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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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Its ok you'll make it eventually. Hopefully we will have a more south end meet that people can attend :-D
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 10:03 PM
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thats a whole other depate on NWbuilt Lol

I am hoping we can do a west meets east in levenworth or something
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 12:26 PM
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Well, the other person's insurance has accepted full liability. Car goes to the body shop on Monday. Gonna spend a week in a rental
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 12:27 PM
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Mmmmm pop
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 02:19 PM
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LEON!!! You let me drive your car in my dream last night! somehow you "had an extra" and i could drive one of them if i wanted
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by FazdaRX_8
did you guys have fun at the Meet?

I was wondering how old the drivers where for the viper and the R8
I was the OLDEST one there!!!

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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by FoxeyL8y
LEON!!! You let me drive your car in my dream last night! somehow you "had an extra" and i could drive one of them if i wanted
that is awesome!
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
I was the OLDEST one there!!!

I don't think I was too far behind you
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dondo
that is awesome!
it really was. i had such a good time throwing it around corners and such... and then i woke up
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Heading out to the garage for some minor tweaking. Swapping in new LED brake lights, cleaning up the engine bay and working on the new gauges a bit. Then need to take some data logs for MM. Anyone else working on their cars over the weekend?
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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yep replacing a alternator door window regulator and possibly lowering the bmw.. but i wanna sell it so bad i probably will save the springs or sell them
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 07:58 PM
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YEah, worked on my car with Dondo. Traded MAFs and Exhausts to see if he's going to fix his car through testing, and installed my HIDs in my D2S's and my Fogs. SOOOO KEWL! And convinced Dondo to go to V-Leds and pimp out his ride.
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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^ but all that got me so far was an ABS and DSC light when I touch the throttle...

edit: which is apparently what happens when you mess with the 3rd brake light according to a post from easy...

how did other people install theirs?

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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:12 PM
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Are you serious?!?! LAWL, I like how that happens ;-)
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 12:40 AM
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I'm such an idiot. I was chatting with pdx and said it's the first time in a while that my car seems to have nothing wrong with it. No leaks, no sounds, no smells. The next day my friggen clutch goes out!!! So I had to put my car on a flatbed for the first time. The clutch is only a few months old put in by the dealership when the swapped the engine, so it should be covered, but still!
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 12:51 AM
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crap man that sucks... can you upgrade it while they're swapping?
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 12:53 AM
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Dondo, some have had that issue, some haven't. Not sure why that is. All my brake lights are LED and I get no warning lights. Using one of V-LEDS load resistors for bulb out warning fix should do the trick. I'm not sure which one (they sell a 10W and a 25W) but I'm sure if you are going up there, they can get you hooked up. Or email James at tech support and he can tell you which one you need.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by dondo
crap man that sucks... can you upgrade it while they're swapping?
It was an Exedy stage 1, so it was upgraded already.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 03:09 AM
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Yeah Aipex is right, maybe it's just too much of a load for what your wires can hold for now?
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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Other way around, you r car expects to see a load on the circuit, but the LEDs draw so little it looks like the bulb is out.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
Other way around, you r car expects to see a load on the circuit, but the LEDs draw so little it looks like the bulb is out.
I agree,

how many miles are on that excedy? not sure how much or how hard you drive but it seems like a premature failure to me.

anyways I have a question, maybe you guys could quickly answer, I help a friend install a carbon fiber trunk and hood, I have never seen carbon fiber in person, but what he got was not what I expected, it looked like carbon fiber but the under side looked like fiberglass, is this a knock off, or is this what carbon fiber looks like,

Fiber Carbon?
Fiber Glass?
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by FazdaRX_8
I agree,

how many miles are on that excedy? not sure how much or how hard you drive but it seems like a premature failure to me.

anyways I have a question, maybe you guys could quickly answer, I help a friend install a carbon fiber trunk and hood, I have never seen carbon fiber in person, but what he got was not what I expected, it looked like carbon fiber but the under side looked like fiberglass, is this a knock off, or is this what carbon fiber looks like,

Fiber Carbon?
Fiber Glass?
The clutch only has a few thousand miles on it, definitely premature! No hard driving.

Cheaper "carbon fiber" parts can be fiberglass wrapped in a layer of CF. What brand parts?

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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
Other way around, you r car expects to see a load on the circuit, but the LEDs draw so little it looks like the bulb is out.
ok that makes sense. thanks!
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 02:35 PM
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Brand is XCELERATED CONCEPTS, I can't find a webpage but they are based our of canada I think.

it just looked like fiber glass on the inside, and it smells like fiberglass when its cut, it looks like fiberglass parts with a carbon fiber wrap then clear coated, the underside and top side is smooth

its just the inside area looks like fiberglass, still looks good, just learning about the stuff.

personally I will never buy any body parts in carbon fiber...
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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^^ Most hoods an trunks that are cf are like that. My seibon is the same way
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