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Old 01-17-2012, 07:10 PM
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Very weird. I saw a silver Century like that today. The first one I've ever seen in person.

My dad's wipers are very loose. I think a couple teeth on the gears are worn down.. a couple years ago, he was driving on the highway with the wipers on, and a strong wind pushed them half way up the windshield from the normal down position.
 
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Don't mind me. Just blending in...
 
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Old 01-31-2012, 03:20 AM
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LOL that's epic. The one in the back is quite interesting looking.
 
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I keep seeing a same color century everywhere I go but this time I was able to get up close and park near them. The rag top is common here. some have the whole roof, some have just the back doors back and some just have the quarter window of the doors back.
 
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You can also see how my headlights stand out against the rest of the model years.
 
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Old 01-31-2012, 05:13 PM
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I haven't seen too many that color around here. Usually black, blue, and red. I have seen a purple one though. Very unusual color.

Yeah, I noticed your headlight. I still don't understand why it don't have the corner light. I thought they all cam standard with it.. I actually hate it on my car. They look so weird compared to my 6000k HIDs
 
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Woke up ready to tackle a list of things with the car like going to get that trunk popper and ecu bracket. Looks out window while brushing teeth to see snow. I might just go look at short ram air intake materials @ Home Depot instead. See what size I need for tube and filter opening with clearance of overflow
 

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Old 02-21-2012, 02:44 PM
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Yeah, snow has a tendency of ruining plans. Finally got my ballast back today, and installed. It was about 15-20*F here today. After half an hour of putting it in, and getting my relay harness straightened out, I could barely feel my fingers.

What are you thinking about making your intake out of? PVC pipe or aluminum/steel?
 
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I might do PVC or CPVC pipe. I did exhaust on My Mazda short ram to covert it to CAI but it has crush bends and only 2.5 large. If I shatter the CPVC short ram pipe in a crash I got worse problems than the pieces ending up in the motor. Haven't dealt with PE Pipe too much nor have I tried to buy a short run of it for an intake.
 
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Did pads rotors and synthetic oil change since last time I posted. Still debating the intake swap. I might cheat and get a L82 throttle body to modify the linkage for the LA1 throttle body. that way I don't have to dremel the plate in the process of the swap. Saves time and gives me a backup if I cut too much to make the larger LA1 plate fit the L82.
 


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