Bobsyouruncl

10 hours ago, Pleides said:

I don't recall. I did a layer of the plastic dip clear in the end. I also vaguely remember attempting the job twice. It's been 5 years since, though.

Ok sounds good, thanks. I think I'm gonna give it a whirl 

On 4/25/2024 at 9:51 AM, Pleides said:

I left the badges on the car, sprayed the plasti dip over the course of an hour or two, then peeled the excess off. If sprayed correctly, it's pretty easy to do. You'll need a toothpick to get between letters like hole in the capital A.

 

If you were to remove the badges and dunk them in plasti dip, you'd lose the adhesive properties of the back of the badges.

How many coats?

Did you plastidip on car or remove and actually dip?

Thanks 

10 minutes ago, LegacyGTWagon05 said:

If anyone else in the future has a similar issue, all it was the washer that goes between the transmission and the NSS wasn’t put on. Make sure it’s there before putting everything is put back together. Would’ve saved me a few days of trying to figure out the issue.

NSS? 

23 hours ago, Ashtone said:

Did you use a vacuum pump, or the two man “pump the pedal” method?

I read a thread by jmp and he said to gravity bleed it. It took forever but I followed his instructions and seems to be dialed. 

2 hours ago, KZJonny said:

It’s amazing how many friends you did not know you had appear when they find out you have a lift. Hah!

The Legacy sedan is not mine.

Where do you live? I'm coming over!

 I'm trying to get all the chrome off my car. The back end is the last section. Debating over whether to debadge, plastidip/paint badging, 3d print or find some black replacements for the badging. 

After that the tail lights are the last thing. I don't know that I love blacking them out. I heard tint won't stay on them. I can't really find anything but stock replacements. So the question is .... Anyone have any ideas or know a decent solution? 

Replaced my brake lines with SS lines and did a full fluid flush. 

On 3/29/2024 at 10:53 AM, killjoy323232 said:

Had to park the OBXT for the moment. Have been dealing with an odd misfire that has steadily been getting worse. The good news is I’m now pretty sure it’s spark-related. It’s the only time in my life I’ve wanted to see a blinking CEL to try to track down the misbehaving cylinder, so I’ll knock that and the dodgy knock sensor(/wiring) out at the same time.

What "dodgy" about the knock sensor wiring? 

Where did you get the black badging? 

On 7/20/2022 at 6:45 PM, 08Spec_B said:

Well, I've been a long time lurker but never made my contributions to the group via forum posts. Owned my spec b since end of 2019, was basically stock with 166k miles located in Utah but fairly rust free for the area. Been a fun two years and it's finally shapping up how I envisioned. Kinda hard to figure out where to start this post since car has been heavily modified up to this point ha. I'll just go from the start of my ownwrship to where we sit now woth a couple pictures. Thread will become mote organized as time goes on. 

Current build list:

Drivetrain:
Battery relocation with 1/0 gauge, inline fuse and breaker
Rev 9 FMIC
Rev 9 silicone turbo inlet
Custom in-fender intakes
IAG V2 TGV deletes
ID1050X injectors
Iag parallel fuel lines
Radium fuel rails and dampers
Aeromotive adjustable FPR
Fuel labs inline fuel filter
Aem 320lph fuel pump
Chase bays thermostatic sandwich plate
Mocal oil cooler
IAG AOS
AEM IAT sensor
HKS SSQV BOV
Grimspeed EBCS
Mishimoto radiator
Silicone rad hoses
Custom 321SS v-band ELH
Custom 321SS vband 44mm EWG up pipe
Tial MVR 44m EWG
BNR Billet 20G
SS turbo oil feed line
Megan racing catless DP
HKS Silent Hi Power BP fitment
Accessport v3 353hp/349tq on 91 oct.
Made 407hp/373tq on e85 (tuned by simple performance in SLC, UT)
Fumoto quick drain valve
Secondary air pump delete
Mazda rx8 oil filter
Poly pitch stop mount
Modified Andrewtech 6mt Cocktail

Suspension and Handling:
Cygnus X-1 series coilovers (hyperco spring upgrade, spring rates 8k F / 7k R) @ 184k
24mm Whiteline front sway bar
21mm JDM wangan gulf rear sway bar
Cobb RSB reinforcement brackets
Group N motor mounts
Polyurethane sway bar bushings
Energy suspension rear diff bushing inserts
Moog upgraded sway bar endlinks (F/R)
Megan racing adjustable rear lateral links
Front strut bar
New front control arms with bushings
Kein trans mount
Prothane rear diff bushing inserts
15+ STI steering rack
Motegi traklite 18x8.5 et42
Achilles atr sport 2 245/40r18
Cobb short shifter
Whiteline front and rear shifter bushings

Interior:
Jdm double din hvac kit and jdm hazard
Kenwood DMX906s headunit
Tightfitfab adapter harness
Backup camera
Kicker front speakers
Rockford fosgate punch rear speakers
Soundqubed 4 gauge amp wiring kit
Custom tweeter delete gauge pod
Aem uego afr gauge w/ custom tweetr pod
Weathertech all weather floor mats
Stitchboots faux leather EU shift and ebrake boots
Perforated stitch on leather SW cover
EU console with tbsti/s402 red lit cupholders
Tuned by sti armrest cover/storage cubby
Custom forged CF trims/handles
Custom 2x2 twill CF Ebrake handle

Exterior:
Wingless trunk
JDM STI trunk lip w/ brake light
JDM aero splash guards
JDM Zerosports CF grille
JDM spec B front bumper
DAMD rep vented fenders
Tinted windows
Wellvisors rain guards
Rear s209 bumper vents grafted in

Engine Build that should be done next week:
New RA calse halves
Closed deck service by outfront
Manley platinum 99.75 pistons
Manley Turbo Tuff I beam rods
ARP rod bolts
ACL main and rod bearings
ARP 625+ heads studs
New shimmed 11mm oil pump
Nitrided Crank

Where do these lights come from?

My 07 spec b 

8 minutes ago, Deltaking said:

serious? And Now?

Do now 

7 hours ago, Deltaking said:

I did the logo back to front on this image and corrected it on the final model lol as the deeper end of the engine cover is on the front

Don't see anything 

On 1/2/2024 at 10:35 AM, Deltaking said:

So created the Spec B badge as close to the original as possible from an image
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6413396

I have next to zero experience 3d printing. I'm wondering if this could be used to 3d print a new matte black badge for the rear of my car. Been looking for a while for black badging and found nothing 

On 3/21/2024 at 4:38 PM, Bobsyouruncl said:

T'd my fuel pressure regulator into the BPV line. 

Had a stumble since I owned the car. It's gone now. Much improved! 

 

Does anyone know the official hose size for the fpr reference line? I put on 5/32 vacuum hose because my OE one is old and the ends are hard. The ID on the OE looks bigger than 5/32 but I couldn't find anything bigger that seemed to fit snug enough over 5/32 at the local store. 

I'm wondering if it might be better to have a larger ID to give it a more clear signal and if there are any concerns over it collapsing under high vacuum. 

Does the spacer effectively decrease the offset? If I'm thinking about this right? 

Well based on that it seems like it would most likely be ok. Thanks for that. 

On 2/28/2024 at 7:42 AM, BoozeRS05 said:

There’s a good bit of info on these questions just from doing basic searches online. In the long run you’ll want to understand these things for yourself and pick a setup that suits your preferences.

If you want to get your feet on the ground you have a basic idea of what will fit and function very well.

Booze, have you run a +45? 

I'm considering an 18x8 +45 with 235/40/18. Wondering how much different that is to a +48? 

Like I said I've only found one +48 that I remotely like and they are heavy and I don't love the color. 

4 hours ago, xt2005bonbon said:

You sure it's gone?

I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that

T'd my fuel pressure regulator into the BPV line. 

Had a stumble since I owned the car. It's gone now. Much improved! 

2 hours ago, 310Z said:

Oh! You did not back into the parking spot in the traditional Japanese way, maybe that is why you were snubbed. I mean besides you car is waaaaaaay cooler, classic, and rare. His is a dime a dozen and ugly.

Facts!

That's all I got aside from my custom tune. 

Throw out bearing misaligned or messed up? Do you have someone that can operate the clutch while you watch the fork? 

Shifter linkage messed up? 

Thats all I got