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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:33 PM
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Can you Either post or PM the eBay Seller, I am about to order mine and do not want the same issues.

I plan I plan on ordering mine through Xtremelights2003 - eBay Memeber
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Eimer123
Can you Either post or PM the eBay Seller, I am about to order mine and do not want the same issues.

I plan I plan on ordering mine through Xtremelights2003 - eBay Memeber
That is not the ebay seller I bought mine through. Yesterday, they finally contacted me after sending Ebay a nasty-gram. They are offering me a full refund and starting a trace on the missing item. When they get it back, they will offer me a discount if I wish to purchase it again. I'm just miffed because I want to install the SOB.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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Ok sounds good, I am placing my fan order right now!
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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HHR fan is supposed to arrive today. Therefore, I will be finishing this install...finally. Pics to follow.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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cant wait cuz i think i confinced the gf its worth it
 
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Ok. E-fan is installed. This thing is serious! First off, the HHR fan is loud...which doesn't bother me. Second thing, the brackets I am fabbing up will be pretty good...but I won't post pictures until tomorrow morning. I want to make sure the "fit and finish" is DF worthy...or AKA (the way I like to call, the right way).

Those of you who have installed the HHR fan: did you block the sides (area where it is open)? This, to me, seems like a good idea.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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So, here's the finished product. The only thing I have left is to clean up the wires with loom, and get my weatherpack connector for the fan.

Once the weatherpack connectors get here, I will have detailed instructions and pictures to show the swap. I removed the excess side mounts with a hack saw and dremel. They are part of the shroud, but are obviously not applicable to our configurations (unless one wishes to use those as fabbed mounts, of course).

Here are the mounts and sides I fabbed to attempt more draw through the radiator. All of the material is available at your local hardware store (Lowes). This was the second most time consuming, other than the Spal controller...which didn't really take that long.

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This shows the fan installed, with brackets and side pieces.

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This is the bottom bracket. Most of the weight is hung-weight, from the top brackets. The bottom bracket is mainly for stability.

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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 03:08 PM
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Looks awesome Donkey. I cant wait for the tutorial!

I really have to think about doing one of these ....
 
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rengnath
Looks awesome Donkey. I cant wait for the tutorial!

I really have to think about doing one of these ....
Well, this thread is pretty much "the tutorial". Other than installing a weatherpack connector. I'm sure there are members that have used them before, but I will still show everyone who is unfamiliar with them, what to do when using weatherpack connectors.
 
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