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Joyride

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Well the 15mm spacers definitely require fender rolling for the rear so theres no way I'll be able to do 20s back there, and I drove around today with the 15s on the front and they rub on bumps. I'm gonna roll the rear fenders and stick the 15s back there and 10mm are on the way for the front

MrBurrito

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your on stock wheels right? i was running 25mm rear and 20 front and i never really rubbed but then again i might have not been as low as you

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Well I'm only on hotchkis springs if that gives any reference point, but I think the problem is my tire size: 225/45/17. They're pretty meaty for the stock rims

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Did a little work this weekend

more PWJDM dress up:










Rolled rear fenders:







got the 10mm spacers on the front and put the 15s on the rears

dont have a pic of the front yet



still had some rubbing so did some cutting



thats an in progress pic.... everything cleaned up better when I finished, but i didnt snap any more pics. Still need to add a zip tie to get the rear bumper to fit perfect again, so I'll get more pics when I do that and an over all shot of the car

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didnt get any better pics of my rolling and dremel work.... but I did snap a few of my new "stance"

danielskshin

I love the first pic of the original post almost looks purple!

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Looks like I've sprung an exhaust leak





I would really prefer to not have to pull the entire turbo assembly. If possible I want to remove just the waste gate and redo the gasket with RTV sealant.... any one have tips for removing the waste gate without pulling the assembly?
Looks like its gonna be a real tight squeeze using the allen key on the two rearmost bolts...

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damn, getting the wastegate off the mounted manifold was pretty tough lol




looks like both sides were actually leaking a bit




Unfortunately I couldn't put it back in because of this fail during removal:






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skinnayyy

awe damn drew that sucksssss. just drill it out and you should be able to preserve the threads that are already there

Irishguy0224

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Digging the car man, i like the sub box off to the side too, looks good.

How did you go about taping off the litters on the head cover?

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ended up having to take the wastegate to ACE hardware and tipping one of the experience handymen to do some mad work, that thing was really stuck in there!

We saved most of the threads and I got new stainless steel bolts

however I cant tell if its still leaking slightly....

heres a pic I took after the RTV had cured before I drove it all:



and heres one I snapped after doing a bit of driving earlier tonight:




As you can see it definitely looks like some of the sealant is getting pushed out of the seam, so yeah not really sure what to make of this situation...

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oh and @ Irishguy, the sub box is actually a modified bazooka enclosure to hold a 10" Elemental Designs sub, thanks for the props, I'm pretty happy with how that one came out

also I didnt tape off the lettering on the engine cover, I bought overlays from Randode.com. Several places make em... I've been thinkin about switching em to gold actually, if LazyRocket started cutting VVT-i overlays I'd probably consider it more seriously. Thoughts on gold anyone?

kl741953

nice pics, i was thinking of painting my car black.

Irishguy0224

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So you actually just painted the whole thing and then put the silver over lays on it? Who woulda thunk it

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new pic

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Scotty-tC

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nice bro! haha gotta start some where right. prob one of the cleanest bays on SL!