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Seat Safety Switch posted:Well, at least they left a note. I have no idea how they managed to hit both lights on this side without leaving any additional damage. Hopefully I don't find some when I pull them out to swap the parts out. Cool, since this is a one-year-only tail light, it's NLA from Nissan.  The reverse lens on the trunk "may" also be NLA.Surprisingly, RockAuto had a tail light listed for the '98 (with no picture). We'll see if it's the right one. Sort of amazed that Nissan doesn't have that stuff in stock, I've seen guys with much older and presumably rarer JDMs wander on down to the local Nissan dealer and scoop up ancient parts. I was even along for the ride a few weeks ago when a guy I know was getting NOS parts for his '71 240Z. Nissan had kind of a reputation in my mind for keeping tons of old poo poo around.
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A guy I know somehow got a VVT pulley for a pre-facelift s14 silvia from the dealer at a reasonable price. So Nissan are pretty good that way yeah.
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Slavvy posted:A guy I know somehow got a VVT pulley for a pre-facelift s14 silvia from the dealer at a reasonable price. So Nissan are pretty good that way yeah. Try getting a headlight or taillight for a face life S14...
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Slavvy posted:A guy I know somehow got a VVT pulley for a pre-facelift s14 silvia from the dealer at a reasonable price. So Nissan are pretty good that way yeah. When my S14 gas tank developed a crack and leak, they got me a new one in 2 days from another warehouse, with free shipping to their parts department. I had to do some haggling to get a fair price like what Courtesy Nissan sold it for, though. The little evap emissions piece that allows pressure to release into the charcoal canister that we broke, however-- that took a month to arrive from Japan.
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Jan 16, 2015 01:09
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dissss posted:Try getting a headlight or taillight for a face life S14... This car is a facelift. It's also one of the biggest turds I've ever seen, terrible bodykit, paint with bog visibly everywhere and poo poo just falling apart in general. The guy thinks that just because it's a factory manual (not turbo) he can get, like, eight grand for it bro.
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Jan 16, 2015 01:35
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Nissan had kind of a reputation in my mind for keeping tons of old poo poo around. I can't get jack poo poo in wear items for my '05 Sentra (siiiighhhhh) SE-R SpecV. Floor mats and seat covers seem especially loving stupid to have run out of, but here we are. Then again, the parts department guy looked at the exact same diagram I did and came up with the idea that there were no lights behind the HVAC panel (part number 27545 on the diagram, twenty five goddamn dollars each), so I'm not really sure how much trust I'd put in a dealership employee to find me parts. Your results may vary, of course. That said, I AM pretty sure I can still get replacement stick-on wing badges. 
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Jan 16, 2015 02:44
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Nah, I gave the parts desk person the VIN and part numbers. There's no way they can gently caress that up, they're not any of my three local Subaru dealers after all. If anyone here works at a Nissan dealer I could always use a fact check though. PM me.
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Slavvy posted:This car is a facelift. It's also one of the biggest turds I've ever seen, terrible bodykit, paint with bog visibly everywhere and poo poo just falling apart in general. The guy thinks that just because it's a factory manual (not turbo) he can get, like, eight grand for it bro. Hey I sold my '98 240 with 115k miles for 9 grand in 2004. It was a base model with 14" wheels and automatic transmission with some minor paint and body damage from the PO. I have no problem taking advantage of idiots with their parent's money.
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Jan 16, 2015 19:55
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Someone at work is offering me essentially a free van. (Was her daily driver before she got her current car.) Runs, but she wants to get a radiator leak fixed, as well a lube/fluid change done before handing it off. Still has valid registration, not wrecked or anything. The terrible thing? I'm too broke to actually afford gas/reg/insurance for at least another month, and don't have a safe place to leave it. 
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Jan 16, 2015 20:19
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What kinda van? Can always flip it to a local band looking to start touring.
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Uthor posted:What kinda van? Possibly free - probably a minivan of some sort, I don't think she had a full-size. I'm really tempted to accept and just park it at work, and rotate through the available parking for a while. What could go wrong, leaving it in the Downtown Hobo Infestation Zone?  (I really desperately want it - been without wheels for a while now, and wasn't planning to even *look* until next year or so.) (drat, long-term parking at the airport is even pricier than renting a spot at the RV/boat storage yard.)
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:I really desperately want it - been without wheels for a while now Double down and figure it out because times like this don't come often or ever.
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:I'm really tempted to accept and just park it at work, and rotate through the available parking for a while. What could go wrong, leaving it in the Downtown Hobo Infestation Zone? You want to watch out for what they call the Soup Kitchen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1j4mK6cs_A
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Jan 17, 2015 00:06
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Of course its parked in front of Wal Mart.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:34
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That looks incredibly well done I must admit. I imagine it has absolutely rooted the structure of the car though.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:46
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it would look a lot better with the back end of a newer S10.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:48
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Of all the cars in the world, why an RX-8?
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Someone had an RX-8 with rear-end damage and the bed of an S10, probably. I doubt they started with two perfectly good vehicles.
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Jan 18, 2015 19:26
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MetaJew posted:The little evap emissions piece that allows pressure to release into the charcoal canister that we broke, however-- that took a month to arrive from Japan. Wait wait wait, you didn't "overnight parts from Japan"?! 
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Safety Dance posted:Of all the cars in the world, why an RX-8? ...it's not like you can make them uglier.
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El Jebus posted:Wait wait wait, you didn't "overnight parts from Japan"?! Slow boated it.
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Jan 18, 2015 21:30
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88h88 posted:...it's not like you can make them uglier. Harsh, dude
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Jan 19, 2015 04:30
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88h88 posted:...it's not like you can make them uglier.
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I kind of want one. I wonder if's got a GM motor in it or is a rotary pickup though. A new dual cab RPU would be cool, an ugly GM ute would not be E: may as well get a commodore ute (they sell a crewman version in dual cab too). Fo3 fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Friar Zucchini posted:This is actually kinda true though TBH. I do not find this particular example to be significantly less visually attractive than a normal RX-8. Which is saying a lot because holy crap this is ugly... and I'd never thought about the aesthetics of a normal RX-8 before, but come to think of it they're actually pretty ugly. Not in an in-your-face "aesthetic statement against all that is car" kind of way like a Juke or something, just... thanks but no thanks, I'll take one of those awful 90's Camaros. They actually look pretty sleek, truck engine or not. We've discussed the RX8 before and my case for it being a bit poo poo purely on aesthetics is the fact that it's so by the numbers, it's boring. There's elements of it that are really cool but they've pulled it off in the most visually mundane manner possible. ...that said, I did take a look at what other cars were released in 2003 and it seems it wasn't a good year for car design.
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This Hellcat driver is pretty terrible car stuff. http://youtu.be/kG6veF_34QE?t=1m4s The best (worst) part is the comments. Elitist uninformed idiots against snobby grammatically incorrect uninformed asshats. You can label each side of the argument as you see fit. The Challenger starts to actually accelerate just as the Tesla crosses the lights.
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BoostCreep posted:This Hellcat driver is pretty terrible car stuff. To be fair to the Tesla: Its a pretty damned powerful car if you disable the traction control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EawqeL6qXGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLCdP6sMN9k CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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BoostCreep posted:This Hellcat driver is pretty terrible car stuff. Not gonna read the youtube comments, but I saw that too. Still, the hellcat is supposed to only bench race 0.3s or something quicker with a good driver, and the Tesla doesn't require any launch skills really, as the computers manage the torque output.
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BoostCreep posted:This Hellcat driver is pretty terrible car stuff. Haha is he just standing on the pedal wondering why he's not going anywhere and where all that smoke is coming from? What did he think was going to happen?
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Jan 20, 2015 05:20
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No, he redlighted and said gently caress it, Imma burn some tires.
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Jan 20, 2015 05:24
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wallaka posted:No, he redlighted and said gently caress it, Imma burn some tires. Oh, yeah, I missed that. Rock on. Not really anything controversial about that.
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Oh dear. Oh no oh no oh no. HELL. NO. note the backed-off tie rod end nut at the bottom end of the shitman arm and the incredibly long shackles on a front leaf sprung suspension, as well.
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88h88 posted:...that said, I did take a look at what other cars were released in 2003 and it seems it wasn't a good year for car design. Most things designed between about ~1998-2004 have aged really, really, badly.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Nah, I gave the parts desk person the VIN and part numbers. There's no way they can gently caress that up, they're not any of my three local Subaru dealers after all. I'm sure we could have a great discussion about the people working in the parts department at the subaru dealers here. My blood pressure shoots through the roof every time I think I might have to call them.
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kastein posted:Oh dear. Oh no oh no oh no. HELL. NO. How are those shackles not folding in half?!
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Jan 20, 2015 19:14
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I don't ever go to a dealer unless I already have the part numbers. You can look them up on sites like opposedforces. We had the subaru fast software at the last shop I worked for and it's pretty handy. I've seen the old version floating around subuaru sites before.
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poo poo, the lack of info on Ducati parts made me write a program to extract the part numbers / diagrams from 260+ PDFs, dump it into a database, and throw together a PHP front end to make it easier. http://www.desmoduck.com
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kastein posted:Oh dear. Oh no oh no oh no. HELL. NO. What witchcraft is keeping that from snapping in half? 
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Jan 20, 2015 19:22
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Code Jockey posted:What witchcraft is keeping that from snapping in half? I'm hoping that photo was taken just before they started driving on it. The welds look pretty clean...
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Code Jockey posted:What witchcraft is keeping that from snapping in half? Luck.
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