It looks like it will really stiffen things up. Good weather coming in for the next 5 days. Im going to try to get it finished up and down to the alignment shop. I should have my E85 tune soon also.

 

hmmm e85. I need to get my tune for the new tb. I will have to get in touch with you Jeff to try and meet sometime when it gets nice out

 

hey guys/gals, new pittsburgh balt owner (new balt owner, definitely not new to pgh haha).

just wanted to stop in and say hi. i live out in the north hills. haven't been involved in any kind of car scene in a few years, lookin forward to getting to know some of you a little better.

 

Welcome to the madness

 

Welcome aboard

 

thanks guys!

do yins do any local meets or anything like that? track days/meet ups/etc? would def like to get involved in some of that if it's out there.

SO happy the weather is finally cooperating this weekend. gotta fix up a big ass crack in the bottom section of my front bumper cover then i'm gonna do the evo mod with some plasti-dip. thinkin about doin the wheels with plasti-dip as well, they're really scuffed up and not in great shape overall.

 

Hi! I was just out in North Hills making an emergency vet run

 

you talkin about that place up on siebert road? i've taken a cat there before, they're really good imo.

your pet ok now?

 

Yup, that's the one! They are beyond awesome there.

She's getting better, still not eating or drinking like she should, but her fever's gone and she doesn't seem to have the runs anymore.

 

Glad to hear!

Anyone local need a Cobalt hood? I still have one sitting around and will let it go for a good deal...

 

haha yeah they take care of you there. they were great when me and my ex's cat broke his leg one x-mas a few years ago.

stock or aftermarket on that hood? if it's cf and the price is right i might consider taking it off your hands.

 

My old lady took a cat OUT the other night with her car. Shes still whining about it.

 

OEM, I traded my car with a carbon hood and I still have the original.

 

that's too funny. i hit a deer last fall-only animal i've ever hit in my life.

nice yellow balt btw. yellow ftw

ah i see. unless it's yellow and has no paint chips in it not much i can do with it. glws though

 

Jeff, any chance you wanna come by this weekend and tune my car?

Pens: There is the weekly car cruises all around Pitt, Im running all the local AutoX between the 2 SCCA chapters and North Hills Sports Car Club, uhhh. sometimes some of us hang out up at the mall.

Aside from that, we may be doing a BBQ/Mod day at my shop in the South Hills next month. Dunno yet.

 

Finished up my Plasti Dip work & washed her since it's beautiful today!

 

Update Coilover install

 

We gotta get the tune first. Call Me.

 

Adjusted the rear shocks today. They have 36 adjustment Dampening so I set them right at 18 as a starting point. Ride feeds good so far. Im going to set the fronts the same way. Still need to get my hardcore bar on and install the splitter

 

saw 2 red ss s/c or t/c on my way home from work today (i work in oakland), one was on 5th ave, other was either on blvd of allies or 279, cant remember.

ahh nice! is that the one over at north park? i used to go watch that almost every sunday morning-i'd go get breakfast at brueger's on mcknight and watch autox

i'm always down for stuff like that, and like meets and hangin out and stuff. bbq/mod day sounds like total win.

@rephrase-lovin the evo mod, looks great on your car. i'm gonna attempt it on my car tomorrow. did you wash your car before you did it? any tips for a plasti-dip noob lol?

really diggin doin the bowtie on the trunk with plasti-dip too. did you use clearcoat over that?

if i can get it to look alright on my bumper, i might use it on my wheels with clearcoat. they're pretty scuffed up from the previous owner so itd be nice to have a fresh surface on them.

@mongorat-i seriously love your balt lol. one of the cleanest, nastiest yellows ive seen. how do you drive around here with your car so low though haha? stance looks mean as hell. very very aggressive. well done.

 

Well I finally installed my Track Dog Air Splitter today. It took about 4 hours with most of the time spent taking the bumper cover off and on. heres a few pics. Ill get some better ones later. Tomorrow the hardcore sway bar goes on an its off to the alignment shop

 

I didn't clear anything because it was my first time using plasti dip. Honestly its kinda hard to mess up because it seems to dry evenly. Hardest part is removing the tape, the trick is to remove it before it dried but not when its too wet either. I only washed the parts that I was plasti dipping then washed the whole thing about 5 6 hours later. Thanks for the compliments

 

Surprised I haven't seen you, I work in Oakland too. I see an Orange SS/SC that lives on McKee place, a laser blue SS/SC up on 5th, an arrival blue 2.4 that's around from time to time, and a laser blue 2.4 that parks on Semple. I've seen others, but those are the ones I see semi-regularly.

 

cool, thanks for the tips. im not gonna clear the bumper but i will clear the wheels when i do those, probably next weekend. i was thinkin about doin the wheels today but ace hardware up in wexford only had 1 can of plasti-dip and i didnt feel like drivin up to cranberry to get to a lowes.

ill make sure to remove the tape quick-i saw the one how-to thread where dude didnt take his tape off for awhile and it got f'd in the a haha. i want this to look clean, i mean, if im gonna do somethin, gonna do it right.

i also picked up some simple green max to clean the bumper then i figure with the temps being what they are today ill either was it this evening or tmrw.

btw how many coats did you use?

small world huh?

damn i wanna see those ss/sc's, and the 2.4's. i think i might've seen the 2.4's before, and honestly the one ss i saw that was either sc or tc migt've been orange now that i think about it. not sure tho.

 

well didnt attempt to fix the crack in the bumper or do the evo mod today. too cold for jb weld, too windy for plasti-dip lol.

cleaned her up though and snapped a few quick pics. my camera's phone completely sucks so i apologize for the crappy picture quality. this car is still as-is as i bought it appearance wise, haven't had a chance to fix a lot of the little stuff wrong with it visually.