Teh Official "Dude Where's My Forum?" Thread, Brought to you by the minds of Box, and her fiancée, Lorelei |
Teh Official "Dude Where's My Forum?" Thread, Brought to you by the minds of Box, and her fiancée, Lorelei |
Aug 22, 2015 - 11:40 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
$60 for the 2 pairs for the Mazda, not unreasonable. Not ideal for all housings.
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Aug 22, 2015 - 12:37 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
might this be next
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Aug 22, 2015 - 6:18 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Last time I checked it was $20 or so each, so that's a little better. That was the other thing is if no one else has tried it out I'd be rolling dice.
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Aug 22, 2015 - 6:35 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
We're still talking about LED bulbs right? Show me the housings and I can make some good suggestions on what kind may work excellent in there. I've used a few kinds.
Last night, washed my Mazda. Today clayed and waxed it, much better and ready for daily driving torture instead of the Celica. Need to run the gas out of it so I can replace the fuel tank which has a leak at the top. Got the tank in the trunk all painted with bed liner and ready to install. And now both cars safely parked in for the night with enough room to get in/out of them both. This post has been edited by Bitter: Aug 22, 2015 - 7:47 PM -------------------- |
Aug 23, 2015 - 1:00 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yep I was. Odds are it'll be a NB1 Miata, I doubt at this point I'll find a decent 4th gen locally as every one I've seen so far has been abused. That and I can't remember the last time I saw a MKIII Supra or MR2, and I've never seen a SC300. Anything else I won't really like at all so I'll just deal with being slightly cramped.
Ironically I just found this before I was going to post: http://bham.craigslist.org/cto/5158575022.html Mileage is on the high side though, but it seems to be in good shape otherwise. I'd hate to know how much of a pain it'd be to install a new A/C compressor in it though... -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Aug 23, 2015 - 8:50 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
AC compressor is really really easy to change....when you're swapping in a 3S-GTE.
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Aug 23, 2015 - 1:08 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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Aug 23, 2015 - 9:18 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
AC compressor is really really easy to change....when you're swapping in a 3S-GTE. I was thinking more along the lines of the 1MZ. I was going to look up the procedure to see how much of a pain it is, which it's probably a big one, but today was a bad day so I'll be looking now. That's ok I can't really do much of anything until I sell the damn Firebird, I don't want my hands tied up more than what they already are. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Aug 23, 2015 - 9:22 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I'm pretty sure I've seen that one for sale before. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Aug 23, 2015 - 9:33 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 18, '11 From Cochranville, PA. Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
I'm pretty sure I've seen that one for sale before. Not this one. The owner is Gary who has been a long time member over on Alltrac.net it's sad to see it for sale to be honest. If I had the money I would buy in a heartbeat, but who needs two Alltracs |
Aug 23, 2015 - 10:01 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
There was another one that was same year and black and came with a bajillion parts, writeup was similar too. Perhaps coincidence I guess. That's ok in order to buy something in that range it'll require selling the Firebird. Which I just checked and there's 26 watchers and 1,300 views with two days left, still not the first message or offer...
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Aug 24, 2015 - 12:18 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I can't find much of anything on replacing the A/C compressor, but from one post I saw on a turbo car it sounds like a royal pain and that only the oil line for the turbo was the difference. From what it sounded like it's wedged in there between the bulkhead/firewall and the side of engine bay, fun fun... That and from another post apparently they're rare and hard to find as well, that's ok I really need to sell the Firebird first anyway... Just sucks one would show up, and it not be red, when I'm not ready to buy yet. I rather have it over a Miata, at the least it'd be a new experience and not a convertible. Plus they have the same shoulder room as the Celica and it was livable since my shoulder only brushed the panel and wasn't buried into it. OH and the seats in the MR2 are much better than those in the Miata, plus the MR2 is cooler. Anyway...
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Aug 24, 2015 - 7:11 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Set the rear LPF to 120 and inverted the phase, now it sounds like I have a sub in the trunk of the Mazda but I don't. Not sure I like it, I'll keep listening for a few days like this.
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Aug 26, 2015 - 2:15 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
For some reason I'm overwhelmingly depressed. 31 watchers, over 1,700 views and only some 6 hours left and still nothing. I don't get it, at all... Actually I know why I'm depressed and it's weird in a way. For one it feels like no one wants the car, and that kind of hurts. I also found out my one option of possibly being able to fix it myself isn't an option anymore, so there's that. I wish I could fix it, but I can't. Even if I had that option open to me I'm just not physically capable anymore, the last week or so I've done well enough to just get up and halfway deal with the world. When I bought it I was under illusions of grandeur that I'd get better and I'd be able to do everything needed. If I do sell it it, which is my only option now, that'll be upsetting on its own as if I had money falling out of my orifices I'd just take it to one of those renowned restoration shops to make it exactly how I want it. I'm not really head over heels on the cars I'd be buying to replace it either, with exception to a 4th gen Firebird maybe and even then it's just not the same. It's impossible to find a nice one though.
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Aug 26, 2015 - 9:55 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Car is worth noting apparently, guess will just give away and not get another car. **** it all...
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Aug 26, 2015 - 10:17 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
save up to fix it?
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Aug 26, 2015 - 10:32 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
-------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
If you PM me and I dont respond, dont fret or cry. Im alive, better post your questions in the thread below, maybe I log back in 2grfe Swapped... Why I chose the 2GR, before you ask read here... A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. @llamaraxing in Instagram is the best way to find me. I hardly log here anymore. |
Aug 27, 2015 - 6:11 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
If I wasn't a worthless cripple I'd have just fixed it over a month ago. So now I'm just stuck, nothing new there.
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Aug 27, 2015 - 7:44 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 5, '09 From West Texas, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
Save up money and have someone fix it?
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Aug 27, 2015 - 11:14 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Save up money how? Kind of hard to do that when fibro ****ed your life over and no one will employ you anymore.
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