Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
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Originally posted by sadboy916
most people probly touched the chrome on their headlights
most people probly touched the chrome on their headlights
yes, i am that ****.
and no i don't still have my cleared headlights. i sold them. because, i am ****.
DIY mistake doing my vinyl door inserts and painting the whole door panel with plasti-kote. vinyl is pealing bad, paint is chipping now im force to go buy a black door panel and let someone do the inserts for me. unless someone on this board that is close to me can do it for me for a good price. oh yeah another thing taking out the door panel to paint broke the door handle. so now no one can get out. woohoo i got child protection. for the ladies your welcome to get locked in hah.
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Originally posted by d17a2x3oy
DIY mistake doing my vinyl door inserts and painting the whole door panel with plasti-kote. vinyl is pealing bad, paint is chipping now im force to go buy a black door panel and let someone do the inserts for me. unless someone on this board that is close to me can do it for me for a good price. oh yeah another thing taking out the door panel to paint broke the door handle. so now no one can get out. woohoo i got child protection. for the ladies your welcome to get locked in hah.
DIY mistake doing my vinyl door inserts and painting the whole door panel with plasti-kote. vinyl is pealing bad, paint is chipping now im force to go buy a black door panel and let someone do the inserts for me. unless someone on this board that is close to me can do it for me for a good price. oh yeah another thing taking out the door panel to paint broke the door handle. so now no one can get out. woohoo i got child protection. for the ladies your welcome to get locked in hah.
oh no, sorry my posts and re-posts about what paint to use on door panal still didn't save you...Appearantly you didn't see them because maybe they are too old now...
Do not use Plasti-kote!!! I tried, and samething happened to me!
Use Krylon "fusion"!!! it really worked!
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Rep Power: 0 where to start the worst was a set of full length tribal flames got one side on no problem the next i got up and my 3 year old pulled it off and walked on it for me after 3 hours of picking out sand i put it on dumb move i know. Messed up the top of my aem intake and had to buff it out after it was rubing on the hood. fell on my stock hood coming out of the bar got a new cf hood from insurance thank good
no other major things yet .
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I messed up alot on my last electrical DIY. Ended up with lots of scars and cuts. Forgot to solder resistor to a LED, blew some fuses, and alot of other stuff. Makes me never want to do another DIY after I was done, at least not anything with electronics.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by sadboy916
most people probly touched the chrome on their headlights
most people probly touched the chrome on their headlights
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^^I thought it would be great to tackle the Gauge Cluster Conversion
..so..8 hours later, 25 pins battered and raped, and a mini jewelry screwdriver that got shoved up under my nail.. it worked..
well..
..with 80 bucks paid to infinite012 to clean up my mess lol
^^I thought it would be great to tackle the Gauge Cluster Conversion
..so..8 hours later, 25 pins battered and raped, and a mini jewelry screwdriver that got shoved up under my nail.. it worked..
well..
..with 80 bucks paid to infinite012 to clean up my mess lol
but my strut bar to close to my sri and it raddled against each other, lol just moved it alittle, oh and painting my dash w/o using any primer lol it flaked off everywhere just looking at it. thats it no other things, guess im lucky and didnt have anything serious.
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From: Rock Hill, SC
Rep Power: 265 Diconnected the throttle body heater without letting the car cool down and sprayed myself in the face with hot anti-freeze. 
dropped a socket down my exhaust pipe installing my header.
Had to hammer my strut tower bar on. Then it ground a nothch on in my CAI.
dropped a socket down my exhaust pipe installing my header.
Had to hammer my strut tower bar on. Then it ground a nothch on in my CAI.
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From: Denton, Tx
Rep Power: 0 when i took the fuel needle off to replace the gauge faces(later found out you dont have to) so i removed the fuel needle but when i put it back on it just shot way up past the F! Worst part was i remembered I only had about a quater of a tank before i removed the needle! My gas light came on but my needle was on the F! So I didnt know how much gas I acutally had! Yikes! Then I thought there was no way i would be able to fix it so I bought a new cluster for 300 dollars, then went home and realized that my mileage would be reset since it is stored in the cluster! So I tried my luck one last time and got the needle fixed! Wheew! So then I made up a pretty good excuse to the dealership for why i was returning the new cluster and they gave me a full refund! YES there is a GOD!
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From: Spokane, Washington
Rep Power: 329 fvcking up my tails by puttin too much clear coat on em then it ran, while smoking them. then i had to scrape it all off and now it looks like this
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Rep Power: 340 OK well I left my car once in newtral and I was leaning in the engine bay. Then my car rolled out of my garage (Theres an incline ) and i fell into the engine Bay trying to stop it from backing out.. Anyways it backed right out into the street and I got broadsided by a BUS thus sending me into the ICU for a week.
The paramedics told me that I had the Vtec lettering printed on the side of my forhead...
The paramedics told me that I had the Vtec lettering printed on the side of my forhead...
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From: nj..
Rep Power: 342 WOW that sucks.....all i did was break a clip while clearing the headlights... and i want to do the blue needle diy and i know ill mess up so ill prob be back on this post lol
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From: Gallup/ABQ, New Mexico
Rep Power: 292 I cut through the red/black wire in my gauge cluster completely lol. I was doing my indiglo gauges in the dark without a flashlight hehe.
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From: Pwnsboro, KY
Rep Power: 270 Screwed up my power mirror switch while changing the bulb to a blue LED.
BTW, just because you've been soldering for years doesn't mean you still won't burn your finger and throw the power mirror switch into a concrete wall as some kind of stupid reflex.
New switch due in Thursday: $10.
BTW, just because you've been soldering for years doesn't mean you still won't burn your finger and throw the power mirror switch into a concrete wall as some kind of stupid reflex.
New switch due in Thursday: $10.
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When my friend and I lowered my car we had to cut out the rear fender lip and slipped and skippe dup the side of the car...not as bad as it sounds thank god but then to top it off when he hit it with some black paint to seal the raw metal he tested it on a paper to make sure it sprayed good sicne it was sittin a while and then when he moved gust of wind blew the paper up on the side of the car so had a nice scratch from a saw with a black smudge next to it. It is all good now though since the repaint...lol. Should of expected it though things were going to smooth. I also did the blue LEDS didnt have a prob other than i am not patient enough to solder LEDS...lol Still havin a prob with some of them burnin out though.
