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Bajaha posted:Oh wow, yeah it's been a while. I've got the same experience on our Craigslist equivalent Kijiji, terrible signal to noise ratio. I've actually had much better luck tossing things onto eBay or finding model specific forums. Try those maybe? EBay just sucks because their cut is too much and iirc they double dip with eBay fees and PayPal fees. I wanted some level of head restraint, and the Evo is more of a compromise seat. It widens towards the front, whereas the circuit feels more like a box. I'm going to move it to the right side of the car once I get a second HANS since I am paranoid about passengers and a harness but no HANS.
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Ripped out the pile of garbage Pioneer headunit I installed last year and replaced it with a $12 chinese bluetooth amp. No more trying to get a proprietary app to work just to play my loving music! suck a billion cocks in hell, Pioneer
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Terrible Robot posted:Ripped out the pile of garbage Pioneer headunit I installed last year and replaced it with a $12 chinese bluetooth amp. No more trying to get a proprietary app to work just to play my loving music! suck a billion cocks in hell, Pioneer You know, you're supposed to peel the paper backing off the plexiglass before installing Would look pretty slick painted on the inside
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Raluek posted:You know, you're supposed to peel the paper backing off the plexiglass before installing yeah, no poo poo, but then it would just be a clear box that reflected light. I purposefully built it with the paper on the outside so it would be nonreflective. Also, you can actually see the labels I wrote for the buttons as opposed to having to memorize what all of them do or squint at the board itself. Painting it would be  , the entire purpose of this was to cost $fuckall and take no time to install lol.
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Mar 25, 2018 20:47
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Terrible Robot posted:yeah, no poo poo, but then it would just be a clear box that reflected light. I purposefully built it with the paper on the outside so it would be nonreflective. Also, you can actually see the labels I wrote for the buttons as opposed to having to memorize what all of them do or squint at the board itself. Fair enough. I wonder if the paper will get gross over time with greasy fingerprints, etc. But hey, if you give no fucks, then it probably doesn't matter!
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Raluek posted:Fair enough. I wonder if the paper will get gross over time with greasy fingerprints, etc. I guess if that happens I'll have to recover it with some masking tape. The horror!
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TheFonz posted:Bought it! 2018 Poop Troupe. God drat the front end on that is so loving mean.
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Put 2011 WRX wheels on the Champagne Brick. Tried these wheels on my other FXT but the stock strut bodies are too wide and rub on the inside edge of the wheel, but these coilovers have narrower bodies. I also put the first full tank of gas in it and got 20mpg, which isn’t terrible considering the 1000cc injectors and all the hooning I did this week getting to know the car . 
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Not on the Landcruiser per say, but on the wagon I tug around with it a fair bit. Winter is coming, so its getting into firewood season. Got sick of my 9x5 trailer only being able to hold a foot high layer of wood before you had to start to stack it and try to hold it in with elasticated nets and tarps. So we went off to the metal store. You can see just how fantastic condition my $1000 trailer is in. Its also listed on the rego papers as being Green....  Broke out the grinder and plasma cutter and installed 6 tubes into the corners and mid points on the side using 50x50x2mm RHS steel  So you can drop in 40x40x2mm vertical pieces like this  Glue them all together until you get something that resembles a wall  And repeat until you wind up with two sides.  So now i can carry logs SpinTyres style, but still pretty useless unless you have something to keep stuff in. So I welded up two more frames for doors  And made them swing! They're pinned so they can be swung either left or right hand side, or removed entirely.  Still needs the mesh installed, so I started on that using 50x75x4 mesh. Something a bit more solid but wide enough to slip a ratchet hook through if im carrying things inside that need to be strapped down.  Shitload of burns to the top of my head later (I loving HATE welding galv) its fully caged, and fabrication was complete!  So now to make it look better. Started off by spray bombing the cage satin black. There wasnt a single bug in my shed that wasnt high as a kite after that.  But the rest of the trailer then looked like poo poo, was covered in overspray etc, so we did a full Killrust overhaul on it. Painted it with Enamel paint (basically tractor paint, awesome poo poo, brush it on and it self levels!) resprayed the wheels and FINALLY replaced the wheel bearings. Which were trashed...   Really happy how it ended up. I've got just on 4m3 of capacity for bulk material like bark chip, mulch or firewood and can (Legally) carry 1.5T of gravel or sand or rocks in it. Theres still holes in the floor and the sides are rusting out but you cant see them and nothings fallen on the road yet so who really cares? 
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Ferremit posted:Really happy how it ended up. I've got just on 4m3 of capacity for bulk material like bark chip, mulch or firewood and can (Legally) carry 1.5T of gravel or sand or rocks in it. Theres still holes in the floor and the sides are rusting out but you cant see them and nothings fallen on the road yet so who really cares? Looks great. nice work! I would reclassify the holes in the floor as 'drain holes' 
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Trailer porn in this thread.
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Rhyno posted:Trailer porn in this thread. Enough about your family ffs
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Mom called. Said the CEL was on and mileage was in the crapper. Figured an O2 (sorry, air/fuel ratio sensor, since her car uses widebands) had poo poo the bed  Well... that kinda rules out just 1 sensor. It was stumbling quite a bit at idle too, and had a current code for bank 2 lean, pending code for bank 1 lean. Also, either Torque, or my OBD2 dongle (first gen PLX Kiwi Bluetooth) couldn't pull info from the wideband O2s on it; I could see the downstream sensor (which is a traditional O2 sensor) fine, but otherwise I was limited to commanded and actual AFR ratios. Not that helpful on a V6. Am I doing this right?  Dave, am I doing this right?  (also, that was the loving Toyota dealer that mounted the plate straight to the bumper without a bracket...  )So... between the stumbling and the hissing, I was expecting one big vacuum leak. Nope. Found 4 - so far. All of them loving hoses that I had replaced about 5 years ago. Yanked the battery cables for a bit to reset the ECU, long term trims after driving it a bit aren't really where I'd like to see them, but it's not stumbling anymore.. and they're not far enough out of whack to cause a CEL (yet). I'll have more time next week to chase vacuum leaks - the rest of this week I'm working 12 hour days (Tue-Thu), then going to Austin for the weekend.  Oh yeah.. oil change on both my car and hers. AutoZone has a deal right now for Mobil 1 (or Mobil 1 High Mileage) + Mobil 1 oil filter for $30. The Mobil 1 oil filters are normally $14.99 at AutoZone, Mobil 1 oil there is normally almost $40  . Usually I go to Walmart, where a 5 quart jug of Mobil 1 is $24-25, and grab an AC Delco filter for $5ish. That's fine for my car, but for her car I prefer to use a better filter. This should be a better filter, in theory, than what I can usually get at Walmart. I was surprised to see a "MADE IN USA" stamp on both filters too.Her last oil change was done by NTB. It definitely had a different windshield sticker than the one I put on it (oddly enough, it was a Napa sticker, not NTB), with very much not my handwriting for the mileage... but the filter was the one I last put on the car (a year ago), complete with the mileage (when installed) scribbled on it.  The oil looked like it'd been changed fairly recently at least (at least, it was a lot less dark than what came out of my car...), but given her history with the NTB nearby, I wouldn't put it past them to put whatever cheap bulk conventional they have in it and tell her "yes ma'am, we put full synthetic in".gently caress the 1MZ-FE's filter location. So glad a friend gave me some cheap mechanic's gloves, since I was doing it with the engine still hot. It's not quite as bad as Subaru's ring of fire (maybe?), but it's still directly under the bank 2 exhaust manifold (and above a motor mount). And makes one gently caress of a mess when you remove it, since oil just runs down the subframe... randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Mar 27, 2018 |
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Mar 27, 2018 06:31
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There's a rebate if you bought five quarts of Mobil1 as well.
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Reached a bit of a milestone not long ago   So I decided to celebrate with some routine cleaning/maintenance and tending to some other odds and ends that I've been putting off for a while now. Potato pics ahoy.  After the usual fluid changes and tire/wheel swap, it was on to some nitty gritty:   Primarily: -Re-wiring the stereo speakers directly to the head unit to bypass the remainder of the factory system, which essentially means running new wires to each speaker. In almost any other vehicle this wouldn't be necessary, but this one incorporates an in-line amplifier that stopped working once the head unit was replaced, yet it needs to be left in and connected for the speakers to work at all. Regardless of how much tuning I've tried doing, they always sound weak and the subs drown everything else out. Not anymore. -Replacing the broken subwoofer in the rear deck. A solid reminder to keep the volume low on freezing cold days until everything has a chance to warm up.  -In addition to the new speaker wires, I also ran a set of switch wires from the console to the BCM so I can finally have a button for the power door locks. Why the factory didn't install one is beyond me, but that's no longer an issue. There it is, just to the right of the trac control button:  The button just beneath the trac control is for this little line-lock contraption:   I have much learning to do with using it properly, but it works as it should without any leaks and that's all that matters for right now. Lastly: The back seats are never used, and the 10+ years of sun damage on the tops of them isn't getting any less hideous:   So they've been removed and put in storage along with the belts, and replaced with a set of delete panels. I now have a makeshift two-seater  I still have some finishing trim pieces to make up and install eventually, I'll get some clearer pics then. In the meantime it's still a much better sight than it was before. One of the next big things I have planned is the remainder of the rear end. Namely the control arm and cradle bushings, but there's another important component back there that needs attention, and I already have a rebuild-able core waiting in the wings for it: 
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IOwnCalculus posted:There's a rebate if you bought five quarts of Mobil1 as well. Oh snap. Yeah, bought 10 quarts.. and two Mobil 1 filters. $17 x 2 coming back if they approve the rebate. AutoZone's not on their list of approved retailers, but Walmart wasn't during the last rebate program either, and I still got my rebate.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Oh snap. Yeah, bought 10 quarts.. and two Mobil 1 filters. $17 x 2 coming back if they approve the rebate. God drat it. I just looked up at my cork board and saw the receipt and rebate form from the last oil change I did.
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Rhyno posted:God drat it. I just looked up at my cork board and saw the receipt and rebate form from the last oil change I did. You kept the receipt from poo poo to do an oil change? It's not going to increase the value of of the car..
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chrisgt posted:You kept the receipt from poo poo to do an oil change? It's not going to increase the value of of the car.. Cage fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Mar 28, 2018 |
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Mar 28, 2018 17:08
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chrisgt posted:You kept the receipt from poo poo to do an oil change? It's not going to increase the value of of the car.. What? Read my post again dude. Rhyno posted:God drat it. I just looked up at my cork board and saw the receipt and rebate form from the last oil change I did. The rebate form being up there means I forgot to mail it in. Thus no rebate.
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You know you can do the Mobil 1 rebates online, right? Just finished swapping the ignition switch. Switch wasn't that bad to swap, but it's being a dick about the re-learn. Found a more specific post on the relearn, hopefully the battery holds up long enough for that to work.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:You know you can do the Mobil 1 rebates online, right? It wasn't Mobil 1.
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Nevermind then! Obligatory action shot. Add a middle finger with mental photoshop. The physical work wasn't bad (aside from trying to get to the 2 screws that hold the switch to the column), it just doesn't want to complete the re-learn.  e: finally got it started. When they say you need to wait at least 5 seconds between key cycles, they mean it.
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Mar 28, 2018 17:51
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Mobil 1 is on sale at Meijer and I do need to do an oil change so thanks for the tip!
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chrisgt posted:You kept the receipt from poo poo to do an oil change? It's not going to increase the value of of the car.. No, but if you have an insurance claim you can haggle the value of your own vehicle up some with maintenance records. When I filed the claim for the avalanche burning my insurance agent got a 8ft length of the old school dot matrix oreillys receipts from the last year and a half.
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Rhyno posted:Mobil 1 is on sale at Meijer and I do need to do an oil change so thanks for the tip! And a general PSA...sign up for mperks if you shop at Meijer. Occasionally they'll toss you a 10% off general merchandise purchases.
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Colostomy Bag posted:And a general PSA...sign up for mperks if you shop at Meijer. Occasionally they'll toss you a 10% off general merchandise purchases. I have yet to get anything towards oil, it's usually yogurt and cheese.
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Depending what you drive, those two could probably work as well.
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Replaced the rear torque gearbox mount as well as the sway bar end link. Now my gear shifts are back to normal, and the sway bar end links were really dead. Now the car doesn't go clunkclunkclunkclunk over every drat little roughness in the road. Well worth it. But laying down on cold rear end concrete for hours sucks rear end.
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Road trip! Pretty disappointed at the mileage.. 32 on an all highway tank. Last trip (both ways) was more like 35, and I was using cruise the whole way this time. Gonna chuck an O2 sensor at it when I get home, it looked like it was hanging up sometimes when watching live data a couple of weeks ago. But 202k is a pretty good run for one anyway..
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Took it out for its last proper drive before I pull bits out of it and it goes out of action for however long it takes me to do things that should take me a single weekend but doesn't because I can't be bothered pulling it out of the garage and working in the sun/rain/darkness. Drivers seat out! Super easy. Passengers side was poo poo, I managed to bend one of the bolts of the rail mounts some time in the last 2 years. One of the seat rails is stuck in the car until I borrow a grinder from someone.  The front half of the carpet was absolutely destroyed. With the water damage and having my shoes rip it up for 6 or so years, it was not pretty. It came out in 6 bits. The back wasn't too bad but had a lot of sun damage over the tunnel. Lucky I'm replacing everything. The real hero here is the rear fiber glass mats, absolutely perfect condition. So straight to the bin it went! Far too good for my car.  Tomorrow the plan is rear seat and door cards out, full dash out, start on the (cheaper australian brand of) dynamat!
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Ansith posted:Took it out for its last proper drive before I pull bits out of it and it goes out of action for however long it takes me to do things that should take me a single weekend but doesn't because I can't be bothered pulling it out of the garage and working in the sun/rain/darkness. Do you still have a thread? I was watching the original when you got the car, but I think it went into the archives. It was a bit of an adventure back then. edit: found it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3767188 A little bit of catching up to do. edit2, electric bugaloo: Apparently that thread petered out, too. Did you ever get the 4L in it, or is that what you mean by the above? Darchangel fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Mar 30, 2018 |
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Darchangel posted:Do you still have a thread? I was watching the original when you got the car, but I think it went into the archives. It was a bit of an adventure back then. I got a bit distracted by life and after I resprayed it went a bit inactive with doing anything to it. So at the moment I'm getting the interior retrimmed, then I need to do a steering/suspension rebuild (again, I think I've done over 100k in it since I did the last one), and then I'll be getting the Barra into it. I'll get a thread going again when I can be bothered and compile the most recent stuff into the op.
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Not so much poo poo I did to my ride but poo poo I did to get rid of a ride. The car my girlie was driving was a late 90's corolla and the repairs started to add up like new cv joints needed doing, the speedo stopped working and the radiator was close to being done with life. We managed to sell it to a pair of slightly dodgy Lebanese guys last night and they cared more that the gear box worked during the test drive than the rest of the poo poo. At this point I don't give a gently caress if they repair it and flip it once they've repaired it cause its no longer my problem. I'd priced out parts which weren't terrible for $AUS money but still more than the car was worth at the end of the day.
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:Not so much poo poo I did to my ride but poo poo I did to get rid of a ride. The car my girlie was driving was a late 90's corolla and the repairs started to add up like new cv joints needed doing, the speedo stopped working and the radiator was close to being done with life. We managed to sell it to a pair of slightly dodgy Lebanese guys last night and they cared more that the gear box worked during the test drive than the rest of the poo poo. At this point I don't give a gently caress if they repair it and flip it once they've repaired it cause its no longer my problem. I'd priced out parts which weren't terrible for $AUS money but still more than the car was worth at the end of the day. Look how responsible you are knowing when to get rid of a car. Now if only I could do that...
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chrisgt posted:Look how responsible you are knowing when to get rid of a car. Now if only I could do that... I'm getting very close to selling the Forester, several years after I really should have cut my losses with the stupid thing.
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You guys are doing this all wrong. I bought my last Forester for 500, drove it for 50k miles, put maybe a grand into repairs, wrecked it, took some of that grand worth of parts back off, and sold it for 225... To replace it with another one that I bought for 400 that was in better shape than the last one before I wrecked it. Admittedly this is the first time in my life I actually sold a car instead of cutting it up for scrap metal.
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Sure but how much time did you have to put into it?
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It wouldn’t have passed it roadworthyness check later this month so it was time to go.
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:It wouldn’t have passed it roadworthyness check later this month so it was time to go. See, I'd go spend half a week making it pass because I have some deep seated mental instability.
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