What have you done to your MSP today?

[Valk]

alright. picked up some wheels/tires yesterday for $400 cdn that included a set of bfg gforce 205/40ZR17 tires with 70% or more left. tread and sidewall look quite new.
wheels are some 8 spoke eagle alloys in 17x7.5+?? that i thought i might run as temp summers since the weather is getting better, but they require "Tuner" lugs and i cant be bothered to buy those for a set of wheels i dont really give a s*** about.

so went to work yesterday/today and started painting my Racing harts since i pretty much finished the repair work a few weeks ago..

inside of wheel painted white. you dont really see it that much after installed so i just finished it with a few good coats of paint and didnt worry about fixing any chew marks from the weights ect.

how you see the inside of the wheel now.

taped that all off and started working than the face.


Filler primer over the repaired rash to even it out. worked quite well i must say.

and after all that masking, sanding, primer, sanding business, got to put down white on the faces.

Products used;

using the gloss enamel as a base because its very cheap, finishes hard when used with the enamel hardener, sprays beautifully and when used on the inside of my wheels, covers them up beautifully and doesn't need a clear.

faces will get a dose of autoaircolors 4301 pearlized white.

 

[Velocifero]

screw all you guys that are currently driving your speeds. I'm putting $100 a fill up in my diesel suburban and still not topping it off. But I do get like 550 mpt.

 

[Ricktalife]

Man **** that s***. Unless I had a business and needed to haul s***, I would never get a truck.

 

[Valk]

Should i paint the center caps to match or leave them alone?

 

[Cleverfrog]

I raced a cobalt that should've taken my stock MSP down but, it didn't I won clearly. Then, they did the ricer fly by. Really wierd that they didnt beat me because im running 5psi. I think it was a girl driving so that may be why.

 

[RunAroundNekid]

Should i paint the center caps to match or leave them alone?

Leave em'.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

Should i paint the center caps to match or leave them alone?

Paint 'em... Keep it clean, keep it classy!

 

[Wagonbacker9]

Sell the MSP caps and paint something else.

 

[Valk]

there is nothing else that fits ha. pretty sure there arent other caps that fit. I might leave em. kinda like the look. though i think one of them had a chip out. nothing saying i can strip em, paint em again the same color. decided ill do somthing different for pearl cause the auto air colors i was gonna use for pearl white would make the finish pretty almondy. I wanna dust the pearl on, so ill be getting a small jar of silver and orange pearl effect from the body shop when i buy my clear, just mix it into the clear.

the center caps were just rattled last year cause tehy were all scratched ect. I still have the paint to do them again, though this time i would use the same urethane clear as the wheels. i painted them originally with some old school automotive lacquer.

 

[o0n8]

I say leave'em unless you want to match your brake calipers and lugs

 

[Valk]

ah. im not doing that painted brake stuff. ill buy better brakes that come anodized already

 

[Ricktalife]

Thinking about selling the MSP... again. I've just about had my fill of the turbo game, and I really miss the reliability I had with my Sentra Spec V. So I'm thinking about hopping back in one of those. I'm gonna sleep on it to be sure, but anybody semi local looking for an MSP feel free to shoot me an offer. Possible part out thread coming soon.

 

[Valk]

But then you will have a car everyone else has =(

 

[RunAroundNekid]

Fed Ex came today with my last box o' parts.
Cometic h/g, ATP wastegate actuator, ARP headstuds, Complete OEM gasket set, timing belt/idler/tensioner/water pump, sway bar bushings/end links, and MFactory LSD.


Where was I for all this?


Passed out drunk in my bed and missed the delivery.


Mardi Gras in New Orleans put me down.


Le' sigh

 

[o0n8]

should've passed out in front of the door

 

[theEZV]

I finally ordered a new HU today. Been driving without any music for the past 2 weeks. Lots of sqeaks and rattles and other weird noises.

 

[Valk]

Like you need music. The msp makes enough noise to keep you entertained. And the more you mod the better the random wtf was that sounds get.

 

[SCMP3]

speaking of msp noises. i still cant find my "fluttering" noise but i may have narrowed it down


in other news anyone know if any other cars power steering pump works for our cars? like 4 cyl 626?

 

[2088 MSP]

So correct me if im wrong, but msp's came with a short shifter, right? Now if I want it even shorter what kind of percentage should I be looking at? Also I see a bunch of short shifters avapable for p5's, would those fit a msp?

 

[SCMP3]

i have a twm and absolutely love it