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You think your car needs work....

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:13 am
by subawhatsubawho
I would love to hear all the things that need to be fixed on your car at the moment. Not mods but actual repairs.

Mine needs:

ball joints
Inner/outer tierods
front wheelbearings
front and rear brakes
front and rear rotors
Brake fluid change
coolant change
exhaust leak repair
alignment

(I just installed a newer 4EAT that soaked me for $700.00)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:07 pm
by greg donovan
pretty much the same as yours.

i have a TON of rust repair to do too.

needs a new decklid, drivers door, and bothe front fenders, as well as some body work to the rockers and the rear 1/4 panels.

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:27 pm
by scottzg
rear differential!

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:01 pm
by rallysam
My old Wagon (which I gave away) had so many problems! I can't think of a single mechanism on the car that worked properly... yet the car kept going for years and is STILL getting its new owner around.

Synchros on 1+2
Shift linkage bushings
Freon leak
Driveshaft carrier bearing
Front CV joint
Pinston rings leak - major smoke
Rear doors lock automatically when you don't want them to
Driver door DOESN'T lock
Driver window won't go down (because it's blocked by the broken lock mechanism mentioned above)
Rust
Lights broken on ALL four corners due to bad parkers
Warped brake rotor shimmy
Alignment
Much interior plastic broken
Rear speaker rusted out after broken window let rain in

Oil pan, exhaust manifolds, and front bumpers scraped up after doing this 5 times in a row:
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Oh yeah, and DIRTY. Not like "looks dirty" more like "looks like dirt was thrown in the car with a shovel"

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:35 pm
by LaureltheQueen
Um... I have a small smudge on my drivers door that I need to take some rubbing compound to. That's about it. :)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:58 pm
by greg donovan
LaureltheQueen wrote:Um... I have a small smudge on my drivers door that I need to take some rubbing compound to. That's about it. :)
that and you need to paint the car a nice shade of...


















...YELLOW!

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:05 pm
by LaureltheQueen
:squint: I'll kill you with a knife

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:30 pm
by greg donovan
LaureltheQueen wrote::squint: I'll kill you with a knife
will it be a yellow knife? cuz if its a yellow knife im screwed. my hal jordan green lantern power ring doent protect me from yellow things.

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:59 pm
by subawhatsubawho
I forgot to mention rust, body work, paint and maybe some new axles

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:16 am
by Manarius
I need:

Struts
Springs
Timing Belt
Front/Rear Cam Seals
Rotors
Rims
Flush tranny and rear dif oil
New Hood (Paint worn)
replace fenders for rust (or repair one more)

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:05 am
by stant093
mine needs:
New caliper - front pass side
new caliper rear driver side
steering rack
transmission
1 CV
new antenna
driver side fender
driver side door
rust repair and paint....

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:16 am
by THAWA
Let's see,

Both left axles
All brakes
AC compressor
Radiator
Hood
Front bumper
Left fender
Both left doors
Left headlight
New interior and trunk cloths, or a REALLY thorough cleaning
Windshield
Left front door handle
Turbo

That's all I can think of.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:23 am
by douglas vincent
An engine would be very nice.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:42 am
by 93forestpearl
Hmmm, where do I begin.

tranny rebuild, again-syncros and this time, bearings
lower radiator support
hood
windshield
pull the front corner so my headlight is straight
exhaust so I can quit patching and gorilla welding
front fenders
AC condensor
heater fan relay(4th)
seatbelt track and motor
front speakers
sticky caliper
all bushings
rust by mirrors, door handles and back wheel wells
drivers door lock cylinder
rear bumper cover
repaint
beachball gas station tires
roll cage
about $3500+ to build up the dissasembled ej22t in my basement

I suppose I could scrape the rest of the deer suet off thats been on my car for a year.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:06 am
by entirelyturbo
-The newly-developed steering clunk (whatever that may be)
-R134 A/C conversion still incomplete
-Valves tapping lightly at idle
-Grumpy synchros on 1st and 2nd
-Bad electrical connection to driver's auto seat belt
-The infamous door lock problem... haven't even tried fixing it after 5 years :(
-No paint on front bumper
-Driver's door misaligned after accident repair
-Right rear quarter has big dent and my poor handiwork
-Whole paint job is screwed
-And all this after only 144k miles :cry:

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:26 am
by skid542
- Get my new engine running properly
- could stand a brake fluid change
- CV boot
- broken key in driver's lock
- clean headlights
- new front tires (I'm FWD)

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:29 am
by subawhatsubawho
I don't feel so bad anymore....

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:01 am
by azn2nr
injectors
piggy back
fuel pump
rails
headlight buckets
paint for the hood
headlights
cornners
sunroof leaks
abs doesnt work
nice dents
fenders need paint
and a dent repair
im sure theres more too.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:18 am
by AWD_addict
springs
struts
all rubber in suspension
rear diff rebuild
motor mounts
exhaust rattle (whole new exhaust really)
right passenger door power lock actuator
new rear rack crossbar
big dent in roof
other dents/dings and paint scratches
mystery squeaking noise that appeared yesterday

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:03 am
by LaureltheQueen
compelled by this thread, I fixed my scratch on the door. Now my car is in perfect mechanical condition. Though I do need to change my oil and fuel filter.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:04 am
by Suzie-Q
wow. i'm happy to say that ever since i have had my car (2.5 years) nothing has gone severely wrong, maybe cuz the engine's rebuilt. my only issues are my tranny, a/c, and right cv joint. oh, and my o2 sensor. other than those minor things along with normal wear on a 15 year old car, it is unstoppable and incomparable with most cars my friends have.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:05 am
by LaureltheQueen
Suzie-Q wrote:wow. i'm happy to say that ever since i have had my car (2.5 years) nothing has gone severely wrong, maybe cuz the engine's rebuilt. my only issues are my tranny, a/c, and right cv joint. oh, and my o2 sensor. other than those minor things along with normal wear on a 15 year old car, it is unstoppable and incomparable with most cars my friends have.
come by seattle and we can take car of the cv joint and O2 sensor.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:10 am
by Suzie-Q
okay! is $80 each a good deal on remanufactured cv joints? that's what my local schucks wants.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:21 am
by jamal
Wow, I'm not quite as ashamed of the poor condition of my car at the moment. The paint kind of sucks, but all the windows work, a/c works, suspension is new, wheels are new. Now for the bad part. I need:

Tires
An alignment
to install the WRX front and H6 rear brakes I have in my room
possibly a new engine.

Oh, shit. there it was. rod knock at a mere 170,000 miles. I figure I'll either drive the car off a cliff or do a WRX 5-speed driveline swap.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:26 am
by scottzg
are we racing for the shittiest car?