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    Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    I was looking at the thread on how to build a catch can and was wondering if anyone has utilized or have ideas on how to utilize lowes or home depot products to improve or mod your 3g

    i have bought paint and electrical wire for my car at lowes but thats about it



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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Ive seen pvc pipe intakes for cars before...quite ghetto...but nice and cheap

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Quote Originally Posted by cubert View Post
    Ive seen pvc pipe intakes for cars before...quite ghetto...but nice and cheap
    ghetto mods are ok, cheap is key

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    i always wondered how a paint job on the 3gee would turn out using a Wagner, lol
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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    someone was telling me that you can use, ? i think it was some kind of roofing tar to undercoat you car or truck, that sounded appealing

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Quote Originally Posted by accordion89 View Post
    someone was telling me that you can use, ? i think it was some kind of roofing tar to undercoat you car or truck, that sounded appealing
    sure you can do that, but it makes for a sloppy mess, and given that you can only get it in 5-gallon buckets (I'm pretty sure), and you can get spray on bed-liner, or rubberized undercoating in normal sized spray paint cans, and it works great, I'm all for spending the extra $10-15.

    I made a vacuum canister from ABS courtesy of Lowes. You can also use it for carpeting if you're willing to invest the time to molding it right.

    Intake piping has been done with PVC, and ultra ghetto is using aluminum dryer hose.

    I have seen ppl use Fernco fittings for putting together their intake piping or turbo dump-tubes instead of high-temp silicone.

    I used the drop ceiling lighting plastic to make custom clear corners on my hatch.

    You can also use the egg-grate for drop ceilings (for the return plenum in the ceilings), and paint them with aluminum spray paint and use them in the grille.

    Some idiots have used ABS or PVC to 'simulate' a roll-cage in their car. Thank God no 3G'ers have done that though.
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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    you can use a garage door seal to make a lip that looks 10 times better then a garden edgeing lip

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Quote Originally Posted by Civic Accord Honda View Post
    you can use a garage door seal to make a lip that looks 10 times better then a garden edgeing lip
    Blake, any pics of this on a car? I'm real interested in this. Never heard of it before.
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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    this is a garden lip they dont look as bad as cah says lol and if you spend a lil time mounting can be done to look quite nice i just slapped mine on






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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    haha that looks sweet
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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Quote Originally Posted by markmdz89hatch View Post
    Blake, any pics of this on a car? I'm real interested in this. Never heard of it before.
    hmm cant seem to find the one from cb7tuner but heres some other diys with pics using the same stuff

    http://www.rs25.com/forums/f105/t364...ing-stuff.html

    http://forum.mazda6club.com/index.php?showtopic=97574

    http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=236440

    i like the oem look of it

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy View Post
    this is a garden lip they dont look as bad as cah says lol and if you spend a lil time mounting can be done to look quite nice i just slapped mine on






    lol, thats sick! how solid is the material?

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    pritty solid but cheap so if it does brake its not gona be and arm and a leg to replace at all lol

    you can prolly make at least 3 out if the length

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    lol, i'm affraid of things flying off my car, my plastic fender wheelwel plastic rain gaurd thing came off when i was driving :/

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    its all in how you bolt it up i actually used the push pins my self the ones the grab if i had to do it again i would bolt them up i would actually try to use a plastic bond of some sort and add brackets but it would have to be every few inches

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    hmmm, I'm hoping something like this will be easy since i plan on replacing my front bumper sometime in the next decade, its funny the front bumper is the highest body part on the car, i would like it to match up with the rear bumper lip

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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Quote Originally Posted by accordion89 View Post
    lol, thats sick! how solid is the material?
    It stands up fairly well to repeated weedeater attacks.
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    Re: Local hardware store parts for your 3g

    Quote Originally Posted by guyhatesmycar View Post
    It stands up fairly well to repeated weedeater attacks.
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