Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
then i lost the **** on my A/C dial 
Last time I had this much fun some furniture got broken!
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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 !
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Rep Power: 811 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.
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!!!
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.
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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.
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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.
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//
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.
Ordered a new controler begining of summer still waiting for it.
Last time I had this much fun some furniture got broken!
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Rep Power: 359 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.
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Rep Power: 0 i stripped the bolt on my tie rod end putting on my S techs.
We forced a bolt on for temporary use until i get a new tie rod end.
I was driving, and the nut flew off of my tie rod while i was driving.
We forced a bolt on for temporary use until i get a new tie rod end.
I was driving, and the nut flew off of my tie rod while i was driving.
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Rep Power: 0 id say,.....allowing my brother to try and wire my entire first sound setup with rockford speaker wires.....
dumbass,....but he knows how to wire **** now...he took that "snake pit" class in cali.
dumbass,....but he knows how to wire **** now...he took that "snake pit" class in cali. 
uh where to start uh..
1)Was using automotive silicone to seal up headlights ending up to have them fogging up like crazy. after 5 times i finally get GE Kitchen and Bath Clear silicone and stopped the fogging
2)Leaving tools along the side of the fender under the hood
3)Leaving my watch the same place and is MIA still(prob on the road somewhere, where a begger got a free watch)
4)accidently bolting my rear tower bar down onto the trunk latch wire disabling my trunk opener.
i guess more to come?
1)Was using automotive silicone to seal up headlights ending up to have them fogging up like crazy. after 5 times i finally get GE Kitchen and Bath Clear silicone and stopped the fogging
2)Leaving tools along the side of the fender under the hood
3)Leaving my watch the same place and is MIA still(prob on the road somewhere, where a begger got a free watch)
4)accidently bolting my rear tower bar down onto the trunk latch wire disabling my trunk opener.
i guess more to come?
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Rep Power: 265 I had one thing happen while running power wire for amp but it wasn't my fault. My friend was hacking away w/ a razorblade at the rubber boot on the firewall in the passenger foot well while I was in the back of the car. Turns out he cut a couple wires on the wire loom (cruise control wouldn't work). Honda had no problem charging $275
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Rep Power: 0 broke like 3 clips taking off panels for amp install. pulled the amp wire out and wire hanger touched battery and big sparks thought i was gonna die or messed up my electrical system or blew buncha fuse but gud thing everything was fine.installed megan catback exhaust fix 1 leak but there's still another 1 need to take to a shop grrh...
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Rep Power: 811 i'm sure i'll have a story to tell after i put on the new cylinder head. oh yea electrical mishaps i dropped a screw between the power and ground on the amp and just watched sparks fly. then i cut a live wire with ground and power next to each other so more sparks again and some weird smell.
