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Got them mounted up on Monday, just took pics this morning.

I had painted one of the pugs months ago and posted it here, got a good response. So I painted 3 more. I used Krylon and they have about 4 coats each. Problem with that is they take forever to dry. I had them in the house for almost 4 days and then went to clearcoat them. The 1st one I did was looking great, then the paint started crackling :mad:

Flippin paint wasnt dry enough.

Oh well, not stopping now :rolleyes:

Thier winter tires, ok? Cant tell unless you look real close.

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Wow, didnt think I would get so many comments about the bra :-\

Thats on there for a reason. It covers a beat up hood, a dented right fender and other unsightly blemishes.

These tires are for the street, not rallyX. I have seperate tires for that ;)

I filled in the lion emblem with JB Weld and then sanded them. If you get close enough, you can still see them.

Been a relearning time for me. I've had the low profile tires on it for about a year and now I'm on the taller tires. Cant go around corners as fast as I used to:cool:

 

And the car is dirty because I drive it everyday :-p

Cant afford to wash it everyday too :rolleyes:

Where ya been Blake? Good to hear from you.

Your old wagon is probably in the process of becoming another Japanese car right now :)

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your car is very HAWTTTT... but needs some lowerin':banana:

 

Heh, lets see you RallyX in a lowered RX :-p

 

But yes, I will be upgrading next year to a EJ.

And not because I'm getting older, just wiser ;)

Its pretty hard to be competetive in a 18yr old car.

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Got some more newness today :-p

 

2.5" from the (gutted) DP cat back :headbang:

When he took the 2nd cat off from the DP section, little pieces came out. He tipped it down and molten chuncks fell out :-\ It was toast....gone.

They refused to go straight back with no cat, even tho I said I had one in the DP. The boss said its a $75K fine if they get caught :rolleyes:

So I had to fork out $180 more for a high flow cat. So the whole job cost me $300 instead of the $120 it was going to.

But oh, what a difference :clap::burnout:

I also had them install a nameless SS muffler I got off of CL, pics to come tomorrow. But it still sounds like a Soob, not Honda rice.

Throttle/turbo response is much better now.

But I still have a problem, I think it may be the TPS. It stumbles bad at times. If you let off the throttle and give it gas again it will come back normal. I did find a leak on the TB, but its still having issues. I'll change the TPS in a few days. Once I get this fixed, its off to PIA for a dyno run.

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