fuel door mod
That's the correct one and I would do it.
Yes and 90% of the people here think the SS hood and spoiler are the ultimate mod even though everyone has one. You need to make your car yours and you can't do that buy getting cheaper versions of the stock parts.
Originally Posted by espfuel815
yes...PLEASE don't put that on. 90% of the people I know think they look tacky. And the 10% that actually like em...are the kind of people that also like gaudy and oversized wings...and tacky bodykits.
It's your car and your choice, but you're representing all of us haha. So please don't.
It's your car and your choice, but you're representing all of us haha. So please don't.
Originally Posted by Shirt_Ripper
It might make the low horsepower light come on 
looks kinda good on pewter though..and i do agree painting it the same color as the car would be some what pointless imo
Originally Posted by ulySSes
Theres a guy on here who painted it the same color of his car and left the perimeter bolts polished. That looked good IMO.
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I think it could be done. If you don't put to many accents on the car, it would look nice. You could also always paint it if you don't like how it looks as is. Just do it if YOU like it.
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Originally Posted by 1993CaMaRoZ28ofIdAhO
Did you see the pic in the Ebay thing, there was a MITSHUBISHI in the picture next to the cap.......that should tell you its rice.
ur a joke
As promised.. the write up
Its fairly straight forward
You'll need some washers that are ~1/4 - 3/8 in OD...and that fit the bolts that came with the new fuel door.... you'll use them to sandwich your new door and the car body together....
You'll find it easier too if you remove your rear tire and wheel and loosen up the black body panel inside your wheel well...it just has some plastic screw keepers
1. Open your fuel stock door...you'll see some pop rivets that circle your door...get a drill that’s just barely larger than the size of the center of the pop rivers... and drill them out..
2. Pull the door off
3. If your going to re-use your plastic overfill catch thingie you’ll have to mod it by notching it where the screws on the new fuel door will pass thru it and notch it or drill out holes for them to pass thru... if your not going to re-use then proceed on to step 4.
4. Press the new fuel door against the outside of the cars body…. and at the same time place the bolts that came with the fuel door thru the holes on the fuel door...and thru or around the catch cup if you used it… they will not need to go thru the body of your car. in fact I don’t think they even come close..
Anyway...use the nut and washer to "sandwich" the body of the car between the washers and the fuel door. Don’t over tighten so that you can make minor adjustments for fit as you go.
5. Do the same for all bolts on the cover put everything back.. then check the fit and tighten everything down
6. Have a beer...your done
This took me about 35 minutes..its very straight forward....If you do a neat job at drilling out the stock fuel door you can very easily roll-back your mod to stock...
You'll need some washers that are ~1/4 - 3/8 in OD...and that fit the bolts that came with the new fuel door.... you'll use them to sandwich your new door and the car body together....
You'll find it easier too if you remove your rear tire and wheel and loosen up the black body panel inside your wheel well...it just has some plastic screw keepers
1. Open your fuel stock door...you'll see some pop rivets that circle your door...get a drill that’s just barely larger than the size of the center of the pop rivers... and drill them out..
2. Pull the door off
3. If your going to re-use your plastic overfill catch thingie you’ll have to mod it by notching it where the screws on the new fuel door will pass thru it and notch it or drill out holes for them to pass thru... if your not going to re-use then proceed on to step 4.
4. Press the new fuel door against the outside of the cars body…. and at the same time place the bolts that came with the fuel door thru the holes on the fuel door...and thru or around the catch cup if you used it… they will not need to go thru the body of your car. in fact I don’t think they even come close..
Anyway...use the nut and washer to "sandwich" the body of the car between the washers and the fuel door. Don’t over tighten so that you can make minor adjustments for fit as you go.
5. Do the same for all bolts on the cover put everything back.. then check the fit and tighten everything down
6. Have a beer...your done
This took me about 35 minutes..its very straight forward....If you do a neat job at drilling out the stock fuel door you can very easily roll-back your mod to stock...
Oh god, a custom mod, and look at how many people are now cowering in the corner screaming "rice." IMO, it just shows you how ignorant they are because they still can't get over the fact that "rice" was the catch-phrase when Fast and the Furious was out, get over it and use a word that makes sense. If you don't like it, call it gaudy, call it bad taste, call it something other than "rice." Are we talking about civics here? No.
That said, dude seriously, if you were thinking about doing the mod, don't let the ******** turn you off from doing it. I will tell you right now, LS1Tech.com is NOT the place to get a sampling of appearance opinions from (no offense to the admins of LS1Tech, not your fault, just the member's fault for ruining the integrity of the board, unless it's tech questions of course) unless it's an SS clone, or completely stock with different rims. Otherwise, if you do anything other than that, you will have a handful of people on this board call it rice. In person, you won't hear one person claim it's rice. It's easy to act tough and close minded online and trash talk everyone's cars, but when people know who you are in person and see the mod in person, everything changes.
That said, back on topic specifically... yes that fuel door would work for what you want to do. I saw in one post someone said it was pointless if it's painted body color, but it's definitely not, because you still get a much smoother looking gas door where all of it is flush against the car, instead of the hump. Do what you want with your car, because it's just that, yours. Do things to make it yours, and when ******** call your car rice, just remember that deep down, they're just jealous because you have cajones to do something different, and they don't.
That said, dude seriously, if you were thinking about doing the mod, don't let the ******** turn you off from doing it. I will tell you right now, LS1Tech.com is NOT the place to get a sampling of appearance opinions from (no offense to the admins of LS1Tech, not your fault, just the member's fault for ruining the integrity of the board, unless it's tech questions of course) unless it's an SS clone, or completely stock with different rims. Otherwise, if you do anything other than that, you will have a handful of people on this board call it rice. In person, you won't hear one person claim it's rice. It's easy to act tough and close minded online and trash talk everyone's cars, but when people know who you are in person and see the mod in person, everything changes.
That said, back on topic specifically... yes that fuel door would work for what you want to do. I saw in one post someone said it was pointless if it's painted body color, but it's definitely not, because you still get a much smoother looking gas door where all of it is flush against the car, instead of the hump. Do what you want with your car, because it's just that, yours. Do things to make it yours, and when ******** call your car rice, just remember that deep down, they're just jealous because you have cajones to do something different, and they don't.
I already said I wouldn't do it to my car, but the painted ones don't look to bad. Just if you get it you hafta paint it, please!
Question: Does the mitsubishi gas cover actually fit perfect in the original gas cap position?
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roarin8 - could you post a pic of the cover but back a little further from the car so i can see it with the whole car or just pm it to me. Thanks!
Blown TA, who is a member on here, has done that. I'll post up a pic, it looked pretty good when I saw it in person
Question I have on the door installed on the above referenced blue T/A is why is it installed backwards? Door now opens opposite to stock lid
