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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:
This.........doesn't work. Not with those curves.
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Tubesock Holocaust posted:This.........doesn't work. Not with those curves. Agreed, but it works with these curves... (this image is in the wrong thread, i know)
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:
It's not all that bad. I found that WD-40 softens it really well.
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Safety Dance posted:It's not all that bad. I found that WD-40 softens it really well. They make a dip-softener that appears to make it very easy to peel.
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Modus Man posted:Agreed, but it works with these curves... (this image is in the wrong thread, i know) Yes, this is much better. For some reason, the green dip really shows off the Miata's bulbous hood.
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A young guy at work just bought a Holden Colorado and the first thing he has ordered is replacement decals for the Colorado to make it a 'COOLorado". My attempts to stop him aren't working. Stay tuned for the terrible job he does of the letter placement! Also this idiot is still working on the Evora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcBoFb9AhIU Humphreys fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Sep 6, 2016 |
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Humphreys posted:A young guy at work just bought a Holden Colorado and the first thing he has ordered is replacement decals for the Colorado to make it a 'COOLorado". My attempts to stop him aren't working. Stay tuned for the terrible job he does of the letter placement! i don't understand how this guy gets plates on his cars. In Alberta to get a rebuilt title on a salvage car, you have to document the whole repair process and take it in for an extremly stringent inspection. He hacked off the whole front crash structure and replaced it with scrap steel, and doesn't plan on replacing the airbags.
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Powershift posted:i don't understand how this guy gets plates on his cars. In Alberta to get a rebuilt title on a salvage car, you have to document the whole repair process and take it in for an extremly stringent inspection. He hacked off the whole front crash structure and replaced it with scrap steel, and doesn't plan on replacing the airbags. And made a crybaby argument the previous episode that Lotus don't provide windshields. Which he had to backpedal when realizing if he had only called Lotus' official parts department he could get one. Heck I'm sure if he called any big chain of windscreen replacement companies he could find one that had an account.
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Humphreys posted:And made a crybaby argument the previous episode that Lotus don't provide windshields. Which he had to backpedal when realizing if he had only called Lotus' official parts department he could get one. Heck I'm sure if he called any big chain of windscreen replacement companies he could find one that had an account. He's like the exact opposite of Project Binky. In so many ways.
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A is for Acquire wreck that should have died B is for Build C is for Christ! What was that noise? D is for Deathtrap spog posted:He's like the exact opposite of Project Binky. In so many ways. I'd like to imagine that if Nik Blackhurst found a crack on his engine block he would design a new one using cardboard and cast it himself. Personally I also quite like Mighty Car Mods for it's backyard accessibility though Moog is a bit much sometimes. RillAkBea fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Sep 6, 2016 |
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Root Bear posted:Here's a thing that someone is responsible for: I've seen this once before and it took me so long to figure out how it happened.
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Humphreys posted:And made a crybaby argument the previous episode that Lotus don't provide windshields. Which he had to backpedal when realizing if he had only called Lotus' official parts department he could get one. Heck I'm sure if he called any big chain of windscreen replacement companies he could find one that had an account. Looks like he spend all his budget on the giant microphone, so you have to do without OEM parts of course.
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StormDrain posted:I've seen this once before and it took me so long to figure out how it happened. Well, what happened? Because I can't figure it out - other than someone loving up the mold for the part. Or are they plasti-chromed on both sides?
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My guess is someone thought they were being clever and aligned the letters on a piece of tape, put the glue on, then stuck it to the car. Except they forgot they should have reversed the letters when putting it on the tape. I would have thought the chrome would be only on one side as well, making the process obvious, but never having done lettering like that my assumptions could be wrong.
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4s and Xs are both fairly symmetrical in ways you wouldn't think of normally. Those are just turned 90 degrees clockwise.
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kastein posted:4s and Xs are both fairly symmetrical in ways you wouldn't think of normally. Those are just turned 90 degrees clockwise. My jaw literally dropped when I understood what you mean.
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Powershift posted:
This owns. I want it but wouldn't pay money for it because it's unlikely my insurance would pay out to my family due to the inevitable fire.
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Safety Dance posted:My jaw literally dropped when I understood what you mean. Yeah, I thought the X looked odd as mirroring it shouldn't matter much but I was so fixated on the 4's being mirrored that I didn't figure it was just a rotation problem.
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Oh god I see it now. 
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RillAkBea posted:A is for Acquire wreck that should have died I agree about Moog. I love MCM, but honestly the episodes since Moog bought the 180SX have just felt uncomfortable - like Marty is in a lovely mood the entire time, because he's getting tired of Moog after all these years. I'm probably reading into it, though.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:I agree about Moog. I love MCM, but honestly the episodes since Moog bought the 180SX have just felt uncomfortable - like Marty is in a lovely mood the entire time, because he's getting tired of Moog after all these years. I'm probably reading into it, though. MCM would be perfect without all the childish entendre, but I watch it anyway. I also watch B is for Butchery, but in the same way that I'd watch a slow motion train wreck.
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HandlingByJebus posted:MCM would be perfect without all the childish entendre, but I watch it anyway. Always referring to Facebook as faceballs is super annoying.
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SCA Enthusiast posted:Always referring to Facebook as faceballs is super annoying. 
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scuz posted:Gets a giggle outta me every time I prefer the constant stream of bad dad puns from Marty.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:I prefer the constant stream of bad dad puns from Marty.
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I still dig MCM, but I'm less interested in the show the more they get professionals working on their cars. I don't like that a lot of the steps are now "and now get a custom made ECU made by an engineer". I'm perfectly fine when Moog drills an ugly wing onto his car.
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That is definitely something that they take for granted, getting pro-grade ECUs at what I'm sure is a heavy discount and having their friends tune the drat things. Their whole "How to Turbo" series was awesome until they got to the ECU bit and at that point I was 100% positive I couldn't afford the project.
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You can sub out a Haltec for a Megasquirt.
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That said, I like encouraging people not to half-rear end the job.
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What does a megasquirt cost? You can get an AEM EMS-4 for like $800, infinity and haltech sport ecus start at not much more than 1k. But mostly turbocharging a car from scratch and expecting it to run well is not cheap- way easier to start with something already turbo'd that also has a stock ecu that can be tuned/reflashed. A few weeks ago I got told about a guy who wanted to twin turbo his outback and was looking for some help. I just said no and laughed and said tell your friend to sell it and buy a turbo outback.
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Wrar posted:You can sub out a Haltec for a Megasquirt. Wasn't the Turbo MX5 supposed to have a Megasquirt PnP, but it didn't work, so they got the Haltec instead?
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jamal posted:What does a megasquirt cost? You can get an AEM EMS-4 for like $800, infinity and haltech sport ecus start at not much more than 1k. Megasquirt 2 is $280 for the kit, albeit you need to do a bit of (pretty well documented, admittedly) screwing around to get COP and sequential fuel for a 4 banger.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:- like Marty is in a lovely mood the entire time, because he's getting tired of Moog after all these years. I'm probably reading into it, though. Now you mention it, I know exactly what you mean.
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I'm assuming Moog's music royalties have something to do with that. About a year ago the music begun to be shoehorned into every single gap that it could be, it feels like Marty couldn't give a gently caress about the second rate chart music Moog puts out but Moog insists because $$$
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88h88 posted:I'm assuming Moog's music royalties have something to do with that. About a year ago the music begun to be shoehorned into every single gap that it could be, it feels like Marty couldn't give a gently caress about the second rate chart music Moog puts out but Moog insists because $$$ The 2SEXY track was gold though.
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Listening to the commentary for the Turbo Challenge, it didn't seem like there was any animosity between them. Even for the bumpers, they seem like they're having a good time just hanging out, but when they're working on important mechanical stuff, Moog's... excitability, let's call it, looks like it piss Marty off like no tomorrow. Remember his stupid Honda? Turbo Yoda had to make rules to shut him up while they were actually trying to get stuff done. As for the 180SX, I think Marty was done with that car years ago, I don't even remember him liking it when it was running properly. Getting it back in such horrible condition after doing so much work on it seemed to sour his opinion of it even more. You can clearly see it when they were trying to work on the diff, he was so loving mad at that car, even though it was in a similar condition as 2SEXY was in the beginning
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The Door Frame posted:Listening to the commentary for the Turbo Challenge, it didn't seem like there was any animosity between them. Even for the bumpers, they seem like they're having a good time just hanging out, but when they're working on important mechanical stuff, Moog's... excitability, let's call it, looks like it piss Marty off like no tomorrow. Remember his stupid Honda? Turbo Yoda had to make rules to shut him up while they were actually trying to get stuff done. I suspect he's probably also thinking viewership figures - "We did this exact thing before and our electric Charade pulled higher viewership". e: if someone asked me to break open a galled up diff and take a shower in gear oil hasn't been changed in who-knows-how-long I'd probably be slightly lovely too, even if I was wildly enthusiastic about the car. IPCRESS fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Sep 7, 2016 |
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The Door Frame posted:Listening to the commentary for the Turbo Challenge, it didn't seem like there was any animosity between them. Even for the bumpers, they seem like they're having a good time just hanging out, but when they're working on important mechanical stuff, Moog's... excitability, let's call it, looks like it piss Marty off like no tomorrow. Remember his stupid Honda? Turbo Yoda had to make rules to shut him up while they were actually trying to get stuff done. This seems like a pretty accurate read. Marty is generally fine working on 2sexy or Moog's other cars, but it seems like as soon as the 180 drove in the garage he was over it. He genuinely doesn't like that car, and I think that shows. I think it's compounded by how much Moog loves it, and it kind of torques Marty the wrong way the whole time. I have to say, some of my favorite episodes to watch have been in depth builds, especially Supergramps. The one off "here's how to plumb an intercooler" episodes don't really do it as much for me anymore. Most people watching aren't actually watching for instructions, they're watching because it's one of the more entertaining build shows out these days. Riot Carol Danvers fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Sep 7, 2016 |
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Spotted this in Prague, I think it might qualify:
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Raikiri posted:Spotted this in Prague, I think it might qualify: It doesn't.
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