My afternoon

[Erick]

All was good though... AAA has my car on file lol. I not only got the flatbed they use for exotics (Ferrari's/Lambo's/etc), but the AAA driver recognized my car from local shows :p

Has anyone had issues with the driveshaft bolts? It's the 2nd time that I shear them clean off the tranny flange. The first time it happened, it seemed like one bolt fell, and the other two couldnt hold the driveshaft together.

To make sure I didnt get them loose again, I loctited the f*ckers when I put the new ones in. Well... it happened again today. I lost the bolt in Miami yesterday... started feeling the vibrations again.... and the car almost made it home... breaking a few blocks away.

Go figure.

And I got a new job starting tomorrow, so no more free time to go fix the car *sigh*

Fun day tho. Ish. :p

- Erick

[Sean]

What's this flatbed like? Does it like have zero angle from the ground, so you don't hit your lip or exhaust? I want to use one of those sometime!! woo woo! Glad you got it home ok! :)

[golde30]

i say get some grade 10.8 bolts to replace the stock grade 8.x. then you should be good.

[Il Duce]

DAMN that thing looks mean.

[Erick]

DAMN that thing looks mean.

Rear looks better :)

Or it will when I get a chance to clean it up. All I need is a rear bumper and paint. And a certain someone here sends me my euro plate filler. :p

[SpartanTiger81]

That thing is dirtay! Hahah

[Stu]

Nice, love the extended gurney :D

[Aptyp]

+1 on the stronger bolts suggestion. How's your guibo? is it possible that some how there's play between guibo and diveshaft?

[Raxe]

Needs bump strip for the rear passenger side door. :hitler:

[SamE30e]

What grade are the bolts that are on it presently. Chances are they're Grade 8's, I think the tensile strength on them is 110k psi. Since you only need 3 and you want to be sure they don't break you can go grade 12's which won't break for sure.

[Il Duce]

fucking raw as hell. love it.

[Erick]

The bolts I picked up off the floor. I ordered them through the dealer because of how precise they have be in length. The car is sitting outside my buddys shop tonight so I will check tomorrow morning before work.

[T.Dot_E30]

awsome, did you cut the hole in the rear valence so you still have it's use?

Otherwise you dont really need to cut it out.

[aaron.j]

I had a similar problem with my turbo m20, check to make sure the rest of your driveline is in good order, (diff bolts loose? csb good? ujoints good?) I ended up putting a new driveshaft in and never had a problem again.

[Jand3rson]

Love the new front end, Erick. :up: