|
thegasman2000 posted:So Bipolar manic phase, time and boredom equals bad... My 106 needed a new bonnet, or it wrapping or painting. I kinda just sprayed it matt black, with white stripes with metallic silver between the 2. I had one can of white, one black and yeah one silver. Its looks so poo poo its awesome. Pics inbound when its dry enough to get rid of the masking tape. Vinyl wrapping is so simple even an autistic child can get a good finish. Mine, of course, looked like rear end, but I guess that was kind of the point of doing it.
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 20:31
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 9, 2024 00:05 |
|
|
So i had this burger at a premium burger place they called 'the real baconator.' It was a half pound patty hand formed with bacon chunks and cheddar crumbles rolled into the meat, with bacon, bacon bits, bacon flavored aioli, and topped on the bun with a tempura batter fried strip of bacon.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 20:45
|
|
|
It was nice knowing you.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 20:58
|
|
|
So I was going to hook up the power lead for my amp to the battery in my Miata, and I was kinda shocked to see the terminal clamp nut was completely covered in a metalic corrosion, not the terminal at all, just the nut was buried in it. I chipped away at it and finally exposed the nut, and when I tried to put a socket on it, it quickly stripped so I ended up having to use a channel lock to get it off. There was pretty much nothing left of it and I've never seen anything like it, how the hell did that happen?
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:16
|
|
|
battery got hot, vented gas, that gas reacted with the metal.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:18
|
|
|
Here it is! The masking tape decided to remove a load of paint and also the paint ran under it. Having said that I dig it and it pusses the mrs off something chronic! http://i.imgur.com/rBZkqFN.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vw3ix3z.jpg
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:26
|
|
|
Yeah that corrosion is sulfuric acid reacting with copper in the metal (or lead, aluminum, etc.), forms all kinds of lovely compounds; copper/lead/aluminum sulfate (depending what the terminal is made of), copper hydroxide and copper carbonate from the wires, etc. And they're all green-white powders that turn to loving concrete when they get wet and dry. Get a new battery. AGM if budget's not tight, they're vibration-resistant and less prone to leakage. And get some of those felt pads to put on the posts. A good scrub with some baking soda/water paste should clean up the other terminal if it's nasty too, as well as any green poo poo in the cable so you have a clean connection for the new terminal (rereading I guess just the nut stripped, but it's like $3 for a new terminal, cheap insurance).
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:29
|
|
thegasman2000 posted:Here it is! The masking tape decided to remove a load of paint and also the paint ran under it. Having said that I dig it and it pusses the mrs off something chronic! Is this what people mean when they say you're a "chav"?
|
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:32
|
|
|
Careful with that poo poo, too, the powders in that corrosion are incredibly toxic and also really quite soluble in water. Wash your hands with vinegar and then with soap after handling lead; using soap alone won't actually dissolve any lead residue on your skin which will then be dissolved by your sweat and possibly ingested.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:33
|
|
|
Not really just a loving idiot! I already knew I would be wrapping or painting matt black so decided to troll the mrs and nosy complaining neighbours!
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:34
|
|
|
That looks like chalk on chalkboard paint. Please tell me that's chalk on chalkboard paint.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:38
|
|
|
Is there an in-joke or something? I don't get it. Making your car look like a 16 year old's first attempt at modz doesn't strike me as something that would really stick it to your neighbors.
|
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:39
|
|
|
Baller Witness Bro posted:Is there an in-joke or something? I don't get it. Making your car look like a 16 year old's first attempt at modz doesn't strike me as something that would really stick it to your neighbours. My neighbours have been reporting me to the housing association for stupid poo poo like having no tax, disc was right there. Having an unroadworthy vehicle and spilling oil on my loving parking space. They will be loving savage I dare to park a non mint loving eco box in my space. Also did i mention i was bored and only had enough paint if i used 3 colours.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:48
|
|
|
Baller Witness Bro posted:Is there an in-joke or something? I don't get it. Making your car look like a 16 year old's first attempt at modz doesn't strike me as something that would really stick it to your neighbors. Yeah well that's just like your OPINION man. Fight the power!
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:48
|
|
|
I'm not saying I don't understand HOW you did it, I'm just confused as to why. I don't think adding silver stripes onto the hood of your car in spraypaint is the best way to make your neighbors think you're a reasonable guy. If anything now you've made your car look extra poo poo so they're probably only going to try harder to get you in some trouble. Then again this is AI, it doesn't need to make sense. Godspeed in your neighbor-annoying endeavours.
|
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:55
|
|
|
We need to start a grassroots campaign to send Sony XPLOD and/or Jensen equipment to the UK.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:57
|
|
|
We have Sony XLOD poo poo here. Its a few days will I can afford a vinyl wrap for the bonnet, by the time their complaint is in it will be wrapped and I can 
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 21:59
|
|
|
I recommend a set of these STAT http://www.slickcar.com/z3-fenders.asp
|
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 22:00
|
|
|
Fucknag posted:Yeah that corrosion is sulfuric acid reacting with copper in the metal (or lead, aluminum, etc.), forms all kinds of lovely compounds; copper/lead/aluminum sulfate (depending what the terminal is made of), copper hydroxide and copper carbonate from the wires, etc. And they're all green-white powders that turn to loving concrete when they get wet and dry. The terminals weren't corroded at all though, that's the weird part. It was just the nut, like there was something in the nut that had a bad reaction. I had those little pads on it and they were clean. I also scrubbed the terminal clamp with baking soda and water so hopefully all the poo poo is out, but I'm gonna keep an eye on it. I've dealt with battery corrosion a million times, I've just never seen anything like that before. Also I didn't touch any lead so I should be fine  [edit] Would wrapping the battery in some radiant heat insulation (reflectix) help keep it cooler? Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Aug 4, 2014 |
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 22:09
|
|
|
Baller Witness Bro posted:I recommend a set of these STAT Also order THIS
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 22:13
|
|
|
Needs some stickers too.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 22:29
|
|
|
That's so horrid, it's... horrid. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 22:45
|
|
|
thegasman2000 posted:My neighbours have been reporting me to the housing association for stupid poo poo like having no tax, disc was right there. Having an unroadworthy vehicle and spilling oil on my loving parking space. They will be loving savage I dare to park a non mint loving eco box in my space. Also did i mention i was bored and only had enough paint if i used 3 colours.  Free to collect!
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 22:46
|
|
|
Reckon you could tack some box section to that to make a ladder frame then wedge my e46 tdi driveframe under it? That'd make my ideal landy 
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:07
|
|
|
Europeanized late-model Jeep rat rod... that would be way too cool to not do.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:16
|
|
|
Cakefool posted:Reckon you could tack some box section to that to make a ladder frame then wedge my e46 tdi driveframe under it? That'd make my ideal landy Tommychu posted:Europeanized late-model Jeep rat rod... that would be way too cool to not do.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:24
|
|
|
InitialDave posted:Chassis is still under it! So what's missing other than wheels and axles?
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:27
|
|
|
Cakefool posted:So what's missing other than wheels and axles?
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:28
|
|
|
Cakefool posted:So what's missing other than wheels and axles? conductive wiring, mechanical parts InitialDave posted:Engine, gearbox, suspension, engine mounts, anything that was sufficiently rusty to fall off, got in my way while stripping it, or looked at me funny. E: Called it 
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:29
|
|
|
Tommychu posted:Europeanized late-model Jeep rat rod... that would be way too cool to not do. Its not a Jeep. Its a Land Rover. A far superior vehicle that is better at piddling oil and breaking poo poo than a meager Jeep. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:41
|
|
|
It's not leaking oil.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:45
|
|
|
Holy crap did she drive a lot of cars today. 2010 Scion xB 50K miles. 2009 Scion xA 47K miles. 2007 Toyota Matrix 49K miles. 2011 Honda Civic 56K miles. (yuck) 2011 Ford Fiesta 39K miles. 2010 Corolla 69K miles. She really seemed to like the xB the best. The dealer wants to move the car, price would be pretty close to $12K. Is this a terrible idea?
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:48
|
|
|
That's only because you took all the parts with oil in them out of it, and there wasn't enough floorboard left to re-leak residual leakage. I know, because that is what happens to my jeeps.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:49
|
|
|
Rhyno posted:Holy crap did she drive a lot of cars today. What was the price? That seems like it would be the best combination of having some space and reliability. I personally don't care for the car, but its just a Toyota, so it should be reliable and boring. The miles seem spot on for the age, about 12k miles a year. Any other history on it? InitialDave posted:It's not leaking oil.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2014 23:52
|
|
|
Rhyno posted:
Seems like some sort of corolla chassis is in her future.
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2014 00:03
|
|
|
InitialDave posted:
People rat-rod Jeeps sometimes. Landies are fairly close in concept to Jeeps, and certainly the closest (non-obscure) thing to a Jeep I can think of that comes from Europe (other than the G-class Merc but those are in a bit of a different class IMO). I'm saying the proposed idea would be a Euro version of the concept of a rat-rod Jeep. Which has very little in common other than the tub itself with a proper Jeep. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Aug 5, 2014 |
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2014 00:14
|
|
|
BrokenKnucklez posted:What was the price? That seems like it would be the best combination of having some space and reliability. I personally don't care for the car, but its just a Toyota, so it should be reliable and boring. The miles seem spot on for the age, about 12k miles a year. It's on the lot for $15K. Salesman is a friend of a friend and let me know they've had it a while. We found a bunch of cars for between $12K and $13K today. That's her sweet spot, she doesn't want to go nuts on spending because she wants to pay my mother back and her student loans come due soon.
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2014 00:22
|
|
|
Rhyno posted:Holy crap did she drive a lot of cars today. Buy none of those
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2014 00:28
|
|
|
Nodoze posted:Buy none of those Better suggestions?
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2014 00:39
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 9, 2024 00:05 |
|
|
Biturbo
|
|
#
?
Aug 5, 2014 00:41
|
|
