The hood I'm picking up has a crack in it ... seller just told me and added photos to the thread :ugh:

Appears to be a single longish crack and only in the resin. I expect it will be a relatively easy repair unless the fibers are damaged also.

Good job. :tup:

Make sure there is nothing sticking up, and no burr's in the hole. Anything in there WILL cause you a headache. Put lots of anti-seize in the hole. And put the bushing in the freezer over night.

When you start to install the bushing. Make sure it goes in straight. You may have to take a hammer to tilt it. When pulling the bushing in. And the all thread gets tight. You can use a hammer to tap on the bushing/ The vibrations from tapping on it will help the bushing going in.

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So does your azz :rofl2:

Anyone who has worked with metal has to get x-rays around the eyes before getting a MRI. The MRI will make the metal hot and will pull on it. If you have everything around the eyes. You could go blind.

It's supposed to though

No. I am dead serious about being ****** up lol.

eh, the corner was damaged on my seibon hood when it arrived. bodyshop said they would use resin and then blend it in with tinted clear.

Now I just need to find a bodyshop

And hope the guy doesn't mind if I show up at 8 am to pick up everything

Looking at those pictures. Think that I can install that easy. In the car.....................no.........

Ain't that your natural state? SNAFU. :rofl2:

Welcome to my normal, it looks like this:
https://pa1.narvii.com/6149/7f53124c...860030b_00.gif


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Nope. It was bone dry!

Looking back, getting the bushing out was easier than getting the new one in. I think I started it not perfectly centered and I'm at the point of no return.. I found a thick metal plate from home depot I'm using to tighten a bolt against hasn't bent. I need a ratcheting breaker bar. Been attacking this bolt for half an hour and not even half way. I'm calling it a night and regroup and finish saturday.

You got lucky. Mine squirted about 3 ft. and Jl's squirted about 5 ft. :eek: JL's got me good. My glasses, hair, tee shirt, face.

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JL can really shoot a load :eek:

i'll be able to pay off my credit card by this saturday...:rock:

Looks like I'll be postponing the Rusty visit another week. Won't be able to make it until first weekend of May. Just got stuck working that Saturday...

Time for beauty rest; got a date tomorrow with the “ToolTruck” :eek:

I can remove the bushings in about 20 minutes.

To install the bushing. I use 1/2" all thread, about 10" long. Double nut the one end. 3 thick 1/2" washers on both ends. 2 pieces of 3/8" thick 4"x4" plate with a 1/2" hole in the center.

Put 3 washers on the double nut end of all thread, then 1 of the 4x4 squares. Put that though the hole and the bushing, from the rear. In the front. Now install the other 4x4 piece, then the 3 washers, and then the nut.

It should look like this. 1 nut, 3 washers, 4x4 plate, bushing, frame, 4x4 plate, 3 washers, double nut.

Put your wrench on the double nut, and another wrench on the front nut and start to tighten down. The wrench in the rear. You can leave it rest on the body when tightening. You don't have to hold it. The front nut. You may have to do what is called double wrenching. That's where you take one wrench and place the box end into the open end of the wrench the is on the nut. What you are doing is making the wrench longer for more torque.

Don't know about JL. But his Z does. :icon14:

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suck it up duuuuuude

OK. Gives me more time to get mine done. :icon14:

Oh..................for steak. I want that $40.00 an oz steak from Japan. :yum: Wifey said she would like 10 oz, and I'll take 12 oz. :yum:


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My half asleep eyes just read you were in the hood picking up crack.

Indeed

What? :wtf:

H&R in Leander. They did my Z right.

Practicing to sticker bomb EWs car.
https://i.imgur.com/6Vp7YPRl.jpg?1

I could possibly order a small cut of a4 wagyu when the date gets closer. I ordered this cut of a5 before. The marbling was just shy of a5 quality and still had that melt in your mouth texture.

https://www.crowdcow.com/products/ja...hoC_awQAvD_BwE

I got plenty of stickers if you want to sticker bomb his Z. :rofl2:

I have a garage full of em too. Just learning the machine. :tup:

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