cars

[torn walrus]

The 455 is a pretty sweet engine. My FIL is building a '76 Trans Am and just finished building a 455 for it not long ago. Has it on his test stand and it sounds pretty sweet. Should be good power... ballpark around 400hp and 500lb ft of torque

If your talking about the 350 Pontiac, it's totally different than the Chevy 350. The Pontiac 350, 400, and 455 all shared the same block. They mainly differed in the heads, bore and stroke

[charred depot]

Naw emissions on old cars is easy if you fail it probably wanted repaired, they often don't even do the emissions part of the test on classics.

Realistically you only need a functioning cat on 2001 onwards and even then.

[pure pond]

nice time to polish it to get all the swirls

[civic spoke]

Did good yesterday

Under 23 l/100km is great

[lone fern]

ah shit i see i thought it was an sbc lol

for a second i was thinkin it could have been a 350 olds diesel but i don’t rhink pontiac used that, thank god

[forest lintel]

Truck?

[civic spoke]

Yes.

[forest lintel]

22.9 is pretty good indeed, what kind are you driving?

[civic spoke]

Dump truck. 6x2. Up to 28 tonnes.

[forest lintel]

Nice, the only Mercedes I've driven felt pretty good compared to modern Scania, but I've heard some complaints about the reliability.

[vocal mural]

Sneak peak of upcoming Nordic Horizon

[prisma frost]

Cant wait

[proven tundra]

Np
These are confusing, theres a Chevy i6, buick v6, oldsmobile v8s, etc in there
And not in this generation I don't think
350 o-d was like 78-83

[austere tangle]

Got new camera gear, I am getting mounts for two new cameras that are gonna be mounted on the side of the bike facing towards the wheels

[lone fern]

the things I would do to own this truck

[fathom socket]

Robbery, Felony, first degree Murder

[lone fern]

pretty much lmaoo

[compact grotto]

Gordon is doing it https://youtu.be/hroCiCydAws

700HP N/A V12, of course

though probably not from BMW @dusk ocean

oh, yeah its Cosworth

4.3L, 12k RPM

[dusk ocean]

Sheeesh

No torque tho

[compact grotto]

enough

that classic F1 shape is still there

I spy 3-pedals

[worldly oasis]

Sequential?

[trail quarry]

6 speed manual

I used to work at gordon murray, its an incredible engine/transmission

[worldly oasis]

How does the trim for the stick work then there’s only one slot

[forest lintel]

There's paddles too

[worldly oasis]

So basically

[worldly oasis]

Sequential?

[cunning verge]

Doing some tech upgrades in this truck over time will be posting it along the way.

2004 GMC Envoy XUV.

[lone fern]

damn you got one of the few made lmao

i have an envoy xl with the 5.3 as a trail rig lol

[cunning verge]

Mine has the i6 in it the Vortec 4200

Canadian and seen winters but no rust underneath it

Very well cared for by a woman in her 70s and I snagged it at a good price. This is my second XUV owned

Very good reliable vehicle

I have a picture of my first one too

Both had the inline 6 in them. Such a good engine IMO.

[lone fern]

mine is completely rusted out, only has first and very rarely second, and needs 15w40 to have any form of oil pressure

[cunning verge]

Oh damn. Some thicccc oil you need in there. But you gotta admit that GMT360 platform or in my case the GMT305 is such a rock solid frame

So far I have added dash cam and reverse cam to the truck as well as LEDs all around plus a transformer logo for added measure.

[humble hill]

smh

took some pictures with my G7, these are just from my phone tho

[lone fern]

this is mine

[cunning verge]

Fair enough there.

[dull cedar]

🤤

3S swap in the Hilux when

[native ermine]

at that point that wire loom is structural

[fickle swan]

Its so nice having room for both cars in the garage now

I cleaned so much junk out

[dull cedar]

You have room for a car in your garage?

Must be nice

[fickle swan]

Car and truck

But only because its the baby raptor

Big raptor would not fit

I still remember the days where I woke up at 6am for a 1 hour commute in -5f weather with street parking

[wraith rivet]

😭 it randomly does this on hot days

Then just stops in the middle bruh

[fickle swan]

[lone fern]

good times good times

had to break in his new trans lmao

[fickle swan]

I've only ever done a burnout in my truck on accident

[lone fern]

you should try one on purpose lmao

much more fun

[fickle swan]

but tires are expensive

and I'm still breaking it in kinda

[lone fern]

depending on bolt pattern people get rid of shitty steelies w bad tires on fb markeplace a lot

6 lug chevy is super easy to find free or cheap burnout wheels n tires lol

[fickle swan]

ye but my truck is brand new so i'm babying it a little

kinda hard to find wheels for my truck too

since almost everything aftermarket has an offset that pokes a lot

which is lame

[humble hill]

When I win the lottery lol

I'm gonna throw a 2rz in it at some point

Or a 3rz idk

[dull cedar]

Weird choice

[pure pond]

custom paintjob 😂

[past copper]

Now I just need to slap a turbo on the Vortec 4200 and watch the transmission explode on my trailblazer....

My brother is hellbent on taking my engine out when the frame finally completely denigrates and doing something like this, https://sites.google.com/view/vortec4200wiki/home

[cunning verge]

Tbh I plan to turbocharge my envoy XUV. But I'm Swapping the trans out

Going with a 6L80 or 90

[humble hill]

Not really, came in the tacoma that's after my pickup

So there are lots of swap parts

And they handle boost well (future maybe)

[torn swan]

little nugget

[humble hill]

Also, I can't get a Beams 3S in my market, would be expensive af to import

[round orbit]

My Kia

[supple anchor]

We are so back

[lone fern]

want a parts vehicle lmao

[supple anchor]

Nah

[sick stag]

My brothers stunt bike :D

[brittle totem]

More range then your Model 3?

[torn swan]

well yeah lmao

not my car tho

[brittle totem]

63k km nice to se this cars actually be driven

[torn swan]

i saw one with 200k once in paris

nice to see that some ain’t garage queen

[native robin]

Aaaa just got car audio done last night. All new wiring to the new door+dash speakers. Ran power for new sub. First time I've ever done it. It was kinda terrible but sounds great

[lucid jungle]

I hate people

[lone fern]

what the fuck is buddy doing 😭

[toxic karma]

Who wants to help me come up with digital dash designs

[torn swan]

same but with cyclists in france

[prisma frost]

Self parking polo. (This was test drive but i dont think im buying it

[stoic ledge]

Most useless feature

[brittle totem]

Useless feature 2.0
https://photos.app.goo.gl/kEwBp1L6dGt2NjJB7

[prisma frost]

So cool for someone who never used it 🙂

But i wouldn’t trust it

The one of the tiguan almost rammed into the neighbors when self parking

[stoic ledge]

😭

[stoic ledge]

I also tried mine with parallel parking... ngl it parked exactly parallel to the car next to it

Except the other car was parked crooked so mine was also parked crooked

[stoic ledge]

Ok so it works in the small view before opening it but not afterwards

[prisma frost]

😂

Thing with this polo is that the first oil change was done after 29900km and 2 years. Third one was 20k km.

[stoic ledge]

That's the official long life interval indeed

[brittle totem]

Lets try again https://photos.app.goo.gl/UB7tE7JjdHZUGdSf7

[stoic ledge]

Probably company lease the first year? They'll only do maintenance when the car is asking for it

[stoic ledge]

Avicii Starts off good

Why did it park, then reverse and then park again?

[brittle totem]

Very useful indeed like i told you

[brittle totem]

Its cool the first time and then you will never use it again.

[brittle totem]

BMW even parallel parks in regular spots 😭

Also it finds parking spaces in roundabouts obvously never tried that.

Would be interesting to se what it would do.

[prisma frost]

It set this car up for failure

[brittle totem]

Meanwhile ur new Passat 1st gearbox didn't last even 20000km 😭

Been in the workshop for past 2 weeks waiting for new one good thing its covered under warranty.

[prisma frost]

Pretty much sums it up yeah

Too bad the oil changes were done way too little. It even had a eco/normal/sport mode lol.

But the self parking is a cool feature but parking manually is faster. Maybe if it was a tight space you’d use it but I wouldn’t trust it

[stoic ledge]

But then the systems often claim it's too narrow

So when you need it they won't attempt it anyway

[prisma frost]

Oh didnt know that

[vocal mural]

Nice to see that such old pumps still in use

[charred depot]

Imagine having windows at the appropriate locations where you can easily see rather than elaborate self parking systems. crazy thoughts

[vocal mural]

YoM 1977 and still running strong

[brittle totem]

Even the latest system VW has to offer is slow and finding spaces but ones it find one its parks quite fast.

[torn swan]

i just saw i’m at 80 Wh/100

with the model 3

and with full battery my estimated autonomy is 165km

thanks god i’m getting my new car in a few weeks

[stoic ledge]

That makes no sense

[civic spoke]

Was about to say...

[stoic ledge]

Using more electricity than a semi truck

Ok buddy

[civic spoke]

I'm calling your bullshit.
You literally have to ride the brakes to get that consumption.

And I'm guessing you mean 80 kWh/100 miles(?).

[torn swan]

km

[civic spoke]

Yeah. That's stupid high.

[torn swan]

it’s reported by tesla

they had my car for 3 days

abnormal use of power

[civic spoke]

Sounds like a warranty work to replace the drivetrain.

[torn swan]

it’s not under warranty anymore

i have like 400k km

and the car is 5yo

so i’ll just send the car to destruction centre when i get my new car

[civic spoke]

5 years is still within the warranty limit, the mileage probably isn't. tbh

[torn swan]

well they want to charge me over 25k to fix it

so not under warranty for sure

[civic spoke]

I think the warranty is good for 8 years, or 160,000 km's. Whichever comes first.

[torn swan]

i’ll just drive the car like this until i get my 420d

[brittle totem]

So you are saying that your Tesla is leaking electricity

[torn swan]

and throw it at the destruction centre

they offer me 4000€ for it

[torn swan]

motor issue using way too much power

[civic spoke]

I'm curious how much a replacement would be from a third party

[brittle totem]

That should be covered under warranty right?

[torn swan]

it’s not

over 400k km

[brittle totem]

Oh

Was it Taxi before?

[torn swan]

i did like 280k with it with this issue

[torn swan]

no it was my dad’s who used to drive it a lot

and then mine who drive a lot

[stoic ledge]

If it's using that much electricity it must be overheating like crazy

30-50kW heater running constantly

[civic spoke]

Bruh.

[stoic ledge]

That's a lot of heat

Heat every component is definitely able to handle

[civic spoke]

That means you could have changed it under warranty.

[torn swan]

the car had 181k when i got it

so still not under warranty

[civic spoke]

Tbh. That car has lived its life. 400,000 km's out of any car is a lot.

And can't even knock it for being an EV. When your average ICE motor 100% wouldn't have lasted that long.

And price to replace the engine vs motor is roughly the same.

[torn swan]

my grandpa S-Class have over 800k lmao

and still running perfectly fine

diesel is king

[stoic ledge]

Nice so we now have N=1 for both cases

Literally proves nothing

Combine it with modern diesel being quite problematic (EGR, AdBlue etc)

[torn swan]

that’s a norm issue

old were built to last

in Morocco etc there is a shit ton of old benz with over 600k still running fine

so saying that an ice wouldn’t have lasted that much is obviously wrong

maybe a petrol engine wouldn’t have lasted that long

but a decent diesel would have

[stoic ledge]

Sure if we go back to the 70hp 3.0 turboless diesels from 1980

But I don't think that's powering the 420d

[torn swan]

not even that long ago lmao

just take a 1.9 TDI

[torn swan]

definitely not, but i won’t keep the 420d for more than 3y

[brittle totem]

Well the gearbox in ur 7 month old Passat just died 🥀

[stoic ledge]

And how often did the previous 2.0 TDI Passat had to go to the garage?

[civic spoke]

You say that as if it's not running on its fourth engine.

[brittle totem]

9 times iirc in 4 years 🥀

[civic spoke]

You know. I wonder if not switching geartrain lube in the EV's is an issue over time.

[torn swan]

as much as my dad took his EQS to the garage in 1 year lmao

i wouldn’t trust any modern car tbh

only i trust are old benz and volvo

and lada niva

these can literally be fixed with an hammer and prayers

[civic spoke]

Loose tolerances 👌

[brittle totem]

Yeah i wonder how much money they loose on new cars in warranty repairs alone

[torn swan]

can’t say much about the clio 16s

[civic spoke]

You don't want more cars using 0W-8?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PUKu4RyNQ8g?feature=share

[brittle totem]

Is that hammer on enigne cover?

[torn swan]

yuh lmao

we’re rebuilding the engine on this one

it’s a first gen clio 16

[civic spoke]

And here I thought old ICE cars were reliable.

[stoic ledge]

Not a diesel, will die in 10 meters

[torn swan]

it’s a rallye car lmao

ofc it’s not reliable

[civic spoke]

So?

[torn swan]

its a high performance rallye car

it’s not meant for reliability

it’s meant for performance

[brittle totem]

By smashing an hammer on it

[torn swan]

no it’s just a meme

i smashed something else

[charred depot]

Just get something XUD powered if you want a reliable car : )

[torn swan]

hell yeah lmao

in the citroen c15

pretty sure most of them still are on their first oil

and still running fine

[brittle totem]

Enzo when he get his 420D

[charred depot]

my "fun" car which is also one of my dailys has a 260k mile one running 200hp to be honest its the most reliable one

[torn swan]

at least the 420d looks better and won’t make plastic noise at each speed bump

and also much more comfy imo

but that just depends

[brittle totem]

Did you look at any other EV their is lots of options on the market now.

?

[torn swan]

yes

and i don’t want an ev anymore

such a pain in the ass when you use the car on very long trips in area that aren’t covered with a decent charge network like in southern spain

and for me it’s very often

i go to southern spain at least once a month

in france the network is great, i don’t say its bad

but in spain its awful

[civic spoke]

Can't imagine it being as bad as you believe it is.

[torn swan]

well where i go in spain there is only 1 charging point

for a 50km radius

and when i go to morocco it’s even worse

but it’s not that often so i don’t mind about morocco

[civic spoke]

That's fine? At least if you have an EV with 300 km range.

[torn swan]

it’s not a fast charge point btw

[civic spoke]

With Morocco I can agree. That place looks bad, tbh

[torn swan]

only 50kw

[brittle totem]

1 tesla station or 1 dc charger overall Tesla is pretty bad in that way that route planner only takes you to supercharger not like other brands who takes all dc chargers in consideration when route planning?

[torn swan]

1 dc charger

just 1

[brittle totem]

Where in spain?

[torn swan]

it’s a remo charging point

in Cabeza del Buey

[civic spoke]

This looks fine to me. tbh

[brittle totem]

Looks like their good amount of DC chargers in southern spain overall.

Yeah you right seems to be no mans lands their when it comes to dc charging

[civic spoke]

I filtered these by 150+ kW on Plugshare. And it 100% arne't showing all of them.

[torn swan]

and it’s where my family live

[brittle totem]

😬

[brittle totem]

And no "home charging" possible their?

[torn swan]

nope

[civic spoke]

Basically here on Plugshare. In the middle of nowhere in terms of DC fast charging.

But like. Even then. Just having access to 7 kW charging overnight is plenty.

[torn swan]

even in france i never home charged

[civic spoke]

Those type 2 chargers are MVP, tbh

[torn swan]

and the price is like 0,51€ per kWh where i charge

it’s just not a solution unless i get a 200m cable thru the street

[brittle totem]

Home/work charging is pretty requirement here for EV ownership otherwise a fossil won't be that more expensive to drive.

[torn swan]

diesel is cheaper for me to drive

that’s why i ain’t getting an ev again

not even because of my bad experience with the tesla

• diesel is like 1,4€ where i go

and under 1.1 in spain

so basically cheaper than ev

[civic spoke]

Especially if you drive an EV with a faulty motor...

New model 3 has an estimated range of 500/700 km.

Depending if you go with standard vs long range models.

That's a lot of range.

I for one wouldn't complain about not having a charger within 50 km's.

But as always. That also requires you to have access to any type of charging.

[edgy bough]

Yay, dealership just called regarding some damage found in the roof during service. They wanted to have a closer look at it and send to Mazda to see if it was covered by warranty.
One issue, I have already repaired the damage.

[civic spoke]

Did ya glue it?

[edgy bough]

Spot treated it with paint and clear coated it.

[dull cedar]

Why are you "fixing" things on a car that still has a warranty

Knowing how damage around a window usually goes, you've probably made it worse

[wraith rivet]

that would take minutes to get off lol it’s not that serious, but the dealership might whine about it or try to deny the fix

[dull cedar]

Poorly patched rust will spread and become a bigger problem

[grand shadow]

Not really a car

[civic spoke]

More fun with boats that wasn't meant to go fast. https://youtube.com/shorts/jm5QThPhceI?si=4EEzFSfb5e5Af6lE

Boat was meant for like 25 hp. But people put engines with 10x the output on it.

[grand shadow]

i love those, my friend has two of the 16 foot version called a wesling

and ive met the owner of the carbon fjordling multiple times as he lives nearby

we went to the same school as well i think

but not 100% sure on that one

[edgy bough]

They already sent an email to a Mazda rep about it.

[torn swan]

i think the middle finger is the new form of sorry for black people in france

he was scared when he saw a 1.92m eastern european dude coming at his window

[teal sleet]

I think this took too long to work on ngl

But the glow up goes hard

She’s def a looker now tho

[torn swan]

what a cool car, great job 👍

[forest lintel]

Absolutely, looking real nice. MR2s are such cool cars

And as someone with a 10+ year project car with no end in sight, 5-6 years seems very reasonable

[teal sleet]

Technically it isn’t quite complete, still need to get tires balanced and fix the ac

[lucid jungle]

I'll buy it off you for $1500

[teal sleet]

It’s worth 8-9k lmao

[edgy bough]

Deal, I wil get it for 1499$

When can I pick up

[lucid jungle]

You drive a hard bargain. I'll give you $1501. That should cover the cost of all the labor and parts you put into it.

[teal sleet]

Bahahah

The worst part about this car is the fact I spent more money on parts

Than the cost of my bmw

White one

Lil W92

E92

[lucid jungle]

🎶 One of these things are not like the other 🎶

[teal sleet]

There’s atleast 5 thousand worth of parts put into it

[teal sleet]

These mustangs slow ong

I be cruising and keeping up with them at 140 the other day lmao

[edgy bough]

Fine, I up it to $1498.

[teal sleet]

One thing I’ve learned about buying a beater mr2 is, don’t

It’s not really worth the money it takes to put into them

[edgy bough]

Cars like those are always a money pit

[teal sleet]

Beautiful in the end

But not worth the labor

I just got lucky

[lucid jungle]

I mean, hobbies aren't often something you make money from. Just something we do because we enjoy it.

[lone fern]

cheap old jdm cars here in michigan cannot possibly be worth anyones time as they’re completely rust now

[cosmic tree]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lkcUdENTQ5I&si=tj_KVKKzkM1zXmGv

[dull cedar]

Damn American market.... Why does an MR2 have a 5S in it

[dull cedar]

And got an infinitely cooler car... Engine swap when? 🤪

[teal sleet]

prev owner had been incorrect on his marketplace listing is all lol

[dull cedar]

What?

[teal sleet]

honestly, the only engine swap id be looking to do is to the 3S-gte

[teal sleet]

the previous owner listed it as a turbo, its only an NA

[dull cedar]

That is the only allowed engine swap anyway

[dull cedar]

Ah

Didn't even notice that lol

[teal sleet]

im saving the performance mods for the bmw, LS swap when

[dull cedar]

Ew

[teal sleet]

it has an N51

no point in trying to do any performance mods to it

[dull cedar]

There's many cooler swap options. The LS is so overdone, and kinda lazy at this point

Or sell the car to fund a 3S-GTE build 🤪

[teal sleet]

well the LS swap is the easiest choice, already kits for it

and i dont know what else i could do

[dull cedar]

Or even better, a Frankenstein 3S-GE beams dual vvti converted to transverse with a turbo, like the WRC Corolla engine

[teal sleet]

i mean, sure the LS is overdone, but its the most well documented, easiest to access, and more than enough performance mods for it

[gentle thicket]

So they want to go from one problem of morons with headlights off to making it appear like all cars have their brake lights on in the daytime. -facepalm-

[cosmic tree]

You're confusing Brake lights with taillights

[gentle thicket]

There is no difference when 0/3 should be lit but 2/3 are.

I'm OK with requiring brightness based auto lighting. I am not OK with deviating from the norm to require lighting that should be off in the daytime to be on.

2/3 leads normal people with reasonable expectations to assume the vehicle is stopping and they have a lamp failure. It's dangerous and it should not be happening.

[forest lintel]

S85 or S65 swap

For that "reliability"

[forest lintel]

Can't fix people being idiots I guess. But all lights had to be on at all times here for years without it ever being a problem. It was only daytime running lights that started bringing problems with cars that can't be seen.

[hasty crypt]

W

[quasi lava]

My wife's new Audi.

[proven tundra]

1uz swap

[grand shadow]

Cummins swap

Like westens smokestang

[lone fern]

green truck has a beautiful two stroke v12 supercharged detroit diesel and oh my god does it sound so good

[wispy cloak]

N54 swap

[teal sleet]

Now that would just be silly to do

[wispy cloak]

Why

[teal sleet]

Because I could just buy a 335 with the n54 rather than modify the computer and electronics

[wispy cloak]

Ok I just wanted to make sure you weren't against the engine itself

Carry on

[teal sleet]

Absolutely not, but it is a pointless swap since it’s the same car and body style

[wispy cloak]

People like to talk bad about it all the time with zero experience

[teal sleet]

They are good engines for performance mods, much better than the N51/2

Hell, the main reason I’m looking for a swap is because the N51 in it can have basically nothing done to it without blowing it up

[wispy cloak]

I know

I have one

[languid spear]

Hey um why is the radio signal so bad comperd the orginal radio

[vocal mural]

Enable AF

And how did you wire it up?
Used ISO connector or soldered?

[languid spear]

Quadlock adapter to iso

[languid spear]

Oh txh mutch bether now xddd

[vocal mural]

Next level car rail replqcement bus and radio hobby

[languid spear]

Meby some day im zoon a electrician lol

[arctic pewter]

Very funny car

[digital dove]

A few photos I shot yesterday at an event

[forest lintel]

Peak fashion

[torn swan]

same interior than peugeot 016

[velvet blaze]

Rear trailing arm bushings no longer exist on my $500 usd shitbox daily mk4 golf. Got these to replace them. Does this mean it’s officially a race car?

[arctic pewter]

Idk but this car is a lot of fun for a 54 hp diesel

[teal sleet]

beautiful E92

[manic hollow]

Small screens and button ftw ❤️

Anyone here into bikes ?

[languid spear]

I relly love the audi radio but i dosent have eny low signal out ports :(

[manic hollow]

Well there is a website named radiogarden

You can play any radio from anywhere in the world. Not sure about quality tho

Just play it on your phone and connect phone to car

[languid spear]

Ya but my phone battery is starting to show it age so i perfer to have atena radio

[manic hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/understandable-have-nice-day-have-a-great-day-have-a-good-day-nice-gif-20850110

[past copper]

Saw this on a beat to hell Chevy equinox in Michigan, like how did you get here???

[civic spoke]

Looks like it was just a normal Equinox with a bit of extra stuff packaged in. Only sold in Canada for a year or two.

[limber whale]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ueHgn6UTZjk?si=egx1SCRNrb9T96o4

[wispy cloak]

A lot of brands do stuff like this

[limber whale]

Doesn’t mean it’s acceptable

[fickle swan]

anyone got suggestions for garage shelving/organization stuff

[brittle totem]

I dont mind this that much i think its rather good that can purchase equipment after the car has been build. All new cars Bascially needs these hardware anyways for safety ratings.

Like for example if you buying used and find perfect spec but it doen't have ACC you can just buy it easily no need to Retrofit hardware and code it.

[limber whale]

the hardwares already in the car though

When you buy the car you’re paying for it

Just not the use of it

[torn swan]

took the golf 3 cabrio for a spin

a kid was like omg what a cool car

his mom was like 'gngng it must pollute and kill the environement'

hell yeah it cause pollution, its a vr6 with no cat

[charred depot]

reminds me of how nearside mirrors used to be an extra.

having 2 different processes for the doors probably costed more than just having a standardised flow but it was just a way to take a bit of extra money from those who could afford it

[toxic karma]

did you wire antenna power

[languid spear]

yup

[scenic sorrel]

I sure do love marketplace

[native ermine]

say you'll give them $5 for it

[lone fern]

$5.50

[misty mantle]

$5.99

[quartz heart]

pickle

[lone fern]

that is me

[quartz heart]

oh damn what have I done

[lone fern]

great question

[quartz heart]

I didn’t even see ur username before writing pickle we must be connected or sum

[lone fern]

i guess lmaooo

[jagged wagon]

Offer them $6 for it. After all, this is what they themselves set the price to.

[scenic sorrel]

I said 4.30

N that its all I got on me

He blocked me

Whar bout this

[pure pond]

it a nice bike know a couple of friends who have them

[scenic sorrel]

Looks

Super good

[cosmic tree]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHGsqcoDbbTW-ysoxU/

[vocal mural]

6 🇿🇼$ ofc.

[paper sandal]

this looks ridiculus

[scenic sorrel]

Flying cars they said

[gentle thicket]

What's likely worse is that the car is probably front wheel drive and does not have a spare on the other side too so it's putting extra strain on the differential.

[round turtle]

Which is one of the many reasons you should use it for it's one purpose; getting you towards a nearby mechanic.

[lone fern]

see you’re never supposed to put a donut spare as a steer tire anyways, cuz when those blow you can’t steer worth a shit

should be in the back

[round turtle]

yes but also no. Is it a better idea? Yes. But should you drive the distance or speed where a blow out could happen? No

The Dutch nickname is 'little come home' for a reason

[lone fern]

this is also true

but if for some reason ya absolutely must drive with it it should be in the back even just to get home

[paper sandal]

yeah. I need new tyres.

wanted to patch it my self, but the hole is too large

and this is after my 2000 km trip

[prisma frost]

The spare tire in my Polo was the same tire that was put in at production. It was 11 years old…Mechanic said its fine even though it was probably dried out as fk

Luckily never had to use it and it seems the other owners didn’t either since it still had a orange line on it indicating it never had been used

[prisma frost]

Matches the car, now make it be like that all around

[charred depot]

I remember doing a burnout going up my dry driveway with a space saver

steep but not that steep

I do need to go over the spares fitted to my cars as alot of them will have 30+ year old tyres

[scenic sorrel]

Chat what is a great car i can get with not too high insurance reliable for like 20k

I could go to 25k

2 up 2 down of 25k

So like maximum actual limit is 27

And i was thinking of a v6 f type

[lone fern]

please don’t buy a jag

for 25k you can get a nice used lexus or literally any other luxury car

there’s a reason they’re so cheap, because they’re terrible and insurance will also be nuts on them

[scenic sorrel]

I love the f type thoo

[lone fern]

you’re gonna love the mechanic too i guess

[scenic sorrel]

Lmao

Ik they aint really reliable

[lone fern]

by all means buy it if you must but if you want something reliable a jaguar will never be, nor has it ever been known for reliability

[scenic sorrel]

U aint wrong

Ill prob get a camry

Hear me out

6k prius 4

K20 swap

[lone fern]

should have k swapped my clean 98 crv instead of basically rebuilding the b20b in it and selling it

that car was such a turd

[scenic sorrel]

Lol

Imagine a prius pulling up to a roll

[scenic sorrel]

Holy shit

[civic spoke]

"It's just a Prius. How fast can it be?"

[scenic sorrel]

Js imagine

That

E the factory red color

[civic spoke]

Also. Do not recommend a Jaguar F type.

[scenic sorrel]

"Js a prius with wierd as tires"

[civic spoke]

Just because you can afford to buy it. Doesn't mean you can afford to own it.
Type of thing.

[scenic sorrel]

Hmmm

What u think about a new prius?

Like the new model but used

[civic spoke]

Prius are legit cars. And new model has some reasonable power as well.

[scenic sorrel]

Ikrr

More powerfull than the 86 :/

Avtually nvm

Gr has 30more hp

Well 200 hp on a prius is still crazy

Straigjt piped 2025 prius when?

I wonder if itll sound any diffrent than older models when straigjt piped

If i get mt hands on my mamas 2011 prius

Which she wants to sell

Imma make it the only power modded prius in CT

[civic spoke]

Any car's a car.
And not having a payment on one is so-so nice.

[scenic sorrel]

Ikr

[civic spoke]

Paid off. With no worries.

[scenic sorrel]

Ill js pay my dad 750 bculs for it

Ong

I love the prius

Has a lot of space

Kinda quick

Drives nice too

Js needs a new electric steering module cuz the ones on my moms car is gonee

[civic spoke]

Used to have an E46 320i for 10 years.

[scenic sorrel]

Nice car

[civic spoke]

Bought it for €5,000. And scrapped it a few months back, and got €2,500 from doing it.

[scenic sorrel]

Nice

Tbh w u only issue w my moms prius is

It aint well.maintained

Brakes cooked

Like i said electric steering dont work

Headlights kinda angled wrong

Other than that still drives good

[torn swan]

best bmw ever made

my dad had a m3 e46 when i’m born

it had an electrical issue and caught fire back in 2008

[stuck sun]

I be doing stuff

She’s ready for the paint coat

For reference you can see the outline that I had to stick

Basically the entire fog light was hanging by the wires

Someone tried to cut it out and got caught

[lone fern]

who the fuck steals fog lights

😭

[worldly oasis]

Crack shows no bounds

[prisma frost]

People who need fog lights

[teal sleet]

i recently came into a pair of foglights that im lookin to sell, looks like itll fit perfectly with your car :p

[cosmic tree]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6bhb9pW/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6bhPVwg/

[hollow pasture]

I don't think a bandaid is gonna fix this one fellas

The 1.5 ew1 hybrid is dead lol

[scenic sorrel]

Holy

[hollow pasture]

That's a big fuckin hole

[snow otter]

I did a thing

[hollow pasture]

MIAT

[forest lintel]

Put it for sale "minor leak, should be an easy fix"

[forest lintel]

Nice thing

[hollow pasture]

Nah imma coffee table it

I have this thing on standby

[forest lintel]

Nice

[hollow pasture]

Going from less than 100hp on a carbureted 1.5l to a 300hp turbo on 7lbs

[forest lintel]

You might notice a slight difference

[hollow pasture]

Perchance

It's going to weigh around 1700lbs

[forest lintel]

Should make a fun car more fun

[hollow pasture]

Yea, I'm really mad I didn't get to show off my new panels before the stock engine blew

I bought an entire front end

[forest lintel]

Looks like it needs one

[forest lintel]

Quality tool for sale

[halcyon grotto]

50% off RRP

[civic spoke]

You still have a whole half left to use.

[misty mantle]

Uncle Rodney wanted to say hi

[hollow pasture]

💀

[hollow pasture]

The stock panels are 40yo abs plastic lol

They explode into fragments at the slightest inconvenience

[forest lintel]

So like many 40 year olds

[hollow pasture]

Fucking gottem

Imagine being born in the late 1900s

Shits crazy

But I bought fiberglass panels from a company in france

[forest lintel]

CRXvette

[lone fern]

drop forged chinesium 😭

[forest lintel]

And not even a good chinesium alloy

[lone fern]

is it really a shitbox if you don’t carry almost every fluid in the car with you

coolant is in the cab

[dusk ocean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk6yIz84EHc

wow lag

[misty mantle]

GMT400?

[lone fern]

yes!

can’t beat em

just mine’s tired lol

[misty mantle]

Let me guess, SB350 and 4L60?

[lone fern]

yup!

[snow otter]

so i did some fun driving, like going around a roundabout at speeds above the speed limit

[stuck sun]

Here’s the result

I got sloppy towards the bottom of it, I knew it would be hit by rocks and stuff

I think it looks ok for first time

[scenic sorrel]

Hulk reminds me of the legandary Hulk Civic

[dusk ocean]

trying to figure out whats going on here

[gentle thicket]

from what i gather someone cut his bumper up to steal the fog light and he plastic welded it back together

[dusk ocean]

It looks like they did the squiggely wire approach

but usually you do it on the backside

[gentle thicket]

Yeah. Wire is often used to reinforce plastic welds

[dusk ocean]

Right, but on the backside

[gentle thicket]

All plastic welding is done from the back side. You use filler on the front.

[dusk ocean]

... are you looking at the photo I am replying to/

Like, you're trying to teach me about plastic welding but are you actually looking at what I am talking about

[gentle thicket]

Yes. here's some more form earlier in the repair.
#cars message

[dusk ocean]

Yes. That is not the INSIDE of the bumper.

[gentle thicket]

Although now that I expanded the one on the left, I see that it is on the outside instead of inside.

[dusk ocean]

"All plastic welding is done from the back side" I am showing you that this person chose to do it on the finished side

[gentle thicket]

My fault for not expanding the picture.

[wraith rivet]

Does anybody here know about boats

[civic spoke]

They usually float.

[forest lintel]

If not, there's a problem.

[torn swan]

that mean bmw is coming soon haha

[brittle totem]

Weren't you from France?

[torn swan]

i live in france but i don’t have french nationality

[civic spoke]

So wait. Do you have to register a vehicle outside of France then? How does it go with congestion charges, parking tickets, etc?

[torn swan]

it’s european union

it work the same

we don’t have any congestion charges in france tho

or road taxes

we only have registration tax

[civic spoke]

I know France at least have tolls

[torn swan]

god we have tolls

hey at least our roads are smooth lmao

[civic spoke]

But how would they enforce the tolls? Would they just send a bill to Latvia?

[torn swan]

we have a badge on the windshield

called a Ulys pass

to take the toll

[civic spoke]

Ahh.

Because congestion charges here (basically a toll) use the license plates.

[torn swan]

nothing use the license plate in france

even the critair zone use a sticker on windshield

[lone fern]

sort of, what do you need to know?

i have a boat

[scenic sorrel]

Modified leopard W daily

Perfect for week to week shopping cuz no1 can scratch ur doors

[hollow pasture]

So the rod snapped in fucking half

This teardown is gonna be amazing

[paper sandal]

can someone tell me what car is this?

or car thing

[vocal mural]

Renault Twingo

[stoic ledge]

Some early-mid 2000s Aixam

45km/h mobility car

Aixam 500-4 apparently

[paper sandal]

it looks more like if matiz and a twingo had a child

[paper sandal]

thank you ❤️

[wraith rivet]

freshwater or saltwater? looking at getting a sailboat and pimping it out but im wondering about what their engines are like/how reliable stuff like that

[lone fern]

freshwater. I have an old 80’s merc 40 horse on a 14 foot aluminum fishing boat so idrk much about sailboats lol

if you do look at one make sure you can easily find parts

[stable tusk]

21 Ninja 650

[manic hollow]

nice colors

[wild gull]

guys is my parents car tuff ✌🏼

[edgy bough]

So France is old school?

[torn swan]

kinda

having a foreign plates never caused me issues in france

[edgy bough]

In Norway we have both licence plate toll and a chip scanner at the same time.

If you have the chip you get a 20% discount in the toll prices.

Most of our Parking garages now go in licence plates.

[vocal mural]

According to the Dutch motoring ‘Club’ ANWB, France is now implementing free flow toll roads using ANPR technology.

[torn swan]

yeah i’n the north

but you can still use your ulys pass like before

and it’s only 1 road

otherwise 99% of french tolls work with ulys or ticket

[stuck sun]

Yah, that was my bad I only realized after I started

the video I found doing it did it on the front, so thats the way I did it too

Learned a lot from this and definitely wont make the same mistakes

in the end it came out much better than it looked before, thats all I care about

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/438651586030600212/1410797026362261535/IMG_4172.jpg?ex=68b2529e&is=68b1011e&hm=a33f8508f01c96ad294a190b824678bf57182340372a9121a2ef2507c7ff5c26&=&format=webp&width=985&height=1312

you can still slightly see it close up, but i dont mind

it turned out OK for my first ever repair

[uncut roost]

Found my childhood hot wheels collection

[civic spoke]

Unmarked police vehicle

[prisma frost]

Volkswagen

[civic spoke]

Amarok. It's a K9 unit.

[prisma frost]

Looks like a normal civ car

[prisma frost]

Cute dog

[stone marsh]

Peak french engineering

[brittle totem]

Here you have an proper Volkswagen

[prisma frost]

Yes sirr

[civic spoke]

Two of them.
One W16, and another V12.

[paper sandal]

anyone have an idea how to clean this sticky thing from phone mount holder?

[civic spoke]

Tried alcohol?

[paper sandal]

did try, but didn't get great result

I need something more abresive, but not too abresive

[civic spoke]

I wonder if you can get your hands on Goo Gone.

[paper sandal]

maybe

I'll have to look for resellers

[prisma frost]

Anyone have any good recommendations for all season tires?

I’ve heard some good things about the cross climate 2

[proven tundra]

https://www.linglongtire.com/light-truck-tires/paraller-a-t/

[prisma frost]

Ling long can fck off

Now to be fair I had ling long summer tires and never had issues with it but its still budget tire

[proven tundra]

lol

[forest lintel]

Acetone dissolves most glues. Paints too though so be vary. Avoid abrasives of you want to have the same finish on all of the dashboard.

[paper sandal]

Won't it dissolve plastics too?

[forest lintel]

No, not plastic, just paint and glue

[civic spoke]

I would probably not use acetone.

[paper sandal]

I've been using Viking tyres on my rear axle and now I have Firestone a on my front axle l.

Don't remember what models

[pure pond]

ling long = underrated

[paper sandal]

Mit I'm also running like 14 inch tyres

[prisma frost]

Maybe summer tire okay but winter?? I wouldn’t trust a budget tire

[stoic ledge]

They mostly excel in snow performance, others are better in wet

I've got Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3, on the Karoq I put Continental AllSeasonContact 2.

Quite happy with both

[lone fern]

i’m getting a set of crossclimate 2’s on my regal for the snow

also just ordered chinese mud tires for my shitbox truck

[prisma frost]

Anything necessarily bad with them?

[civic spoke]

I might be looking at fresh winter tires for my BMW i3S. IDK. Choice is limited for me.

[prisma frost]

Buy the ones from my polo. Can’t really sell them for much either since its just 4 loose tires

100IQ

[cosmic tree]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GUyYkA/

[stoic ledge]

Nope

Mine came with Vredestein Quatrac when I bought it, replace those, those weren't great

But I've never really liked Vredestein

[prisma frost]

Ah, I didn’t really get to test mine out. I mean when I slammed the brakes on snow in NL the abs kicked in but what do u expect. But I found it hard to loose traction with normal driving.

But with the rainy weather I had going to Austria twice during the winter I just don’t think it makes sense to buy winter tires again.

[subtle bolt]

I bought a socket set from Harbor Freight and it skipped over 15mm, which was the one I needed!!

[civic spoke]

Big RIP. But did you learn to read the contents of the set from this?

[subtle bolt]

Yes! The cashier made sure I was aware it was listed on the box lol

[civic spoke]

[stoic ledge]

For real mountain snow it'd make sense, for what we might get in NL nah

All-season Vredestein had quite poor traction imho in the wet

And they were noisy AF

Especially the latter was the main reason for me to switch them out

[past copper]

Why your rear trailblazer door handles always try to break off...

Also this is the premier way to watch top gear...

[lone fern]

anyone here got any recommendations for decent radar detectors? not sure if I wanna shell out uniden r8 sort of money yet lmao

[digital oracle]

Found on my local fb marketplace

[glad mantle]

Photos from the last autoX event I took the R8 to a couple weeks ago

[glad mantle]

When it comes to radar detectors I would genuinely not recommend touching the cheaper ones because the difference in accuracy and range is generally quite noticeable

If you're going to get a radar detector at all get a Uniden R8 or Redline 360c and call it a day

But I've found that WAZE has been a more useful tool to me than radar detectors

[lone fern]

yeah i run waze as well, might just run an r8 i guess (just realllyyy don’t wanna drop the 700-800$ lmao)

i’ve been running only waze but michigan state police bought a ton of black durangos and they like to sit on the on ramps running radar so you can’t see them till its too late, but people don’t report them since they’re mostly unmarked and not visible from the highway

i’ve already found this out the hard way 😭

just can’t take too many more points on the ole license and an empty straight flat highway as my daily commute is too tempting to not speed on lmao

[glad mantle]

You can also find them on ebay and whatnot for cheaper sometimes

Up here where I live my hack is that in certain areas I never speed and I always stay below 40km/h over the speed limit (you don't get any license points unless you're going at least that fast)

The worst that can happen at the speeds I drive at is getting a ticket for going over the limit and paying a flat $185 CAD fee

but I haven't gotten a ticket in years

[lone fern]

oh hell yeah a flat ticket would be dope

[glad mantle]

yeah I've gotten the worse end before and it made me develop better driving habits. The real solution is to just not speed

But speed limits here are unreasonably low in some places so everyone drives a bit over the limit

that's why I'm happy that the severe punishments here only happen when you're going 40km/h over tops

most of the time 40 over the limit is faster than I'd naturally drive on most streets anyway

usually im going 10 to 20 over

not 30 to 40

and cops don't usually care for that much over

[lone fern]

i have an hour and a half commute on an empty highway that has a speed limit of 75 but i set my cruise at like 95-100

[glad mantle]

I like Idaho for that

Idaho has a lot of roads that are 85mph limits

so when I road trip from BC to TX I get to go through those roads sometimes

There's a stretch of highway that is entirely desolate most of the time and completely flat and last time I was there I went up to 170mph just for fun. There wasn't another car in sight the whole run (which only took like 13 seconds anyway)

[lone fern]

most of my tickets are on backroads and are from county cops or the one cop from the town i live in who are muchhh less lenient versus the state police on the highway which is a bummer

[lone fern]

hell yeah

[glad mantle]

I used it for a dragy quarter mile test on the street

[lone fern]

yeah i found the top speed of my regal on my commute lol

[glad mantle]

power move

[lone fern]

she needs a tune which i’ve bought and big turbo but that’s like 3 grand 💔

[glad mantle]

the only car of mine I think I'd actually be comfortable hitting the top speed of is my supra

[lone fern]

i was impressed the damn car just sorta floated just like it does at any other speed

definitely didn’t feel like 140

[glad mantle]

the supra is limited to 163mph

[lone fern]

not too shabby

[glad mantle]

limiter removed it can do 183mph on stock tires

Some people have gotten them to 192mph with a different tire setup

but that's really pushing it

[lone fern]

luckily the trifecta tune i ordered will remove my limiter so i can do 160 if i so please but i think i need new tires if I wanna do that

[glad mantle]

yeah you would definitely not want to rock the tires you have rn at those speeds unless they're already high performance tires

My Model S Plaid only has like 4 currently sold tires that I can safely use on it at all

For that reason

High load rating + high speed rating + need high grip and strength to handle 1100 whp

[lone fern]

yeah they’re not 😭 shouldn’t really even be doin over like 110 on em cuz they’re random china tires that came w the car when I bought it (shopping for a new set asappp lmao)

[glad mantle]

my R8 is on china tires rn lmao

They are not too terrible until you get close to the limits

I'm gonna be getting some pilot cup 2s

I think that for certain vehicles it really doesn't make sense to be running off-brand tires lmao

[lone fern]

see these ones i have won’t even balance right so they really are that terrible

[glad mantle]

they're just what it came with when i bought it

[lone fern]

for sure, i find it hilarious looking at performance cars with a set of linglongs or smthn like that

like obviously they can’t afford the car

[glad mantle]

yeah like a lot of people really underestimate the cost of owning these cars

not just buying them

Affording lease payments is not the same as affording owning the car

[lone fern]

bmw’s and Mercedes owners are major offenders

[misty mantle]

Kinda butting in here, but my shitbox ford was on china tires when I got it

[lone fern]

can make the payments but whip a set of bald ling longs

[glad mantle]

I actually just dropped the R8 off today for a major service

I'm expecting a $5,000 - $8,000 bill

last month it had a $2,800 bill

[lone fern]

i did order a set of china mud tires for my obs but i barely drive it (besides offroad) so in my case it makes some sense

[lone fern]

god damn

[glad mantle]

but I can justify it because that is way cheaper than rebuilding a motor

those 5.2 V10s are expensive pieces of engineering

[lone fern]

definitely 😭

[glad mantle]

if you treat them well though they will treat you well as well

[lone fern]

needless to say i’ll never be able to afford an r8 with what i do for work lmaoo

[misty mantle]

Dont those have like 4 chains in the timing system and you have to pull the trans to get at them?

[lone fern]

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[misty mantle]

Or am I thinking of another Audi

[lone fern]

certified audi moment

i think a lot of audis do that

who tf puts timing chains on the back of the motor besides satan himself 😭

especially when they’re basically consumables at this point 😭😭

[misty mantle]

Audi on half their shit, and Ford on specifically the SOHC 4.0

[lone fern]

not quite as bad as wet belts for oil pumps deep inside the motor but nearly as bad

[lone fern]

aw hell naw of course it’s ford ffs

[glad mantle]

yes, it has four of them

However, they are extemely reliable and rarely fail

Timing chains are not a maintenance item on the V10 generally

even on cars with over 200,000 miles

[misty mantle]

Wtf happened to crank-driven oil pumps 😭

[lone fern]

meanwhile my timing chain

[glad mantle]

Like

To my knowledge, most of the time a motor will spin before the timing chains fail

with the V10

[misty mantle]

Same here, though mine also has a tensioner on it, which actually aint a bad idea

[glad mantle]

They're extremely overbuilt, there's a reason that people compare the V10 to the 2JZ but on crazy steroids

And how people are getting 2,000 - 3,000 horsepower out of them on stock internals

[lone fern]

see that makes too much sense and you can’t sell a single mother of four a new motor when she doesn’t take her 90k suv in to have it’s wetbelt changed every year 😭

[glad mantle]

The rev limiter was re-tuned incorrectly on my current tune (one of the things getting fixed) and I accidentally pushed the car up to 9200rpm

and it's totally fine

[lone fern]

pretty simple

[glad mantle]

here u go btw ottie

this is what the timing chain setup looks like in the R8/Huracan

[lone fern]

ew okay the buick timing chain (s) is much worse

than an sbc

also can we take a moment to say fuck timing belts

[glad mantle]

yeah

[lone fern]

i hate timing belts give me a chain

[misty mantle]

Oh, 100%

[glad mantle]

but if it snaps it would be pretty funny

for about 2 seconds

[lone fern]

there is a special place in hell for whoever at honda decided to make a bajillion timing belt driven motors that are also interference motors so half of them have blown up at this point

[misty mantle]

Until you realize that it's probably an interference engine and now you've got bigger issues

[glad mantle]

I would never drive cars

[lone fern]

i will let noninterference motors with timing belts pass because at least it’s not fucked when it snaps

[misty mantle]

RIP half the valvetrain

[lone fern]

🤮

fuck my b20b crv

glad it is gonep

[misty mantle]

Burned and broken valves

Yummy

I bet that thing ran great

[lone fern]

i can’t believe it but it did still sort of try to run

it blew the headgasket and finally died

it would surge at idle and rattle horribly when i got on the gas

then it lost cylinder 3

last 90’s honda i ever purchase

[misty mantle]

My GF has a '05 Pilot, I gotta do a power steering pump on it then it's getting sold. Her dad had already thrown one at it and it lasted all of a month

[lone fern]

don’t ya just love new parts

they all fucking suck

[misty mantle]

I gotta do work on a few of her familys vehicles. Her mom's '01 Duramax needs injectors, and her '50s Chevy 6400 needs a whole brake system and cooling system overhaul

[lone fern]

bought “reman” autozone calipers in a pinch and one of them looked worse than the one that I pulled off my truck

[lone fern]

aw hell naw i gotta do my friends 2011 duramax injectors 😭

not looking forwards to it whatsoever but he’s paying good so we’ll see

[misty mantle]

The injectors on the '01 dont seem like that bad of a job, though now that I said that it's going to be a several day job

[lone fern]

“doesn’t seem too bad” famous last words 😭

[misty mantle]

Cali truck, so I aint gotta worry about corrosion at least 😭

Fuckin hate the trackpad on this laptop

[lone fern]

lucky fuckerr

mine’s spent its entire 430k miles in michigan

and it’s a royal pain in the ass to do with the cab on so i think i’m gonna pull the cab with him

[misty mantle]

Just remembered Deboss Garage did a video on doing injectors on the LB7, I'm fuckin set

[lone fern]

hell yeah

lb7 my beloved

lml 🤮

if the cp4 doesnt take it out, it’s bound to snap a crank

worst duramax imo

[paper sandal]

So very cold water with some dish soap and scrub daddy worked wonders

[charred depot]

wonder how long my back box has been missing

[halcyon grotto]

race spec superleggera peugot

[prisma frost]

It just means less weight so more quick

[charred depot]

its already shedding too much, the scuttle has gone completely now which means my bonnet hinges no longer attach to anything

maybe going to get fibreglass bonnets made that just go on with 4 pins and get chucked on the ground

[quick geode]

Oh hello folks I did a thing

Here is the car when I first bought it

This is her now

(obv undriveavle when I slam it that much)

look car look car

[simple shadow]

clean, for sure

up on airbags ?

[quick geode]

adjustable coilovers

so yes jack it and spin it lmao

It was in a car show

airbags will get your shit impounded here, very illegal for some fucking reason

[simple shadow]

shame, they can be really worth it in some cases

[quick geode]

it is worth it on this car, very slammable and oilpan is kinda high

it costs like 400 dollars to get it bagged with good quality shit with good craftsmanship

[simple shadow]

they can be a pain to install tbf

[quick geode]

nah not on this car, you need a 17 and a 13 to do the entire front suspension

no funny business

[simple shadow]

more the pipework dude

[quick geode]

i'd do hydraulic lines for air

[simple shadow]

you got both flex and solid pipe being used, especially when it comes to the manifold for it

[quick geode]

you can choose between rubber and hydraulic hoses, no solid lines

valves are in the boot so no dirt getting in them

[simple shadow]

even when it's going through the bodywork?

[quick geode]

funny thing is
its a renault, you do zero cutting

[simple shadow]

was thinking more of any drilling, unless they're using any pre-existing holes

[quick geode]

take all 4 hoses out from air pressure balance vent
distribute them through the car with ZERO cutting/drilling

there are so many trim levels on this car there are plugged holes everywhere

you can take the hoses through the front fenders with no drilling

[leaden solar]

Do you guys ever question chrysler engineering? Since when was it a good idea to fit a metal pipe to route coolant around a car a good idea since you get bs like this

[lone fern]

it’s chrystler don’t be suprised lmao

fuck chrysler

working on anything built by them sucks ass

[leaden solar]

not really

compared to the mini r60 I have pulled the engine out this seems more straightforward

[lone fern]

to be fair that’s a minicooper 😭

[leaden solar]

Countryman it was

A countryman S 2l diesel and it had the bmw abomination called the n47...

[gentle thicket]

air lift strut hats?

[quick geode]

nah the second they see any kind of rubber youre fucked

maybe hide it somehow but idk

how u gonna hide the compressor

[dusk ocean]

@compact grotto it was time

[gentle thicket]

So they don't allow lambos and stuff with the air lift either?

[compact grotto]

you do some polishing?

or are they new parts

[dusk ocean]

new

[compact grotto]

what is it?

[dusk ocean]

rear wing/spoiler

[compact grotto]

Oh, ok i was wondering. Not like a raised spoiler but attached to trunklid?

[dusk ocean]

its like a ducktail/high kick cf one

[compact grotto]

NICE, the best kind

[dusk ocean]

got tired of the yellowed old one

same wing just new

[compact grotto]

why is that reminding me of a honda accord

[dusk ocean]

lol

[compact grotto]

ok yeah thats