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

[KaiserRolls]

What reinforcement plates?

[straight6pwr]

these:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-parts/heavy-duty-rear-shock-mount-reinforcement-plate-set/002478ecs01kt/?gclid=CIbVlPuowNMCFdgDgQodu08Drw

[Earl]

Definitely don't want to tear those rear shock mounts. I love you Ground Control rsm's=P

[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