Author Topic: What did you do to your Kappa today! (Read 1272218 times)

Gentleman Jack · « **Reply #1275 on:** July 20, 2010, 03:46:22 PM »

photos or description of what was wrong with IC would be great!

GJ

Brazen17 · « **Reply #1276 on:** July 20, 2010, 03:58:54 PM »

Quote from: Gentleman Jack aka Bubble Gum on July 20, 2010, 03:46:22 PM

photos or description of what was wrong with IC would be great!

GJ

Sorry, couldn't get a picture. They changed it yesterday and when I picked it up today it was already packed away. The guy who did the test yesterday wasn't in today so I didn't get a chance to talk to him and ask where the leak was. The guy at the service counter did not know where it was either. But at least we know one more IC has gone bad. I will try and call the tech later in the week and see if he can tell me where the leak was at.

Arabas · « **Reply #1277 on:** July 20, 2010, 05:00:27 PM »

it seems that the ic is probably the weakest link...so many crashing...
nice that you have full power again Brazen 17!
njoy your ride!!

Brazen17 · « **Reply #1278 on:** July 20, 2010, 05:13:52 PM »

Quote from: Arabas on July 20, 2010, 05:00:27 PM

it seems that the ic is probably the weakest link...so many crashing...
nice that you have full power again Brazen 17!
njoy your ride!!

Thanks Arabas. It really is like a new car. Didn't realize how much performance I had lost even when it was working "right" i.e., no CEL and what looked like normal boost.

SHiNY · « **Reply #1279 on:** July 20, 2010, 07:33:58 PM »

Quote from: Yogi on July 20, 2010, 02:24:43 PM

Were you able to (or can you) get a photo of the damaged IC? There is a guy on the Sky Forum/BB that is trying to collect this kind of info. I think his screen name is GS Stage I.

Congrats on the successful repairs!

Yogi

Quote from: Gentleman Jack aka Bubble Gum on July 20, 2010, 03:46:22 PM

photos or description of what was wrong with IC would be great!

GJ

Here is the thread if you guys are interested. There are pictures in there also.
http://www.skyroadster.com/forums/f5/gmpp-tune-p0101-code-30995/

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #1280 on:** July 20, 2010, 08:06:43 PM »

Just to clarify when I asked Kelu about online vendors I meant ones that were based in Europe so that shipping wouldn't be a major issue.

Kelu · « **Reply #1281 on:** July 20, 2010, 08:43:16 PM »

SA: no such things around here, UK doesn't have kappa, hard to surf unknown language sites like german, french, spanish and italian. In europe the web is not so well developed like in US, so no such sites like CED or parts online in EU.

AFAIK GMPP or Z0K can't be ordered from any country from Europe, Kuprito comfirmed from Spain, Arabas from Greece and another guy from Italy, so ... no good

elff · « **Reply #1282 on:** July 20, 2010, 11:25:01 PM »

I dropped mine off at the Body Shop to have the rear repaired.
While it is in there I am having my Cobalt door handles and my rear and interior badges painted black.

Brazen17 · « **Reply #1283 on:** July 21, 2010, 01:14:57 AM »

Quote from: elff on July 20, 2010, 11:25:01 PM

I dropped mine off at the Body Shop to have the rear repaired.
While it is in there I am having my Cobalt door handles and my rear and interior badges painted black.

Did you get the black handles or primered ones? I got the black ones but they were really closer to a very dark gray and painted them matte black.

elff · « **Reply #1284 on:** July 21, 2010, 09:15:16 AM »

They were a gray primer. I am having them painted the GM black to match the Backsplash I have painted.
This will complete the de-Crome process for me and begin the De-Vinyl process.

Brazen17 · « **Reply #1285 on:** July 21, 2010, 10:45:49 AM »

Cool. Only chrome I have left is the interior door handles. Not sure how to remove them without breaking them so guess I will need to paint them in place. Did you paint the windshield surround? If so, did you go with black or body color?

elff · « **Reply #1286 on:** July 21, 2010, 11:02:20 AM »

Door handles are wrapped in Black Vinyl [Done in place due to plastic weld]

Windshield frame is wrapped in white Vinyl

Arabas · « **Reply #1287 on:** July 21, 2010, 11:09:25 AM »

Nice ride u got there elff!!!

personally i would paint the windshield frame and the mirrors (along with their base) black, same black as the nickel parts, so as to make a strong ...what is the word, what is the word....????? antithesis (greek in latin characters but i bet you can understand it...)

contrast is the word...

elff · « **Reply #1288 on:** July 21, 2010, 11:20:50 AM »

I've thought about doing that and the Rear Spoiler as well.
I've been thinking about getting a more aggressive rear Spoiler for it as well.

Arabas · « **Reply #1289 on:** July 21, 2010, 11:51:22 AM »

IMHO the oem rear spoiler is the best looking.
not too fancy, not blocking the rear view mirror but still giving an agressive look

something like this
http://img37.imageshack.us/i/24507196.png/

Go-N Def · « **Reply #1290 on:** July 21, 2010, 08:00:23 PM »

Quote from: Arabas on July 21, 2010, 11:51:22 AM

IMHO the oem rear spoiler is the best looking.
not too fancy, not blocking the rear view mirror but still giving an agressive look

something like this
http://img37.imageshack.us/i/24507196.png/

I like the rims on that one. Close to mine, but a little different...

Sly Bob · « **Reply #1291 on:** July 21, 2010, 09:07:02 PM »

Yeah those wheels really do look good on a Sky.

LiquidPT · « **Reply #1292 on:** July 21, 2010, 10:05:08 PM »

Quote from: Kenny on July 20, 2010, 10:09:28 AM

USPS flat rate international rocks. Any vendor that doesn't want to use for international shipping is just being silly.

They won't do it cuz they lose the tracking. Then the person can complain on the other end that they didn't get it.

2kwk4u · « **Reply #1293 on:** July 22, 2010, 05:01:57 AM »

Quote from: elff on July 21, 2010, 09:15:16 AM

They were a gray primer. I am having them painted the GM black to match the Backsplash I have painted.
This will complete the de-Crome process for me and begin the De-Vinyl process.

This isn't the divinyl process you're talking about, is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFEfmbAeEDY

(Trying my hand at an SA/GJ style hijack)

elff · « **Reply #1294 on:** July 22, 2010, 09:16:06 AM »

And that is one of the best songs ever!!!

I really like that splitter on the Sky.
Won't happen with my driveway, but that would be killer

Kelu · « **Reply #1295 on:** July 25, 2010, 04:11:40 AM »

Quote from: Kelu on July 17, 2010, 07:00:46 PM

Today I have installed Z0K bars, I was missing a bushing and I re-used the bushings and the clamps from the FE3 ones.

After 1 week, I found the missing rubber, damn, I will go ahead and mount it next time when I visit the service.

I had a nasty clunk noise after installing the Z0K bar coming from front of the car when going over bumps and sometimes when cornering and the front of the car was moving up and down, discovered one of the end nuts of the front sway bar was loose, tightening it fix the sound, I was so scared about the sound.
Damn, this happens when you work on improper garages and improper tools, next time I will do them at the service directly.

Arabas · « **Reply #1296 on:** July 25, 2010, 05:57:25 AM »

Kelu!!
now you have a complete set up of the suspension!
it must be a great improvement over the stock!

Kelu · « **Reply #1297 on:** July 25, 2010, 06:56:39 AM »

I have coilovers, backbone and Z0K bars but I'm missing ProBeam, I mailed DDM about 2 weeks ago asking the price for shipping of the ProBeam, no answer

. I'm having mixed feelings when considering to built a ProBeam locally.

The lack of power upgrades made me to work on suspension and I must thank to everyone who helped me (I don't want to make nominations because I might forget someone and that will not look good), lately I was a little bit bored about my car having same power for more than 1 year but suspension mods changed the car completely and i'm back in love about it, i can't wait to drive it all the time.

Time to work on the tires (still not 100% decided) and maybe wheels.

nighttripper · « **Reply #1298 on:** July 25, 2010, 08:16:21 AM »

Didn't do it today but got it waxed up.

http://www.skyroadster.com/forums/f76/

LatinVenom · « **Reply #1299 on:** July 25, 2010, 12:38:36 PM »

Kelu,
Maybe one of the guys here, that is in SC can place a call to Dave\Randy and asked them to send you a PM on cost to send the ProBeam.

News:

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