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Thanks. I'm very impressed by the shop that took on the project, nothing but attention to detail and professionalism. I'll write a review on them if they're Ok with it.
Fuji shall remain...my whole shtick is that mods need to look like they could be factory options. No emblem looks aftermarket to me.
Test-fitted new grill (OEM converted to mesh)...as expected, MUCH better fitment that the aftermarket "CMOD" grill I had on before.
Grill's not even bolted in completely, but snapped some photos. Finished product will have:
1) grill frame wrapped in gloss black vinyl
2) replace metal mesh with plastic mesh (diamond ABS to match lower grill)
3) Fuji logo measured (it's just dangling on in the photo)
Looks good! Now you need a pair of CAIs to flash behind that new grille
I just finished installing Swift Springs on my G after getting new wheels. Handles great and the ride is still comfortable, though noticeably firmer. Here is how she sits now:
Here's a picture before the springs for comparison:
Full day of ups and downs today. Redid my oil lines for the catch can. Proper –6AN fittings and lines all around. Cleaned everything up, looks proper. Made sure to document most of it this time. The original setup had that –10 AN to –6AN coupling that looked ugly and was just bad... Old hoses were crap too.
Lots of doo-doo inside
10k km worth of crap Back to new
Nice and neat
Final result
Went to investigate a squeak in my brakes, found one rear passenger pad wearing a bit lopsided. Cleaned everything out. Took the pad to to a table belt sander, got both sides within 1/10th of a millimeter of each other. Both pads are identical in size now. If it comes back, may need to rebuild that calliper.
While I was at it, I took all the wheels off, sanded down the little rusty lip on each rotor and inspected all the suspension parts, all the lines. Found my front drivers side brake line with the outer shell sheared off by one of the holders. Good thing these are steel lines and the braid is fine. Ordered a new set of lines.
Pretty creative engine cover mod you've got there. And the catch can system looks fantastic. Nicely done.
Don't forget your wiper fluid cap.
Thx John.
Washer fluid cap is missing in action. Went to get some cigarettes and never came back.
Now, I have to fix my fuel level sensor. Going to rip up the back seats next weekend, pull out the sender unit and see if I can clean the sensor. If not, going to have to order a new one of those too...
As for the engine cover, I don't like the plain look of the exposed manifold, and with the way the Motordyne one mounts, can't put the cover on top. Best of both worlds.
Thx John.
Washer fluid cap is missing in action. Went to get some cigarettes and never came back. Now I have to fix my fuel level sensor. Going to rip up the back seats next weekend, pull out the sender unit and see if I can clean the sensor. If not, going to have to order a new one of those too...
As for the engine cover, I don't like the plain look of the exposed manifold, and with the way the Motordyne one mounts, can't put the cover on top. Best of both worlds.
That fluid reservoir... just clear your mind and let the fluid flow into the opening.
Installed two Vibrant Ultra quiet resonators to counter the increased rasp and overall 'scream' after the test pipe install. The exhaust sounded great at WOT, above 4k RPMs, but while driving normally, the car sounded like a pissed off blender. All of the rattle and the rasp was embarrassing. The sign came when myself and a 99' Civic with an exhaust were in unison when driving home.
The sound is now very crisp and clean. No rattle or rasp at all and just a bass-ey deep tone shines through. Driving home, I thought I might have went overkill but my wife came out and gave it a few revs while I stood outside the car and it's right where I wanted it.
A bit of a Frankenstein set-up and lots of frustration the past month with getting it dialed in but I'm ready for the tune planned at the end of the month now.
What catch can is that Hexotic and what hoses? I'm thinking about putting a catch can on my car too. How hard is the install?
Mishimoto baffled catch can. Vibrant performance hoses and fittings. I'm not sure how it would hook up with a stock setup, the way I ran it only works with the motordyne intake manifold. Stock, most people have to run two cans.
Yeah, that's what I'm seeing as well with the 2 connector cans. I saw a 3 connector Mishimoto catch can (2 in and 1 out) and I could put a Y fitting on the output to run the hoses back to the air intakes. I "think" it would work.
Mishimoto baffled catch can. Vibrant performance hoses and fittings. I'm not sure how it would hook up with a stock setup, the way I ran it only works with the motordyne intake manifold. Stock, most people have to run two cans.
is this because the Motrodyne manifold is from a VQ35HR engine?...if so do you have any close up picutres or can you point out exactly where the catchcan connects to the PCV system?...curious b/c I wanted to run a catchcan for my HR engine but all the DIY's etc that I have seen are for the 2 can using VQ37VHR which as you pointed out has quite a different setup...
Wrapped up my little project today (literally ), which is a mesh grille that is OEM fit-and-finish. Used 3M 1080 vinyl, which folks here may know has an orange peel finish, so I might go get it painted at some point. I have an ongoing post in the Exterior form about the aftermarket "CMOD" grille, but I'm so happy how this turned out, that I'll probably soon make its own thread so I can elaborate on how it was made and promote the shop that did most of the work (Matt at Customcargrills).
06-27-2019, 04:11 PM
), which is a mesh grille that is OEM fit-and-finish. Used 3M 1080 vinyl, which folks here may know has an orange peel finish, so I might go get it painted at some point. I have an ongoing post in the Exterior form about the aftermarket "CMOD" grille, but I'm so happy how this turned out, that I'll probably soon make its own thread so I can elaborate on how it was made and promote the shop that did most of the work (Matt at Customcargrills).
