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Discussion in 'Automotive' started by HadACoolName, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. MisterKenneth

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    To be honest with you, no I didn't.
     
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  2. amarks240

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    It's funny you say that. I just received stock suspension in the mail so I can remove the coil overs and free the seized up collars preventing me from adding another inch and half to my height. Have 1 inch of clearance is fun but I'm not bashing up my new header. Now I also need a nice set of adjustable sway bars and I'm set. She won't be on rails after Tomorrow at least a few weeks :(
     
  3. Deleted member 1747

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    Not sure this counts as car discussion, but you will experience the torque feel of a late bus driver driving the electric bus :p
     
  4. SixSixSevenSeven

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    well they dont.

    People are saying that vehicle is a supra for 3 reasons.
    A) Toyota showed off the FT-1 concept vehicle as a spiritual supra successor a few shows back
    B) Toyota since referenced working on a production model.
    C) That vehicle is clearly much larger than a GT86.

    But in general. Manufacturers do not put up the product listing on their website until *after* they have completed development of the vehicle and shown the production model. The lamborghini urus isnt on the lamborghini site now is it? Yet that things been confirmed. Rhetorical question, I've checked, its not on the lamborghini site.
     
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  5. NGAP NSO Shotgun Chuck

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    When it comes to unnecessary and expensive sacrilege, I can be pretty imaginative. For example, I realized today that if I got hold of an R32 Skyline, I'd be rather inclined to install a Grant steering wheel and set at least one radio preset to country & western, just to show how much I'm not into the JDM "scene". Even better: as far as I know, it's got the same bolt pattern as an SN95 Mustang, so a lot of American Racing Authentic Hot Rod wheels will probably fit it.
     
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  6. Bubbleawsome

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    I think you'd have to replace the entire radio to get american frequencies yeah?
     
  7. NGAP NSO Shotgun Chuck

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    Probably, but it shouldn't be too expensive. Aftermarket audio setups are pretty common already for a variety of applications, either vehicles that didn't have a radio to start (usually intended for work use but used as a personal vehicle instead) or old cars whose owners want the latest connectivity.
     
  8. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Skyline uses standard head unit and wiring connectors anyway I think so stereo swap can't really get anymore straight forward.
     
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  9. Googlefluff

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    That's like hipster-ception :p
     
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  10. logoster

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    finally going to be installing a head unit in the family expedition today, after a year and a quarter of having no head unit

    for those wondering, unit is the sony CDX-G3150UP, going to be a little complicated as it seems whoever previously owned this vehicle not only took out the factory head unit, but it looks like they cut off the harness as it's just pure wires back there, so we'll have to hardwire the new unit's harness directly to the vehicle
     
  11. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Most auto suppliers sell iso harnesses, I'd cut and use that
     
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  12. logoster

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    but it's not iso?

    we're din mounting

    and assuming i'm reading your post right, then either way we'll have to hardwire something to the vehicle, might as well be the harness that comes with the radio
     
  13. Bubbleawsome

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    If you add the proper wite connections then other dins should be plug and play rather than needing to cut the old unit out to replace it by hardwiring a new one.
     
  14. logoster

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    we're going to be using the butt connectors, not soldering or whatever other ways people use that would require cutting, so all that should need to be done to disconnect it is pliers or something
     
  15. amarks240

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    I'm super against everything in this post.
     
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  16. Potato

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    I swear my lights don't flash like that. Blame it on the camera.
    Also I took this picture.
     
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  17. NGAP NSO Shotgun Chuck

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    So because this hypothetical car is a Skyline, it has to sit an inch off the ground and have a wheel by NRG or something? And the driver has to be into EDM or Dubstep or Trap or whatever it is now? Is that what you're saying?

    ARE YOU RACIST?
     
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  18. CTJacob

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    Dat intake noise doe. I really need to come up with something for both the Marq and the Focus...
     
  19. Potato

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    I'm running the stock P71 airbox without the snorkel on both the '06 and '07. On the '06 I took it off myself but the '07 mysteriously came with it missing. Someone must have gotten lazy at the county garage.
     
  20. CTJacob

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    I'm running the 03 P71 intake tube on the Marq which helps a bit but I need a more open intake box. I might get the JLT intake.

    The Focus has a Variable Length Intake Manifold. It has secondaires that open up around 4000-4500rpm. It sounds really good over that. It also has that "Life-time air filter". It has like 4-5 feet of tubing. I might by pass it and just use a MAF relocating thing from Spectre and use an open element filter on the end of the tube. Then maybe some type of Flowmaster muffler with a glasspack resonator to keep the rasp down.
     
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