Zack's '12 OBP STi Hatch, Da Money Pit

[ZackUSAF82]

Dang I really want one man. Do you feel more engine response since the engine shouldn't be whipping back?

Haven't done the pitch stop yet, I was referring to what you were saying about the springs. I'll be putting the pitch stop in when I do the rest of the installs on 10 May, sorry man, you'll have to wait a little longer. But I honestly don't expect much difference from the pitch stop, you really need to do the engine and tranny mounts to really feel the pitch stop from everyone I've talked to...but either way I'll let you know what differences I feel.

 

[Alter3go]

Darn lol

Yeah dude it did feel different for sure it definitely added a few MPH to my cornering

 

[Alter3go]

Hope you enjoy yours they're fun

 

[ZackUSAF82]

Got the car aligned today, it was barely off in the front and fine in the rear (as expected). Didn't figure it needed much with the miniscule drop but it was worth it to me for the peace of mind. Now it's on to the installs this weekend (weather permitting) and I get tuned somewhere around 10 June. Might end up holding off on the I/C install until later but I really don't think it will hurt anything to have it on before I get tuned...just might play it safe. We'll see, still a couple days to think about it.

 

[ZackUSAF82]

Ugh, I had to run back out to the car just now to get my phone and low and behold I just found a nice, deep dent on the passenger front door. Not sure when it happened but it looks like someone smashed their door into mine, good times. The dealer I bought my car from threw in generic 10 free dent/ding repairs so hopefully that will cover this as it looks like they should be able to pop it out and may not have to paint but I'm still pissed. I respect other peoples property and I generally try to park far away from everyone but you just can't avoid people that have no respect for material possessions. Oh well, it is what it is, hopefully I can get it fixed next weekend.

 

[Alter3go]

As long as the metal isn't creased you should be good sorry that happened. If it is though that's full replacement of that part might be a claim on that

 

[ZackUSAF82]

Ugh, now that it's light I'm even more pissed...pretty sure it's going to take more work than just popping it out as it looks like it's creased some. Here's a couple pics, quality sucks but it's cloudy/misting out so this is the best I could do.

This just hasn't been my year.....ARGH!

 

[Alin]

Wow.....

 

[ZackUSAF82]

Wow is right, I was so pumped that I'm going to be installing all these wonderful parts on Saturday and now this has taken all the wind out of my sails. I realize it's just a car but I spend a ton of time taking care of my car, yes it has tons of rock chips and random scratches...I can live with those, but this is one helluva dent. The dealership opens up in a few minutes so I'll be calling and finding out if I can get the car in there today or not to see what has to be done to fix it. We'll see, hopefully it won't be too bad, I'd prefer to not have to make a claim on my insurance. Given I've never had a claim in my life but I've heard the Geico experience for claims sucks and so does your rates after you make one. Ugh man, just ugh.

 

[IGOTASTi]

It will pop. Our good friend is a dent guy for a living and that's nothing for him.

 

[ZackUSAF82]

Hope so, it's an hour plus drive to the dealer that actually does this so I'm hoping it will be a quick fix. Thanks for adding a little wind to my sail JJ...

 

[IGOTASTi]

Anytime my friend.

 

[Alin]

*blows on the sail*
Faster faster Zack!

:lol:
They should be able to take care of that. Dealerships hire "dent wizards" to do these things. The guy that i met at Acura was really good. :tup:

 

[black bandit]

It will pop. Our good friend is a dent guy for a living and that's nothing for him.

Yep, pdr baby. Lemme show you what happened after hail attacked my car....

They all came out. It's like black magic the tools the pdr guys use.

 

[Alin]

^ how much did that cost?

 

[black bandit]

Free 99. Insurance covered it and the company paid my deductible. It did ruin the hood. It was estimated at 7k in damages.

 

[Alin]

7k worth of damage. Hot damn.....

 

[inferno19d]

How damn gina.. good thing insurance covered that...

 

[black bandit]

Yep there wasn't a single panel not touched. I was very upset lol. She now sits protected in the garage at all times lol

 

[ZackUSAF82]

Wish PDR would have worked for me...but alas it's an odd shaped dent, creased in the middle and it's right on the side crash beam. Just my luck...go figure. Had 3 PDR guys look at it/try with no luck. Luckily none of them charged me but it still sucks. So now my options are pretty much get the door painted...so in other words, it's going to be a while. All I can do is laugh, this shit happens to me all the time so my way of dealing with it is just to laugh about it and move on.