New to r3v and e30s!

[craiggroves91]

Some goods on the way:
Washer hose tee!
New antenna Grommet
Female cig lighter socket
Bentley manual
New windshield wipers
Plate filler
3 Cans of SEM Trim paint
One can of Duplicolor high temp white paint
One can of Duplicolor high temp black paint

[craiggroves91]

Anyone in San Jose or near San Jose!! Please can I borrow a stock m20 muffler/exhaust ! So I can pass the decibel test
I would really really really appreciate it

[rj1790]

Removed the trunk tar today!
52.5lbs gone it 30 mins..so easy
Its a DD with a loud exhaust and no sound differences at all. Didn't raise the rear end from what i can see. If it did it was minor!

I got the same problem bro! Trunk collects water, it creates a funky smell in my car. Hopefully San Jose weather gets better

[craiggroves91]

I got the same problem bro! Trunk collects water, it creates a funky smell in my car. Hopefully San Jose weather gets better

Where are you at in San Jose?
I found out where im getting some water in and put some putty stuff on them! and my antenna grommet is shot!

[rj1790]

Where are you at in San Jose?
I found out where im getting some water in and put some putty stuff on them! and my antenna grommet is shot!

I'm in Berryessa, my antenna is broken so I might look in that. The water is leaking into the passenger seat floors. It smells like old people.

[ak-]

This guy is good, real good.
How did you take the tar out of the trunk and did you accurately measure it for the weight mentioned? Or did you read it somewhere?
Your car is lookin' real good btw.

[craiggroves91]

This guy is good, real good.
How did you take the tar out of the trunk and did you accurately measure it for the weight mentioned? Or did you read it somewhere?
Your car is lookin' real good btw.

I did weigh it on a bathroom scale :)
I had a mini crowbar type thing and a hammer. Tried to get big chunks off and worked great. My car might be different than yours and it might stick a ton more. I have heard a heat gun and paint scraper works best for the sticky stuff. I used a metal putty knife/paint scraper type thing and a hammer to get the small stick pieces.

Thanks for the compliments bro!

[craiggroves91]

Update!
Good new! Got a stock muffler on today so I can pass the test to get my ticket signed off! :)
Much thanks to a new friend name Matteo for the exhaust and help!
Before and after we did the exhaust I sprayed my door handles, mirrors, and my wiper cowls/grill thingys with SEM trim pain (I LOVE THIS STUFF).
Mirrors! After on Left, before on right

Ill get a better pictures of the car in the day

Door Handles


Wiper Grills/Cowls Whatever




Im blacking out the kidneys as well. Hopefully tomorrow!

[craiggroves91]

UPDATE!
Yesterday I blacked out my kidneys! And today I put on the plate filler, sprayed my wiper arms black and put new PIAA wipers on, and I put a new antenna grommet on to replace the one that caused leaks!
Off the Car:


On the car!:

Plate Filler:

Antenna Grommet:

New wipers w/ resprayed wiper arms and vents



Day Pictures of the resprayed mirrors

[craiggroves91]

I need some advice for a stroker kit. Is it better to put it all together yourself? Or buy a package from Ireland egineering or something.
What are the gains of a sroker kit?
and can you still run things like a Miller MAF and all that jazz.
THen after all that would it just be better to do a swap or turbo
Stroker seems more affordable for me

[craiggroves91]

Painted my door and fender moldings! and realized how badly I need a new paint job. One of the P.O.s had the car painted with the window seals/windows, antenna grommet, bumper trim, side moldings, and every other thing that should be on the car, on the car when it was painted.
So I was thinking I would prep the car myself with some pals and get a mid-end or higher end Maaco paint job

[ck_taft325is]

Maaca really isn't that bad if you do your own prep and disassembly. Spend your time on some good products, fill in all the little rock chips etc and have Maaca spray a $400-$600 paint job on it. You'll be thrilled with the results. Just don't change colors ;)

Looking good. I'd spend some wet-sanding time on the mirrors to give them a more even "flat" quality. It may just be the pictures though. What I've done in the past is use "Bumper Coating" on the rub strips and nearly anything else I want black on the car. Has a satin finish that looks very clean.

[craiggroves91]

Maaca really isn't that bad if you do your own prep and disassembly. Spend your time on some good products, fill in all the little rock chips etc and have Maaca spray a $400-$600 paint job on it. You'll be thrilled with the results. Just don't change colors ;)

Looking good. I'd spend some wet-sanding time on the mirrors to give them a more even "flat" quality. It may just be the pictures though. What I've done in the past is use "Bumper Coating" on the rub strips and nearly anything else I want black on the car. Has a satin finish that looks very clean.

Thats what I have heard about Maaco. They do awesome if you prep!
Yeah I should wet sand the mirrors, what grit?
It's my DD so i needed to toss them on there
And For the bumper trim I plan on buying all new euro trim.

[nes85er]

Sup dude, just read up on all the progress you are making. I like how its coming along. keep it up man.

[rafiki]

where do you get the SEM trim paint?