Looong over due update. As some of you may know, I got rear-ended by some moron in a school zone a couple months back. Didn't get jack shit, and my buddy which does insurance estimates said it's not worth having my insurance do anything as they would write it off and give me 900 bucks max, so I'll be fixing it out of pocket since the asshat who hit me didn't have insurance and was out on bail with no licence, tried to hustle me and I got pissed off and called the cops on him. He's back in jail now last time I checked. The frame is slightly tweaked in the passenger side rear, from the lower hatch to the top of the wheel arch, passenger side of the rear bumper cover is now 3/4 of and inch closer than it's supposed to be to the body now, gap on the right side of the hatch, and buckled my quarter panel in and out. Luckily my alignment is still the same and straight, just cosmetic damage that needs to be pulled in order to straighten it back out and possibly a new rear bumper support and rear quarter put in if I can't get the existing one flat.
Aside from that bullshit, I feel I have been neglecting the car too long, decided to get my ass in gear and start fixing things I should have a long time ago, as well as general maintenance.
Passed smog with flying colors after putting in a new cat.
Got new tires installed (same as old, Dunlop DZ102s, lasted me 3 years with a lot of aggressive driving)
And finally, I decided I will get my air conditioning to work again, got tired of driving in 106 degree weather in summer with the windows down after 8 years, and only did so after realizing Denso still made the parts and Rockauto had them in stock, pretty damn good price, minus the non-a/c stuff I ordered.
List of shit to fix next:
-Replace exhaust manifold downpipe, it broke again. (Buddy hooked me up with a new "old" one)
-Change timing chain (just hit 100k on my rebuilt motor that has shitty plastic guides)
-Fix the fat dent in my oil pan
-Replace rear mean seal
-Replace clutch (its not bad, just might as well when I pull the motor out to do everything else)
-Replace the valve stem seals
-Get the body fixed
