What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[neanderpaul]

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SE cluster into an aspire. Changed the odometers out.

[Spike]

On the '89:

Poor man's oil change: 2 quarts Full Synthetic 10W-30, 1.6 quarts cheapest 10W-30 Wal-Mart had (had in the back of the Auto 'cause it burns so much oil). Used old oil to spray underbelly, as it will be snowing in a few days. ONE NANOMETER SNOW = 1,000,000lbs of salt they shall spread. Curse you, Indiana.

Finished complete rear brake job minus left-side leaky wheel cylinder.. line bolts were too rusted to remove without replacing the whole line. Carefully 'rebuilt' cylinder using the new parts, left it alone.. we'll see how it goes. I think it's dragging a bit, the e-brake adjuster was frozen (thought I freed it up, guess not). More fun coming today.

-Joe

[muleskinner]

Spent most of the day working on Blue. Replaced the left rear brake line from front to back (9 feet) Put in a 3' line and a 6' line since the auto parts place didn't carry 9'. Bled the brakes all around and now the pedal is solid. The old line had a break in it & I had to crimp it off to get it home when we purchased Blue.
I still need the replace the rear brake shoes and put in new baring's & an axel nut on the right rear.

[Prafeston]

Fresh, you can look up the particulars on the wheels. I sold them to Karl and they are off of a Mitsubishi Lancer. They are O.Z. Rally Racing wheels and are the ones Charlie has put on several of his Festies. There are several threads around the forum I believe talking about these wheels and what tires fit them well. Wherever they end up I'm glad someone is getting to put them to use. They were just taking up space in my garage and I got a really good deal on them several months ago.

[sc72]

Festiva pattern and 15"

[freshtiva]

I figure before this goes any further you should know that these tires are BALD I mean there is air in the tires but I have no idea what is keeping it in there, 3 out of 4 wheels are very nice but one has rash in 2 places, so in the spirit of full disclosure, now you know the rest of the story. Yes that would be it and no nothing else would be needed to sweeten the deal.

what size are the wheels? Festiva pattern or aspire ?

[sc72]

Hm, Hello Fresh, yes there is something special I would trade for and good to hear from you, how is the building refurbishing coming along.

I figure before this goes any further you should know that these tires are BALD I mean there is air in the tires but I have no idea what is keeping it in there, 3 out of 4 wheels are very nice but one has rash in 2 places, so in the spirit of full disclosure, now you know the rest of the story. Yes that would be it and no nothing else would be needed to sweeten the deal.

[freshtiva]

The two smaller buildings were demolished after closer inspection.? Ive been reinforcing a barn now. the upright poles holding up the barn are rotting at ground level. They are about six foot deep and someone drove huge nails into the post prior to pouring concrete in. Its been a real bitch getting them out. The same person has a 40' x 60' barn that needs an overhaul. We will probably start on it before long. You kind of have to pick your days this time of year. I dug out the factory cruise control today while cleaning up the shop, Would that be special enough, if not I might add some cash depending on the wheels condition.

[sc72]

Id like some rims like that, You want to trade for something Karl ?

Hm, Hello Fresh, yes there is something special I would trade for and good to hear from you, how is the building refurbishing coming along.

[freshtiva]

Looking good man! Surprised those tires even fit on there! Guess your subtle lift helps! Glad they are getting put to good use!

Id like some rims like that, You want to trade for something Karl ?

[Prafeston]

Bought some OZ rims from Prafeston at the Herman meet, all I need now is some new skins.

Looking good man! Surprised those tires even fit on there! Guess your subtle lift helps! Glad they are getting put to good use!

[defprun]

Swapped in Ford Probe shifter throw is nice and short now. More info on my aapire swap thread.

[greywolf200]

I was actually thinking of doing a red strip on the bumpers since I do have a can on red paint. not sure how well the side trim will look red, will have to play with it in a photoshop like program see if it looks good.



I have thought of doing the whole car in bed-liner. (Minus anything plastic)

I didn't rough it up at all. I really should have though, but I am always impatient, so I just cleaned it. If it peels again I will just get a power sander and get it all back down to plastic then repaint it.

When painting anything, always rough it up. On plastic, you can apply an adhesion promoter which helps tremendously. One such product is called Bull Dog. I agree with Brave, wide pin stripe tape is the way to go. There are side trim panels on XL's that had a stripe that lined up with the panel in the bumper. Looks great and get those wheels.

[frankenfester]

Decorated the roof rack and cab antenna to wake up and have to shovel the thing out...stay warm...

Blurry pic, but you get the idea.


-James

[greywolf200]

Bought some OZ rims from Prafeston at the Herman meet, all I need now is some new skins.

Really nice. Like...:thumbs_up: