VQ boys......parts, problems, upgrades, swaps, boost

cacasplat3 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject:

i doubt it will come back......my concern is that the WD40 dosent short out the electronics........buy a can of CRC electrical contact cleaner and spray both motors.........that should help free up things. Exclamation

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

cacasplat3 · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject:

i would say bent tire or rim........

sometimes it could be a combination of bad suspension and steering parts that gives a steering shimmer.........

i still have the slight humming, still have to raise the car and check to see if its the bearing......i looking to get a good floor jack......i fed up of this damn scissor jacks........does make me break ah sweat......kixx

i have a few problems to sort out on the car generally.....
1) radio antenna is tight in one notch, so it goes up about 2 inches Neutral

2) right side door mirror was hit by an idiot driver, now it dosent fold out on its own, it needs some help Neutral

3) i think my front and rear crank seals gone, cuz i seeing some engine oil around the area by the pulley.......and i seeing some around the bellhousing.......the front one simple to change, is the back one i worried bout. i not loosing oil so i eh too busy to see about it.
4) brakes kind ah spongy.......have to bleed them, and i have to rebuild my rear calipers cuz the bushing around the piston on one is bad.
5) handbrake light stays on even though its dis-engaged. this started about 3 days ago, still didnt get time to try to sort it out.
6) throttle body sticking in closed position (i real sticking to see about this)

ah feel i'l bleed the brakes tomorrow, and try to solve the handbrake light issue......

cheese pie · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:29 am Post subject:

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

wowz dey cacasplat3, real issues there jed..........I intend to do that swap dey cheese........ hopefully tomorrow I'll get serious and do it. If tyre is bent then dat go force meh hand to buy some 18's or 19's.........problem is to select something that'll be strong, lightweight and still go with the look of the car.......

cacasplat3 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject:

^^^yup real issues, i kind ah stop driving the car, mom's using it.....and since i working i doh get time to see about it, work 6 days a week, lime sunday.......and then i have to leave the country soon Confused

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ try enkei wheels.........some of the sportish designs really compliment the VIP look of the cefiro's........i always hated big heavy nasty looking chromes on any car, so i never recommend them Laughing

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:19 am Post subject:

enkei? ok, whey I getting them locally? I really don't have time to be running around looking.........just want to go straight to a few places and buy.........actually was more looking at rims like this......

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:22 am Post subject:

or this.......

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:

I real like this set..........but is too much spokes to clean.......

Click for full-size.

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:48 am Post subject:

even this too.........

but I like the first one the best.........I believe its a lowenhart ld1x

cacasplat3 · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:

i think gerrard (W2J) had brought in a set of lowenhart already....and he sells enkei as well as garvin's..........

personally if i'm going back to alloys i'll be putting on 18's or 19's on a slightly lowered suspension....and it aint no suspex drop either........ Laughing

the second and third set looks a bit plain, the first set is ah lil too much bling for me......th last one is my choice out of those........

BTW on a side note........was running real hard over the weeknd...and i mean real hard, was ocasionally reaching 180, outside was kind ah cool and the AC was on....water temp gauge on the dash looked OK, but the reading on the GReddy intelligent informeter peaked at 102*......it has never ever reached that high.....it always goes to about 96 at the most.........working normal now though Exclamation

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:22 am Post subject:

the last one does look good, but cleaning........that's why I thought of the first one (which incidentally isn't chrome but like alloy finish)

How's the rad water?

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:

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cacasplat3 · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

^^^^nuh my cup of tea

i used to have 10 spoke wheels.......the same design of Duane's Volk's.......wasent hard to clean.......sold them cuz they looked plain after a while and i kept seeing an A33 taxi with the same set and his car was the same colour Confused

i love this set....Enkei RS-V

cant decide on a colour.....but the bronze looks good.......what colour is yur car?

the radiator coolant was changed a couple months ago........looks normal.......i eh worried........its supposed to be able to hold temps up to about 120 safely anyways Exclamation

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject:

car's white..........honestly I don't like any of those yuh post except the first one.......sorry dey Embarassed

and I want to get away from the universal holes look......simple 5 stud scenes.........the more I look at the one on the blue ciffie the more I like it........

Yuh sure you not leaking any water.....that's why I asked about the water level.......the tiniest of leaks does happen and usually is un-noticed.......

cacasplat3 · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject:

if i had a leak, at that temp it would have instantly turned to steam, i would have know.....but like i said i was running real hard Neutral

white on white always looks nice.....white on black is old........u need big wheels though........on a white car wheels tend to look smaller.....

white on bronze is a nice look.........or on gold.......those colours tend to show up more on white cars.......try to stay away from wheels with a lip though, they tend to look smaller.....

u looked at any advan's? they have some really sweet rims Exclamation

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

^^^honestly bro I eh look at anything and I am TOTALLY ignorant wrt where to go for quality rims locally.......time just don't permit me to go looking around anywhere........I had tried some 17's on the ride but they were lost.....just like you said about bigger rims for the car and colour......

Man thanks for the lil advice and if you come across any decent rims that matching my specs feel free to throw up some pics and where to get them locally.....

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:

cacasplat3 · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject:

i get what u saying about knowing where to buy wheels.....i never really found out where to get them either............i now saw a set of BBS on the autoparts and i'm going to check them out tomorrow......they are 17's but the look bigger than my last set, and they look way better too.........if they were 18's i'd surely take them, but i'm still going to check them out tomorrow and make a decision.

will tell u if i see anything u might like..........

cacasplat3 · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject:

about yur temp gauge.....thats the first time i've heard about sumthing like that.........u should invest in an aftermarket one and discretely mount it sumwhere.......throw up a pic of yur dash...........i want to see how it looks without a temp gauge. Neutral