good work.

personally i would do everything in my power to finish it up asap

congrats bro!

car is officially on the road...wow..its a monster...im loving the feeling of having done this and finially being able to enjoy it now...2 nights ago i had it out for the first time and i was getting crazy vibrations in the front end, jacked it up the next morning, and my strut where it bolts to the hub, they were super loose. i tightend them up, and check a few other things out while i was at it. it took a little bit of the vibrations out but it was still there...drove it around lastnight, got on it a little bit, wow the motor is great and the car pulls hard, but i still have that damn vibration. so today i drove down to arts house and we jacked it up and pulled both front wheels off, tightened up the axle bolts, and the strut bolts on both sides and torwued them down real good. art gave me a fresh set of lug nuts (thanks bro) because i had some ****ty lug nuts on there, torqued them down, and that took car of a little more of the vibration, its still there thogh. From about 15mph up its shaking my steering wheel and i can feel it in my feet. i have a feeling i need to get the wheels rebalanced and get an alignment and that should help. I also think my wheel bearings are shot, so im going to save up and replace them, weather they need them or not. while the car was jacked up we also noticed that the tvis clip was not hooked up, not allowing my valves to open when they should, it feels a little better up stairs now as well. all in all the car is running fantastic, pulling like crazy, i have no traction in 1st or 2nd gear, and some of third, so that means i need some new tires, pretty quick. other then that im super happy with it, its running and driving, sounds mean, and getting good gas milage for the most part! i am going to wait to post pictures because they arent going to work anyway, and maybe a few videos as well...i'll keep it posted

good job, every couple of months i see another project 3s thread completed and it kills me that i wont be able to do the same any time soon. hope its everything you ever wanted and then some

thanks man..it absoutly is...dont worry about it, you'll get there soon enough...it was a super long road for myself, but a huge sense of accomplishment at the end...like i said the hard work is finially starting to pay off...now its just a matter of "finishing it up"

your car ate my timing light !

NICE^...didnt even see that...once i get my body in order we'll go out and take some real pictures man...its a must..anyway heres the dealio

i had a super fun day today...i drove up to mikes auto body on castor to see if i could paint my fender in there saterday morning...i use to work there and im really good friends with the owner...my uncle works there and is like, well joe, its tradition to get on it by the shop..im like alright alright...walk out to my car, and my front driver side tire is completely flat...back it up, fill it with air, and it has a huge gash in it? i was like alright well i have to get home quick, throw it in reverse, cut the wheel..and my axle poped out(so i thought) so im like WTF man i really dont feel like fixing this right now. i pull my pass side wheel off, and the axle boot, closest to the wheel had poped off and the axle came completly apart. so i tried hammering it back in, but looked a little closer to see why it wouldnt go on. here i have been driving around on about a quarter inch at the most of splines on the axle. whoever machined the axle, the part where they ground out for the snap ring, the splines were not lined up, they were off by about a cm or 2, so it would not allow the the first part of the axle to go back on. Go figure, brand new axle from pep boys with less then 200 miles on it, completely worthless. i have barley any tools on me, but luckly i broke down in front of the body shop and was able to borrow a few from the guys. big thanks to them for helping me out. so i got a ride to pepboys, pulled the bracket off the old axle, hammered it on the new one, put that back in, and replaced my front tire with a full size spare i had. that took a good 4 hours. complete nightmare. so now i need a new front tire anyway, and it just seems like its problem after problem. i knew there were things to iron out, but this is just dumb $hit that shouldnt be happening. so far i have been keeping my cool and just having patience with it. i figure with no money and not being able to fix things right just yet, im going to run into problems, so im just waiting on this job and hopefully everything will start to come together the way it should within the next month or so.

so the main list as of right now:
replace both wheel bearings
4 brand new tires(probably pick up a nice set of D/R's for the front)
all 4 balanced properly(that should take care of my bad vibration problem i have
new exhaust
and fix a few little odds and ends around the car i still have to look after

i'll keep it posted

>>3SGTE IS SURIOUS BIZZNUZ>>

dude..i just fell in love with your camera....this weekend im getting my fender painted...but at that next auto-x at citizens bank park..bring your camera! i'll snap a few of you when your driving if you do the same for me...and then we'll go chill and take some together...damn they are some good pictures..thanks mike

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really joe?

WTF?

95st-celica-- WAY TO GO!! It's great to see you're back in the ride!! Man I"m jealous & droolin'!! Good luck with killin' the grimlins!!!

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He views life though homosexual eyes. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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HAHA thanks man! it feels great..having a couple hundred ponys under the hood is really nice now...i like to exercise them every once in a while, but there doing pretty good...i catually had the gt-4 hood curse tongiht...not cool...so saterday when i hit up the body shop to pain my fender...i guess i'll body work my hood while im at it...PITA

do you have a direct link to your photobucket page. Cause i still cant see your pics. thanks

http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/crashjoey21/

there scattered everywhere but...you'll figure it out

well the engine is still running strong, and my photobucket account decided to start working again, so i took a couple recent pictures...i have officially been cursed by the gt-4 hood, i banged second and didnt latch it and it smacked my windsheild and completely crunched the hood even more...so now i have even more body work to do on the damn thing..anyway..here are some recent pictures...enjoy

sick.

Finally. Post some vids! Whats up with all of the transformer poses?

the blacked out tails actually look really good on your car! congratulations!

You should really adjust that ebrake. Unless that's how you like it.

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yea its been like that for a while...once i do my brakes i might adjust it a little bit but it really doesnt bother me...it holds the car in place...im not drifing around lightpoles so it doesnt have to be mad jdm tight...if you know what i mean...lol

well after the replacement of the first ****ty axle, it took a lot of the vibration away...i think that was the main culprit...now i just have to replace both wheel bearing, get some new tires, and have them balanced, and get a good alignment and i should be good to go...car is running and pulling really nice though...a lot better then those 350z's if ya know what i mean...lol

i would throw up a couple videos but i still have to figure out my spedo situation...its not reading so me and the mad scientist have to rip through the wireing harness and get it fixed...other then that..no complaints

Just stayin fresh....you know

man mad props on this build.... i just read threw the whole thing and i unno how you managed to do it all right and take that long to do it, mad props for the patience......i would have gotten my clip and been like ok its going in and i don't care how much debt i put my self in...i have a tendany to rush things lol....but yea you did it right, it looks and sounds awesome!....be very proud of your self for what you accomplished right there....im real jealous now.....im hoping to get a clip and swap a 3rd gen in the winter if the wallet allows...real nice build thread aswell!

Are you going to get the inserts for the hood? I noticed you are missing the snorkel and vent grills.

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thanks man i appreciate your comments...as for taking my time...i dont like to rush things and have them look like ass afterwards..but a major part of it was that i didnt have my license for over a year..so i figured what the hell? no insurance, no gas money, no reg. and inspection crap for a while, and i always wanted a 3s. but over the year i just bought stuff here and there for what i could afford, threw it all together, and this is the end result. just remember to take your time with the build. if you cheap out on one thing it WILL come back to bite you in the long run. as good as the car looks and sounds there still a lot wrong with it that i should have done right the first time. but all in good time it will be complete. Like i said this is only the begining. i still have a lot of plans for this car, and being this is only my 3rd week out with it, theres still going to be some major changes, both interior, and exterior wise, as well as under the hood. so keep an eye on the thread caus theres a lot more to be done.

as for the inserts, my hood flew up on me and crunched it even more. Im still deciding on weather or not to try and fix/body work the hood, or to just go out and buy a new one with the vents and everything alrdeay in place. as for right now no vents for a while. i still need money for all that and i have bigger problmes then the damn vents right now. i aslo have the bumper but like the hood i need all the inserts for that as well.....just a matter of time and money as usual, but she'll get there soon enough

how many ponies now?

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wish i knew...once i get the new wheel bearings, tires and alignment, im going to take her to the dyno to see what she puts down, and to get it properly tuned, but right now as for WHP i would have to say somewhere around 200...theres nothing really done to it....................................yet

i know this is a personal question, but how much have you spend so far? I'm trying to figure out my budget for my build and i'm getting a wide range of prices here.