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	<title>Randall Lowe &#187; 350Zs</title>
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	<description>All things I care about</description>
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		<title>Workin on the Z</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I pulled about 45 lbs worth of stereo amplifier and associated crapola out of the back of the Z today.  The previous installation was&#8230; decent.  The only problem was adjustability post installation.  There was no way to change anything once installed.  All the wires were completely concealed and couldn&#8217;t be re-tightened without removing the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I pulled about 45 lbs worth of stereo amplifier and associated crapola out of the back of the Z today.  The previous installation was&#8230; decent.  The only problem was adjustability post installation.  There was no way to change <em>anything</em> once installed.  All the wires were completely concealed and couldn&#8217;t be re-tightened without removing the whole setup, which took me the better part of 5 hours.  But now that it&#8217;s out, all the rattles from the back end of the car are gone. <img src='http://www.randalllowe.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   That in itself was worth the effort! I&#8217;ll take a picture of all the junk I pulled out later, but at least it&#8217;s done.</p>
<p>Oh, and I hooked up two little 6.5&#8243; Polk Audio coaxial speakers in place of the LPF 6.5&#8243; Boston acoustics that were in the middle headrest bar.  MUCH BETTER!</p>
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		<title>Headlight hell</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I spent most of the day replacing the driver&#8217;s side headlamp housing on my Z.  What a pain in the butt.  Apparently the headlamps on the car had been converted to HIDs.  Cool right?
Not so much.
See, the headlamp housings I purchased (JDM style black outlines) don&#8217;t support the HID bulb and ballast.  I thought, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I spent most of the day replacing the driver&#8217;s side headlamp housing on my Z.  What a pain in the butt.  Apparently the headlamps on the car had been converted to HIDs.  Cool right?</p>
<p>Not so much.</p>
<p>See, the headlamp housings I purchased (JDM style black outlines) don&#8217;t support the HID bulb and ballast.  I thought, &#8220;no biggie, I&#8217;ll just modify it so it fits.&#8221; Well, that didn&#8217;t go so well either.  The housings within the headlamps are <em>completely</em> different.  I ended up cracking the igniter wire&#8217;s insulated housing next to the bulb.  No clue if it will still work&#8230;</p>
<p>Ultimately, I chopped up the wire harness of each housing, and spliced them together as necessary to make it work.  All good now, and the left lamp housing is in.</p>
<p>Oh, and the car has been in a small crash before I purchased it.  The front left corner is pushed in a little.  The fender doesn&#8217;t line up with an OEM lamp housing, the plastic mounting tabs were broken off the HID housing, and all the mounts on the chassis were bent backward.  I wouldn&#8217;t have a problem with this if I had been told about it, but finding out the hard way sucks.  I probably would have bought a new fender and put it on at the same time just to make everything kosher.  Instead, I ended up palm-slapping the fender into the appropriate shape around the headlamp. It still looks fine, but dammit, this is my [almost] perfect car.</p>
<p>+150 HP, +120 Lb. Ft. of Torque, sunburnt orange, and a non-crunched fender.  Then it&#8217;d be perfect.</p>
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