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Offline krelubot

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4325 on: June 16, 2011, 08:39:57 PM »
Tag renewal sticker and a quick scrub.  Waiting on my spoiler(rear lip I suppose) and new personalized tag.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4326 on: June 16, 2011, 08:55:15 PM »
Does California count as foreign soil?

Only at your house.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4327 on: June 16, 2011, 08:56:57 PM »
Does California count as foreign soil?
No but it will probably cause cancer, hell just about everything causes cancer in California.  Now if someone could just explain why the rest of us that aren't in California always have to have warning labels on all of the things we buy telling us about California's problems.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4328 on: June 16, 2011, 09:14:50 PM »
Tried readjusting my trunk lid since there is more gap on one side then the other and no matter what tweaking i did (hinge to trunk bolts, side bumpers, the two little height screws at each corner) and when it was all tightened back up, it reverted back to the way it was before i messed with it.  :banghead: I gave up after 45min when I read it takes less than 15.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4329 on: June 16, 2011, 11:10:37 PM »
Put new plates on.


Took pics then removed them and put 'em on my truck where they belong.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4330 on: June 16, 2011, 11:26:37 PM »
Nice :devil:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4331 on: June 16, 2011, 11:42:59 PM »
Does California count as foreign soil?
Not until the BIG earthquake...

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4332 on: June 17, 2011, 12:27:35 AM »
Put new plates on.


Took pics then removed them and put 'em on my truck where they belong.

I love NY mofos? :lol:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4333 on: June 17, 2011, 09:49:55 AM »
Norms GXP front spoiler is costing me a bundle.  I just sent out a money order for a used GXP front fascia because I prefer Norms GXP front spoiler over the NA style.  Luckily it's the same color as the car and has the turning/driving grills and intercooler grill included.  But knowing me I'll probably end up having it re-painted.  :roll:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4334 on: June 17, 2011, 10:01:03 AM »
Went that route last month, make sure you get all the bracking and duck work behind it as well as it is all different. 
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4335 on: June 17, 2011, 10:14:40 AM »
Does California count as foreign soil?

It does for me. I was born just a few miles East of Transylvania  :gaah:

Anyways, if one checks my profile, the IR in IRDC  :worms:

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figure go you, uh, out figure..., uh, figure out it :thumbs:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4336 on: June 17, 2011, 10:17:28 AM »
That is possibly the most coherent paragraph I have ever read from you.
 :lol:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4337 on: June 17, 2011, 10:19:35 AM »
It does for me. I was born just a few miles East of Transylvania  :gaah:
What?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4338 on: June 17, 2011, 10:22:45 AM »
That is possibly the most coherent paragraph I have ever read from you.
 :lol:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4339 on: June 17, 2011, 10:25:08 AM »
It does for me. I was born just a few miles East of Transylvania  :gaah:

Anyways, if one checks my profile, the IR in IRDC  :worms:

IZ,

INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC.  :D

We have a Road Course :D  in the finest of Italian tradition, Il miglio collo rosso :cool:

When we :gaah: drink :award: a lot of Colle Il Rosso  :idiot:  the   :barf2: driving :drag: gets    :lol:  :buff: :donkey: :slap: :lol:

figure go you, uh, out figure..., uh, figure out it :thumbs:



You were telling me about that yesterday on the phone. Very cool. :thumbs:

Oh and thanks for the invite to stay at the lodge. :cheers:

It sounds amazing. :)

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4340 on: June 17, 2011, 10:28:34 AM »
Put new plates on.

That.
Is.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4341 on: June 17, 2011, 10:35:15 AM »
Went that route last month, make sure you get all the bracking and duck work behind it as well as it is all different.  

Thanks Critter, I've read conflicting post about that, I understand the impact cushion (can't think of the correct term) can be shaved to make it fit, but I'm still clueless about the correct brackets.  I printed off the GXP front fascia diagram that was posted somewhere on here.  This thread is so friggin long that's it's impossible to keep track of where you read something.

Course I always could just pull the fascia off our GXP to check what's all involved but that seems more labor intensive than I'm inclined to do (read; lazy) ;)   I don't think I have to be concerned with the brake duct work as this is strictly for cosmetic reasons and so I can buy Norms GXP spoiler.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4342 on: June 17, 2011, 10:54:20 AM »
What?

Watched it rain on SLY this morning.

This is for a NASSM 2012, 2012 Summer Solstice in The Land of SKY theme run Kelu based on the Robert Mitchum movie Thunder Road.

"One Thunder Road scene was filmed in Transylvania County NC near Toxaway Falls was where the moonshine revenuer's car tumbles over and explodes. Another Transylvania County scene is near the end of the movie as Mitchum rides toward his death. One of the sets of cars waiting to ambush him is waiting near where Reid Siding road runs into US64 in the Quebec section of the County.
The car crash scene at the electrical substation also set in Transylvania County, is still there and was recycled into the 1965 cult Science Fiction cult B Movie classic They Saved Hitler's Brain  :nuts:

We hope to have a local production company set up a drive in movie set at the main Hotel.

So,  :sorry: I don't have much time for SLY t'dey.


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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4343 on: June 17, 2011, 11:26:13 AM »
Thanks Critter, I've read conflicting post about that, I understand the impact cushion (can't think of the correct term) can be shaved to make it fit, but I'm still clueless about the correct brackets.  I printed off the GXP front fascia diagram that was posted somewhere on here.  This thread is so friggin long that's it's impossible to keep track of where you read something.

Course I always could just pull the fascia off our GXP to check what's all involved but that seems more labor intensive than I'm inclined to do (read; lazy) ;)   I don't think I have to be concerned with the brake duct work as this is strictly for cosmetic reasons and so I can buy Norms GXP spoiler.
  There are two brackets that support the bottom of the GXP nose that are crutial.  Let me see if I can find the thread Joe posted when he did my nose.

http://www.kappaperformance.com/forum/index.php/topic,7229.0.html

Here you go, I know part number 40 in the picture is one, I think 24 is the other.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4344 on: June 17, 2011, 01:18:13 PM »
I ordered a race bumper from Norm...will be putting that on at the same time as the fenders getting widened...been waiting on the bumper before I can start the fender project...new wheels will be going on at that time also with the new fenders. 
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4345 on: June 17, 2011, 03:10:11 PM »
Installed LatinVenom brace last night.  Sweet!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4346 on: June 17, 2011, 03:10:45 PM »
Norm was telling me that he's absolutely swamped. That's a good thing, well for him anyway...   :D
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4347 on: June 18, 2011, 01:37:43 AM »
Got my pro beam unpacked.  Ready for install in the morning!  Also, a new, used, rear facia!

Yeah!

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4348 on: June 18, 2011, 04:09:33 AM »
Do you know how to install the pro beam? Or you need somebody to do it for you? :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #4349 on: June 18, 2011, 04:29:54 AM »
Do you want to install it for him?
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