Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

ohhhhh.....hmmmmm...well for that matter ill leave the other 4 ic pipes unpainted aswell....we need to talk prices though, this mans money tree has been withering since i bought the fd, hahaha

Funny how that happens isn't it. Prob one of the reasons mine remains in storage

Originally Posted by Force13b

You are a maniac.......but in a good way

I'm not a maniac, I'm a Madman You need to com to Deals Tyler. How'd the surgery go?

Originally Posted by helghast7

broken bolts keep fucking me up

That sucks dude, I broke one of the welded nuts INSIDE the frame rail tonight. That pissed me off. We were able to get it out, but still, WTF... I thought I was done welding on the chassis, I have 3 more places damnit.

Your seats will be done in the next two days. Alex and I traded cars, mine is hibernating at his place, under her fitted cover, next to his abomination of an engine, and his showed at my shop today for paint. Here we come DGRRX!!! WOOT!!!!

[helghast7]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Funny how that happens isn't it. Prob one of the reasons mine remains in storage

yea no kidding lol, its ok though, im enjoying every second working on it

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

That sucks dude, I broke one of the welded nuts INSIDE the frame rail tonight. That pissed me off. We were able to get it out, but still, WTF... I thought I was done welding on the chassis, I have 3 more places damnit.

yea i had one of those..i ended up punching the welded nut out and tapping the frame lol, it was the only thing i could think of doing since it was too far in the frame to nut and bolt, ill show you when i bring the car lol

and whats even worse is all three bolts holding the fans to my radiator are seized, one broke, i cant get them out and i have no clue how to remove them without fucking up the radiator...whats worse....i know for a fact one of my fans is on its way out...and pb blaster is doing nothing ..my only hope...the fan healed itself after sitting all those months

btw...can aluminum handle direct heat(torch)? my last hope is to heat it up to losen it

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Your seats will be done in the next two days. Alex and I traded cars, mine is hibernating at his place, under her fitted cover, next to his abomination of an engine, and his showed at my shop today for paint. Here we come DGRRX!!! WOOT!!!!

thats kickass, it just so happens ill be breathing life into her this weekend

what perfect timing, i love how everything is working out so far

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

yea no kidding lol, its ok though, im enjoying every second working on it

Yeah, first thing I said when we wheeled the FD in was, DAMN, she looks good in here..... fuck your paint Alex, time to work on the FD

Originally Posted by helghast7

yea i had one of those..i ended up punching the welded nut out and tapping the frame lol, it was the only thing i could think of doing since it was too far in the frame to nut and bolt, ill show you when i bring the car lol

Nice... great way to fix it! There's a co called Fastenal, they have one time use nutserts that I'm going to try on mine. If it fails, I can get to it and pull it out and try to weld something in from the backside.

Originally Posted by helghast7

and whats even worse is all three bolts holding the fans to my radiator are seized, one broke, i cant get them out and i have no clue how to remove them without fucking up the radiator...whats worse....i know for a fact one of my fans is on its way out...and pb blaster is doing nothing ..my only hope...the fan healed itself after sitting all those months

Awesome, glad I bought a southern car At least I have the luxury of being able torch, cut grind to my hearts content and then repaint everything.

I'm actually thinking flat black now

Originally Posted by helghast7

btw...can aluminum handle direct heat(torch)? my last hope is to heat it up to losen it

It can, the only problem is it gives almost ZERO warning before it melts awayand falls apart so you need to be REALLY careful.

Originally Posted by helghast7

thats kickass, it just so happens ill be breathing life into her this weekend

what perfect timing, i love how everything is working out so far

SAHWEET!!! Do you think you'll be able to swing up Tuesday or Wednesday to pick them up? There's a ton of weather coming our way Thurs-Sun and I want to leave the FD out of Le Annex Part Duex so you can sit in them before you take them home incase there are some adjustments to be made. As Alex told you tonight, the range of motion is limited because of how wide they are..... they are so 'effin comfy though! All three of us are about the same hieght/build and where they are, they're great. As far back as they can go is too far for me to be comfy. I can't wait to get started on that car.