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  • jalenda9
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    Thanks man appreciate the kind words. Hope to see your civic come along. I need to get a camber kit before I be rolling around on my wheels haha. Anyway, here's some scrappy shots from earlier and my oil pan clearance:


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  • ihate0sc
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    dude love the progress on ur da, this dude has one around our neighborhood and yours looks so much better than his. dig that ur doing things proper man. i dig the shift knob and steering wheel man goes together great.

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  • jalenda9
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    my dad has a bald head like brody lol

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  • SnazzyQ
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    Dang flabbit @Jalens dad.

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  • jalenda9
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    I tried stipper and my dad won't let me use his pressure washer.

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  • SnazzyQ
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    Hm. I mean you could try paint stripper and a pressure washer

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  • jalenda9
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    I would but the bum before me used some really strange thick paint and it literally will not come off so it blows. I'll work on painting it also haha I need to fix the front of it first though

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  • SnazzyQ
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    Yeah Id paint it before getting wheels.

    Maybe strip and polish your current wheels? idk

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  • jalenda9
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    Yeah man. Honestly, that's what I wanna do I just figured I'd ask for some suggestions on wheels since you guys have a fair share of knowledge haha. But yeah, I need to get my radiator core support needs to get in shape also before I paint haha

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  • Oh Damn, it's Sam
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    Originally posted by jalenda9 View Post
    Cattywampus eh?
    I guess you gotta be from a certain part of the country to know about cattywampus.

    Anyway, looks good with the rear sitting at a better ride height. If I might make a suggestion, getting it all one color would be my next step before I picked out wheels, even if that just means spraying it yourself and doing a B+ quality job, you know? You'd be surprised how cheap you can lay some color down if you're willing to put in some elbow grease.

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  • jalenda9
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    So , I got the rears done only took me about an hour. I managed to get the coil springs off without a spring compressor haha it was a bit nerve racking but I did it. Car still has room to come down. I'm gonna play with they height before I get it aligned and hopefully start on another part of the car. Probably going to start saving for some wheels. Unsure about what to save for though....open to suggestions?????

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  • jalenda9
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    [URL=http://s788.photobucket.com/user/jalenpatterson/media/IMAG0267_zps0aklntpy.jpg.html][/URL



    So , I got the rears done only took me about an hour. I managed to get the coil springs off without a spring compressor haha it was a bit nerve racking but I did it. Car still has room to come down. I'm gonna play with they height before I get it aligned and hopefully start on another part of the car. Probably going to start saving for some wheels. Unsure about what to save for though....open to suggestions?????

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  • jalenda9
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    Cattywampus eh? Hahaha yeah man well I'm gonna go try and rent one today if it's do-able hopefully it works and I can get the rears dropped

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  • Oh Damn, it's Sam
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    I did the coils on my old XJ with just a lug wrench to turn the bolt on the compressors. It was slow as shit, but it did work.

    EDIT: Anyway, you don't want to go at it too fast anyway, lest you get the compressors all cattywampus.

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  • jalenda9
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    Thanks man. Yeah haha probably gonna go that route. The issue is I don't have a air compressor or any are tools to hold tighten the compressor down so then I thought about attempting to use hand tools. If not, I'm gonna try and find a cordless impact.

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