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Originally Posted by Rittmeister
Oh dear... is that powdercoated or painted? I just did my spare in satin black paint, need to install it.
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It was powdercoated. And beautifully I might add. One of my teammates used to work for a company that manufactured CAT parts, including powdercoating, so this is genuine Caterpillar yellow. The best part? It cost me nothing.
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Originally Posted by SR20 Inside
Lookin good
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Originally Posted by 98sr20ve
SWEET, Love the Yellow
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Originally Posted by blairellis
Hot!!!
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Thanks for the compliments. As mentioned above it was free, and our choices were limited to
A) CAT yellow
B) OSHA (safety) red
C) Gloss black
We ruled out OSHA red because it would look like ass compared to the stock (badass) redtop color. They wanted to do it gloss black, but I didn't want to misrepresent the engine as a blacktop, plus a lot of our other stuff (brackets, suspension pieces, etc.) are in this color. And I am far from one who likes boring chit. So I made the command decision to go with CAT yellow, and I think it looks awesome. It wasn't quite as nice until we sanded the powercoating off the letters and cleaned the spark cover. But now I really like it, and think that it'll get us a lot of props from other racers / enthusiasts.
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Originally Posted by intiractive
WOW dude yall definitely know what youre doin, im sure the car will turn out great. what are your turbo plans? what size you gonna upgrade to? good luck man.
p.s. i bought a nissan work shirt from a factory too! hahaha
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Thanks. As for knowing what we're doing, we have Robin Barnett, a FSM, and general mechanical knowledge. But we're pretty much car virgins, with prior experience mainly consisting of changing brake pads & rotors, oil, and other mundane stuff. So this is certainly a learning experience for all of us.
Our stock T25 was in terrible shape (thanks for replacing it Venus

), so we bought another used T25 off Russ. I thought about upgrading, but we're already running out of money, and a turbo upgrade would have required a MAF, injectors, and SAFCII. Plus, I plan to address braking, cooling, wheels, caging, safety, and suspension (in that order) before ever turning to power upgrades.
The Nissan shirt is nice to have, but mine is irreparably dirty now from grease, paint, dirt, etc. Even after it comes outta the wash it looks like ace.