veggiemonster

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nah, you end up like me, not really caring anymore.

ebelp

^ Maybe Sean should take the reigns on being the first "Sharpied" TL ever..?

veggiemonster

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If I had wheels and was slammed it would have been done already. Not even lying. at all.

ebelp

F it...just cut a couple coils off the springs and sharpie the stockies too.

veggiemonster

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I've been trying to find steelies to powder white and slam on. but can't find the right size

CLtotheTL32

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I thought I was going to be the first Sharpied TL? Sean would have to use the Silver Sharpies

veggiemonster

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you waited to long

CLtotheTL32

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*too

rockstar143

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...grammar corrections in my thread, loving it.



PS,
here is the ding...
I'm sure you can spot it, considering something bulky and probably 2 pounds heavy, landed on my hood from 12 feet up, not too bad.

and here is my coworker's "fix" for me...(my friend too, actually...he's the one that just got the CBP 08 TL)...LOL

swoosh

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honestly, i would leave it like that.....

looks very cool if you ask me, ripple effect !!!

and for your coworker cum friend cum "lets hide the imperfections with a animal cracker" LOL

CLtotheTL32

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swoosh

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^^^

veggiemonster

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Correct that smartass!

CLtotheTL32

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I'm not getting involved with anything that involves two guys cumming.

swoosh

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^^^ it was only 1 guy cumming twice....wanna get involved with that ???

CLtotheTL32

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rockstar143

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So far so good...with mixed normal city/highway drive, I'm at 26MPG when I got home today, if I can stay around there there will have been approx a 6 MPG jump in fuel savings, or 6 x 14 Gallons = 84 Miles to a tank. G'damn...that would give me almost 2.5 more days of driving to work between fillups.



Ok, off to cum now, thanks for the motivation.

CLtotheTL32

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Nice Jeremy! I've been averaging about 26mpg ever since I moved to school.

rockstar143

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Thanks Tyler, I'm going to try and ACTUALLY get 26 on a regular basis. I could use the better gas mileage with prices as high as they are. I remember being in high school with .99 cent gas days.

On a lighter note, decided to tackle the hood ding...
SOOOO...stopped by walmart on the way home for a can of compressed air. I youtubed how to get a ding out by just heating and cooling the ding. Used my heat gun on high, about 30 seconds...then hit it with the compressed air upside down. Even with just the heat, I could see immediate improvement.

THEN, as with most things, it got worse before it got better. My paint, from under the clear, made this weird wrinkle tie dyed effect...I wiped it all down, and it stayed, so now I had a smaller ding, surrounded by a tie die black flower. FK...
Decided that regardless of whether or not I was going to have a pro tackle it, it'd be easier if I just cut my own hood support out of the way, so I did...what do you know, the ding was almost not pronounced enough to feel on the other side.

Ok, so was going to call it a day when I remember I have one of those MADE FOR TV ding pullers but ran out of the black hot glue that releases from the car...so was going to give it a whirl with regular glue although last time SUCKED. I also noticed I had this plastic piece, kinda like a fat crayon pointed piece of hard plastic used to knock down the metal without leaving any marks from a pointed edge...I I started holding the hood down with my chin/chest and using the plastic to kind of massage the dimple from underneath...ok, it was getting better, EUREKA! Then I decided that adding some heat from the heat gun might help, sure enough, not only did it help, but it ended up turning the paint from the tie die back to normal! SWEET MOTHER OF GOD...DOUBLE Eureka...

Kept up this method of heating while working the plastic thingy, until it was almost gone and all that remined of the ding is the small crease. Enough for me to NOW consider it a little battle scar of an 8 year old car and call it a day. A little zaino Z6 and we're good...

ORIGINAL DING

Flap cut open under hood

and the final results...on the first it's at the roof line reflection, the 2nd one is on the palm tree...the fact that it's hard to see makes me super happy!

ebelp

Looks much better...nice work!

swoosh

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NICE NICE WORK.....

dude your like a full on professional

Steven Bell

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Dude, well done!

veggiemonster

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wow you did a great job J. regular mcguyver eh?

CLtotheTL32

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Whoa! Nicely done sir!

justnspace

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Welcome to the Thunder Dome. Bitch!

rockstar143

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Thank you very much fellas...
I wish I was a professional! LOL...one of the few times that I've gone at something, and continued trying other things and it actually got better, normally I'd end up with a MUCH bigger problem than the ding.

I am tempted to hit it a little more to try and get rid of the crease but I could already tell that I was pushing the limit with how hard I was pressing from underneath...last thing I want is to NOT lose the crease AND end up pressing the metal so hard to create a much larger and raised distortion. Yeah, I'm leaving it alone. I can live with that...it's a little dimple (works for Mario Lopez!). As a whole, the car still looks pretty pristine...which is what counts. I can't get so anal to not be able to live with a few little imperfections...otherwise I'd go nuts.

Undying Dreams

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Nice, J, glad to see you got that fixed!

Also, this thread got a little earlier.

About the jpipe, I did message J but having second thoughts on it. I signed a 2 year/24k mile warranty thing and also a paper saying I can't mess with the exhaust. Would the jpipe void my warranty?

rockstar143

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^^^I would highly doubt it, but wait it out, man...you're looking into suspension and rims now for looks anyway!

You're not ready for "go fast mods yet"!

veggiemonster

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it will def void your shit. doing a muffler swap helped void my warranty on my audi.

they had posts on the forum saying I had a ecu flash as well and used that as a dropping point, no refund, nothing.

Undying Dreams

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Yes I am! I'm 18!!

That is true, if I bought your jpipe it would set me back on the rims and tires, as well the the coilovers. When it comes to modding the exhaust I want it to sound like this...
And I just realized that is Tyler's car...nice

I love the smooth sound, almost like Nissan's 350/370Z, not the fart can Honda 4-bangers lol.

Undying Dreams

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Thanks Veggie, looks like I'll be holding off on that then, don't want to void my warranty. Performance mods will come in 2 years!

veggiemonster

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do the UCM (ultimate cooling mod), the the intake resonator delete mod. those will give you LOTS of midrange power for $0 and about 30 min of 'labor'

not like a J-pipe power, but still, its noticeable, and you can get a bump up 1-2 mpg on those hot muggy days

swoosh

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^^^ add to it the coolant bypass mod and the PCV delete mod....all are free free free....

rockstar143

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PCV Delete mod?!?! I don't think I even have heard of that!
Undying, yeah, hold off...although I bet when you deal with German's you'll get Nazi service advisors (right Sean?!...lol)...I'm sure it would be looked at as something you touched. When I post it up, I bet it'll sell pretty quickly.

That's not Tyler's car...he just posted it for someone. He doesn't have a type S.

CLtotheTL32

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Nope, that's not mine, but I did take the video. This is mine...

quanaman

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J,

Again you impress with your skills. Keep up the good work

rockstar143

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Thank you Fellas...

Tyler, you better GTFO of here with your damn videos and texts trying to get me to join the dark side! I swear, if it were a BIT cheaper, I'd be in...but exhaust is SUCH a big expense!

Quanaman...thank you, sir! I appreciate the compliment, man!

veggiemonster

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throttle body coolant is another good one I did.

I have zero real mods, and you can check my thread to see the auto boys crying about me being faster

CLtotheTL32

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The only reason why I have the exhaust is because I got everything used! I got the catback for $800 from a AZ member in Charlotte. Then I got the V2 j-pipe, race pipe, and RV6 strut bar for $250 from another local member parting out.

I got VERY lucky with knowing the right people at the right time.

veggiemonster

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wait, you're gonna maybe be selling your j-pipe? for how much will you maybe be selling it for brah?

did you like how I maybe worded it to maybe not be serious so maybe you don't get yelled at for maybe not having a BM link?

maybe.