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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 01:36 AM
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Ok, well I just bought my first car.
It was really impulsive as it I REALLY need a car now for college and such.

I kinda feel like i got ripped, but not too sure.
Its got 110k miles.
and its comes with the following:
-Short Ram intake
Spirit performace strut bar
900hp head casket
Crane stage 2 racing cams
tokiko struts
H+R racing springs
cb header
OBX exhaust 2.5"
Tinted tailights
and an alpine DVD screen woo. lol

Ok so my questions are as follows.
The sunroof motor isnt working? Because the sunroof wont completely close? Anyone have this problem before? Or have any idea what that might be about?

I need to raise the car back to its stock height. Reason being my driveway is on an incline and i have to park it in reverse or else ill scrape. How much will that run me?

I wanted to eventually put power windows and locks in it, if thats possible? How would i go upon doing that.

It has no power steering because i think the AC compressor? was shot, so he had just taken the belt out. How much would that run me to get fixed? or would i be ale to do that myself?

The front bottom was cracked because it was so low on both sides. Hes holding it together with zip ties, and obviously i wanna get that replaced. Is that cheap?

My final quesiton has to do with the seats. I geuss i want to change the seats all of them, including the back ones. To an all black fabric or maybe leather. Where would i go to find that?

I know ive asked quite a few questions. Those are the only gripes i have with the car considering im going to hold on to it for a while.
My main concerns are mainly the sun roof and power steering.
So whats do you think guys?
THanks!
 
Old Sep 6, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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well as far as the sunroof goes, if it's still the stock sunroof then you should just be able to get the motor replaced. I'm not positive on how much that will cost you'll have to talk to the dealer or a sunroof/top specialist, but it could get kind of expensive. are you positive that it's the motor? have you tried hooking power up to the motor directly? it could just be a power issue.

as for the power steering, that's a fairly easy belt to replace, my dad and i did it on my old rs. the belt cost like $12 and it took an hour or two to replace. but when you do it make sure you untighten all of the tensioners correctly and retighten them correctly or ya wont be doin any good.

now as far as the ride height, are the shocks adjustable? i'm going to assume that they are not... there is a couple of ways you can do this, the setup you have now is actually really good, you could sell them and get money for the stock springs (no need to get new struts), OR you can spend some dough and buy some adjustable struts and raise your car to your desired height. that'll be a bit more expensive depending on what company you go with but it'll will continue to give your car the best performance

with the seats it all depends on the cost of the upholsterer, but call around, check online, shop a bit and find a good upholsterer that does car interiors for a decent price and they'll be able to hook ya up. that'll run ya few hundred i believe

the power windows and doors could be a bit trickey, in essence all you'll need to do is find a donor car in a junkyard or something, yank out the doors, switchs, fuseblock, and wiring harness. then you'll have to swap all that over to your new car. it's a fairly big project but if you get a donor car from a junkyard it'll be fairlly cheap but not a bad idea

im assuming the front bottom your talking about is the bumper? depending on the crack size you'll prolly just wanna get a new bumper and have a local shop paint it for you and have yourself and some friends put it back on yourself to save some money. the price on that again will depend on which shop you go to, the quality of the paint used, and the ability of the painter... i'm hoping this answered all of your questions, if not let us know
 
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