Jafro
Member
Really I joined about a month ago, but finally met my destiny. It's past time that I should have made my introduction. Everyone has called me "Jafro" since '92. I had no say in this. It stuck, what can I do? I'm 40 and live in the central VA area.
I've been practicing DSM since '97. I've met many people from this board over the years, and learned some valuable skills as a result of those encounters. Mostly people who participated with Capital Area DSM back in the '90's and early '00's. Matt Demicco, Sam Sayes (the blingmaster), Marty... you guys know who you are if you're still here. I've always appreciated what you JDM'ers brought to our local and regional DSM events, continually reminding us they don't drive DSMs.
A close friend of mine bought 1229 over a decade ago. He's actually the guy who found my GSX for sale. We both had a blast working on his Galant, and I'm not kidding. I really did enjoy it. I appreciate the luxuries it offered, and the fly-under-the-radar sleeper factor. Nobody ever suspects the Galant. I found it to be a durable and reliable daily driver from the perspective of the coworker and roommate of its owner, but definitely requiring more maintenance due to its age. At one stage of his career he managed to buy a new civic hybrid, and have less time to spend maintaining an old car. 1229 got stored under a car cover shortly afterwards because of these kinds of challenges.
1229/2000 came up for sale and I bought it. This GVR-4 is packed with great hardware, but it's been sitting for 6 years. It has problems from this, but problems that can be remedied with the proper attention. It's a challenge I've accepted, and one I feel the need to overcome to bring it back to its former and future glory. Both the past and present owners of this car love this car. I plan to make everyone here, including its former owner proud.
I'm "Jafro" on DSMtuners... probably one of the lower-post count members for the length of time I've been a member, but always appreciated the straight-forward means of information delivery the DSM community has always provided since the dawn of the internet. Even before the forums (vfaq, dsm.org, yahoo mail lists, plymouthlaser.org, etc...). For free. It empowered me. It gave me a wealth of information to absorb from my air conditioned office chair so that when I spent my time in whatever conditions, I did it properly and with the right tools. I just didn't find that in any other community. In the early days putting the information out there was a challenge in itself, so their efforts have always been a gift. I built a '92 civic hatchback that got 44mpg for practice. I spent most of '00 trolling Honda forums, being the annoying DSM guy, and making VFAQ's for simple things that just didn't exist. But even before the Honda I had owned a '95 GSX that had been in a constant state of transformation, and I still own it today. Never will I part with it. It's won show trophies and competitions, but strangely has never lasted through Saturday Night Brackets at my local dragstrip as long as I did (in 2006) in #1229. Justin threw me the keys after I broke out in round 1. His Galant carried me all the way to the semi-final eliminations. Wasn't even my car. My GSX has never done that. 1229 is a champion, and I'm grateful to have it.
I'm one of those people who tends to make DSM How-To videos in my spare time. 'been doing it for about 4 years. My channel's been growing. Never really expected it to, but it did. I know that NOBODY ON THIS BOARD needs auto-mechanic 101 videos... but more than anything... I just needed cars to do this kind of thing with. My subscribers are mostly DSMers. The more problems my cars have, the better. What better platform could I possibly have ever chosen? I'll NEVER run out of material! Since I'm already buried in DSMs, I felt like a GVR-4 kinda deserved a spot on the ranch because it's a classic and I just love to wrench on anything with a 4g6x in it. But if you happen to be one of my subscribers, pop into this video where I introduce it, give me thumb and post your chassis # if you know it. I hope to upload plenty of Galant videos, hopefully bringing more exposure and attention to these cars that they all deserve.
If you're not a subscriber, PLEASE DO so you can correct me if I ever get anything wrong. I don't know everything there is to know. That's why I'm here. I need your help more than you need me.
SEE VIDEO OF 1229/2000 RESURRECTION HERE: click
Best Regards!
I've been practicing DSM since '97. I've met many people from this board over the years, and learned some valuable skills as a result of those encounters. Mostly people who participated with Capital Area DSM back in the '90's and early '00's. Matt Demicco, Sam Sayes (the blingmaster), Marty... you guys know who you are if you're still here. I've always appreciated what you JDM'ers brought to our local and regional DSM events, continually reminding us they don't drive DSMs.
A close friend of mine bought 1229 over a decade ago. He's actually the guy who found my GSX for sale. We both had a blast working on his Galant, and I'm not kidding. I really did enjoy it. I appreciate the luxuries it offered, and the fly-under-the-radar sleeper factor. Nobody ever suspects the Galant. I found it to be a durable and reliable daily driver from the perspective of the coworker and roommate of its owner, but definitely requiring more maintenance due to its age. At one stage of his career he managed to buy a new civic hybrid, and have less time to spend maintaining an old car. 1229 got stored under a car cover shortly afterwards because of these kinds of challenges.
1229/2000 came up for sale and I bought it. This GVR-4 is packed with great hardware, but it's been sitting for 6 years. It has problems from this, but problems that can be remedied with the proper attention. It's a challenge I've accepted, and one I feel the need to overcome to bring it back to its former and future glory. Both the past and present owners of this car love this car. I plan to make everyone here, including its former owner proud.
I'm "Jafro" on DSMtuners... probably one of the lower-post count members for the length of time I've been a member, but always appreciated the straight-forward means of information delivery the DSM community has always provided since the dawn of the internet. Even before the forums (vfaq, dsm.org, yahoo mail lists, plymouthlaser.org, etc...). For free. It empowered me. It gave me a wealth of information to absorb from my air conditioned office chair so that when I spent my time in whatever conditions, I did it properly and with the right tools. I just didn't find that in any other community. In the early days putting the information out there was a challenge in itself, so their efforts have always been a gift. I built a '92 civic hatchback that got 44mpg for practice. I spent most of '00 trolling Honda forums, being the annoying DSM guy, and making VFAQ's for simple things that just didn't exist. But even before the Honda I had owned a '95 GSX that had been in a constant state of transformation, and I still own it today. Never will I part with it. It's won show trophies and competitions, but strangely has never lasted through Saturday Night Brackets at my local dragstrip as long as I did (in 2006) in #1229. Justin threw me the keys after I broke out in round 1. His Galant carried me all the way to the semi-final eliminations. Wasn't even my car. My GSX has never done that. 1229 is a champion, and I'm grateful to have it.
I'm one of those people who tends to make DSM How-To videos in my spare time. 'been doing it for about 4 years. My channel's been growing. Never really expected it to, but it did. I know that NOBODY ON THIS BOARD needs auto-mechanic 101 videos... but more than anything... I just needed cars to do this kind of thing with. My subscribers are mostly DSMers. The more problems my cars have, the better. What better platform could I possibly have ever chosen? I'll NEVER run out of material! Since I'm already buried in DSMs, I felt like a GVR-4 kinda deserved a spot on the ranch because it's a classic and I just love to wrench on anything with a 4g6x in it. But if you happen to be one of my subscribers, pop into this video where I introduce it, give me thumb and post your chassis # if you know it. I hope to upload plenty of Galant videos, hopefully bringing more exposure and attention to these cars that they all deserve.
If you're not a subscriber, PLEASE DO so you can correct me if I ever get anything wrong. I don't know everything there is to know. That's why I'm here. I need your help more than you need me.
SEE VIDEO OF 1229/2000 RESURRECTION HERE: click
Best Regards!