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Mom took her Avalon to get a tire rotation at NTB. Naturally, they saw an older female, and assumed "knows nothing about cars, will accept what we tell her, let's find everything wrong!". She was presented with an $800 quote just for brakes (nearly $3000 on the estimate, for plenty of other stuff too). They said all 4 rotors were hosed, the pads were "dangerous", and she needed to do something immediately. So she had me look at it. Front pads had at least 15k left in them, the rotors did need attention (it would shake pretty bad while braking, so "warped rotors" aka lots of pad material built up on the rotors). Did the fronts a few days ago. Rear rotors looked great, aside from being rusted to the hubs - they had a tiny ridge on the very edge, but measure to be within spec. Pads were almost down to the wear indicators, but not close to metal on metal yet. Did the rears today. I'd picked up pads + rotors for all 4 corners from Advance Auto for $125 out the door (  their 30% off coupon). Returning the rear rotors tomorrow (so a ~$40 refund coming back), I saw absolutely no reason to replace the existing ones. So overall, $85 out the door to do new pads on all 4 + new front rotors.
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Started playing around with plasti dip on my beater winter wheels: Three coats of dark gray, two coats of silver metalizer...pictures don't really do it justice but it looks much better than it should for something that isn't even paint. And yes, I know I should be doing this with the tires mounted - I just wanted to see what it would look like.
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Oct 16, 2015 01:44
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some texas redneck posted:I was wondering the same. Wouldn't that keep it in open loop all the time? Even if it was tuned to think 160 is fully warmed up, that's gotta do a number on both wear (since the oil won't get as warm) and emissions. It's partly due to a slight but noticeable increase in operating temp not long after I tuned it with the Diablosport tuner the first time; and also to satisfy my own curiosity to see how well it will run/perform with a 170° average temp rather than the 190°-200° it does now. I'm hoping the tuner will help take care of any issues with open/closed loop and emissions, as there are more than enough adjustable parameters on it to make me regret investing in my Snap-On Solus even more than I already do. However, I was unaware that a decrease in operating temp like that would have any kind of serious effect on the oils ability to do its job, but I've been wrong before. Really?  Ultimately; if it proves to be more of a detriment than anything else, I'll simply swap a 190° stat back in.
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Oct 16, 2015 02:11
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https://youtu.be/Rr5pbSL6NL4 Had a custom made exhaust fitted as the Porsche ones were silly money.
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Oct 16, 2015 15:25
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 Finished with the e46 M3's power steering pump. Ran loving 5 qts of ATF through it flushing the metal flakes out. Didn't get it all but its not bad. Pretty sure Im going to need a new rack. CSL rack time? Maybe.
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Oct 17, 2015 02:19
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Oil change! That sure is a lot of used oil. That's a 5 gallon bucket. 
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Oct 17, 2015 19:20
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Replaced a tail globe that was shorting out (park light had blown and the filament was shorting on the brake light filament. Also replaced 2 lovely chinese hose clamps that kept stripping when you so much as looked at them sternly. For whatever reason they were also 7mm nuts instead of 8 like the rest of the car. this has been remedied and boost is once again surging through the pipes with much whooshness.
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Oct 18, 2015 07:01
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Full detail with paint correction and sealant.
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Oct 18, 2015 22:58
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DropShadow posted:Full detail with paint correction and sealant. This is a drat good looking car.
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Oct 19, 2015 01:27
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DropShadow posted:Full detail with paint correction and sealant.
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Oct 19, 2015 10:57
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Here's some photos of the exhaust. 
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Oct 19, 2015 11:21
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Put a 3" Cobb DP on the WRX. Super quick job, about an hour. Next to play with the tune.
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Oct 20, 2015 03:13
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Installed some sequential tail lights.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FPglVUuXEw
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Oct 20, 2015 03:15
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Cage posted:Installed some sequential tail lights. Hey I have those too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlEm6FoHAl8
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Oct 20, 2015 17:07
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Finally managed to remove the windscreen out of my Saab with both the seal and screen intact  .jpg) Now it is living in my spare bedroom and I can sort the rust around the lip and then respray the car. Also drove the car around a bit in the garage area behind my house with no glass in, no doors, no bonnet and no interior (sat on a box). Great fun!
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Oct 20, 2015 17:42
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Tommychu posted:Truck got ball joints today. Since I don't snapchat anymore, here's a thing:  I drove on that, in traffic and at speed. I'd still test-drive a beater truck for anyone, though. I'll just be more scared if I do.
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Oct 20, 2015 19:54
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Changed my pads and rotors. Brought the used pads/rotors back to GET IN THE ZONE! AUTOZONE for a refund. God Bless Limited Lifetime Warranties.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:45
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I swapped out the front brake lines and bleeders since they got Michigan'd. Probably original 15 year old lines that made sense to replace as I'm going to be towing with this truck and don't want to blow a line. Bleeders are supposed to be 10mm and a 10 or 9 wouldn't fit on it so out came the vice grips. I couldn't get the rear bleeders to move so I'm going to revisit those to flush the whole system later. Surprisingly they aren't rusted though but I didn't want to round them off since I was feeling a bit rushed. The truck doesn't fit in the garage (too long) so I didn't want to leave it half in there overnight with the door open.   Need to get the rest of this nasty poo poo out of here. 
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Oct 21, 2015 02:38
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Got a full set of new tyres for the Laser yesterday. Today it got a new set of spark plugs, new wiper blades (including the rear hatch wiper) and a wash
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Oct 22, 2015 03:49
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Swapped out the shittiest inflatable tires ever on the 30 gallon air compressor with solids, added a wood strip to the other side so I'd have a little more clearance room from the floor, and replaced the small length of brass pipe w ball valve (that had in turn replaced the drain valve) with stripped threads from the weight of the compressor ending up on it due to lovely original tires. Then finally was able to get all my truck tires filled in prep for hauling poo poo tomorrow. That's what I did to my ride today.
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Oct 22, 2015 22:55
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Guess who just doubled their cargo capacity   e: all the unofficial imgur phone apps now say "unauthorized" when you try to upload straight from the phone, and the official app is dogshit. 
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Oct 24, 2015 06:26
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Powershift posted:Guess who just doubled their cargo capacity Image broken
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Oct 24, 2015 08:02
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twas a bed on a bed so you can truck while you truck catchphrase
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Oct 24, 2015 08:26
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Washed/vacuumed and deep cleaned the interior of my 3. I can't stand a dirty car interior so there wasn't much but a few receipts in the glovebox but there was dirt and leaves in the carpet from a recent camping trip and it was driving me crazy. Then I took the Miata out for a long drive on some back roads. Feels good, man.
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Oct 24, 2015 21:04
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Powershift posted:Guess who just doubled their cargo capacity And I thought duallies were ridiculous; science has gone too far.
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Oct 24, 2015 21:50
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I swapped from my 285/75R16 Toyo Mud Terrains to my 265/75R16 BFG All Terrains yesterday, its getting warm again and my backyards no longer a swamp that requires muddies, so I'll stop wearing em out on the tar. Went to the 4wd show today, picked up a lightforce 10" dual row LED light bar to go with my 2x 50W HID Lightforce XGT's. Im not scared of the dark much, the HID's throw 5200 lumens each, and the bar throws 5600 Lumen, but the big spots reach 1.5+km down the road, so the light bar will fill in the "out to 300m" bit nicely 
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Oct 25, 2015 06:56
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From the stock intercooler and piping to the Cobb intercooler and piping:  
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Since the Fit is gone, it no longer needs these wheels and tires:
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Oct 26, 2015 00:49
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I took it for a drive before it gets put away for the winter. 
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Oct 26, 2015 03:09
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Replaced the seatbelt, went from a lap belt to a manual adjustable shoulder belt. There is already a mount for the shoulder part and went perfectly. It's strange not having a tensioner but it will certainly work better if something happens. I don't want to learn how a collapsible steering column works.
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Played operation with my right side carbs. Cylinder 1's carb decided it no longer wished to give fuel when using less than 1/2 throttle, making my beetle sound like a loud Subaru going down the road.   Never did see the blockage, but, it runs great again now and is back to doing wheelies on demand. PhoenixWing fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Oct 26, 2015 |
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Oct 26, 2015 03:24
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I hovered over the "buy now" button for a few hours for some control arms and ball joints, but figured its a good idea to not have your winter vehicles front wheels go wonky in the snow.
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Oct 26, 2015 03:31
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Built an awesome wall-mounted tire rack with my dad.  It's attached to the wall with 9 expansion bolts, and was able to take ~200kg (me+my dad) hanging by the outer edge, no problem at all. It only has to hold up ~150kg of wheels, so I consider that a success.
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Installed my neat little EVDM (engine vitals digital meter). Oil pressure (or fuel pressure), oil temp (or water temp) and volts. hi/low warning settings, metric and imperial choices, heaps of varying displays. This is it in oil temp/pressure mode with the graph up top showing pressure w/ high and low warning points.  It took me a long time as I spent 2-3 nights planning the wiring and terminating it all with bullet connectors to make install and issue diagnosis easier. Unfortunately all the sensors have independant wiring so there was like 4 earths and 3 sensor wires plus all the wiring for the unit itself (ground, power, 12v constant, headlight sensor wire) When time and confidence permits I might disassemble the dash, remove the broken digital clock from the cluster, and put the display in there.
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Oct 28, 2015 04:50
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I've been sick in bed for the past 3 days, so I've started making Visio symbols to make up fancy car wiring diagrams replete with part numbers/wire gauges etc. Should be pretty cool. Or I'll just fall asleep and have more fever dreams, whichever happens first.
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Oct 28, 2015 20:02
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The only feature that was bugging me on the Corvette was the lack of bluetooth/USB for phone (I'm in the car a lot for work) and music so today I installed this DVD receiver with BT connectivity. Excuse the poor photo, we had a power outage today because a goddamn military blimp started crashing into power lines willy-nilly in my area so I took this in a dark garage with flash.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:The only feature that was bugging me on the Corvette was the lack of bluetooth/USB for phone (I'm in the car a lot for work) and music so today I installed this DVD receiver with BT connectivity. Excuse the poor photo, we had a power outage today because a goddamn military blimp started crashing into power lines willy-nilly in my area so I took this in a dark garage with flash. Congrats on quadrupling the resolution of the nav screen.
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Oct 29, 2015 02:10
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 Made it about this far, then I was out.
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Oct 29, 2015 04:10
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Shattered my rear windshield like a loving moron. At least I have a garage now and can park it out of the rain.
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FancyMike posted:Shattered my rear windshield like a loving moron. At least I have a garage now and can park it out of the rain. That's the best feeling in the god drat world, isn't it?
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