Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY? - Page 9

jsiu85 · 09-02-2005

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02cvcEX · 09-02-2005

tried to install a head unit and the kit was too small

then i lost the knob on my A/C dial

nindoo · 09-02-2005

I installed a rear sway bar backwards

diskreet · 09-02-2005

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Originally Posted by evol

touching the chrome isnt the prob... its getting the factory black sealer off that you accidentally smudge on there ! .... tip rubbing achohol and patinets work wonders !

exactly. but i have eyelids so the smudge is covered now.

gearbox · 09-02-2005

broke a gauge cluster, almost couldn't put timing belt back on the cam gear, shorted out wires and made sparks, dropped screws in the engine bay, started car without cam sensor plugged in, shocked myself with a neon that was plugged in, etc.

HondaSales · 09-02-2005

i was installing a satellite radio antenna (SSM antenna from the accord) on my trunk lid. as i was "drilling out" the hole for it, the drill slipped out and i put about a 2 1/2" scratch on my trunk lid...ooops. i know its not that bad but it pissed me off!!!

Ledbelly · 09-02-2005

When changing out my shocks I was cleaning it off.Thought I was pulling on a peice of dirt but it was the plastic that locks the lock nut.

7thGenerasianCivic · 09-02-2005

drilled an extra hole in my trunk because I was installing me OEM spoiler. DOH!!!!

nick95673 · 09-02-2005

i dropped a bolt in my engine bay @8pm and didnt care i do it all the time. the next morning on the way to work i put my car into 2nd gear and it wanted to run. i had to turn it off coast into a parking lot and found the bolt in the throttle pulley.

scatman · 09-02-2005

i snapped a header bolt when installing my dcsports shorty on my 01 EX. it was my first ever install

now, im flawless.

streetglower · 09-02-2005

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Originally Posted by nick95673

i dropped a bolt in my engine bay @8pm and didnt care i do it all the time. the next morning on the way to work i put my car into 2nd gear and it wanted to run. i had to turn it off coast into a parking lot and found the bolt in the throttle pulley.

please let me know what a throttle pulley is?

thw_goalie · 09-03-2005

The only DIY i've screwed up on was clearing my turn signals (on an El). Took me about five different tries to get it right. Had to cut out lucite and mold it to fit onto the turn signal housing and then use that AutoGoop stuff to make it stick and create a seal around the edge. It was tough to clamp it right the first time without the black AutoGoop smearing everywhere.

Civic_RedLine · 09-03-2005

bigged freaggin screw up, breaking those damn flimsy clips that hold that dash together, everytime i pull it out, the clips fall inside therefore, i must pull it out with extra clips, or if u break the actual plastic part its over, I did that to my stock under pocket but got new ashtray set that got rid of the pocket. just watch out when u move any interior parts such as pillar, door panel, dash, etc, because they are all held by flimsy clips//

K20A_Wanabe · 10-18-2005

I hooked up my LED neons and put positive to negative and fried all of my streetglow equipment: Inside neons and controler and LED outside
Ordered a new controler begining of summer still waiting for it.

diskreet · 10-18-2005

So far my worst mistake was buying M3 mirros and actually wasting a day to wire them and finish the install off; only to hate how the mirrors are crap and useless.