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Author Topic: What did you do to your Kappa today!  (Read 1196267 times)

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Offline SHiNY

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1600 on: September 19, 2010, 09:24:50 PM »
Took mine out for a nice long drive.

Watched Spiky try to sell MegaGoat a Solo exhaust


Then cried when we looked at Morfious' hit and run damage...


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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1601 on: September 19, 2010, 09:34:14 PM »
Sonofa:censor: !!

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1602 on: September 19, 2010, 10:14:40 PM »
WOW that sucks,   :gaah: :mad: :( :( :cryin:

My someone return the favor 10 folds to the perpetrator.

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Here's to many rides with the top down, wind in your hair & the  hammer down.  :drag: :brnout: :drive:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1603 on: September 20, 2010, 12:59:03 AM »
it will buff out, what no pics of the donkey....
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1604 on: September 20, 2010, 06:43:10 AM »
it will buff out, what no pics of the donkey....

The donkey was mentioned. I must have missed that discussion at SMMM7!

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1605 on: September 20, 2010, 09:46:55 AM »
I don't know how you could! :lol:

Oh and you're lucky! :gaah:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1606 on: September 20, 2010, 11:05:21 AM »
Didn't have to do anything to our Kappas today, however yesterday GXPsy and I polished them up real nice and shiny. Today we need to make room on the mantel for our new show trophies.  :)
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1607 on: September 20, 2010, 11:14:57 AM »
Congrats, Jeff and Pat! :yay:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1608 on: September 20, 2010, 11:35:08 AM »
Thanks. Dee (Mrs DBG) gets to make room on her mantel, also!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1609 on: September 20, 2010, 02:44:55 PM »
A weekend full of autocross, what could be better...



Proper way to avoid cones/go off course @ 0:15  :D

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1610 on: September 20, 2010, 03:02:48 PM »
What nice long runs!  From what I could see, looked good - heard you hit the rev limiter and some gravel.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1611 on: September 21, 2010, 11:00:28 AM »
I dropped my Sky off at the body shop yesterday.
The rear bumper is getting re-aligned. It was sitting better but not perfect after the accident repair.
I am also having them paint my grill and fog light surrounds black [I removed the vinyl], repairing the front bumper from a bunch of scrapes
and I am shipping out the fog lights to have them tinted to match the rear tail lights.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1612 on: September 21, 2010, 11:08:46 AM »
I drove it today, because I had to take the truck back, I'm getting the same code P0440 I just paid over 2k to get repair a week ago. :mad: :gaah:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1613 on: September 21, 2010, 02:39:30 PM »
Yikes.
Time to raise hell!!!


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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1614 on: September 21, 2010, 05:39:41 PM »
Dropped it off at the body shop to get the drivers side fixed up.  Also dropped off the cobalt door handles to get painted and installed at the same time.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1615 on: September 21, 2010, 05:44:08 PM »
Dropped it off at the body shop to get the drivers side fixed up.  Also dropped off the cobalt door handles to get painted and installed at the same time.
Didn't you do soundproofing in your car?  Are they going to be able to get at the handle (on the other side) and will they (have to) replace the sound material on the new door?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1616 on: September 21, 2010, 06:05:42 PM »
Drove topless, 60 miles to job today, it was only 37F @ 3am this morning. :cool:
Here's to many rides with the top down, wind in your hair & the  hammer down.  :drag: :brnout: :drive:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1617 on: September 21, 2010, 10:05:26 PM »
HAMMER DOWN ;   Brrrr and its only the end of september and the 1st day of Fall . Here in Md its going to be around 90 on Wednesday  N  Thursday .
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1618 on: September 22, 2010, 02:49:31 PM »
Yikes.
Time to raise hell!!!



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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1619 on: September 23, 2010, 06:16:43 PM »
Didn't you do soundproofing in your car?  Are they going to be able to get at the handle (on the other side) and will they (have to) replace the sound material on the new door?

Morfious is in GA for a few days. I asked him and he said he has the dynamat installed not the sound deadening stuff. He will probably install that at the next mod meet.  He should have his car back by Wednesday of next week :)

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1620 on: October 08, 2010, 03:15:28 PM »
I recently had my front bumper repaired and repainted.  The black is all painted now.  No More Vinyl.  The bottom of the bumper has a slightly different paint that is flexible and more resistant to rocks and scrapes.  I also had my fog lights tinted.   I also installed my new Windrestrictor.

So before I get this
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Here ya go

A non Murdered front shot [Sorry for poor light conditions]


The new Windrestrictor.  I had the hood open and the DDM trunk lights are ridiculously bright As such, I had trouble eliminating some glare, but trust me, the line work and detail is amazing.  You can see that in the reflection.


I have 2 other minor installs I need to do, and I have to order a part for the last of my under hood powdercoating project.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1621 on: October 08, 2010, 03:40:13 PM »
AWESOME elff, you know how much I hate you for that slick looking sky, right?  :mad:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1622 on: October 08, 2010, 03:54:07 PM »
Yes I do
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1623 on: October 08, 2010, 04:13:04 PM »
A few days ago I drained my transmission fluid and put in Royal Purple. That smoothed out my shifts to a good degree. I used to have a rough time shifting from 1st to 2nd at 3k rpm. That's became a thing of the past. Shifting into first also became easier. The overall difference was noticeable, but nothing earth shattering.

Today I drained the diff and put in Royal Purple. Man what a difference! This is a fantastic product!!! I would frequently get a grinding noise when letting of the gas while in gear. That's been cured. Somehow, my shifting seems to feel even smoother now, and driving feels lighter. Everything is as smooth as butter on hot cakes. I haven't had shifting feel so effortless since driving a Miata.

If you still have the factory fluids in your tranny and diff, I highly recommend draining it and putting in Royal Purple. Having it in both the tranny and diff have made a world of difference. I'll be taking scenic routes more often from now on. :cool:  :drive:  :yay:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #1624 on: October 08, 2010, 05:06:31 PM »
A few days ago I drained my transmission fluid and put in Royal Purple. That smoothed out my shifts to a good degree. I use to have a rough time shifting from 1st to 2nd at 3k rpm. That's became a thing of the past. Shift into first also was easier. A noticeable difference, but nothing earth shattering.
I assume you have a manual trans?
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