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Author Topic: What did you do to your Kappa today!  (Read 1191788 times)

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Offline elff

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4275 on: June 13, 2011, 10:09:28 AM »
Spill the beans,  What needed to be repaired?
Or was it just out of gas and DDM simply filled it up after towing it down to SC?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4276 on: June 13, 2011, 12:07:07 PM »
It got another motor put in. Not 100% sure yet because the old motor  wasn't torn down yet but according to the uptheass scope it looked like ring/lans failure.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4277 on: June 13, 2011, 01:35:30 PM »
Did they use Joe's new Sphinctervision for the diagnosis?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4278 on: June 13, 2011, 01:37:25 PM »
Did they use Joe's new Sphinctervision for the diagnosis?

Actually Dave does have something called "Uptheassscope" he showed us the case at the mod meet, we were cracking up!

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4279 on: June 13, 2011, 07:09:50 PM »
Glad it is all better Jim!!!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4280 on: June 13, 2011, 09:40:14 PM »
decided to 'red-out' my tails rather than tint them.  looks understated and clean.  I LOVE black, but the smoked out tails just kind of took away from the character of the back of the car...
subjective views of cars are all relative anyways.... 

STILL set on stage 1 supercharger.... getting ready to pull the trigger after I install the SOLO exhaust. 
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4281 on: June 13, 2011, 09:50:50 PM »
Got V Power on the Chase card BECAUSE the freakin SHell card expired  :gaah:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4282 on: June 13, 2011, 10:16:16 PM »
Got some oil and filter for an oil change!

Let my wife take the Sky into DC for work while I took the Rogue to pick up a bunch of boxes and get it inspected. Now she wants it all the time!  :banghead:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4283 on: June 14, 2011, 12:51:46 AM »

 Now she wants it all the time!   :dancing:

Jim :cool:

I bet she does....  
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4284 on: June 14, 2011, 06:18:54 PM »
Had it detailed inside and out! Man, it's like a new car! Was really painful watching those guys work in the hot sun (they did have a portable cover to work under). Took them 6 hours non-stop. Today was our first 100+ degree temp. of the year. Also had them do the Tahoe and it turned out great too. They got out scratches and scuffs that I was just hoping they could blend in a bit better. They used some new 2 part system from Maguires that did a very nice job. My vehicles were the first time they have used it. Gonna come back and do the wife's sky on Thursday. If they can get the acid etching out of the clear coat I'm gonna give 'em a big tip!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4285 on: June 14, 2011, 06:27:45 PM »
Excellent! You should post pictures. :)

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4286 on: June 14, 2011, 06:29:54 PM »
If they can get the acid etching out of the clear coat I'm gonna give 'em a big tip!

If they can do that post up instructions and pictures please. Some people here have had issues with that, even after wet sanding :(

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4287 on: June 14, 2011, 07:18:24 PM »
If they can do that post up instructions and pictures please. Some people here have had issues with that, even after wet sanding :(

YIKES!I don't think it will be as aggressive as wet sanding but if it works I will post some pics and let everyon know the products they used. I tried to remove them myself and i thought I used some pretty aggressive stuff and had no luck but we shall see Thursday.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4288 on: June 14, 2011, 07:37:14 PM »
J_Bond

In regards to you post.........................
 :ttiwwpic2:
 :lol:  :D

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4289 on: June 14, 2011, 07:40:59 PM »
I ran over a 2x4 or something that looked like a 2x4 in the second I saw it come out from the car in the lane next to me.  Sucks having your car hugging the ground.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4290 on: June 14, 2011, 08:30:51 PM »
I ordered my front ZOK sway bar from DDMWorks....looking forward to putting it in at the end of the week to compliment the rear ZOK sway that was just put in at the mod meet. 
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4291 on: June 14, 2011, 08:39:00 PM »
J_Bond

In regards to you post.........................
 :ttiwwpic2:
 :lol:  :D


I posted some pix on Sky roadster  :)
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4292 on: June 14, 2011, 09:02:59 PM »
I saw
Very nice!

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4293 on: June 14, 2011, 09:24:27 PM »
thanks!  :)
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Energy suspension bushings
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K&N Cold air intake with heatshield & DEI thermal-wrapped
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Redline headlights
Black 18" Sacchi wheels on lightweight Continental DWS tires
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4294 on: June 14, 2011, 10:39:53 PM »
Came home today and found my right rear tire just about flat. Last time i drove it was to a car show Sunday a week ago .Couldn't find anything in the tire and my stem cap is missing.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4295 on: June 15, 2011, 09:53:43 AM »
Yay, I have one convert!

For the love of marshmellow fluff, I hope you don't convert anyone to your style of keeping your kappa klean?
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Phil,
I agree with you.  I like oversteer.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4296 on: June 15, 2011, 10:15:30 AM »
Did you see our cars at the meet...dirty and dirtier...I was already converted LOL.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4297 on: June 15, 2011, 02:16:40 PM »
I installed elbow pads from JPM.... thank you Shiny I too was not sure if I would like them or not and they do make a difference.

Thanks to JPM for their excellent craftsmanship!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4298 on: June 15, 2011, 03:38:58 PM »
I replaced my Synapse BOV with the new one.
Got it dialed in and working really nice. 

I'm still amazed at how fast the 2871 is compared to the K04.
I love it!!!

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4299 on: June 15, 2011, 05:20:05 PM »
I painted the front calipers finally.  Tomorrow I do the back ones!
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