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ryanrs posted:How do I weigh my minivan? Just front/rear weights would be ok, but all four corners would be cool, too. Over here scrap metal merchants have weighbridges that do axle weights. Some of them have outdoor weight displays so if you take some scrap with you and can read and note down the after weights you can get paid for weighting your vehicle. Otherwise it costs a few £ for a vehicle weight slip.
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That looks awesome. I wish we had the same sort of places here!
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ahhhh so what you want to do here is what motorsport would call a fiddle brake? That a hydraulic handbrake but instead of working on the one circuit, you have a dual circuit that can be used to sepereaty brake one wheel or the other? I just caught up and was about to post that you should lookup "fiddle brakes" as that is what we call what you want to do in the UK. I used to know the guy who made the simple technique suggestion in the above forum post back in the usenet days. ryanrs posted:Two of those will mount on the floor between the seats, a bit forward of the cupholders. Top of the levers will be about the same height as the radio preset buttons. Exact placement will need to be far enough back that my knuckles don't hit the radio. Hand position is palm on the top of the lever, not fingers wrapped around/power grip. I should probably send them an email asking about lever ratios and master cylinder bores. There seems to be plenty of options around for off the shelf twin cylinder, twin lever fiddle/hydraulic hand brake/drift brake setups rather than using two seperate ones. Would make your mounting simpler ryanrs posted:I'd rather not do it all in hose, because I want to keep a firm pedal. Not that the minivan's brakes are firm at all, but I don't want to make them worse. If you buy yourself a decent flaring tool making up your own brake lines is really easy. If you get yourself a small compressor and a vacuum bleeder too then bleeding this up should also be fairly trivial.
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Rock sliders would be easy to do and offer you some protection if you encounter more unexpected rocks. They are just like your idea of a 2x4 except made of metal (and generally affixed to some solid spots like the chassis rails on a 4x4). Even a length of something like 20mmx40mmx3mm metal box section would probably save your sills.Safety Dance posted:There are aftermarket tire pressure systems where the sensor is just the valve stem cap, and there's a little display that plugs into the cigarette lighter. I can't speak to the quality, but I bet you could find a decently reviewed one. These are the generic Chinese ones - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284247429968 I have one that cost me £5.99 i think and came on the slow boat. It does work, though 40psi or so is the max it will work reliably too (fine for your car but useless for my truck - but it tells me if one tire gets low) and the sensors will come apart if you bash them too hard and need regluing.
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Nov 9, 2021 11:07
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Darchangel posted:Generally for a reversing cam, most folks just use a double-DIN head unit so as to not take up more dash real estate. Most backup cameras are 480p at best, because they are analog, and that’s what works with the head units. I bought a rear view mirror with a built in screen for a reversing cam and swapped it out with the original one. It was pretty awesome. Looks and works like a normal mirror, then once you go into reverse half of it turns into a screen.
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ryanrs posted:These are good suggestions! It was just a cheap one from Amazon. The amazon link doesnt work anymore but it was a "TOOGOO(R) Auto Parking Monitor LED Night Vision Reversing CCD Car Rear View Camera With 4.3 inch Car Rearview Mirror Monitor£ºMirror Only" that cost me all of £11. Looked like this one https://aruba.desertcart.com/produc...tor-mirror-only screen is built into the mirror and it clipped over the stock one. Really couldn't complain for the price!
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You could try heating it up along the bends and then hammering it flat
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May 4, 2022 21:25
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You can do it yourself with a propane torch. Looks like you need to heat it along the worst bends then turn it the other way up from that photo and use a big hammer. Chuck lots of water on it when done to quench it.
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sharkytm posted:25k of your miles are like 100k "normal" miles. yeah, off-road miles are not normal miles! unless this was a deliberately highly specced off-road shock you totally got your moneys worth out of it!
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