What did you do to the G today?
Don't get discouraged, after I purchased my front and rear calipers. It also took me a year to get everything else.
Originally Posted by BradMD_96
Pressed the OEM bushings out and Armstrong ones in at university yesterday
Fitted the compression rods back to the car today.
Went for a quick drive and the improvement is obvious, everything feels tighter. Half of it is the poly and I imagine half of it is simply because the old bushings were torn. The car doesn't wander off as much, less pulling on rough road/changing lanes, direct steering feel. The front end seems a little stiffer - same feeling you'd get running stiffer springs.
All good so far, no noises too which was a major concern.
Alignment is scheduled for this week...
Oh also, you can see there I used pvc pipe when pressing the oem bushings out. They really aren't that difficult to press out once you have a good press but my car is also a FL car so very little rust or corrosion to speak of.
Fitted the compression rods back to the car today.
Went for a quick drive and the improvement is obvious, everything feels tighter. Half of it is the poly and I imagine half of it is simply because the old bushings were torn. The car doesn't wander off as much, less pulling on rough road/changing lanes, direct steering feel. The front end seems a little stiffer - same feeling you'd get running stiffer springs.
All good so far, no noises too which was a major concern.
Alignment is scheduled for this week...
Oh also, you can see there I used pvc pipe when pressing the oem bushings out. They really aren't that difficult to press out once you have a good press but my car is also a FL car so very little rust or corrosion to speak of.
You lucky Florida *****, I bent a few cups trying to press out most of my old bushings!!! Ended up having to take the knuckles to the shop to press out the lower ball joints.
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G35 sedan w/ too much money in mods
I'm guessing urban's were rusted as **** being up there in Ohio. I tried to replace a downstream 02 sensor on my girlfriends POS '97 Nissan Hardbody that's spent it's 220K miles and life in our sleepy little coastal town. Threw everything I had at it including 2 types of penetrating spray, vice grips, torch etc. and the damn thing wouldn't budge. Ended up taking it to my exhaust shop and they just welded the body of the sensor on and cut a new hole then welded a new bung there. It was cool watching them play with the plasma cutter, now I want one. 
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Coupe, Premium package, sport suspension
Put down a deposit three hours driving time away on a 2006 Lakeshore Slate coupe with...
26,400 miles. Pristine. Creme puff. Premium and sport packages. It's at the local Infiniti dealer for pre-purchase inspection. I can’t imagine they will find anything serious enough that I would walk from the deal. Holy smokes. These things never happen to me. Farewell, sedanX. Enjoy your trip to the insurance boneyard. The G is dead; long live the G.
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26,400 miles. Pristine. Creme puff. Premium and sport packages. It's at the local Infiniti dealer for pre-purchase inspection. I can’t imagine they will find anything serious enough that I would walk from the deal. Holy smokes. These things never happen to me. Farewell, sedanX. Enjoy your trip to the insurance boneyard. The G is dead; long live the G.
Shock the world. More news (and pics) as I have it.
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G35 sedan w/ too much money in mods
Oooh fvcking snap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats, hope she's as pristine as she sounds. If you care to share what she's going to cost you we're all ears. LS rules....................
Congrats, hope she's as pristine as she sounds. If you care to share what she's going to cost you we're all ears. LS rules....................
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Reason: Boosted life headaches.
AFR is the only one I need really, the rest are for rice reasons. I couldn't find a way to mount a single gauge nicely. So got the rest just for looks lol
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Damn! Did it yourself? I had the retro done before using sedan tails and it was a bit off. Now I'm happy with my turn as tail module. That looks epic btw.
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Damn! Did it yourself? I had the retro done before using sedan tails and it was a bit off. Now I'm happy with my turn as tail module. That looks epic btw.
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I tried swapping the leds from orange to white. It worked fine till Igor to the HVaC controls and then they won't light up anymore lol I wanna go back to orange or continue the swap. Preferably go back.