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we just got this new feature article on speed country magazine thanks to Robin
check it out people

http://www.speedcountry.com/article/archive.php

http://www.speedcountry.com/article/42/ ... -cube.html


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That is great man, congrats! Where did you get that tow hook and was there any moding to make it work?

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thank you^^ the tow hook came from a mix between the tow hook micro image sells and the bolt on piece from that "no hole license plate holder" micro image also sells for the cube, all i did is buy a long bolt on home depot and cut the head off with a bench grinder then joint both of them together

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Ok cool, so micro image sell a cube one......there the only one lol.

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yeah pretty much and thats because we push thru really hard to get it done lol! rite now we are working on a rear tow hook so will see how that goes with them micro image

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You just can't seem to keep your car out of the spotlight can you? ;)

Good work man!

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thank you! yeah it looks like this cube keeps grabbing atenttion all around the place, is amazing what a 15,000 car can do compared with other expensive cars we owned before

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krimsonviper wrote:You just can't seem to keep your car out of the spotlight can you? ;)

Good work man!
you were right man the cube keeps taking all atention around lol! here is the cam magazine feature finally out check it out guys

http://camautomag.com/

http://camautomag.com/shown-daily-nissa ... #more-1129

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Qwick ???. The OBX header went on with no moding? Did you notice any diff?

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hell yes man lol! ^^^ the obx headers really woke up the potential of the cube at is best once combined with the dc sports full exhaust and the fujita intake and the nst pulley, this car feels like anything but a cube when it comes about performance, if you dont mind the super loud exhaust noise and want more speed then the obx are for you my man.
installation was straight and with no issues on fitment at all but you do need to remove a lot of stuff on top of the engine in order for you to work your way easier, intake came off, throttle body off, manifold off, battery came off, rite now the cube is so loud is prob. the loudest car on our car club lol! and we have 350z,s with twin turbos and exhaust and all the works but none beats the loudness of the cube lol! if i am not wrong i think i did a quick go thru of when we did ours somewhere here, not exactly a DIY but you can get more the picture

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CBURKE wrote:Ok cool, so micro image sell a cube one......there the only one lol.
here are the pics of what pretty much we used to get this tow hook to work for us

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you will see the bolt i got from home depot as well as where i cut the head off so the tow hook and the piece that goes in the cube meet making it all one piece

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Why would you need to remove the throttle body? And you don't mean the Intakemanifold right, just the intake?

That bolt that you are useing to put into the cubs tow hook hole, that came with the tow hook? You just used the bolt from HD to make it longer right?

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yeah i remove all that mainly to gain more access to work on the headers from the top and yeah the top intake manifold was what i removed, it was removed mainly to ease my job.

yeah the bolt i got from home depot was to increase the lenght and to link both pieces the tow hook and the adaptor that goes into the car mount, the bolt you see in the pics with the head on is to small thats why i got a much longer bolt so is much more secure

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this was hard very hard to install and yeah it took me about 3 hours total, i see it like this: it was so hard not even weapon r could do it :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:

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I see, so I could just get the car up in the air and remove it from the bottom, it would just take longer I guess. Did you have to buy a new intakemanifold gasket? I'll have to get under there and look at it. I am sure I could do this from under the car with the right tools.

Thanks for all the help........!!!

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That car is looking really good man. No CELs on?

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the CEL did popped in the dash a week later i install the obx header/down pipe, there is a way to remove this cel light off the dash but i havnt give it a try yet so i just live with it

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Yeah that wouil drive me NUTS! Is it that thing Weapon R makes that you need to remove the CEL?

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no weapon r promised me to make a header for the cube, long story short we drove all way to san francisco so they could prototype it but a couple weeks later they told me it wont be done like in a 100 years lol! we pay for our own hotel,food,expenses and gas

anyways the cel can be removed with the spark plug trick that 350z drivers do when they also install test pipes or down pipes but i just havnt done it yet, work down there under the cube is kinda hard

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Got it. I'll look that up, thanks!

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damian666robin wrote:the CEL did popped in the dash a week later i install the obx header/down pipe, there is a way to remove this cel light off the dash but i havnt give it a try yet so i just live with it
There's another way you can get rid of the light. It involves beer and tape. :gapteeth:

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:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: lol! yeap ^^^


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