I reused as much as possible, but i was missing clips already so i bought some new ones. And know i tossed everything that was broken.

um, like $500 about a week cause I had school and stuff.



just ordered a new a/c condenser fan, it was rattling and causing vibration throughout the car. I blame it on the accident, should take like 5min. to swap it out.

 

I'm down for one as soon as I get the ef running!

 

o ya i forgot, we talked about this already. Well my goal is to have everything i listed done mid july. Whats your goal for getting the ef running?

 

got some purple today, lol and a k&n oil filter. So the plan is next tues. I will install the suspension, coilovers, bars, new shifter....And also change the oil YAY. O and i almost forgot, on fri I'm going to get some seafoam and run it thru the gas + oil. I'll post videos of the white smoke coming out the exhaust lol. and a super cool pic of my high performance valve cover heheheheh

 

Little update here, did the oil change went fairly well.

Today I tried to install the coilovers. Everything was going great untill i had to compress the spring and get some of the stock parts. I just couldnt loosen the top nut and could feel it start to strip so i stopped tried a few other things and then had to pack it up and put the stock setup back on. My dad and I had a hell of a time getting the fork to line up with the lca arm on the drivers side, but the passengers side was really easy. Anyways im just going to buy the stock parts I need and that will make it 10x easier.

 

are you talking about removing the top hat? i had a friend help me with mines. 1 of us held on to the hex driver and the other use a wrench and stepped on top of it pulling on the opposite direction of the person pushing down on the wrench. but yea get stock parts would be 1000x easier.

just a tip maybe this would help you to get the fork and the lca to line up. i use the jack to jack up the lca to match up with the fork. are you trying to get the bolt back on?

 

yeah me and me dad went at it for awhile an couldnt get it. But its all back together so no worries. I prolly end up just buying the parts. That way i can keep my stock setup together and make it easier to switch back to stock or sell them.

 

removed the broken a/c condenser fan and installed the new one. It was pretty easy and im glad im one step closer to getting some cold air in the cabin of the car.

One question tho, is it really hard to re-charge the a/c your self? or does it need to be done by a shop?

 

sanded down the valve cover, took about an hour and a half of work to get this far. Doesnt look all that great or smoot, but it is smooth which is all im going for. The valve cover was in really crappy condition. Let me know if you guys think i should keep sanding. I think im going to paint the cover blue and do the lettering black. Let me know what you guys think.

Tools:
120 grit sand paper
sanding sponge thing
pencil


Before:



Afters:

 

Don't use seafoam after a fresh oil change. Use it right before an oil change. The contents of seafoam are fairly corrosive.