nope, the one in NKU is not me, i'm in north east of cincinnati and also she's totally stock.
hopefully someday, i can get some modding done...

tact

 

mine is ti gray with black wheels and i live near NKU and i'm going there this semester. however my car is at Kerry Mazda waiting on a new engine right now. oh and im not asian. ;-)

 

You are pretty short though


Byako: Cars and Coffee at Fuel is a saturday morning thing. It technically starts at 8:00 AM, but no one is there that early. Since it's cold, most people have their toys put away including me even though I made an exception last week. Once spring and summer hit, it's hopping. Hopefully you'll be able to head there then If not, we'll have to get some type of meet going that everyone can attend.

 

yeah i can't wait for this spring. I should have my new engine broken in and a few more mods done and be ready to take her out. Fuel is a great time for those of you who have not been down. All kinds of cars and people and most of the people are pretty cool as long as you don't roll in with a rice bucket.

 

Dude, I can't believe they still have you waiting. At least they're still replacing it. Where did you take it?

 

C'mon Fuz, learn to read lol.

I also can't wait til spring all this cold weather is putting a damper on things. I can't wait to try some autocrossing this year and make it back down for Fuel.

 

That was like 4 posts ago, I can't be expected to look to the top of my page.

 

yeah thats where i bought it and the service guys there have been great so far. the engine was supposed to be in yesterday at the earliest, but he said it could be up to like another week. then like 3-5 days for install and replacement of the oil system if thats what caused it and the cat if its been damaged from me driving around with a blown seal... so still like a couple more weeks. I'm having some serious withdrawal lol.

 

I know what you're going through man. When I didn't have my 8 for a week, it drove me nuts. At least they put me in a Charger for the week, but it felt like I was driving a boat.

 

I drove mine a bit last weekend. second time it's been out of the garage since november

I stop in and see her and start her up from time to time though.

 

Kerry's done a few 8 engine swaps, couple of times when I have been in buying parts they had one up on the lift with its guts hanging out. The techs seem much better now than when I bought my Protege from them in '03. I took it in for an A/C problem and had them change the oil at the same time (first change). When I went to change it the next time myself, the filter was barely on. I'm surprised it didn't blow right off.

 

so as those of you who have seen my car know, my rims could use a good makeover. i think i want to go with powder coating since the paint didn't work so well, or i just suck at doing it...
does anyone know where i can get them done at a reasonable price?
the wheel doctor is expensive... like over $100 per wheel... i would just buy new rims for that much.

 

If you have a place to paint them, I'll gladly help out. It just needs to be decently warm, or heated. I'd recommend getting them media blasted, which is pretty cheap and it will save a ton work. Most machine shops can do it, as well as paint shops. I haven't had anything powder coated, but when i was looking to do my wheels, most place were about $75 and up per wheel.

 

There's a place here in Columbus that does it for $300 for a full set of wheels. So $75 per wheel, which is the best I've seen yet.

 

300 would be do able... i may just repaint them tho... might have to be a yearly thing, but at least i would get better at it.

 

You get you car all back together kwikslvr?

 

Theirs a place in lima, oh that does rims for 200

 

I have a few things for sale in the for sale section. Let me know if any of you guys want them. Both are o.b.o

 

yeah i got the car back, its running great.

200 bucks is a good deal but lima is really freaking deep for me. i live in nky

 

Thought I was going to have to post in here and kick start things but I see there has been some activity lately.

I'm suffering from wanna-drive fever badly. Scored a hardtop for the Miata, I conned my buddy into not only picking it up for me in Louisville but fronting me the money. Probably going to have to get it painted, it's Merlot Mica which is close but has some bad scratches. That should set us up for our trip to The Mitty. Wife doesn't know about it yet, I'm going to spring it on her. Should you see me at Fuel when I get home with a black eye, you'll know the news didn't go over too well.

 

LOL way to go chief. I'll pray that its only a black eye and not a hardtop up your ***. Any word on your return?



Speaking of fuel. Who's going saturday? Weather should be pretty damn nice. I'll be there.

 

So long as I feel better by Friday I plan on going home after work Friday night. So I'll be there this Saturday if I get back to Cincy. I've had the flu for the past couple days and still not feeling 100%.

 

Im coming down this weekend, don't have my new rims yet... But lima isn't to bad 3 hrs for you. Wish i could bring ur wheels backup but fitting 4rims in a car with em & I and our bags would be impossible. Believe me i tried. But ill try to make it to fuel, what time will it be around? But theirs lots of paint shops in lima for good prices.

 

Dom, Fuel is from 8:00 AM till Noon. I usually get there around 9:30 or 10:00

 

ok thanks