Update Recap: (Finally getting my car back today!)
A friend took care of the vehicle ever since I pulled it out of the idiotic shop that I brought it to. In the last 2 weeks, since July 3rd, he has found some time to work on my car and fix it up once and for good lol.
- Removed driver side door panel to take out a random screw from behind there (dono how it got behind there in the first place, it was there before I purchased the car lol)
- Inspected and put in a new gasket for the passenger sided cam shaft cover, and put something on it for extra protection. So far no oil leak is showing (he put cardboard under the car when he isnt driving it to see if anything leaks, so far nothing)
- Replaced all 4 of my brake pads with brand new EBC Yellowstuff Akebono pads
- Replaced front 2 rotors with 2 brand new slotted cryo-treated rotors
- Swapped out transmission mount with brand new Polyurethane transmission mount
- Cleaned engine bay and also under the car
- Swapped the ECU for a new one which fixed the misfiring in 2 cylinders that occurred after I got it back from the shop
- Pushed and tightened bolts to get rid of the rubbing noise on subframe of car when in reverse mode
- Got rid of some odd noise that was occurring in the back of the car (dono what it was but it bothered him enough to get rid of it)
- Filled up washer fluid tank with water, so no more warning light on for an empty washer reservoir tank
- Replaced driver side fender liner with a brand new one
- Fixed slight belt rubbing against the overflow tank
- Put car cover back under the car
- Replaced front two wheel hubs with an aftermarket for one side and OEM for the other
- Boost & Exhaust Leak Test: Detected nothing.
- ECU Mounted properly - found a bolt inside glove box that the shop didnt put back on for when putting the ECU back in, so he fixed their mistake/idiocy.
- Swapped out cats for TPs & swapped in used o2 AFR sensors (10k miles)
RESULT:
- Driven for 100ish miles all kinds of hard and no code, nothing broke, all solid.
- Engine Poly Mount will go on at a later date in 2020 since there is a tiny oil leak in the front driver side timing cover area that's occurring but because it's a big job, will wait til likely January 2020 to fix it along with putting in putting in the Engine mount.
- Will need to buy a 19mm deep socket & breaker bar to put in trunk since I guess my car doesnt have these things in case of a future flat tire (now that i recall, I dont think it had it in the first place when I first bought it lol) -- the lugnuts I have are aftermarket and the default sockets for OEM does not work
CONCLUSION:
- Heres hoping I can finally enjoy the vehicle until the next set of upgrades as I be a responsible little kid and pay off what I owe so far
Thank you to everybody who supported me the entire time and even a little bit. Here's hoping that I only post positive things as a result of an issue free, working and driveable vehicle! (IE: dash cam videos!)