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I have a plan and this may have been brought up before, but i think we should try and make a how to video for 4gs. It would not be that hard, we just need some one that knows how to edit video and trans it to dvd. I can edit, but my laptop does not let me burn to dvd. I think this would be pretty cool, and i know it would help alot of people out when they don't realy know what your saying in here they can just look at the video. So tell me what you think?

There is enough people on here that no there shit and you may be able to make some money if that was neede. I don't realy think it will be. Blank cd's are not that much money. If not maybe making a mag kinda of thing with real step by step how to's not the shit you see on TV and other mags where they only give you some of what they did. Like when they start the job and all the sudin there you go it's done, you sit there and go what the hell did i just miss.


let me know what you think.

I like the idea, but I'd be surprised if there are enough people willing to dedicate that kind of time when they could just as easy refer someone to a website.

It might be easier to do a series of how-to video discs. I mean, like you said, CD-R's are cheap. It wouldn't even have to be on DVD. You could have a disc (or more than one) about motor upgrades, swaps, etc... And a disc for interior upgrades. Maybe a disc for suspension. You get the idea...

Just my :2cents:

sounds very expensive...and a lot of time would be needed and probably some special camera equipment

Your Mom!

I was actually considering doing something like this for an h22a/Civic swap a couple years ago. But it'd be a ton of work to do. You'd have to know a ton about recording video (lighting, angles), it'd be a ton of video editing, making sure you got each shot clearly. I think something like a monthly e-zine would be a good idea, have 1 or 2 full walkthroughs each month.

NO NO, you guys are thinking to big. I mean you take one swap and walk throught it every step. like ok lets make a cd on B16a swap. you pull the motor tape it, you show how the new wires need to be hooked up and the new mounts and put the new motor in. you don't need a special camera, i did one on doing a 1st gen to 2nd gen mitsu swap and did all the editing on my laptop. i just don't have a DVD burner to put it on so i could slap it in my DVD palyer and watch it.

Your Mom!


uh?:eek7:

Could you do it in .mpg, .avi, or xvid (I know there's a dozen more) type format? Would it be too big for a data CD-R? If you could do it in a common format that you could watch it with Windows Media Player, or DivX player (or whatever), and put it on a CD-R, I think it would be just as good as a dvd...

yeah me to. i can watch if fine and edit and add music and everything it just doest have a burner and i guess i could get one.

this is just an idea and i think it would be kinda cool. we don't have shit on tv that realy shows you how to's and the mag's just to the same damn shit over and over. you realy can;t even go by what is said because they half ass it.

Your Mom!


:screwy: tough day at work? ;)

Could you do it in .mpg, .avi, or xvid (I know there's a dozen more) type format? Would it be too big for a data CD-R? If you could do it in a common format that you could watch it with Windows Media Player, or DivX player (or whatever), and put it on a CD-R, I think it would be just as good as a dvd...

Yea the file may be potentially to big. If you had the equipment you could cut out the audio track and modify it as an mp3 to play seperatly each time. Mp3's are incredibly small and yield great quality as compared to a .wav file...

Yea the file may be potentially to big. If you had the equipment you could cut out the audio track and modify it as an mp3 to play seperatly each time. Mp3's are incredibly small and yield great quality as compared to a .wav file...

movie maker in windows lets u take out the audio

I have made a full lenth music video, with special effects and all for a local hip hop artist that aired(sp)on vh1 I think..and I have a DVD copy of it. I can do all the camera work, edit, and burning to dvd.

The only bad thing is, I want to be the camera man also.

Ya, bored too.

It said everyone read and I didn't enjoy it so the answer you're looking for is YOUR MOM. :p

Ya, bored too.

It said everyone read and I didn't enjoy it so the answer you're looking for is YOUR MOM. :p


lol, i was pissed tonight, this asshole with the tranny gave me the wrong number... so needless to say, i didnt get it!

This idea could work. If different people did different parts and sent it to one person to edit. You could do more than one volume. Like 1st could be stuff like suspension, rear brake swap, MPFI swap...the smaller things. Then the others could be seperated into different engine swaps.

I think a website with how-tos with photos of the steps would be more easier to make, and more beneficial since you have all the technical information there to read and re-read, instead of having to rewind a video file or disc.

The idea seems nice, but far too much work is involved, and you'd have a nice stack of CDs on how-tos. Nice way to make some money though, but i think a website would be easier and then everyone can contribute with different photos of mounts, etc, and photos of how they did swaps and mods. Alot of 4g sites i see online aren't kept up to date anymore :(

Maybe a site with how-to articles, photos, and then add some small video clips as references? That way, on the difficult parts, you can get some extra help with the videos :)

I think a website with how-tos with photos of the steps would be more easier to make, and more beneficial since you have all the technical information there to read and re-read, instead of having to rewind a video file or disc.

The idea seems nice, but far too much work is involved, and you'd have a nice stack of CDs on how-tos. Nice way to make some money though, but i think a website would be easier and then everyone can contribute with different photos of mounts, etc, and photos of how they did swaps and mods. Alot of 4g sites i see online aren't kept up to date anymore :(

Maybe a site with how-to articles, photos, and then add some small video clips as references? That way, on the difficult parts, you can get some extra help with the videos :)

Good looking out :thumbsup: Make the videos and everything downloadable so people can burn them if them want.

that would be cool, but then again like i said you want to read about it and hope your doing in right?

that is why i think i video on what you are doing would be good. i have a tape that shows you how to do auto inter, and it's great. if i am doing someons car and can't remeber what i was doing i can just pop in the tape and wammmm. i got it.

about the web thing, that is just another reading thing. ok like this i was doing a v-ajustment on my integ sat night and putting in my new cam seal, i got the right up off the internet. it was good don't get me wrong but one part says put honda bond on it, well i printed it out an you can't even see where he put the hondabond, i print it at work and there is no color. well and way i put it around the seal and it should have been put on the head before i put the cam cap back on. if i had a video i would have seen them do it and it would have done it right the first time.

and quicksilver you can tape it all if you wanna fly to everyones house and do the job, and hell sence your sis is only in orlando and i a am in zephyrhills 30min you can bring her to.

I think a website with how-tos with photos of the steps would be more easier to make, and more beneficial since you have all the technical information there to read and re-read, instead of having to rewind a video file or disc.

The idea seems nice, but far too much work is involved, and you'd have a nice stack of CDs on how-tos. Nice way to make some money though, but i think a website would be easier and then everyone can contribute with different photos of mounts, etc, and photos of how they did swaps and mods. Alot of 4g sites i see online aren't kept up to date anymore :(

Maybe a site with how-to articles, photos, and then add some small video clips as references? That way, on the difficult parts, you can get some extra help with the videos :)


very good idea!!! can anyone on here do that????

that would work!!!

if ur gonna do it...have someone first do a video of the removal of the old engine....that way u can use that for every application...that's a lot of lighting that's gonna be used...so i suggest doing it indoors

about making it free...do it the way religion does...in order to view u must give a donation or "love gift" :lol: but there's no way anymore to keep people from copying it though

oh yeah...don't forget to add a disclaimer...people are quick to sue nowadays

true true, i do insurance. i know all about the hole sueing thing.

Seriously, a series like the one's they show on Spike network (Horsepower TV, Extreme 4x4, and Trucks) dedicated to Imports (honda, nissan, mitsubishi) would be huge. I mean there are shows like Tuner Transformation and NOPI TV, but they don't show you how to do the work, just the end result.

just the rice result is what they show. the cloese thing we have is DIY of fri nights at 10:00pm and that is all dumb shit like neons and flip up doors.