights today that I got from rockstar143... get everything swapped and go to bolt up the ballasts... and they don't line up. Quick search... and find out that my '06 are different than the '04's I got from him... and I need '04/05 ballasts also... I guess that's what I get for not doing my research!!! Ballasts should be on their way soon...
So I go ahead & put my fogging headlight into the oven for a while to evaporate the moisture... and it took about an hour... but it appears to have worked. Get everything swapped back over.
While I had it apart I decided to remove the intake resonator box... doesn't appear to really be a restriction... but it's done now!!!
Went ahead & put everything back together.. realized that the guy who repaired the front end cut a few corners... and left out the bumper brackets on the bottom of the headlights & used some strategically placed screws to hold the edges of the bumper on... and left out a bunch of the plastic push rivet fasteners... Found some OEMish style ones at Advanced... Bought the 2 pks they had... but still need to find a couple more...
While I had it up in the air I also decided to install the RV6 Jpipe I also got from rockstar143... WOW what a PIA!!! I kinda knew it was gonna be when I sprayed all the bolts down w/ PB Blaster last week when I changed the trans oil... The nuts were rusted solid!!! BFH Hammer, 13mm 12 point socket hammered on rusted 14mm nut, breaker bar w/ cheater jack handle, & lots of cussing... and it's finally done!!!
Wife forbid me from installing a loud exhaust on this car... When the box arrived... she says "What's that??? You are not installing a loud exhaust on 'my car' " "oh.. nothing honey..." .... LOL... so after my initial test drive... I am happy to report that the gain in performance is definitely noticeable.. and very little increase in noise... I can hear the awesome growl of the intake more than I can the exhaust...
Turned the VSA off... and just go WOT & it spins through 1st.. and part way through 2nd... quite impressed!!! Love the intake howl!!!
It appears the new ballast fixed my driver's headlight issue... but for some reason my passenger high beam solenoids is working sporadically... It worked fine before (I'm pretty sure)... could something be loose or did I not install something correctly?
I should have some new pics tomorrow w/ a little aesthetic change!!!
So I go ahead & put my fogging headlight into the oven for a while to evaporate the moisture... and it took about an hour... but it appears to have worked. Get everything swapped back over.
While I had it apart I decided to remove the intake resonator box... doesn't appear to really be a restriction... but it's done now!!!
Went ahead & put everything back together.. realized that the guy who repaired the front end cut a few corners... and left out the bumper brackets on the bottom of the headlights & used some strategically placed screws to hold the edges of the bumper on... and left out a bunch of the plastic push rivet fasteners... Found some OEMish style ones at Advanced... Bought the 2 pks they had... but still need to find a couple more...
While I had it up in the air I also decided to install the RV6 Jpipe I also got from rockstar143... WOW what a PIA!!! I kinda knew it was gonna be when I sprayed all the bolts down w/ PB Blaster last week when I changed the trans oil... The nuts were rusted solid!!! BFH Hammer, 13mm 12 point socket hammered on rusted 14mm nut, breaker bar w/ cheater jack handle, & lots of cussing... and it's finally done!!!
Wife forbid me from installing a loud exhaust on this car... When the box arrived... she says "What's that??? You are not installing a loud exhaust on 'my car' " "oh.. nothing honey..." .... LOL... so after my initial test drive... I am happy to report that the gain in performance is definitely noticeable.. and very little increase in noise... I can hear the awesome growl of the intake more than I can the exhaust...
Turned the VSA off... and just go WOT & it spins through 1st.. and part way through 2nd... quite impressed!!! Love the intake howl!!!
It appears the new ballast fixed my driver's headlight issue... but for some reason my passenger high beam solenoids is working sporadically... It worked fine before (I'm pretty sure)... could something be loose or did I not install something correctly?
I should have some new pics tomorrow w/ a little aesthetic change!!!
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yea those j pipes can be a bitch to install, when I put my xlr8 j pipe in , my old one basically split apart from us prying and pulling . what A BITCH lol.. I can't imagine how much of a bitch the high flow pre cats will be to install
Typical rockstar143 misinforming ppl jk, Hes a great guy. You got good parts from him! Shitty deal about the ballasts. Most ppl think they can just interchange ALL headlights because they "look" the same but not the case. Get the proper ballasts and sell your other ones on here
Typical rockstar143 misinforming ppl jk, Hes a great guy. You got good parts from him! Shitty deal about the ballasts. Most ppl think they can just interchange ALL headlights because they "look" the same but not the case. Get the proper ballasts and sell your other ones on here
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Well.. here's a quick update...
Added some new rims from another member... 19x8.5 all around... Volk Winning Blue Rays G35 rims... Not sure the offset.. but they clear the Brembos w/ a ton of room to spare...
Gonna have to pick up some new tires pretty quick. Thinking 255 35 19 Yokohama Advan Sport AS... I can get a pretty good price & rebate on the tires... any other suggestions???
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Yes.. I know she needs a bath (BAD)!!! I'm pretty ashamed.. but they mowed the property at work & it's been raining the last few days...
Added some new rims from another member... 19x8.5 all around... Volk Winning Blue Rays G35 rims... Not sure the offset.. but they clear the Brembos w/ a ton of room to spare...
Gonna have to pick up some new tires pretty quick. Thinking 255 35 19 Yokohama Advan Sport AS... I can get a pretty good price & rebate on the tires... any other suggestions???
Tire Details - Discount Tire Direct
Something a little different
Yes.. I know she needs a bath (BAD)!!! I'm pretty ashamed.. but they mowed the property at work & it's been raining the last few days...
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nice man those look great. Get some springs??
Tell them fuckers not to mow next to your shit. Thats one thing that really bothers me, spitting dirt and rocks everywhere all on the cars. FUCK that.
255/35 will look nice. Whats on there now?
Tell them fuckers not to mow next to your shit. Thats one thing that really bothers me, spitting dirt and rocks everywhere all on the cars. FUCK that.
255/35 will look nice. Whats on there now?
#27
Tires ordered... will be less than $900 OTD installed w/ roadhazard & lifetime rotate/balance etc...
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Thanks man!!! They really look good in the sun when the color of the wheel shows up & the blue metal flake in the NBP pops out...
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Yeah... with all the nightmare I had to go through on this transaction... I should have just bought your advans... oh well!!!
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