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Old 06-19-2003   #1 (permalink)
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Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?

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Cleared my headlights. Was lazy and didn't seal it up with silicone. They fogged up and I had to do the whole thing over again the next week.
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most people probly touched the chrome on their headlights
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[quote]Originally posted by sadboy916
most people probly touched the chrome on their headlights [/QUO

LOL i did that s h i t!!!
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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 !
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my headlights arent that bad.. not the greatest clear job but the dont leak and the only problem is some one little black smudge inside that only i noticed... oh and some extra silcon (i didnt want it to leak)...
but stupidest diy was the vtec light - great for dohc cars the have some lift... but in our cars its just dumb... im turning it into a shift light for my tac its right in my gauge pod so its a really nice location and all i need to do is take off the resisters and its bright as hell
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I have yet to screw up a DIY......knock on wood.
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hmmm... crossed the wires while installing fog lights. i almost fried the electrical system. thank god for fuses!
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this thread is one of the reasons im just gonna buy mine
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blew up 8 fuses while installing indash LCD. LOL everything didnt work.
luckly it was only fuse problem..
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clearing headlights wasnt too bad, cause they turned out very good in the end. but i did mess up when i did them.

the stupidest thing i did was forgetting to tighten the nut on top of the strut when grey and i installed my springs. we forgot about it and i took a test drive (thanks to noname) and notised an unusual grinding noise. checked it out and found out what the problem was. if i didnt look under there i could have probably died if the strut fell off or something. oops.
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I haven't messed anything up (knock on wood) I did get some black stuff on my headlights but you can't even see it......I have only had one major problem and it was when Blown, Cisco88 and I installed my Koni's we couldn't get the top nut off to get the hat of the strut off...so we had to drill it off.....

But install is great......the only thing I don't like is if I turn my wheel all the way to one direction in a fast turn...I kinda hear a shifting knock......
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I'm clearing my headlights on sunday .. hope it works out okay . Note To Self: no touchey of the chrome
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oh and when I did a glow guage DIY ... well my speedo won't go past 78.

Cop: Son you were going 110 in a 65
Me: But sir, my speedo only said 78
Cop: tough $hit, off to jail!
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oh and when I did a glow guage DIY ... well my speedo won't go past 78.

Cop: Son you were going 110 in a 65
Me: But sir, my speedo only said 78
Cop: tough $hit, off to jail!
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