What have you done to your MSP today?
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HighwayUFO
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- 2003.5 MSP, 2000 Miata LS, 2006 MS6, 2008 MS3,2013 MS3
Gunk engine degreaser from any auto parts store and a quality pressure washer will do just the trick you need.
Ricktalife
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- 2012 Subaru WRX
^^^ master of car cleaning chemicals. or just car cleaning in general.
SeR_Cyclops
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Did you get them powder coated? What color is that sorry its hard to tell with the pic, is it a gunmetal color? How much did the shop charge you?
Outlawstar98
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- 2003 MazdaSpeed Protege / 2013 BRZ
Just bought all 4 of the Medieval motor mounts 
i got them at a great price right from him 
i got them at a great price right from him oh yeah guess i should have mentioned that too
i got them powderocated gloss black (80% gloss) at a local shop and it was only 70 a wheel start to finish which included cleaning up alot of curb rash from the previous owner and took about 2 and a half weeks
im goin to borrow my dads camera this weekend to get some good pics it better lighting
i got them powderocated gloss black (80% gloss) at a local shop and it was only 70 a wheel start to finish which included cleaning up alot of curb rash from the previous owner and took about 2 and a half weeks
im goin to borrow my dads camera this weekend to get some good pics it better lighting
yeah it's real good if they fixed the curb rash on em to...
protegerider
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blacked out my side turn signals with VHT niteshades. repainted the top part of the stock grill black. going to go to the junkyard and pick up some stock tails and black those out as well. black altezza tail lights will be for sale soon!
Ricktalife
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- 2012 Subaru WRX
my check engine light is back...i forget the exact code, but the tech said the warmup cat is below threshold. and since my exhaust is a POS i'm pretty sure they took off the first cat...idiots. but what confuses me is that i've had this car since august of '08 and never threw a CEL before. (hmm)
Wagonbacker9
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might it be the warmup circuit of the O2 sensor? if I remember correctly, we have 2 cats, with an O2 before the first, and after the 2nd... (don't quote me...) lol
Ricktalife
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^^quoted you...haha
yea we do have 2 cats (well i don't) but i thought we just had one on the exhaust mani and one in the actual exhaust?
Wagonbacker9
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no, the cat on the exhaust mani is a N/A thing... our turbo is in the same location as the cat you're thinkin of... we have 2 on the midpipe.
edit, saw that coming....
edit, saw that coming....
Ricktalife
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ahh okay i gotcha.
X2 on the quoting
But your correct two cats in the mid pipe however the first 02 is in the manifold the second is after the FIRST cat.
Ricktalife: I highly doubt they removed your cat they would have to have cut it out unless an aftermarket downpipe has been installed. This kind of code will just show up without any sort of warning or any drawbacks. The expensive and "green" solution is to replace your cats...the cheap solution is to either clear the code and hope it stays off or do the sparkplug non fouler trick to keep the light off cats or not.
Wagonbacker9
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the exact location of the 2nd O2 was the part I was unsure of... thanks for clarifying!
I have the exact same CEL code. The person who works on my car suggested that perhaps the second O2 sensor has too much buildup on it and is not picking up readings correctly. I am going to remove my second O2 sensor and spray it thoroughly with MAF cleaner that I picked up and gently cleaning it with a brush. I'll pop it back in and see if that works.
Ricktalife
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i honestly don't know what kind of catastrophe happened to create my exhaust but it's a real POS and they even did a bad job welding on a muffler (i think it's a magnaflow). but anyway, i'm getting a GHL very soon so if that doesn't cure it i'll try fooling with the 02 sensors as mentioned below.
i'll keep that in mind. let me know how it goes.
whats this trick exactly? I may need it if I do my exhaust....
