Bumper swap time! ya!

[Edev]

Moral of story: dont buy cheap HIDs. Yes jeff im eating my words

We gotta find you some springs sometime!

hahah. im assuming Jeff told you to not buy them in the first place ehh? he always seems to know everything. very smart man.

i know! lol. homecoming is this saturday so i might have some money left over that'll go towards my springs fund. i should set up a donation or something :pimp:

[Edev]

Photoshoot sounds great. I dont have a decent camera right now so i havent taken any pics for a while.

ha, neither do i..just my iphone. BUT, my friend has a nikon D40 (i believe) and it takes great pictures. i can get it from him anytime, just whenever is convenient for you. ive found 3 good places to take some at.

[Wishno87]

So today I drilled the mounting holes for the valence and put in some temporary bolts to hold it together. The valence fits a lot better once its being held on correctly. I have a lot more confidence on this setup now that i can see how its going to fit together. Next im going to take it apart and sand the bumper and valence down till its ready for primer.

[einstein57]

Moral of story: dont buy cheap HIDs. Yes jeff im eating my words

We gotta find you some springs sometime!

It happens with expensive ones also. Its normally a bad connection between the ballast and the capsules (crappy quality control). Easy fix is to take apart the connector and slide slide the plastic connectors down the wire to expose the metal connectors. Solder the connections together and close up the plastic connections. Has worked like a charm for me on a few kits.

[smonkbmw]

It happens with expensive ones also......

only time that happens is kits without ignitors.

[einstein57]

only time that happens is kits without ignitors.

So my hellas don't have igniters?

[smonkbmw]

hella hid kit? hella elipsoids? on cars that were not originally 9006/elipsoid cars ive found that they dont do well with kits that do not have ignitors. the wifes eta did the same thing as wishnos car with a cheap set of ebay hids. bought a set of prolumens with ignitors and never had a issue since.

[einstein57]

hella hid kit? hella elipsoids? on cars that were not originally 9006/elipsoid cars ive found that they dont do well with kits that do not have ignitors. the wifes eta did the same thing as wishnos car with a cheap set of ebay hids. bought a set of prolumens with ignitors and never had a issue since.

Hella H1 euro smilies and Hella ballast. I was going for continuity. I think they have just been over abused (had them on a motorcycle at one point) and are nw arcing through the case.

[Wishno87]

So the bumper swap was put on hiatus for a while because im currently riding on bottle caps and would like to replace them as soon as possible. Ive been buying my kopi wheels one by one because i have trouble saving enough to buy them all at once. Two have arrived so far.



Bottle caps be gone!!



Unfortunately i have been informed that the next shipment of kopis will not arrive till sometime in december. Rather disappointing because i was planning on having them on the car before the end of november. Soo i guess i will focus my attention back to my bumper situation. I did decide to put my hardtop on today. Its soo quiet and warm now. Almost like having a coupe.



Representn!

[Edev]

sucks they all didnt come in one batch.

[Wishno87]

sucks they all didnt come in one batch.

Ya well i guess i should have bought them all at once. Wasen't expecting them to run out though. Maybe i can get a sheet of glass and have a nice coffee table:p

[Edev]

Ya well i guess i should have bought them all at once. Wasen't expecting them to run out though. Maybe i can get a sheet of glass and have a nice coffee table:p

haha maybe you could. i think i might go to a junk yard and try to find the price of the headers or something.

[Wishno87]

Just go grab the downpipe/cat section. or you could just weld it shut:neutral:

[Edev]

Just go grab the downpipe/cat section. or you could just weld it shut:neutral:

thats what i was thinking about doing. wondering about price..just so i also dont get over charged.

id rather weld it shut..but i dont know how to weld, nor do i know anyone who is skilled enough to do that.

[Wishno87]

After having the ETA for the wheels set back to late January/ early February I went and dropped off the bumper swap parts at the paint shop. Now i need one more rear bumper shock. Anyone have one for 15 shipped?