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cakesmith handyman posted:My car just passed the mot but the advisory is insulting:
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The Prong Song posted:EDIT2: Know what, nevermind. I dunno about Reddit, but when you work for the US government they are much, MUCH more into your business than just telling you "hey you should buy a nicer car". And, being the government they have the manpower and legal backup to make it much worse for you than just losing your job. Trying to compare and contrast a private company doing this against the federal government doing this, shows there's probably a lack of info on just how intrusive the govt. is to its employees and contractors. The reason I got out of the military right there. They actively try to make your life hell if you make the smallest life mistakes, I was 19 and hosed up a bit and you would have thought I was a serial killer the way they treated me, gently caress them.
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rdb posted:Someone linked reddit the thread on facebook. Its a 2005 Camry with faded paint and just another car in the garage according to the OP. No other details. the person did not fail a credit check you absolute dingus it's not real anyway but basically - there are roles in which it matters what you drive. these roles should be defined in advance by company policy. if those roles exist, the employees that fill them should be provided with a company car that meets the standards of the company for that role.
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rdb posted:I would rather my employer dictate what I drive than what my healthcare is. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:the person did not fail a credit check you absolute dingus If they're not going to take on the financial burden of whatever they want you to drive, eat a bag of dicks, Frank, VP of HR.
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STR posted:eBay, of course, but I forget what rabbit hole I fell in to find them. It was very much a drunk purchase, I'm already wishing I'd waited until after paying rent. But they've already shipped. This is the specific set I bought. There's also halogen versions with the clear corner. Those look good. I see that there is also a variant form the Legacy GT or STI or something that has bullet-style signals. A little pricier, but neat looking. Found a video of the JDM headlight install and wiring as well. He doesn't mention the levelers at all, which is frustrating. Since it uses an in-cabin knob, it should actually be pretty simple. Automatic would be even simpler, one would think - just power, really. May have to look into the HIDs pending your results. The OEM halogens are OK, but they weren't exactly splitting the night out in darkest-deepest New Mexico while driving it back to TX. I have no idea what bulbs are in there at the moment. everdave posted:Hmm, now I’m worried about my rep because I bought a Mazda fire truck as well... Uh. I think I want that one for truck things. cakesmith handyman posted:My car just passed the mot but the advisory is insulting: I agree. I like excessive engine. InitialDave posted:I reckon a V8 will go in a Panda. As long as you don't try to put anything else in there, like a driver. I'd still like to see it done. I mean, that Canadian shop teacher got a Chevy small-block in a Firefly.
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Geoj posted:Looking at the pictures in the eBay auction you posted it appears the horizontal aiming screw sticks out the back of the adjustment motors (the box to the side of the low beam cover in the picture of the bottom/backs of the housings.) Oh, yeah. Good eye. That's gonna be a pain in the dick to adjust once they're mounted (the USDM ones have a loooooooooong screw sticking out that you can get a box wrench on). Further digging does make it look like the servo motors can take 12V though, so I may be able to just power them briefly to adjust them. Wish I'd looked closer, they really left zero usable wire on one of the ballast plugs. The rest of the wiring looks pretty intact, Though I have to convert them to the USDM plugs somehow anyway (I don't want to butcher the body-side wiring), so I'll probably be cutting into the headlight-side harnesses anyway. I'll have to figure out some kind of adapter harness for the signals/markers, to make it easier to swap back to the USDM housings. Looking at the pics again, I'm trying to figure out how the hell the high beam works. I see the halogen high beam bulb in the typical spot. There's only 2 wires going into the bulb cover, vs 3 on mine (shared ground, plus two positives). There's the 4 required wires going to the main connector on the JDM ones. Also just noticed the bulb cover is attached with an allen screw - on the USDM lamps, it just twists off. It looks like some versions of it twist off, and have all 4 going through the cover (like my current ones), but they have the "bullet" turn signal. Which isn't a look I'm going for - I want the stock looking lens. Darchangel posted:Those look good. I see that there is also a variant form the Legacy GT or STI or something that has bullet-style signals. A little pricier, but neat looking.[/url] I'm not a fan of those, personally (I like the all-clear look, but with an amber bulb), but the high beam wiring might be easier on those. Still trying to figure that out, the ones I got only have 2 wires going through the cover (and what looks like an allen screw attaching the weather cover ), while the USDM ones have 3 wires (common ground), and the ones you're thinking of have 4 wires going through. Looks like those have the twist-off cover too. I won't know until they show up, but it looks like there's still 4 wires going to the main connector on the ones I ordered (high, low, 2 grounds). randomidiot fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Is there a motorized cutoff shutter that enables "highs"? Are the new units single bulb bi-xenons?
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There's a motorized cutoff, but it's manually adjustable from inside the car (if you have the full on JDM harness anyway), and I'm pretty sure that's solely to compensate for junk in the trunk, so to speak. There's a halogen high beam as far as I can tell - the USDM version has the halogen high beam, and the pictures definitely make it look like there's a halogen bulb in the same spot, with the reflector arrangement looking pretty much identical to what I have now (also looks like the parking light gets swapped for a "city light", I plan to toss an amber bulb in and use it as a parking light). There's beefy wires (looks like 14 gauge) going to the 4 wire plug that powers both the low beam HIDs and high beam halogens, significantly heavier than the 16 or 18 gauge running my lights now. I'm sure I'll figure it out once they show up. I'm no stranger to making JDM headlamps work in a USDM car, this is just a bit more of an obscure swap than it was on an Integra - mainly due to how old the platform is now. Much of the info on the swap has been lost to Photobucket and old forum posts. I also found some (ancient) forums posts suggesting you can swap the USDM reflector bowl over - those posts suggest the housing itself positions the HID bulb differently so that they could use the same bowls. If that's the case, then swapping them over would eliminate the RHD hot spots. I'm not going to tear them apart like that until I can find more info, the whole reason I dropped $200 on JDM HIDZ is so I'm not ~that rear end in a top hat~ blinding everybody. I'll have to have both styles in front of me and see how the bulb is positioned within the reflector before I even consider tearing them apart like that. Luckily, removing them is 3 bolts, 1 plug, and 2 sockets, so it's easy enough to yank one of the stock ones out. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Made it back home in the 16v without it blowing up or me killing myself from some combination of lack of sleep, summer tyres in negative temps and boredom. Originally my plan was to take the scenic route, but due to the unknown condition of the mechanicals I opted to just shoot straight for home. Since I'm a cheap bastard I opted to just sleep in the car, but that ended up not being a great idea due to the cold. I ended up driving till I was tired, sleeping a couple of hours until the cold woke me up, driving an hour or two and then sleeping until the cold woke me again. In some ways that system was actually better, as it gained me another 300km or so during the night. Also, there's nothing better for devouring miles than a hydropneumatic Citroen, the ride quality and seats are so drat good... Really put it to the test when I hit a stretch of the old Nazi highway near Cottbus. Ancient segmented concrete slabs are NOT fun to drive over at speed, but these cars actually make it tolerable. Managed to damage the front bumper like a total spanner though, perhaps two hours in. Stopped at a restaurant in the Netherlands, then navigating back to the highway, Google took me onto some weird dirt road. Was traveling along it too fast, totally unused to the speed and lightness of the car, when suddenly a 2 foot deep trench the width of the road looms out of the darkness and bam: My bodywork guy will get a little closer to his boat I guess Grakkus fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Tremek posted:Is there a motorized cutoff shutter that enables "highs"? Are the new units single bulb bi-xenons? Only bi-xenons I've ever seen or worked with are projectors on the low beam. Turn on the high beam, and a solenoid wired into the HB circuit kicks a metal shutter that usually defines the top of the beam cutoff located between the reflector and projector optics out of the way. I don't think you could accomplish the same thing with a reflector housing.
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Managed to actually make a purchase though Ticketmaster for something I'm psyched for.
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STR posted:There's a motorized cutoff, but it's manually adjustable from inside the car (if you have the full on JDM harness anyway), and I'm pretty sure that's solely to compensate for junk in the trunk, so to speak. There's a halogen high beam as far as I can tell - the USDM version has the halogen high beam, and the pictures definitely make it look like there's a halogen bulb in the same spot, with the reflector arrangement looking pretty much identical to what I have now (also looks like the parking light gets swapped for a "city light", I plan to toss an amber bulb in and use it as a parking light). There's beefy wires (looks like 14 gauge) going to the 4 wire plug that powers both the low beam HIDs and high beam halogens, significantly heavier than the 16 or 18 gauge running my lights now. Possibly to be helping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4AsOyaFXoI Wiring, according to that guy: Geoj posted:Only bi-xenons I've ever seen or worked with are projectors on the low beam. Turn on the high beam, and a solenoid wired into the HB circuit kicks a metal shutter that usually defines the top of the beam cutoff located between the reflector and projector optics out of the way. I don't think you could accomplish the same thing with a reflector housing. OO Be right back, checking the schedule. edit: closest they get to Dallas is San Antonio. Grrrrr.... Like we totally don't have the biggest goddamned *convertible* stadium in the US right here! Darchangel fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Went to lunch today at a local pub that I've never set foot in before. Paying the tab on the way out the door turn to leave. Stop in my tracks turn around to look where I looked 2 seconds earlier. An honest to god functioning cigarette vending machine. I know smoking is way more common in Europe and have seen machines there, but I probably haven't seen one in Alberta for 15-20 years. I genuinely didn't know they still existed. Is it because I don't get out as much as I used to?
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Posting to see if slidebite's post will show up. e: That worked. radium
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toplitzin posted:Managed to actually make a purchase though Ticketmaster for something I'm psyched for. The closest they're coming to Seattle is loving LA, I'm so mad.
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It’s been since the 11th since I got time to relax. It’s so strange not having a thing I have to do. It’s not strange in that I dislike it, rather in that I can’t believe I’ve tolerated my workload for so long. What ever happened to the slacker I always wanted to be? That Mazda5 I bought new 12 years ago when my chill life got busy appears to have poo poo a transmission. My wife cried...Right up to the point she saw I bought her a Miata. Fight me. trouser chili fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Jan 25, 2020 |
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trouser chili posted:It’s been since the 11th since I got time to relax. It’s so strange not having a thing I have to do. It’s not strange in that I dislike it, rather in that I can’t believe I’ve tolerated my workload for so long. What ever happened to the slacker I always wanted to be? Did you get the bow Edit: this is not the BWM thread
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turns out doing a single color wrap is way more expensive than I thought
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Elviscat posted:The closest they're coming to Seattle is loving LA, I'm so mad. I'm travelling for a concert next month and it was cheaper to go to a city twice as far away and will be a bigger show. I refuse to go to the Tivoli again after a Fear Factory concert back in the day.
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We're driving up to DC from North Carolina.
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Grakkus posted:Also, there's nothing better for devouring miles than a hydropneumatic Citroen, the ride quality and seats are so drat good... Really put it to the test when I hit a stretch of the old Nazi highway near Cottbus. This is just great. I love your Citroen adventures.
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Scionix posted:turns out doing a single color wrap is way more expensive than I thought What kinds of quotes are you getting?
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trouser chili posted:That Mazda5 I bought new 12 years ago when my chill life got busy appears to have poo poo a transmission. My wife cried...Right up to the point she saw I bought her a Miata. Wasn't your 5 a manual? Your van made me really want a manual Mazda5. I've still never even driven one but good on Mazda for offering it.
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Minnesota Mixup posted:What kinds of quotes are you getting? like 4k to 4.5k lmao. That's approaching engine swap territory! I was willing to go up to like 3k, but geez. the car was 35k, you can put a loving v6 in it for like 5/6 grand, am I really gonna pay 4.5k for a wrap? At the same time, it's such a nice color.... I feel like there's this kind of price gap where I'm at in terms of income. I could've stayed within my means and got, say, a used V6 Cayman S, but then you can't thrash it like the ND and not worry about parts or something breaking. There's not really a fun sports car in that high 30's low 50's range that isn't either: A.) A german timebomb waiting to go off B.) 20 years old and/or a warranty/insurance nightmare But then I want to do things like wrap the car, supercharge/engine swap, but you're spending 5 or 6 thousand dollars on a 30 thousand dollar car. I dunno. I really do love the ND, and with the power upgrades/new suspension I think it would be 90% perfect. If mazda ever released a coupe only miata that was quiet on the freeway and had the 2.5L sky-activ I would buy it instantly. Scionix fucked around with this message at 06:51 on Jan 25, 2020 |
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Previa_fun posted:Wasn't your 5 a manual? Your van made me really want a manual Mazda5. I've still never even driven one but good on Mazda for offering it. I capitulated my wife’s desire to never drive a manual transmission again and got the auto. I’ve driven the manual though and it was quite good. I wish I had it now instead of an auto that’s run out of magic. Anyway I’ve swapped 3.5 quarts of fluid from it yesterday and moved it from “black and chunky” to “brown and murky”. Gonna do another 3.5 tomorrow and swap the TCU. Maybe it’ll live. I found that as long as your don’t use reverse or fourth gear it doesn’t gently caress up and go into limp. So that’s nice.
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Beach Bum posted:Did you get the bow No it’s a used 2016 club automatic with 60k on it. Trip odo had 9000 on it and an average speed of 55mph. Came out of Columbia, MO. One owner car, an older women that was obviously completely nose blind to her perfume. Got it at $15k. Feels a little high but there wasn’t much to pick from I found that wasn’t $30k brand new or 300 miles away.
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Scionix posted:ND chat Learn Spanish for “vinyl wrap” and go back to your painter buddies? Also, cool car bro!
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trouser chili posted:Learn Spanish for “vinyl wrap” and go back to your painter buddies? I'm comfortable going cheap on simple re-spray stuff, but a whole wrap? Seems iffy especially as I have an RF and there's the issue of doing the panels in the folding roof assembly. Also I found out they're not spanish, they are actually Greek
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Scionix posted:V6 Cayman S A what?
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Scionix posted:like 4k to 4.5k lmao. That's approaching engine swap territory! I was willing to go up to like 3k, but geez. What kinds of places are you getting the quotes from? Look for ones that do wraps for advertising (usually signage places). They do it all day every day while lining up custom printed ones etc and their work is expected to last.
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Scionix posted:I'm comfortable going cheap on simple re-spray stuff, but a whole wrap? Seems iffy especially as I have an RF and there's the issue of doing the panels in the folding roof assembly. In my mind paint is much harder to apply than a wrap. I mean if the wrap isn’t working out in a place you just peel it and try again. I always felt I could do a wrap job myself. Perhaps that’s naive it’s more like a window tint job? I did learn I cannot apply window film worth a drat a long time ago.
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My Dad had a heart valve repaired a few years ago. The repair has failed and he needs to have the procedure repeated. He's almost 70 and this isn't good, the first time he had multiple complications. I just had a 45 minute conversation with him trying to convince him that his family does not have an expiration date as both of his parents and sister died by 70. January continues it's lifetime streak of sucking.
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Grakkus posted:Made it back home in the 16v without it blowing up or me killing myself from some combination of lack of sleep, summer tyres in negative temps and boredom. Originally my plan was to take the scenic route, but due to the unknown condition of the mechanicals I opted to just shoot straight for home. Since I'm a cheap bastard I opted to just sleep in the car, but that ended up not being a great idea due to the cold. I ended up driving till I was tired, sleeping a couple of hours until the cold woke me up, driving an hour or two and then sleeping until the cold woke me again. In some ways that system was actually better, as it gained me another 300km or so during the night. Also, there's nothing better for devouring miles than a hydropneumatic Citroen, the ride quality and seats are so drat good... Really put it to the test when I hit a stretch of the old Nazi highway near Cottbus. This owns and those seats mega own.
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trouser chili posted:I did learn I cannot apply window film worth a drat a long time ago. You an me both. I understand the concept. I understand the application and theory and tools and process... yet I can't do it worth a drat. Some people just have a patience/focus ratio that works for tinting, and that ain't me. Edit: New Diecast Racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4it_VRtZX60 meatpimp fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Jan 25, 2020 |
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Rhyno posted:My Dad had a heart valve repaired a few years ago. The repair has failed and he needs to have the procedure repeated. He's almost 70 and this isn't good, the first time he had multiple complications. I just had a 45 minute conversation with him trying to convince him that his family does not have an expiration date as both of his parents and sister died by 70. loving hell dude That really sucks. I hope things go well.
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I keep telling myself he's strong and pretty healthy so he's gonna be fine. And he has tons that he wants to accomplish still so he's driven to keep going. But he's obsessed with this expiration date nonsense and that is hard to deal with. It was just sort of a joke but then my aunt died and now he's back on that again. Ugh. He's not going to die, I'm definitely overreacting. But January is where all the ghosts live so I get pretty emotional.
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Rhyno posted:I keep telling myself he's strong and pretty healthy so he's gonna be fine. And he has tons that he wants to accomplish still so he's driven to keep going. But he's obsessed with this expiration date nonsense and that is hard to deal with. It was just sort of a joke but then my aunt died and now he's back on that again. Yeah, I understand his freaking out, but at the same time, it's a routine procedure now. Good luck keeping him calm and in the right head space... that's most important for him right now. (And January is almost over)
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Scionix posted:I feel like there's this kind of price gap where I'm at in terms of income. I could've stayed within my means and got, say, a used V6 Cayman S, but then you can't thrash it like the ND and not worry about parts or something breaking. There's not really a fun sports car in that high 30's low 50's range that isn't either:
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My dad had a similarly major op a year or so back, at age 70. This is the same op his dad had at a similar age, and didn't survive it. But he got through it just fine, and aside from an impressive surgery scar, was back to his usual self very soon. I was cool with it for the most part, but seeing his garage with all the notes he'd put on projects for how far he'd got and what was only partly done got to me a lot. He'd left it all to help me out in case he didn't come out the op, and that said a lot about how he was thinking about it. All I can say is medical stuff is more advanced now than before, the most likely outcome is he'll be completely fine, and the best thing you can do is try and keep things together and help support your mum with whatever stress and worry it'll be causing her.
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Well, my parents split up about 12 years ago and if this is anything like last time, she will try to make this all about herself. I love my mother but she is a major stressball these days. My family is kind of split right down the middle these days so support is pretty shakey. If not for my wife I wouldn't have anyone to help me out with helping Dad.
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