Rujo King posted:

Going back to bizarre car finishes for a moment, if I took my steel hood, stripped it down and polished it up, would I theoretically be able to use a bluing process as is employed in gun finishing? Because having a blued steel Subaru would be absolutely bitching, theoretically speaking of course.

kastein posted:

Not sure if this belongs in this thread or not.

Root Bear posted:

Also, I found this "lug wrench" while cleaning up around the shop:

Misplaced Yankee posted:

I received one of the best notes in my life outside of a Kmart parking lot from a car diagonally parked. The rear end in a top hat parked in three spaces up near the front. So I parked on top of him, boxing his drivers side door in. I took a quick picture of his license plate and parking job for "if the enraged new owner of a Camaro attacks" and went it. It was like a five paragraph rant on the back of a McDonald's receipt. It was awesome.

veedubfreak posted:

I was reading the thought process behind lug bolts vs studs. Apparently lug bolts are less likely to come loose while driving like a lug nut with stud can. Lug bolts are self tightening.

jammyozzy posted:

The trick with that, as I've learnt with both my old VWs, is to wait for the rotor to rust itself onto the hub so it can't rotate, and then fit the wheel. Works like a charm.

I didn't realise how much of a bollocks wheel bolts were until I bought my Miata and had a moment at how much easier studs are.

Kenshin posted:

That looks like a car the redneck version of a ricer would drive.

I imagine the owner being a PFC in the Army, where he's been for the past five years because he can't get promoted to Cpl.

Wait, no, it says USAAF on it, so no the Army. Airman, perhaps?

neckbeard posted:

a block over from my place - redneck done wrong

InitialDave posted:

You learned to keep fire extinguishers in the White House yet?

bidikyoopi posted:

some texas redneck posted:

Though I am kinda wondering why they built up a D16 for any other reason than to say "Real men only need one cam".

echoplex posted:

This will warm your heart then:

http://vimeo.com/42983057

D C posted:

http://socaltrucks.com/2011/11/advantages-of-hid-headlights-on-lifted-trucks/

gently caress these people

quote:

On a lifted truck or SUV, you’ll need to be extra careful when adapting your vehicle’s HIDs for use on the road. HID headlights must aim a fair amount lower than typical headlights, as when aimed at the usual target they can be blinding to oncoming traffic. As lifted trucks and SUVs sit higher off the road than your standard passenger car, the aiming adjustment must be made even more carefully. Though this isn’t a difficult feat to accomplish, it’s something that must be accounted for in order to maintain safe driving experiences for everyone.

Crustashio posted:

Took this the other day but forgot about it.

Team140 posted:

Saw this today in traffic.

"Keep Clear of This Vehicle" placard at the hitch and nitrous and jesus bumper stickers to round everything out.

kastein posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pj8QKTvRTQ

Cliffs: ferrari parked in a handicap spot by a non handicapped (except mentally, it seems) owner, pee pranked by some dude and assaulted for it.

Kill-9 posted:

Came out of the house to go to work yesterday and found this waiting for me.







Someone had violated Snowball, my '91 Range Rover Classic. She's a Great Divide Edition - #101 of 400.

I had video of my front yard from that time but it only shows my truck jumping forward. Not enough to see the attacker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgdTqfrcu7k

loving, poo poo poo poo poo poo....No note on the truck either. Looking closer we found an interesting piece of debris. I'm pretty sure this didn't come off my truck.



While I talked to the police, my 16 year old son hopped on his bike and started following the trail of parts. I got a call 5 minutes later "I found the truck! I found the one that hit your Rover!". I told him to book it home and we drove over together, camera in hand. We found this when we arrived.



I think we found the guilty party. That missing badge looks like it might fit the part I have back home. I called 911 and parked down the block to watch. A cruiser showed up a few minutes later and I told my story. He explained there's not much he can do legally but I might be able to pursue him in civil court if needed. He said he wanted to look at their truck and would meet me back at my place.

15 minutes later he shows up with a smile on his face. He pulls a piece of paper out of his booklet and hands it to me. It has the guy's full insurance info. When the cop was there the guy walked out and confessed immediately. He said he knew hit 'hit something small last night' and planned on coming over in the morning to see what happened. You believe that poo poo, don't you? Neither did I or the cop. The cop said he could haul him off for hit-and-run if I decided to press charges. I didn't at this point. As long as his insurance company pays up I'll be satisfied. Mostly. I can take solace in the fact that he's an independent contractor and his work truck is now hosed up.

Looks like I have a summer project on my hands now. Time for upgrades. New tire carrier bumper I always wanted and, after replacing the panels, the new paint just she desperately needs. It's hard for a shop to paint match 23+ years of oxidation from Texas sun. I'll also have my shop go over the drivetrain with a fine-toothed comb. All that shock was taken up by the transfer case and tranny. I don't wanna be driving down the highway at 80MPH and have a something go boom.

His insurance company has already mentioned the word "totaled". When I meet with them later today I'll have a pile of receipts for the new motor I had built and dropped in last year. She may not look like much but she's got it where it counts, kid.

You Am I posted:

Still want to drive that abortion over a speedhump quickly and hear the noise as the suspension collapses in hilarious fashion

SaNChEzZ posted:

No I'm 100% serious. I want to drive that so hard. Judging by his avatar it was finished? Am I not in the know about this..

E: found it. Marvelous.

Budget Monty posted:

This happened on the way home from work tonight to my beloved daily driver, I feel it belongs here (Stopped at red light, driver not paying attention):



Taken just a few days ago:

kastein posted:

I got honked at, raged at, and the guy went all button mashy on his headlight switch too because I had the gall to switch to the left lane in front of a Maserati.

Was going along at a nice clip in the left lane, someone came up behind me so I moved over to let them past. They passed me, I moved back over to follow them. The Maserati driver was unamused even though there was plenty of space and he'd been following the person I just let by, so it wasn't like I was going way slower than him when I got in front.

So he raged out, then the next chance he got, passed us both on the right doing well over 90. Both I and the person I'd just let by decided that meant he was going to catch radar for us, so we followed him at a reasonable distance...

He had NY plates. Surprised? I'm not.

veedubfreak posted:

Just a reminder. The left lane is for doing 1mph over the speed limit.

BlackMK4 posted:

Hahahaha. Here is the motorcycle equivalent: Ninja 250 at Laguna Seca vs liter bikes and poo poo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz03sQeX02c