• Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48328631]How the fuck do you [I]rice a 68 dart[/I] and why Good god that's gross.[/QUOTE] Nothing wrong with keeping a classic car on the road. If they put a Honda in it to do it, that's fine. I'd rather that than let it rust.
I'm so pissed at my body guy. I had him fix and paint my rear bumper and he said he'd rather paint the whole thing because he can't blend pearl, which is understandable. But then he goes and doesn't remove the rear aero mudflap things (only held on by 3 screws btw) which covers part of the bumper. So if I ever decide to remove them, I'll have a shitty paint line where they used to be. He also sucked at masking and it had some seepage on the black unpainted parts. It doesn't even look like he removed the bumper before he painted because the underside is rough. The only thing he did right is match the color. :v:
Finding a good body guy is tough. A similar thing happened to my miata. I got some paint damage fixed and they didn't event mask the A/C condenser so it's all red now.
[QUOTE=ToastedBread;48328708]I'm so pissed at my body guy. I had him fix and paint my rear bumper and he said he'd rather paint the whole thing because he can't blend pearl, which is understandable. But then he goes and doesn't remove the rear aero mudflap things (only held on by 3 screws btw) which covers part of the bumper. So if I ever decide to remove them, I'll have a shitty paint line where they used to be. He also sucked at masking and it had some seepage on the black unpainted parts. It doesn't even look like he removed the bumper before he painted because the underside is rough. The only thing he did right is match the color. :v:[/QUOTE] have him fix it
[QUOTE=ToastedBread;48328708]I'm so pissed at my body guy. I had him fix and paint my rear bumper and he said he'd rather paint the whole thing because he can't blend pearl, which is understandable. But then he goes and doesn't remove the rear aero mudflap things (only held on by 3 screws btw) which covers part of the bumper. So if I ever decide to remove them, I'll have a shitty paint line where they used to be. He also sucked at masking and it had some seepage on the black unpainted parts. It doesn't even look like he removed the bumper before he painted because the underside is rough. The only thing he did right is match the color. :v:[/QUOTE] I think I've posted it here before but we had a 65 mustang come in the shop where they painted the whole thing a cream color, but masked literally nothing. The paint was so thick in some places it cracked as it dried, and there were just globs of running paint down the rockers and shit. They also didn't sand the bumpers before re-chroming them so there was rust showing through brand new chrome. The guy insisted he was gonna take it to car shows and win prizes.
Oh and also, I think he dinged the bumper down to the abs while putting the taillights back on. So what does he do? Touch it up with normal white paint like I wouldn't notice. No pearl. The shit looks like white out. In fact, it might be white out.
[QUOTE=ToastedBread;48328754]Oh and also, I think he dinged the bumper down to the abs while putting the taillights back on. So what does he do? Touch it up with normal white paint like I wouldn't notice. No pearl. The shit looks like white out. In fact, it might be white out.[/QUOTE] You have a right to get what you pay for, man. Go back and get it.
[QUOTE=ToastedBread;48328754]Oh and also, I think he dinged the bumper down to the abs while putting the taillights back on. So what does he do? Touch it up with normal white paint like I wouldn't notice. No pearl. The shit looks like white out. In fact, it might be white out.[/QUOTE] Is he by chance a former cop? Sharpies and whiteout saves paperwork
In automotive news, my upstairs neighbors moved out today (they were also my friends of 7 years), and literally the second they did, these people who used to live with the apartment manager moved in. There's now about 36 people living in these 7 apartments. (Take a guess why). The unit next to me the lady moved out, then the manager's daughter moved in, she's about to pop out baby number 4. Then their friends moved above that, they complain about everything and honk the horn of their car every 10 minutes for some damn reason. They moved two other people in. The lady on the other side of me is just her, and her boyfriend - they're nice. Then there's a single guy who lives up above her, and he has a son that comes by every week or so, and he's nice. So let me re-iterate, that makes 29 people for the other 4 apartments I guess. I could be adding to that number but still. Drought hit in California, landlord said to save water, people living with manager proceed to wash clothes all day every day (literally) and hose off their cars. Not wash them, hose them for a long time - and rake the water bill up $2,000 in the few months they're here, raises my rent $50 because of it. So landlord eliminated the only washer and dryer on site, now I have to go to a coin-op place when I used to be able to do it right here. So anyway, those people got kicked out, now they are literally moving in right above me. Landlord didn't put a for rent sign out or anything. There's 5 of them. These are all 2 bedroom apartments... Also, they all stay up till about 1am, and let their kids play outside in the dark, so there's about 5 or 6 little kids running around in their goddamn underwear outside at all hours of the night banging on their respective screen doors yelling and screaming to be let back in... then there's the damn accordian music. You know what I'm talking about - as loud as possible. All the damn time. Couple all that with the fact that they all share a driver's license (I watch them hand it to each other when they go drive) and (yes even the females. I don't think they understand why that doesn't work) and hole up a bunch of cars. They all collectively use eachother's cars. Everyone in the complex, and they keep breaking down because they go and buy those "I don't have credit, and can not obtain credit for certain reasons, can I have a car" loans, and it's always totalled and repaired cars, last about 3 months, then they just die or break down or whatever, and then they just keep piling em up. 3 per parking spot, all over the street, etc... And they all slam the doors of the cars, honk the horns, play accordian music on them all hours of the night and day... etc... But basically the new neighbor thing is the last straw, I'm pretty much sick of it. Their kids won't even play with my kids when they see them outside and it always makes my daughter sad too, so I say F*** these guys. So leave right? Problem - my ex-wife messed my credit up so hard it's not even funny. I don't qualify for shit. I can't even pass a credit check on a appartment lease, or come up with the (usually $3,000 here) move in cost. SO I'm stuck. It used to be nice, now it's a little junky villa. This is why I'm pushing for this business, and the vinyl thing around here, because I want out. The boat business is fine when there's a project, but I am in a state of getting paid a lot of money to do a boat, just to spend pretty much all of it to repair the boat. Erm... car stuff.... The Toyota Corolla is pretty decent. 8/10 Serj and Driver. Winner of awesome economy car award. /rant
Is california's firecode fucked? Because 29 people in 4 places screams a violation
To be fair, it was a cheap-ish job at $300 but it still doesn't sit well with me.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;48328821]Is california's firecode fucked? Because 29 people in 4 places screams a violation[/QUOTE] Well lemme think about it realistic like. This is an 8 appartment complex. Two stories, and the two end apartments (top/bottom) are joined with a staircase inside to make one 4 bedroom townhouse basically. That's where the manager lives. So let's count. -1. In the 4 bedroom, there's the manager and his wife, his 2 sons, one of his sons girlfriends, the other son's girlfriend the son and gf's kid, a guy paying him to live in one of the rooms, and his girlfriend. 1=9 -2. Next to that is a single lady, and her boyfriend visits sometimes, she's pretty cool. 2=1 -3. Above her is a single guy, and his son that visits about every other week, they're both cool. 3=2 -4. Then there's me, and my fiancee' and my two kids, who only get to be here every other week, which also upsets me. 4=4 -5. The apartment above me will now be occupied by the manager's wife's cousin, his wife, their 3 kids. -5=5 -6. The apartment next to me has the manager's daughter, her boyfriend, their two kids, and she's like 6 months pregnant, so we'll say: -6=5 -7. Then there's the apartment above theirs occupied by two annoying ladies who pretend they don't speak english when I tell them to hold their car door when they just slam it open an inch away from my Dart. They also call the landlord and complain about everything my family, or the two single people do. -7 =2 So that's 26. I wasn't too far off I guess. Fire code dictates that only 2 people can occupy per bedroom, so the limit is 4 technically. I don't remember if children can be 3 or something like that, I don't remember. Also as I type this they are outside slamming doors, the neighbor's daughter is running around screaming and banging on shit, and it's 10:30 at night.
I'm gonna paint the back top of my lesabre with black truck bed liner
[QUOTE=cody8295;48328967]I'm gonna paint the back top of my lesabre with black truck bed liner[/QUOTE] To make it look like a vinyl top? I recommend against this.
The only solution of course is to big block swap the dart and run it straight open headers, that'll bring some pleasant sounds to the complex other than kids and accordians Also get either really fat, or really jacked, shave your head, and grow beard. Assert your dominace as the fuckin' man who runs that complex and demand protection money and have a curfew. Where do you live?
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;48329041]Also get either really fat, or really jacked, shave your head, and grow beard. Assert your dominace as the fuckin' man who runs that complex and demand protection money and have a curfew.[/QUOTE] This. If you do it right, you could even have your landlord paying protection money and obeying your curfew.
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;48329041]The only solution of course is to big block swap the dart and run it straight open headers, that'll bring some pleasant sounds to the complex other than kids and accordians Also get either really fat, or really jacked, shave your head, and grow beard. Assert your dominace as the fuckin' man who runs that complex and demand protection money and have a curfew. Where do you live?[/QUOTE] I live in probably the most expensive part of the East Bay in California. Unfortunately it is the least expensive nice town to live in here, and the town next to it is a run down hell-hole that a scarecely like going to or parking either of my cars in for any extended amount of time. I used to work on the wooden roller coaster out there and that was enough for me. I like your idea, but the owner is a super old guy who is friends I guess with the manager. He is also the only dude to not need a credit check when I moved in here. I found the place because it had a for rent sign outside - not on the internet - a sign. Yeah. I would move elsewhere, but my daughter's already in preschool here, and I would rather they go to school here, I am kind of more concerned about them in that manner - I'd rather they be able to go to school somewhere nice, rather than a crappy one. [editline]30th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;48329054]This. If you do it right, you could even have your landlord paying protection money and obeying your curfew.[/QUOTE] I would probably pay myself protection money at that point. Also that motorcycle from one of the Cheech and Chong movies comes to mind, where they had the exhaust pipe hooked to the wall so they could rev it inside and it made a lot of noise towards the neighbors house...
Im up visiting my grandma and uncle on vacation, and my uncle offered me my grandpas old 97 f250 diesel. I told hom ill take it once i move out and have space for it, then i just gotta drive it back across 2 states through the barren wasteland of wyoming. I wont have much use for it, but i can keep it alive better than it would be sitting around with no wheels. Also, i stopped by my great uncles place and got some good pictures of some of his kaiser collection. Ill post some pics once i can find some internet for my laptop.
Heading down to San Diego on the 6th, we're meeting up hombre!!
Never cheap out on your paint. My hood has obvious white primer chips all around the edges cause the guy that did it just dropped it on the ground after he did it and installed it anyways.
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;48329118]Heading down to San Diego on the 6th, we're meeting up hombre!![/QUOTE] Are you driving? Hell yes. I'm on the way. Are you going down hi 5 or something? [editline]30th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Trekintosh;48329151]Never cheap out on your paint. My hood has obvious white primer chips all around the edges cause the guy that did it just dropped it on the ground after he did it and installed it anyways.[/QUOTE] my car has a $500 paint job on it, which looked great for about 5 years - 2 of which I owned it, now the clear coat on the roof is fading, it's peeling off the trunk, it just kind of all failed at once. I want to repaint it in not the same color - but similar - turbine bronze, instead of irridium bronze. The irridium bronze is more pink, whereas turbine is more orange. Then I'm thinking about doing the whole roof, hood, and trunk top silver. But that's just a thought.
[QUOTE=Serj22;48329069]I live in probably the most expensive part of the East Bay in California. Unfortunately it is the least expensive nice town to live in here, and the town next to it is a run down hell-hole that a scarecely like going to or parking either of my cars in for any extended amount of time. I used to work on the wooden roller coaster out there and that was enough for me. I like your idea, but the owner is a super old guy who is friends I guess with the manager. He is also the only dude to not need a credit check when I moved in here. I found the place because it had a for rent sign outside - not on the internet - a sign. Yeah. I would move elsewhere, but my daughter's already in preschool here, and I would rather they go to school here, I am kind of more concerned about them in that manner - I'd rather they be able to go to school somewhere nice, rather than a crappy one. [editline]30th July 2015[/editline] I would probably pay myself protection money at that point. Also that motorcycle from one of the Cheech and Chong movies comes to mind, where they had the exhaust pipe hooked to the wall so they could rev it inside and it made a lot of noise towards the neighbors house...[/QUOTE] Sounds like it's hood dump or fender exit time, install cutouts on all vehicles and open them up as a starting procedure. You must also warm up vehicles for 10 minutes and give it a healthy quick WOT blip every 30 seconds to make sure it is running healthy. You must also rev it every time you put the clutch in while maneuvering in/out of your parking spot all with the cutout open to make sure you keep it running well. Basically, just be a Harley owner.
[QUOTE=butre;48328698]lol unless it's like a ferrari or something it's just a cr2032 battery. they're about 50 cents a piece[/QUOTE] I realized this as he opened it in front of me with a random door key off the desk. I really thought it was broken to be honest. It would work when grounded to the car or from 30 yards away. Until yesterday when it flat out wouldn't work. Then it started working again as soon as I handed to someone.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48328631]How the fuck do you [I]rice a 68 dart[/I] and why Good god that's gross.[/QUOTE] 700whp and corvette suspension so it doesn't drive like shit is the exact opposite of rice. And the paintjob/ wheels wouldn't be my choice but it definitely isnt that bad
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;48329118]Heading down to San Diego on the 6th, we're meeting up hombre!![/QUOTE] Im leaving the 5th or so, but ill be down around grover beach for a few days before that.
[QUOTE=Serj22;48329033]To make it look like a vinyl top? I recommend against this.[/QUOTE] Well its already a white vinyl (or something) but its flaking. Truck bed liner is cheaper than paint and the raised texture looks cool
Im gonna paint my hard saddlebags with bedliner. I used normal paint at first but they keep getting scuffed from getting on or off the bike.
[QUOTE=Serj22;48329069]I live in probably the most expensive part of the East Bay in California. Unfortunately it is the least expensive nice town to live in here, and the town next to it is a run down hell-hole that a scarecely like going to or parking either of my cars in for any extended amount of time. I used to work on the wooden roller coaster out there and that was enough for me. I like your idea, but the owner is a super old guy who is friends I guess with the manager. He is also the only dude to not need a credit check when I moved in here. I found the place because it had a for rent sign outside - not on the internet - a sign. Yeah. I would move elsewhere, but my daughter's already in preschool here, and I would rather they go to school here, I am kind of more concerned about them in that manner - I'd rather they be able to go to school somewhere nice, rather than a crappy one. [editline]30th July 2015[/editline] I would probably pay myself protection money at that point. Also that motorcycle from one of the Cheech and Chong movies comes to mind, where they had the exhaust pipe hooked to the wall so they could rev it inside and it made a lot of noise towards the neighbors house...[/QUOTE] You need to go and talk to the building owner, even if he's friends with the manager, he doesn't want to get taken for a ride down California laws lane. You of course will have to be careful with how you approach this matter, but landlords of small buildings like that generally have more of an interest in keeping their tenants from bitching.
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Hammond looks like fucking robert downey junior [editline]30th July 2015[/editline] :excited:
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