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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 04:47 PM
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dunno...just have no love for the car right now..=/
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
I spent 13 hours just polishing my supercharger.
Holy crap! and how long does it take for the rest of the car?!?!?!
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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I know just how you feel except my car has been damaged by the installers who did work on it. Just thank god you don't need to rewire your car and replace a project mu caliper... you would be really crying...
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tc4joe
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I spent 13 hours just polishing my supercharger.
Holy crap! and how long does it take for the rest of the car?!?!?!
Haha, not that kind of polishing, I meant like like sanding/grinding down the casting of the supercharger. It looks all chromed out now.

Well worth the effort I put into it!
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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... got pics?
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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Just crappy camera phone ones. I'll have to post better ones later.

Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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thanks for reminding me my s/c not only is messed up but it's dirty too
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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How does one's supercharger go about getting dirty? haha.

Even when I daily drove my tC my s/c would always stay clean. C, you offroading with no hood on or something? lol
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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well it def. isn't as shiny as your =(
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:19 PM
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Spend 13 hours with lots of sandpaper & polishing compound & it'll be shiny like mine.
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by tC4italy
Thanx guys it's just i'm in an extremely stressed period right now
Whoa, TMI...



J/k, hope everything works out. Don't sweat it too hard, it just makes it worse.
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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Thanx guys it's just i'm in an extremely stressed period right now
Whoa, TMI...



J/k, hope everything works out. Don't sweat it too hard, it just makes it worse.


yeah th efact i quit smokin a few months back doesn't help with the stress either lol
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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That is one freakin nice and shiny charger!!! Props to you little lady

and miss italy...if it makes you feel any better...i would have done the alarm install for you for free if you lived a little closer to me...i'm a sucker for girls in need of help
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
Spend 13 hours with lots of sandpaper & polishing compound & it'll be shiny like mine.
with the noise my s/c is makin i doubt it will be in my car much longer
and i don't have 13 hours unfortunately lol that's why i said im stressed co si have no time
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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Don't quite got problems with my car, mainly legal issues surrounding my driving, but somebody decided to slap a WV magnet on the back of my DIRTY WHITE car yesterday, then grinded my paint from adjusting the magnet in place. If it doesn't buff out, somebody's going to lose their ___ paying for it to be re-cleared.

The window sounds like the only major thing on the list. Not quite show quality yet, but I could live with it. If I focused on all the chips my car's previous owner left on the bumper, I think i'd freak like you too.
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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I could only wish that was my problem. lol

sucks anyway
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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^i know exactly how you feel. believe me when everything get done, you'll feel so much better! btw, is travis still around to do half of the things you listed? i havent seen him on here since last year.
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Dunno he seems busy. I can only hope at least he would help. gah.

I just dunno when to get all this fixed I have so much going on with work and taxes issues too. =/ I hate being 23 with responsibilities.
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Originally Posted by tC4italy
Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
Spend 13 hours with lots of sandpaper & polishing compound & it'll be shiny like mine.
with the noise my s/c is makin i doubt it will be in my car much longer
and i don't have 13 hours unfortunately lol that's why i said im stressed co si have no time
Can you make a sound clip of the noise its making? It could be a broken bearing.
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
Originally Posted by tC4italy
Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
Spend 13 hours with lots of sandpaper & polishing compound & it'll be shiny like mine.
with the noise my s/c is makin i doubt it will be in my car much longer
and i don't have 13 hours unfortunately lol that's why i said im stressed co si have no time
Can you make a sound clip of the noise its making? It could be a broken bearing.
already took some lol =)




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