Nice that the more important stuff stayed together!
I'd do the cover before driving in any sort of gunk.

Yeah will probably redo the cover before winter comes.

So I replaced my bumper support, my hands are pretty rough looking now but she is all back together. Also Terry blacked out my center section, I think it looks pretty good!

Looks awesome! I like that night shade on the center piece Terry did for you. I am planning on shading my tail lights with 3 coats plus 2 of clear coats.

Nice!

Do i spy a xfer case on the left??

BTW, if you need a hand let me know... being unemployed sucks and leaves me lots of time.

BTW, any other damage with the CP separating?

looks like a trouble light

LOL yeah it is a trouble light, which I keep dropping which keeps destroying the bulbs.

Yeah for sure, it's been a long time!

No just the lower timing cover getting chewed and the belt getting shredded.

Trouble lights are for chumps. I use a head lamp

Have been considering one of those florescent lights you clip on under the hood though. Any thoughts?

Not sure what you mean, show pics!

I do think a head lamp is a great idea, I need to get one!

i use; old school trouble light when it's needed, a LED 3AA battery powered magnetic/hook light that works great for inside the car, flourecsent Tlight in place of the incandescent bulb which heats up QUITE a bit, and sometimes i singe a few knuckle hairs..i burn easy, so LED ad FLO are the way to go haha

yeah I am switching to florescent for the trouble light, i like to burn myself too. It's not the pain for me though, it's the shock, and I get super frustrated after the first few times (might be why i go through bulbs so fast :P).

http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/02/under-hood-work-light/
spoken about here



Clipped on to the hood.

HM, i wonder where to find one. I don't like the cigarette lighter part but everything else sounds wonderful!

NAPA! the cigarrette adaptor just charges it. they run without an A/C source for hours. I have 1 myself. They also double for a Lightsabre you just have to make the noise or have an App for it.

Well if that isn't a key selling point then I don't know what is!

But yes, they look wonderful! Does your head get in the way often?

I don't use the grab bar much. But when you lay it across where you want to see it works awesome. I really don't like stuff touching my paint(if you ask anyone who has seen my 1gb they could tell you) I think i paid about $100 for it but was a couple years ago.

Even with those giant rubber pads on it?

I am kinda anal about my Talon. I am sure it probably might not scratch it. But I chose not to use it.

I guess your head could get in the way but it throws alot of light.

Yeah lightsabre!! I need to make a trip to princess in the next little while, hopefully I can find one there.

Hey Kids, so I haven't been doing anything much lately that was really worth while posting here. Today after throwing on my winters terry and I put in my 1000s. The car seemed to like them and ran well. The only issue I was having was starting the car from warm, car would run like a bag of sh!t, and the throttle response was complete garbage and pushing gas would also cause the car to stall as well.

Did you figure out the issue?

No idea, as soon as the car warms up full she is fine. I did a log and then the sd vd adjust and put the car to sleep for tonight.

Weird. Well good luck with that Bryan I really miss my talon lol

Haha, well hopefully next year you will actually have an awd dsm and that way you can have the full experience!!

Yup that's the plan

So I am now gathering everything I need to do the welding of my body panels. I was originally planning to have someone else handle, but instead of doing what I have usually done I decided I would do it the first time. Alex was kind enough to lend me his welder, thanks again Alex, and just need to grab some more bed liner and sheet metal. Here is me practicing on some scrap metal I found in the garage, don't worry it was from a 1990 cruise control box. Just pay attention to the bottom right weld and the t-weld of the piece at the top, let me know what you think!!

nice welds.. what are you using for a welder? And remember if theres any rust hiding in the metal your trying to weld.... it will find it.

I was gonna give you a link but can't find it. I am using a mig/flux core welder from CT. What do you mean by that!?

just make sure you clean the spots your gonna weld.. no paint.. or bondo. and remove all the rust you can see. and dont weld close to a area that was rusty. give yourself lots af clean solid metal to weld to. Rust sparks and explodes when welded. And dosnt weld very well.

Ok good to know, my plan is to clean the metal and then cut a square in the car then weld in the new piece.

So I have decided to take a new direction with the car.
I now realize that the talon will never be a great road course car so I have decided to go the rally route.
I am already in the process of picking up some Hella Lights
I will also start looking for a Rally Spec coilover setup, I have heard good things about hotbits and am leaning towards them.
Shortly after I will probably ditch my 18s for some 16s.
After that we shall see where we go.

As for the welding progress I will be cutting out the patch next week and welding in the new one. Just need a few more things and I will be good to go.

Me likee! That's what I want to do to a 1g later in the future. I'll keep checking this if that's the route you go.

Well that sounds fun!

I have been talking to Richard Fender and he has been helping me with idea and what his setup is like.

So last night I was planning to drop the battery down onto the subframe. I removed the charcoal canister and all that other junk down there and came to find that the battery is too big, so it's back on it's tray for now until I either a)get a smaller batter or b) move it to the trunk. Not sure which option I will choose.

Thanks Reza for the picture and tips for getting this done.

Go with the Odyssey and avoid the extra work routing new wire through the cabin.

Ok the one thing I am worried about with a small battery is that my car sits a lot. Is this going to be an issue?

The Odyssey is alegend among batteries, every now and then throw it on a trickle charger when you know its going to sit and never worry about it

Is this the one I should be looking at?
https://www.rtmracing.com/xcart/product.php?productid=17750&cat=1915&page=1

Ok how long do you think the car can sit without needing a charge. The car is usually doesn't sit for more than a week.

Yup that or the PC680 if your looking for more weight savings. I dont kno whow power hungry our cars are on start up. If I was buying and had any concerns about battery life I woul dgo with the larger unit for that added level of comfort.
I have been tempted to add the pc680 for winter time but my car did well with the Hatch mounted system this year even with only 4 gauge run front to back

Ok good to know, I will weigh the costs and the work, looks like the Odyssey is the winner right now.

That's another question I needed to ask.
For the 1g hatch struts what are yours like (or any other 1g guys). Mine since day one I have to push the hatch up and then when they are fully open they will hold the hatch open.