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SteelToad

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  1. A word of advice. Inspect the package carefully before accepting it. If they dont know where it is or what it is then they certainly dont know how to treat it. If there's anything wrong with it you're going to want to get the driver to acknowledge it.
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    I smell a ford engine swap in someones future
  3. There's a lot of frustration in your post, frustration that you wouldnt normally see from a relaxed, well adjusted person. The people that are close to you are trying to tell you that you have too many projects, do you think they are doing this to hurt your feelings or to put you down ? The answer is probably 'no', they are doing it out of concern for you. You should look at what they are saying without trying to defend yourself from them, try to analyze their points carefully without resorting to "...yeah but you dont know what I can do" or similar defensive arguments. They have a unique view of you that you cant see. In the last three months, how many projects have you finished ? How many new ones have you taken on ? Do you ever hire anyone to do any work for you ? Why not ? Promise yourself not to take on one more project before you complete two others. When you find yourself saying "I can squeze this small one in" or "this will only take me a day or two" to justify doing more, then you probably are doing too much. Also, if you think the whole idea of not taking on any more projects is a stupid idea, they could be right Take two notepads, in the first one write down all of the projects you are currently working on or in the middle of, or havent yet finished. In the other write down all of the other projects you are planning, or need to do, but havent yet started. Next take this to somebody that is concerned for you and knows something about the projects, and have them write down what they think are realistic time estimates for one person to do/finish the job. Odd's are one of two things will happen, either you'll be amazed at how much time you have to devote to your projects, or you'll argue with how unreasonable their estimates are. Keep these notebooks up to date as you finish or start new projects. I've got too many projects myself, and have only lately begun to realize it. Good luck.
  4. Take a good look at http://www.dakotadigital.com they have some pretty nice options in different shapes and layouts Here's my choice With matching AC controls (compatible with VintageAir)
  5. A very good point to pay attention to. I'm being very liberal in the use or POR and/or rhino-lining on anything that could use it.
  6. This is just marglass between the fiberglass buckets, and metal fenders, with some good body filler over it. After it was done I took the fender and shook/rattled it any way I could to get a crack to develop, nothing happened.
  7. Maybe I'm missing something here, but by wanting to post video's instead of just links, arent you saying: You WILL use your bandwidth to watch my video, instead of giving people the option of clicking a mouse button. Why would you want to do that to people who are here to read the messages ?
  8. I'm great at problems, solutions I'm not so good at. My guess is that it's a stuck or bad injector, but others here have forgotten more than I know, might be time to check the search.
  9. I think these powder coated in black would look menacing.
  10. Do you frequently smell gas, or have worse than expected mileage ? A small fuel leak would let the fuel run back to the tank, and condensation in the cold would suck air into the line making it hard to start, but you would probably see some physical evidence of gas.
  11. Nice car, impressive equipment, amazing times, good driving, cool video. I can certainly see why there wasnt 20 bucks left over for a camera tripod
  12. Just buy another clunker and when they come to pick yours up, say "Yeah its the one over there", while your baby's safely hidden
  13. THANK YOU for that, I'm in the same boat. I've seen them listed in he black dragon catalog, but it only lists left side.
  14. ^^^ No No No, That didnt help at all ! They both look nice
  15. Shouldnt your signature be about you? Now, if you're one of those women, its an entirely different story
  16. Definately without the stingrayish wedge, hard call on the fender lips. I think without the lips in the front is missing something, but the back looks good without them, and I'm not sure it would look right with lips up front when theres none in the back. Could you try it either way, and others can decide. You need to document some of this, If Nissan comes out with a revival 280zx, you want proof it was done here first
  17. Ok my front fender flare idea SUX, it looked much better without them. Could ya do an animated from the original to the previous version without the front fender flares. That animation is really nice
  18. That is pretty shweeet, I'd prefer it without the raised hood, and with a little flare on the front wheels along the lines of a corvette stingray. But you'd have a hard time dragging me away from it just the way it looks. Extending the rear flares to the door makes all the difference in the world.
  19. Check the link in the signature. Sadly there arent any very recent photo's, hopefully in the coming weeks the new tail lights will be in.
  20. What book is this ? I always thought that the zx was designed by two different crew's: Team one put in the sweeping Z lines, every thing smooth, but not rounded. Then team two came along: - Ok lets put in a triangular window to fill that space, oh, and bolt it in so it cant move, while your at it, make sure the bolts are exposed. - Next, lets cut out the wheel area, I want nice sharp corners. - Mirrors ? oh I want something big and blocky, and if possible really make them stand off the car. - Marker lights ? Make them rectangular, and stick them right on the body, not in the bumpers where we have room, and while your at it put spacers under them so they really stick out. - Gas cap, .... Muahahah I'm doing what I can to fix these on mine. When I'm done, I'd love to drive the Nissan dealers and ask "Now would that have been so #%@ difficult"
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