Halfcent's summer of 2012
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Halfcent, good to see you still come here. You were probably the main source of info for me when I owned my L61, and I appreciate that.
Question: Do you plan on putting a rear lip on the car? Not to nitpick, because obviously it is your car and your personal preference, but the large step up in ground clearance of the body from just before the rear wheel to just after is kinda odd looking to me. Oh wait, looking back at the photos a second time, I see that you do not have a front lip either. Is this something you are planning on doing in the future? oddly enough I remember you had a rk sport I believe front lip before but it was on your LS bumper and it had some gaps in the fitment. Don't ask me why I remember that...
Anyways, awesome job on the car. Considering the retail value of an average LS with 110k on it, your LS is probably worth about 5 normal ones. haha
Question: Do you plan on putting a rear lip on the car? Not to nitpick, because obviously it is your car and your personal preference, but the large step up in ground clearance of the body from just before the rear wheel to just after is kinda odd looking to me. Oh wait, looking back at the photos a second time, I see that you do not have a front lip either. Is this something you are planning on doing in the future? oddly enough I remember you had a rk sport I believe front lip before but it was on your LS bumper and it had some gaps in the fitment. Don't ask me why I remember that...
Anyways, awesome job on the car. Considering the retail value of an average LS with 110k on it, your LS is probably worth about 5 normal ones. haha
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I do still have the rear and front RK Sport lips in fact. The rear was damaged slightly by a sign post some time back. Repairable, and on the list with the rest of the body work items listed above. Not hard at all, but does need paint. The front lip is in the same boat, but with 6 years of experience in having it, it is not practical to keep on the car. The front clearance is simply too low, and inevitably, it will ground out on a curb some day and get damaged. The car looks decent without it. I'm considering other options as part of the turbo installation next year.
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Yeah I have had my LNF for about 5 days and I already rode the lip on a really low curb at the bank. No damage, thankfully. That car has coilovers though and it is ******* slammed, wheels tucked in the well slammed. Not really used to it.
I think I might raise it up about a 1/2 inch just becuase I don't like hearing it rub when I back out of a parking spot. I honestly dont know why anyone would want to drive a car around when wheels cant even turn all the way without hitting something.
I think I might raise it up about a 1/2 inch just becuase I don't like hearing it rub when I back out of a parking spot. I honestly dont know why anyone would want to drive a car around when wheels cant even turn all the way without hitting something.
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No. While the stock lip is a little thinner than the RK Sport one, it would still have the same problem with ground clearance. And it really wouldn't match the existing RKS rocker panels. I'll most likely just leave the front facia alone.
The only real change to the body will be the extractor hood to service the intercooler. But that won't happen until there is an intercooler to service.
Well, I take that back. I have a set of Gen 1 Halo headlights that I'm rebuilding that I will probably swap in.
The only real change to the body will be the extractor hood to service the intercooler. But that won't happen until there is an intercooler to service.
Well, I take that back. I have a set of Gen 1 Halo headlights that I'm rebuilding that I will probably swap in.
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Okay, all the left parts are now up for sale. Made a classified for it here:
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/part...9/#post6999588
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/part...9/#post6999588
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So remember when I wrote about this?
Figured out what that terminal is today. That's the cooling fan ground. That's why it wasn't working. Guess what works now? It was supposed to be connected to the starter ground, not 12 volt supply. I'm lucky I didn't blow something up.
I had one, single ring terminal lead from the engine harness that I just could not figure out where it connected to. Still don't for sure, but by logical deduction, it has to either attach to the alternator output or the starter input, both of which are connected to each other by the fuseable link. So electrically, it's not too different either way. For now, I've connected it to the alternator side. I have no idea what the hell it's for. Maybe I'll get a look under the hood of another L61 sometime to get an idea.
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So remember when I wrote about this?
Figured out what that terminal is today. That's the cooling fan ground. That's why it wasn't working. Guess what works now? It was supposed to be connected to the starter ground, not 12 volt supply. I'm lucky I didn't blow something up.
Figured out what that terminal is today. That's the cooling fan ground. That's why it wasn't working. Guess what works now? It was supposed to be connected to the starter ground, not 12 volt supply. I'm lucky I didn't blow something up.
The picture is a bit deceiving, but the smooth black wire and the red wire go to the top bolt. The black wire with the corrugated cover goes to the small terminal on the side.
Any plans for a "Halfcent's summer of 2013" thread? I really enjoyed seeing the progress of your project in this thread.
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I can't see the fan ground in that picture, but yes, there. I can probably put my dual LSJ fan back in now.
The only plans I have for this year are lots of little body work items. Not much to blog about. Biggest part will be the replacement of the hood with an RKSport extractor. I may do my interior modifications over the winter.
I'm looking into changing this thread title and merging a couple old ones together to make a continuous blog.
The only plans I have for this year are lots of little body work items. Not much to blog about. Biggest part will be the replacement of the hood with an RKSport extractor. I may do my interior modifications over the winter.
I'm looking into changing this thread title and merging a couple old ones together to make a continuous blog.
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Rebuilt all my brakes today. I took pics of the finished Brembo's but they don't seem to be on my phone now that I'm home. That sucks. I'll take some more tomorrow (I have all week to work on the car, yay!) Here are the rears.
All my pretty powder coated parts.
It's kindda like a puzzle. Put it all together into something useful!
Now when I started this, I knew I was gonna powder coat, so I stripped down the caliper completely, including the parking brake assembly. Here is my advice to the reader. Don't take apart the parking brake assembly. Even the freakin' service manual says don't take that apart. Of course I didn't read that until after the fact. I thought powder would require it to be out of there, but it can stay assembled and not get in the way of powder at all. Take a look at this pic here...
What you can't see there is the assembly down inside the caliper cylinder. It is all compressed with about a 30 lbs spring held in with a snap ring that you can't reach. It's not that I don't have a long enough pair of snap plyers, it's that you can't get them down inside that cylinder, there is no clearance. I came up with this socket and C-clamp idea after about 45 minutes of ******* with it and cursing a lot.
Anyway, success:
All my pretty powder coated parts.
It's kindda like a puzzle. Put it all together into something useful!
Now when I started this, I knew I was gonna powder coat, so I stripped down the caliper completely, including the parking brake assembly. Here is my advice to the reader. Don't take apart the parking brake assembly. Even the freakin' service manual says don't take that apart. Of course I didn't read that until after the fact. I thought powder would require it to be out of there, but it can stay assembled and not get in the way of powder at all. Take a look at this pic here...
What you can't see there is the assembly down inside the caliper cylinder. It is all compressed with about a 30 lbs spring held in with a snap ring that you can't reach. It's not that I don't have a long enough pair of snap plyers, it's that you can't get them down inside that cylinder, there is no clearance. I came up with this socket and C-clamp idea after about 45 minutes of ******* with it and cursing a lot.
Anyway, success:
Here is something I'm trying myself. This is the rear bump stop. You can't buy just a replacement insulator, which is the ring that is worn out. You have to buy the whole bump stop assembly, which I don't need. So I just got some sheet rubber stock and cut my own replacements. Should work fine. 
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