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How much is it to fix a ujoint? Like if I take the axle out myself and just bring it to a mechanic.

Ehhhhh, I'd say see it during the day when its cheaper. I also missed the first 5 minutes or so of the movie so hopfully that wasn't vitally important.

Please take/post pics of the throttle body modification needed as its hard to follow what that guy is saying. Thanks.

The s12-8 bolt on calipers came on what make/year/vehicle? I know its a 4x4 toyota truck of some form. I need to do this, 79$ loaded(this means with pads im guessing) is each, right? Thanks.

could be 1/4 shafts making contact with control arms?

I'm going through the same trouble, the calves hurt when you push down a pedal. In addition the space between the seat and the steering wheel is minimal and a pain to get in and out of(this is where a removable hub would be handy). Oh and I cant see from like 40-80mph or so because the steering wheel is in the way. I'm hoping to attempt to cut out the stock stuff and pray that the floor is solid enough to bolt down some miged box steel seatrail so that I can get low enough and still have some degree of leaning back.

I couldnt swing my control arm down enough with the tie rod still intact, so I hammered the crud out of that thing until I got a pickle fork to get it to let go, then I had to go through the process of replacing tie rods. I hated it.

afraid to wash the new paintjob or something?

your 15... just try not to kill yourself for a couple more years. I dont know what a kph is, im hoping it some crazy unit of power and not kilometers per hour. Learn the car/ a car in general first. Oh and a l28et with a bigger turbo, injectors, better ecu, tuning.

Price mainly? Benefits from azc could be weight, although a small amount.

stage 1 weight reduction.... look out.

Awwwww, I wanted to see some pics of you with a paint roller and beer, I was expecting a full writeup on roller painting like a pro. Looks good though, do they sell clearcoat for any reason at homedepot?(cant think of a reason why you'd need clearcoat in a house) because if you can get that for semi cheap that would give it a good chunk of glossyness(word?) if the wetsanding doesn't do it up to your standards. Good job.

jmortensen answered the oil question, mr2 struts don't have much if any play when the gland nut is screwed down. I got my sleeves from modern motorsports.

Is a gland nut refering to the piece that threads into the top of the strut housing holding the shock/strut in or the nut at the top of the shock/strut that holds the rubber mount? I'm kind of confused why your worried about gland nuts when you have the stock ones to use. edit: I have time so I'll give you as much info as I can. For clarification...(might not be correct terms but whatever) gland nut= piece that threads into strut housing. strut nut= picee that threads onto the top of the shiney compressable part of the strut. I originally bought the tokico illumina and spring combo set for a 280z off of ebay. This came with 4 new struts(all the same size, they came with 2 spacers for the front and 2 for the rear), 4 new strut nuts, and 4 new gland nuts. I then bought 2 mk1 mr2 rear tokico illumina struts, this came with the a strut and a strut nut each, no gland nut I believe. I then went coilovers and shortened my strut housing by 1.25''(I think?) all around. The mr2 struts were used in the front with no spacers and the 280z gland nut that came with the ebay kit(although I could have used the stock ones) and the strut nut that came with the mr2 struts. The rear spacers were cut by 1.25'' and were used with the 280z struts that came with the ebay kit. One thing to note is that you may have to grind your stock strut rubber top mount pieces this is because the piece that goes through it might be completely circular while the stock piece is circular with a flat notch. Hopefully I have accomplished my goal of thoroughly confusing you. Lol, just recognized your avatar from ziptied.

I'd 100% agree that it was exhaust, maybe like a heat shield?, but there are two of them on the drivers side so it leads me to think it may be something else edit v. need to stop editing: Yea, I have no clue whats going on, doubt that stuff is going to stay there with the drivers feet inches away and having stuff behind the gas pedal.

Anyone else guess what it was before opening the thread? edit: what am I looking at in the 2nd to last pic? what are the big metal pieces?

I see your going for the infinite boost mod / you forgot to build a waste gate flange?

The took like 2 months for mine. I dont think they have a lot of 4x4.5'' centers lying around.

Trust me, I know I'm stupid... But is the stock manifold aluminum? Because I thought it was kind of hard/bad to weld the new aluminum your getting to the stock metal runners. Just seems like different metals=different expansion rates= cracking, boost wouldn't be helping this process. The only fabricating experience I have is Lego's, just wondering.

Thanks, the guy picked up the phone! Said he'll get it shipped today. Appreciate it.

It was a problem before I had the wheels and before I had the car, so the wheels are going to stay for now. Finding a replacement for the thing is proving difficult though, I've sent emails to all I could but dont see it listed on any websites. I found one from courtest nissan but its for a 280zx.

Anyone know where I can get a new one online? Not having luck googleing and I dont want the 5 lug MM ones.

I've had this problem before the wheels went on, and I've rotated wheels so I'm sure they're not bent up. Stub axle sounds like a place to start, I'l look into that, thanks.

My back passenger side wheel wobbles a lot. You can feel/hear it at around 30mph, over that and then its forced to go straight and starts to calm down. At first I thought it was a toe problem and that the wheel was trying to correct itself but im starting to think this is not the problem because I think Ive straighted up the toe (going to alignment shop soon to find out for sure) I've also jacked up the car and forced the wheel around with no play at all so I assume the bearings are okay. Anybody have/had this problem or know what could be causing it?