Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

I've got it sitting all safe in the garage so I won't break it haha.

pics or it didnt happen lol

This is where it sits now haha.

So is it wrong that I'm planning on detailing the car when I already know it's going to rain?

I Frankenstein'd a Racetronix FPA-007 into a Herko module. then promptly installed. The way they feed the venturi system is different than most (I assume). A whole lot of cutting, a barb fitting and a little fuel line, and she's running again.

Hit a skunk.....now my car reeks. I keep getting funny looks when stopped at stores and people walk past it.









And I'll just leave this here....

i hit a skunk once..........once. id rather get rear ended than hit another one. car stunk like hell for 2 weeks. windows open too for 2 weeks.


oh, we all stunk too for a few days.

Originally Posted by danielle15

Hit a skunk.....now my car reeks. I keep getting funny looks when stopped at stores and people walk past it.









And I'll just leave this here....

So you have my winter wheels?

As for me, I put new rotors up front. Even though the pads are still ones I put on awhile ago I took the car out and bedded the pads.

I posted this in my ride thread but, I finally got a hood (yes that is an Inferno hood.) I put it on last week after I picked it up from paint. I got the GXP spoiler painted at the same time and I put it on yesterday.



I need to take the spoiler back off because my "gasket" that I made isn't going to work like I hoped. I want to find some thin foam rubber to try to make a set similar to the factory gasket, but if not I will just use tried and true silicone.

Clay you need a set of those, they dont look too bad on the Regal. Should test fit Dans wheels on the regal

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Originally Posted by stealthee

So you have my winter wheels?

As for me, I put new rotors up front. Even though the pads are still ones I put on awhile ago I took the car out and bedded the pads.

I posted this in my ride thread but, I finally got a hood (yes that is an Inferno hood.) I put it on last week after I picked it up from paint. I got the GXP spoiler painted at the same time and I put it on yesterday.



I need to take the spoiler back off because my "gasket" that I made isn't going to work like I hoped. I want to find some thin foam rubber to try to make a set similar to the factory gasket, but if not I will just use tried and true silicone.

they are mine! im keeping them for awhile.
I plan to try to start cleaning them up tomorrow. I got my supplies yesterday so I'm good to go.

im currently using 3 of them as a work bench while I paint shelves.


Hood and spoiler look amazing by the way.

I am hoping to get the time to do a full detail on the exterior of the car before July 3rd so it is looking good for my trip to Norwalk for the Summit Nationals. If I do I will have to take it and do a quasi photo shoot.

speaking of wheels and washing cars, cleaned both today.



just a wash with a wipe down with black box detailer spray.

i even found tire shine in the trunk, so i used it.

I drove the car down a curvy hilly road for about 40 miles. It was a blast. One of the first times I've gotten to play with the car since the rims, suspension, and all that crap. The hard 1-2 shift is back, the PCM still reports a shift time of .150 seconds, so I'm wondering if something else is going on. I've noticed that since I swapped in the subframe my dogbones are off to the passenger side some and the pulleys are a little closer to the overflow tank. I wonder if something is binding up or something stupid like that.

your motor mount is shot to hell.

have someone hold the brakes, then shift the car from P to R then to D while you watch the engine, if the pass side moves, like front to back and stays there the mount is blown to hell like mine was . my whole engine was twisting in the bay. pulleys got real close to the frame and all.

this was my mount, see the U shaped part hooks on the bar. the engine slides back and fourth cause its all free to do so.



the rest of it.

I'll check it, but that damned thing is less than a year old. IIRC it looked fine when I put the subframe on a month ago. I do hear a clunk when I shift into reverse occasionally, but I have not seen the motor move. When I swapped in the aluminum subframe I didn't have to grind on any bracket or anything and I always read that grinding was needed...I just need to get back under there and check everything out.

you could pull up on ramps and do this test to watch it from underneath, if you trust the guy holding the brakes lol

if the pass side moves something is shot or loose.

you have the Al pan too?

Nope, JY didn't have any. I plan to eventually, but for now it's still the steel one...dented to sh*t. The only ramps I have won't clean the bumper, I supposed I could jack it up and set it on the ramps, lol.

lay some boards in front of the ramps so as the wheels drive on the boards the bumper clears the ramps. boards first, then bring the ramps in close to make sure you clear.

you may need like 2 or 3 foot long boards. depends on how low you are as to how many stacked you'll need.

ive done the jack it up and put it on ramps before. its no fun most of the time unless your jack goes sky high.

changed the front pads on dad's mountaineer then realized the rear is shot so I pulled the rear tires and the one pad was so far worn the rivets were gone in it and about 1/4" of the rotor. I changed the one rotor and both pads and sent him on his way. Oh and changed his oil Autozone oil and stp filter $13.

Listened to my car pop and creak some more. What would pop and cause this thing to pull to the left?