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STR posted:Don't make left turns from right turn lanes, people! Keep Austin Weird
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Aug 10, 2018 15:55
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Dagen H posted:Keep Austin Weird That's on him? Shouldn't be a claim on your insurance. Also fuuuuuuuuck Austin traffic!
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Aug 11, 2018 04:47
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I'll take Austin traffic over DFW traffic any loving day. Except for 35. Goddamn I'm glad I don't live near 35, most of my highway driving is on 183 and Mopac. And it wouldn't be a claim on my insurance, but it would still show on my claims history report as a not at fault collision paid out by the other person's insurance. Which could still gently caress me on my rates.
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Aug 11, 2018 06:15
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Crossposting from my offgrid farming thread, my drivers side window refused to go up, then dropped in the frame (out in a field, during a rainstorm, miles from home), so that means finding out whats wrong with part- 8E0 837 462B    Well the car needed a part and I needed not to pay labour charges so if I have to look at the insides of a car door for a bit so can you.   While I give it the finger lots, its the third kind of car door I ever had to gently caress with and by far my favourite- it all went apart and all came back together without issues and I only had 3 bits left over. There were a lot of bits though.   The old one was really hosed- cable had rusted away on one end and spooled up inside the regulator.     I had to take everything out of the door including the window motor and speaker, and haul the entire top section of the door off to get to the broken regulator properly.  Luckily the motor didnt get chewed up much at all, seems to work fine and it all took a touch over 2 hours start to finish- the guide I followed said 5. Will probably have to do the passenger side soon enough. I forgot a finished pic, but the door looked factory perfect again, honest- double sided foam tape is magical 
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Aug 11, 2018 16:38
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It saw my Mercedes window regulator broke and decided to follow suit...
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Aug 12, 2018 00:12
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What car is that one? I took my front brake calipers off, roughed up the old pads with 80 grit and the rotors with emery cloth tape, then silicon lubed the sliders and put some copper anti seize on the back of the pot and pads. The old pads are like never used and were decent bendix ones which is all I could buy locally anyway. I tried to rebed the brakes and it seemed to make a difference. Not much as it won't lock up a wheel or activate the ABS or anything, so it's not setting the world alight in braking performance but I think it's a little better, ie like it pulls up from 90km/hr a lot better than it used to if I press real hard on the brakes (started out horrible on the first test stop), but it needs more pressure than I think it should for medium stopping power. I might replace front hoses and reflush again after I actually replace rear hoses, rotors and pads (rear hoses and pads delivered already, just waiting on rear rotors.) I have no idea why PO had silicone gasket type glue on one of the pads shoulders to bond it to the carrier! The sliders were pretty dry as well. E: Anyway, that's pretty boring; the funny part is my 5y/o kid was out when I started the job and he came home suprised to see wheels off and me working on it. I asked him if he wanted to help and he just replied "You broke it. You fix it" and walked inside. So much for bonding, mech interest over cars 
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Aug 12, 2018 09:44
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Fo3 posted:What car is that one?
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Aug 12, 2018 14:20
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From the look of it you could probably 3D print a gear that would work better.  What the absolute gently caress, Mercedes. That's a thick-rear end gear.
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Aug 12, 2018 14:37
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That looks a lot like a roller chain sprocket. As in, it's so close that if you can get close enough to the pitch it might not be a crazy idea to get a plain A-plate and try it. Not saying it'll work, but it might.
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Aug 12, 2018 15:47
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I've been working on redoing my Golf's engine for a while now and figured I was far enough along to share some pictures. I'm currently digging into the transmission which worked but leaked like a sieve. I was originally going to have someone else do it but no one wanted to touch it due to age and rarity. I'm upgrading the car from the original 1.8l VW RV engine to a 2.0l ABA block with brand new 1.8l head, this required more extra parts than I thought at first. The old block didn't hold proper oil pressure and the old head ticked like crazy.  And here's the new assembled block. The paint came off the valve cover when it was cleaned so it got sprayed to match the car. I need to get the transmission reattached to confirm the timing is right but otherwise it's ready to go.  Here's the engine bay mostly ready to go but still pretty grimy.  This has been a few months coming since I am doing this mostly alone when I can and I've never changed an engine before.
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Aug 12, 2018 16:16
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That's pretty impressive Golf work. Wish I could even begin to approach a job like that.
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Aug 12, 2018 18:14
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Changed the transmission fluid. No pics, largely because I started late in the evening and poo poo got dark pretty quick. Dropped the pan and coaxed about 5 or 6 quarts of dirty fluid out, but I couldn't get my ratchet socket to reach the 4T80E's super-secret drain plug to coax the last 2 or 3 quarts out. I really need to invest in some good ramps and a nice creeper for poo poo like this.
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Aug 12, 2018 18:28
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Stole the 87+ side skirts from my parts car, looks so much better with those on there. Also cleaned up my gauge cluster a bit, removed the auto trans mode lights gauge thing and replaced it with the voltmeter, and applied a really sweet HKS sticker. Donor car:  Before:  After:      Gauge cluster before (the plastic face is removed):  After:  Next up is pulling the engine out of the parts car... 
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Aug 14, 2018 07:23
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Love the SUPER CHARGER LED. When does it come on, when there's any boost at all?
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Aug 14, 2018 15:39
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Jesus that looks great.
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Aug 14, 2018 16:35
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Hypnolobster posted:Jesus that looks great. Your Black MR2 is loving sick man. Awesome.
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Aug 14, 2018 18:05
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A super rad AW11 and an 850R? I'm supremely jealous. Nice work.
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Aug 14, 2018 18:13
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opengl128 posted:Love the SUPER CHARGER LED. When does it come on, when there's any boost at all? Terrible Robot posted:A super rad AW11 and an 850R? I'm supremely jealous. Nice work.   Dennis McClaren posted:Your Black MR2 is loving sick man. Awesome.
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Aug 14, 2018 23:17
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MasonF posted:It comes on whenever the clutch is engaged on the Supercharger, usually around 1/3-1/2 throttle. When you post it link some pictures that looks great.
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Aug 15, 2018 00:28
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Got in the S2000 last night after having not driven it in about a month... realized I could drat near release the clutch with the brakes on and not stall the car, despite it not slipping under load so I decided it was time rather than deal with it this season. I'll be putting in my spare transmission at the same time, then replacing 3rd and 4th gear synchros in the stock box. 171k on the stock clutch  
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Aug 15, 2018 01:34
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Oof. i'm used to $80 clutches for ACVWs and Subarus.
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Aug 15, 2018 01:47
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Put a Focus RS airbox in my ST. The stock airbox lid is solid and you can't hear the turbo do anything. Now I make obnoxious turbo noises. Apparently some people just take the airbox lid off and suck in that amazingly hot engine bay air. Some people are idiots. I stole the picture off GIS, but who cares they're all the same. Ask me about driving what is basically a Focus RS at this point.
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Aug 15, 2018 01:57
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Oof. i'm used to $80 clutches for ACVWs and Subarus. yeaaaaaa... could be worse. Pressure plate is me planning ahead, otherwise I could have reused the one in it. The goddamn OEM release bearing price is the one that gets me.
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Aug 15, 2018 01:59
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BlackMK4 posted:Got in the S2000 last night after having not driven it in about a month... realized I could drat near release the clutch with the brakes on and not stall the car, despite it not slipping under load so I decided it was time rather than deal with it this season. I'll be putting in my spare transmission at the same time, then replacing 3rd and 4th gear synchros in the stock box. That's not that bad. I've had to deal with finding 4A-GE/4A-GZE clutches. They get pricey.
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Aug 15, 2018 02:35
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ACT has a really strict minimum advertised price policy, so you won't find much of a deal of them just browsing various websites. But, if you get ahold of a dealer, like me for example, you can generally get a bit of a discount.
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Aug 15, 2018 02:53
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You could do what I did and mail your original off to be rebuilt and they’ll do a bad job, so you send it somewhere else to be rebuilt properly. At 200 per build plus $60 in shipping each ride.
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StormDrain posted:You could do what I did and mail your original off to be rebuilt and they’ll do a bad job, so you send it somewhere else to be rebuilt properly. At 200 per build plus $60 in shipping each ride. Solid financial advice ITT
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Aug 15, 2018 17:47
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jamal posted:ACT has a really strict minimum advertised price policy, so you won't find much of a deal of them just browsing various websites. But, if you get ahold of a dealer, like me for example, you can generally get a bit of a discount. I feel bad bothering you for discounts, but if you don't mind or want that then... well, thank you.
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Aug 15, 2018 18:05
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BlackMK4 posted:I feel bad bothering you for discounts, but if you don't mind or want that then... well, thank you. Yeah please do. For the most part I can beat or match most prices and still make a few bucks.
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Aug 15, 2018 18:32
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MasonF posted:Stole the 87+ side skirts from my parts car, looks so much better with those on there. Are you in Vegas? I think my mom lived next to you for years! Kidding of course; it just seems like every MR2 owner has two.
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Aug 15, 2018 19:21
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jamal posted:Yeah please do. For the most part I can beat or match most prices and still make a few bucks. Thank you  I appreciate it.
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Aug 15, 2018 20:52
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Wasabi the J posted:Are you in Vegas? I think my mom lived next to you for years!  
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Aug 16, 2018 03:30
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Got out the shiny-up sauce and made stuff more shinier Some of the bars were pretty nasty.  50/50   complete         This is real 46 year old chrome, facing bugs and rock chips and road salt. Put on by real men who lived to 33 but died happy knowing the chrome they applied would shine on for their grandchildren to see. May they ride eternal, shiny and chrome.
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Aug 17, 2018 23:00
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Disappointed that it’s not wood-grain any more.
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Aug 17, 2018 23:37
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That stuff probably would have come off the first time i washed it. I might wrap it in an actual automotive vinyl at one point, but for the time being it's fuckin shiny
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Aug 17, 2018 23:48
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It’s definitely that. From back when they threw some nice thick triple layers on there.
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Aug 18, 2018 01:45
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every car should have a dataplate under the hood listing fluid capacities
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Aug 18, 2018 04:16
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I wonder if that ceramic coating poo poo detailers put on would help protect the chrome from getting gross.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I wonder if that ceramic coating poo poo detailers put on would help protect the chrome from getting gross. My dad used to use wenol and claimed it kept the chrome on his bike looking good.
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