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Kinja'd!!! "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
06/21/2016 at 13:13 • Filed to: dollar sentra

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Here’s my to-do list as it currently stands:

ENGINE:

Clean IACV

Clean MAF

Check for vacuum leaks

Seafoam oil/intake

Oil change to 5w30full synthetic

Check ignition timing

EXHAUST:

Put on new manifold gaskets

Leak test

Weld all of the leaks

BODY:

New hood

Assess damage to side skirts, find pictures of how they SHOULD look and start removing copious rust

Wire wheel surface rust/bubbling

Primer cleaned rust spots

Cut out any rust holes

More primer

Fiberglass or bondo now-rust-free holes

Repair split front bumper lower fascia

Repair split rear bumper lip

Replace all front door hinges

Replace leaky gas filler vent tube (pisses fuel out during accel, no bueno)

(Eventually) have car re-painted professionally black with metallic flake

Remove rear seat and fabricate a half cage with harness bar for eventual racing seat (far future, racing seat alone costs more than everything on this damn list)

SUSPENSION:

New front suspension strut mounts

Cut down ebay coil sleeves (temporary)

Replace springs with something reasonable (found some #220lb 2" lowering springs on ebay for $60, seems like a reasonable spring rate considering the #400 springs I’m running on the Miata)

Asses shocks, replace if needed (Rockauto sells adjustible struts that seem nice)

Remove power steering rack and properly de-power (someone in the past just took cutting dykes to the power steering hardlines and left it all dangling in the engine bay)

Paint calipers Brembo gold (with NISMO decals for good measure)

Ceramic brake pads

Wheel spacers in the back (??? the rear wheels seem to be staggered inward slightly, and a wider rear track might help handling some)

Poly sway bar bushings

Braided brake lines

Refinish OEM wheels

INTERIOR:

Eh, fuck it. Interior is fine. Might take the dashboard out and figure out why the blower motor doesn’t work and reupholster the cracked-to-hell dash bad.

Holy hell that’s a list.


DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/21/2016 at 13:27

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This needs to be Oppo’s travelling Torchbug. You pass it on to the next person for $1 after improving it, they pass it on to someone else for $1 after doing a little work, etc.


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Spridget
06/21/2016 at 13:29

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Nah, I like it too much.


Kinja'd!!! thebigbossyboss > Spridget
06/21/2016 at 13:42

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Yes. That would be awesome!


Kinja'd!!! thebigbossyboss > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/21/2016 at 13:43

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Once the Cavalier got to the "depower the rack" bit properly...I was like I'm done with this.


Kinja'd!!! PartyPooper2012 > Spridget
06/21/2016 at 13:51

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I’d end up keeping it and rally racing it through wallmart parking lot

Thanks for fixing up the stanza, suckas


Kinja'd!!! S65 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/21/2016 at 13:52

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The hood looks fine to me


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > PartyPooper2012
06/21/2016 at 14:21

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That’s a real party pooper move.


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/21/2016 at 14:22

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Well, you could keep it until you stopped liking it.


Kinja'd!!! PartyPooper2012 > Spridget
06/21/2016 at 14:25

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yeah... well... $1 car in near perfect condition. sorry


Kinja'd!!! PorkchoPlissken > Spridget
06/21/2016 at 14:26

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This. I’ll buy it now, for $2.


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > PartyPooper2012
06/21/2016 at 15:25

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I was joking; it was more of a reference to your username than a serious comment.


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > PorkchoPlissken
06/21/2016 at 15:27

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I’ll top your offer with $1, five British pound coins, an empty soda can, a picture of Adam Sandler from Wikipedia, and a cucumber.


Kinja'd!!! PartyPooper2012 > Spridget
06/21/2016 at 15:28

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HAHA! NOW you tell me?! I have to un-bunch my undergarments


Kinja'd!!! Spridget > PartyPooper2012
06/21/2016 at 16:11

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