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Street credibility; Built not bought
Topic Started: Sep 24 2013, 06:37 PM (56,774 Views)
ZXTjato
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If any one has taken out the MK2 dash these must be the hardest part, so I replaced those stupid Phillips head bolts with 8mm socket bolts and washers. These are the behind the stereo bolts.

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The driver side and.....
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The passenger side body molds door hanger supports were taped off and filled with great stuff expanding foam big fill. The passenger side was also insulated around the wheel well. Driver side has to many wires to get foam under there. And the computer is in the way.

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While at the junk yard I picked up a fantastic fan speed selector so since the plastic is all broken around it, fresh grease on the ball and spring inside and some zip ties to hold it in place.
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ZXTjato
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So where the dash rides on the body of the car I used 3M double side foam tape to secure the joint from rattles.

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So see the empty void above the evaporator box? Those are getting filled with some foam I cut and rolled up.

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Like so, I'll fill as many voids as I can with foam

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Then I got hungry, got a :bacon LT sandwich and some pasta salad, blak beans corn carrots from the garden peppers from the garden pickled fixed cucumber fresh crack pepper from the garden seasoned lemon soy beans and other things nom nom nom
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ZXTjato
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So I was playing with my speedo cluster and I found that it has tons of light on the back that I never knew about, "turbo" "ABS" "power" "low fuel" and like 3 other lights I never knew metros to have :x

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I am now cancer free :banana :bacondance

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I am good! Don't even need to mod this crappy 6X9 I use :lol
Edited by ZXTjato, May 16 2014, 12:11 AM.
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faygoninja


man youre my hero. if i had a garage and another car to drive, id totally tear my whole car apart. :( ahh maybe one day :)
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ZXTjato
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faygoninja
May 16 2014, 12:28 AM
man youre my hero. if i had a garage and another car to drive, id totally tear my whole car apart. :( ahh maybe one day :)
I zip tied my speedo to the steering column and drove to work today :lol
Edited by ZXTjato, May 16 2014, 12:32 AM.
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faygoninja


sadly i am limited in time space and finances. apt on 3rd floor, on street parking, daughter, pregnant girlfriend. makes longer tasks hard. finding places to put all my shit even harder. right now my bumper/ adjusting grill block/ airdam is neatly wrapped around the foot of my bed. lol
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faygoninja
May 16 2014, 12:39 AM
sadly i am limited in time space and finances. apt on 3rd floor, on street parking, daughter, pregnant girlfriend. makes longer tasks hard. finding places to put all my shit even harder. right now my bumper/ adjusting grill block/ airdam is neatly wrapped around the foot of my bed. lol
:rocker geos are the ultimate budget build. All the foam I used was from a Cali king mattress I cut and salvaged layers of nice foam and fabric. I did buy some weather stripping that was 4$ tin insulation 18$ for huge roll spray foam found in the trash and cleaned the tip, tape was 8$ but I use tape for lots of stuff. Most my builds are super recycled crap modded and junked together. But yea a place to work on things is nice, way to hot to not have a garage around here, and my entire yard is dirt/rocks/stickers/ants/cacti(s) :lol
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faygoninja
May 16 2014, 12:39 AM
sadly i am limited in time space and finances. apt on 3rd floor, on street parking, daughter, pregnant girlfriend. makes longer tasks hard. finding places to put all my shit even harder. right now my bumper/ adjusting grill block/ airdam is neatly wrapped around the foot of my bed. lol
My wife would kill me if that was in our bedroom.
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yiffzer
May 16 2014, 01:55 AM
faygoninja
May 16 2014, 12:39 AM
sadly i am limited in time space and finances. apt on 3rd floor, on street parking, daughter, pregnant girlfriend. makes longer tasks hard. finding places to put all my shit even harder. right now my bumper/ adjusting grill block/ airdam is neatly wrapped around the foot of my bed. lol
My wife would kill me if that was in our bedroom.
Funny that he says that in this thread. If a grill block/ airdam gets you death, what kind of horrible torture would 8 (or is it 12) wheels with tires mounted, a hood, 2 gt seats, several boxes of parts, I think there is an engine in there somewhere, and etc get you?
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May 16 2014, 01:55 AM
faygoninja
May 16 2014, 12:39 AM
sadly i am limited in time space and finances. apt on 3rd floor, on street parking, daughter, pregnant girlfriend. makes longer tasks hard. finding places to put all my shit even harder. right now my bumper/ adjusting grill block/ airdam is neatly wrapped around the foot of my bed. lol
My wife would kill me if that was in our bedroom.
That's the difference between a "wife" and a "girl friend"--Girl Friend is hoping to be in power and Wife is in Power.
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Duh, these radio bezel pice is ment to break, was gently putting the visuals back in and snap....common now....

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Eventually all the plastic will snap away leaving behind a husk of crazy glue, JB weld, various epoxy mixes I've used and bits of wire where I've beefed up a spot....
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Normally I ignore the ads on my stuff but this one is stupid, let's see what are they selling??? After looking close I see a logo off the side for reebok shoes....OH THOSR TINY THINGS??? why do they not show the stupid shoes if that's what they are selling? Can't see the stupid shoes if that dumb lady is wearing them :smackface literally the shoes are 3 pixels big how can I see them.... Back to work lol
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yiffzer
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ZXTjato
May 16 2014, 12:43 PM
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Normally I ignore the ads on my stuff but this one is stupid, let's see what are they selling??? After looking close I see a logo off the side for reebok shoes....OH THOSR TINY THINGS??? why do they not show the stupid shoes if that's what they are selling? Can't see the stupid shoes if that dumb lady is wearing them :smackface literally the shoes are 3 pixels big how can I see them.... Back to work lol
Promotional sexual objectification at its finest.
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In my quest to make the geo feel solid and rattle free, there are many places I've used 2 side foam tape. Here is one example, the metal mount will rattle against the metal clips that hold the plastic.

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Deck mount installed nice and seamless. One day I would like a double din sat nav LCD display with all the bells and whistles. One day...

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Since these amp plugs are hard to get at and the wires are short, I've tied a string and fed it through the console so I can tug the string and bring the leads closer to the plugs.

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Like so, see the string. I found it just laying on the floor :lol
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Don't hate on my pastrami on dark rye with spicy mustard and fresh crunchy greens ;)
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