Hello. My name is Dan, and today I doomsday prepped

[straight6pwr]

Earl said:

Definitely don't want to tear those rear shock mounts.

this.

small update from the body shop guys.

fyi, going with no "rock guard" on the front valance. should be purty.

[Earl]

Gonna be sweet=)

[Jdesign]

Noooice. Cant wait to see it painted.

[straight6pwr]

now, the real question is when am I going to get a phone call from the body shop because they cant get the coolant bled right? #swapcarproblems

[m42b32]

Looks like its coming along really well!

[Earl]

Thatll be a fun call lol

[Bassboy3313]

What body shop are you using?

[straight6pwr]

car is back from body work. the shop I used was Authentic Automotive. I give them a 7/10. They left my new carpet dirty as hell from their shop boots so now I have to clean it, and (per my odometer) they drove the car 3 miles, and they had no reason to need to drive the car off their lot, so...

core support straightened and valance installed/painted.

got my spal fan installed. hooked up to run constantly on ignition, will have to figure out wiring to temp switch or a dash switch at some point.

front end put together.

i also got the rocker panels repainted, wheels installed, and rear suspension set to the right height. a bonus is that the 16" wheels/225 tires ride softer than the snow tire setup. i'm guessing its the cheap Nexen tires having squishy side walls. the car handles still handles very neutral with a bit of throttle oversteer.

[jc43089]

Looks so good in the pictures.

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[B C]

Wow! Looks great!

White>Black any day.

I know that sounds wrong but its okay because I own a Black.

Im upset that they drove it though[emoji58]

[KaiserRolls]

Maybe to re bleed the cooling system? And do a burnout maybe

[Bassboy3313]

It's hard to find good, honest shops for anything which is why I was curious for when mine gets painted. Yours looks damn good!!

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[B C]

Verifying the cooling system is bled is a legit reason to put a couple miles on the car.

[Daggerty]

If it was a rusted out Chevy cruze LTZ+ do you think they would've taken it for a test drive?

[Jdesign]

Looks great. White cars rule. If there was no damage done in the 3 miles it moved I wouldn't question it, probably just stoked to have an E30 in their shop.

[straight6pwr]

uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy

[KaiserRolls]

straight6pwr said:

uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy

Ask Ben if you can borrow his temp gun

[Earl]

Is that coolant spritzed all over there? Heater hose spring a leak?

[B C]

Can you at least pinpoint the source of the leak? Or does the manifold have to come off

[GunMetalGrey]

straight6pwr said:

uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy

KaiserRolls said:

Ask Ben if you can borrow his temp gun

Yeah, you need to make sure that it's actually overheating and not just the cluster. Chances are it's not actually overheating. Did you check the temp with a gun yet to make sure it's overheating? Because it may be a loose nut on the cluster. Did you verify the temp yet? I would probably hit it with a temp gun to ensure that it's actually overheating.