• Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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[QUOTE=Trekintosh;48332829][img]http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/digital/video/champ/Champ_Header_v2._V314952328_.jpg[/img] :excited::joy::excited:[/QUOTE] Netflix would have been better. They would make so much more money
[QUOTE=Birdman101;48331499]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] Just finished brushing on the bedliner, i've got a few more places to touch up but it started downpouring. I'll post pics soon
whats that shit on hammond's face
[QUOTE=butre;48333241]whats that shit on hammond's face[/QUOTE] Porche 911 exhaust emissions probably.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;48332985]Netflix would have been better. They would make so much more money[/QUOTE] I believe on of the main reasons they chose for Amazon is because they promised to give them full creative freedom. James Hammond and May doing whateverthefuck they can think of? Count me in
Who the hell is James Hammond?
[QUOTE=Code3Response;48332985]Netflix would have been better. They would make so much more money[/QUOTE] Netflix would have been better because it works in Canada. I pay for Prime though still can't get their service. So I guess I'm still pirating...
[QUOTE=Serj22;48328802]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[/QUOTE] That sucks man. DM me on FB about the business (I honestly only skim through here when I get more than a page behind, so I really don't remember 100% what it's about. Iirc it's vinyls for cars, in which case I might be interested in something). Honestly hope you can get the things worked out to get you, your fiance and your beautiful matching Darts to a better home. [QUOTE=butre;48333241]whats that shit on hammond's face[/QUOTE] He became an 'Murican.
Made a screenshot in gmod I'd thought you guys find neat [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/owGYn5.jpg[/img]
Everyone seems to love that breaking bad RV I ported, also what's the sauce of the red SUV in front of the school bus?
[T]http://i.imgur.com/Jgc9i9W.jpg[/T]
[QUOTE=RenaFox;48334906]Everyone seems to love that breaking bad RV I ported, also what's the sauce of the red SUV in front of the school bus?[/QUOTE] It's from Tony Hawks underground2. My friend ported a bunch of stuff from it back in 2012 but he only gave me the files and never released it.
[QUOTE=cody8295;48335145][T]http://i.imgur.com/Jgc9i9W.jpg[/T][/QUOTE] Vinyl tops are the work of the devil.
[QUOTE=cody8295;48335145][T]http://i.imgur.com/Jgc9i9W.jpg[/T][/QUOTE] Oh boy...
[QUOTE=Saber15;48335301]Vinyl tops are the work of the devil.[/QUOTE] even worse when they're obviously bedliner
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5601782/EF%20Pics/2015-07-30%2012.14.07.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5601782/EF%20Pics/2015-07-30%2012.23.46.jpg[/t] Tried to wash my Z6 manifold to get the 1/4" of pure ass sludge out of it, after pressure washing, attempting to use brash brushes in the runners and staining the aluminium finish with harsh degreasers, 2 hours of work did just about fuck all :v: I'm gonna go to the dollar store and buy some bottle brushes or toilet brushes, attach them to my cordless drill and go to town on them in the sink. I don't think I even want to bother to attempt to clean up the B7 manifold and just sell it as is. Garage sinks and full laundry rooms are badass though, anyone who builds a house without either of these should quit life. I'm gonna pick up an old dishwasher someday when I have my own house, there's a guy up north of here who used to rebuild motors and he used an old dishwasher for cleaning heads and car parts.
Looks better than before [T]http://i.imgur.com/tYgPct4.jpg[/T]
[QUOTE=cody8295;48335445]Looks better than before [/QUOTE] Rear quarter panel tops only works with certain body colors, and green isn't one of them, IMO. I think the only cars with vinyl tops that [I]work[/I] visually are some of the unconventional cars that had unique top designs as an option, like the AMC Javelin (pictured) or Rambler Marlin. [t]http://i.imgur.com/G1LQTT3.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Qfnwk41.jpg[/t] Have you tried pulling off the top to see what it's like underneath? If it's anything like my fathers vehicles from the 1980s, your roof will be [I]entirely[/I] rust underneath it.
[QUOTE=Saber15;48335626]Rear quarter panel tops only works with certain body colors, and green isn't one of them, IMO. I think the only cars with vinyl tops that [I]work[/I] visually are some of the unconventional cars that had unique top designs as an option, like the AMC Javelin (pictured) or Rambler Marlin. [t]http://i.imgur.com/G1LQTT3.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Qfnwk41.jpg[/t] Have you tried pulling off the top to see what it's like underneath? If it's anything like my fathers vehicles from the 1980s, your roof will be [I]entirely[/I] rust underneath it.[/QUOTE] Didn't bother to check underneath. I quite like the black and green colors, hopefully I can find some vinyl for the side missing it
[QUOTE=cody8295;48335641]Didn't bother to check underneath. I quite like the black and green colors, hopefully I can find some vinyl for the side missing it[/QUOTE] I guarantee it's 100% rust underneath. I had to go through massive roof work on the '74. Vinyl tops destroy roofs. It was a silly thing from the 70s for making fake convertibles and it was dumb then, and never understood why it's still a thing.
[QUOTE=Serj22;48335716]I guarantee it's 100% rust underneath. I had to go through massive roof work on the '74. Vinyl tops destroy roofs. It was a silly thing from the 70s for making fake convertibles and it was dumb then, and never understood why it's still a thing.[/QUOTE] My lesabre is only 17, she's younger than me. I'm sure it's not in perfect condition but I'm having a lot of fun putting work into the car. I figured it should have some character and stick out a little bit so I did the easiest and cheapest exterior modification I could think of. I wanna invest in LED's soon for headlights, breaklights, and interior lighting.
[QUOTE=Serj22;48335716]I guarantee it's 100% rust underneath. I had to go through massive roof work on the '74. Vinyl tops destroy roofs. It was a silly thing from the 70s for making fake convertibles and it was dumb then, and never understood why it's still a thing.[/QUOTE] It's not really a thing anymore. Even Buick, the chariots of the elderly, do not offer tops from the factory. There are companies that make aftermarket tops, though. A few days ago I saw a brand new Cadillac XTS with a beige top. I occasionally see Lexuses (Lexi?) with aftermarket tops as well.
Checked A4 Audi prices in UK. Holy shit, they are so cheap and in such good condition compared to Ireland. For 7000 GBP you can get good looking and well looked after Audi in UK. I am currently shopping around for A4, I am seriously considering taking trip to UK and buying car there then importing it. Price to register it in Ireland is around 2200 Euro, surely it's a bit more work required to buy car but I would end up with better car.
[QUOTE=cody8295;48335743]My lesabre is only 17, she's younger than me. I'm sure it's not in perfect condition but I'm having a lot of fun putting work into the car. I figured it should have some character and stick out a little bit so I did the easiest and cheapest exterior modification I could think of. I wanna invest in LED's soon for headlights, breaklights, and interior lighting.[/QUOTE] I don't know that a lesabre is the best platform to try to make it look better, but good luck to you. [editline]31st July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Saber15;48335891]It's not really a thing anymore. Even Buick, the chariots of the elderly, do not offer tops from the factory. There are companies that make aftermarket tops, though. A few days ago I saw a brand new Cadillac XTS with a beige top. I occasionally see Lexuses (Lexi?) with aftermarket tops as well.[/QUOTE] I've seen those too, also on early 2000s Galants.
yo - can someone look up a vin for me? 2fahp71v28x103554 ok thx
I looked up the vin number on google because thats where I do all my detective private eye investigator work. I enhanced the first link. I found that it is a 2008 crown victoria up for auction. I enhanced the photographs of it and it looks to be a royal mess. I have concluded my investigation. I will send you a bill with the details but for investigations I charge $80 an hour. This took me 6 hours to find the information I just shared. Your welcome.
Vinyl tops can look cool but no cooler than just painting the top black. :v:
[QUOTE=Serj22;48336716]I looked up the vin number on google because thats where I do all my detective private eye investigator work. I enhanced the first link. I found that it is a 2008 crown victoria up for auction. I enhanced the photographs of it and it looks to be a royal mess. I have concluded my investigation. I will send you a bill with the details but for investigations I charge $80 an hour. This took me 6 hours to find the information I just shared. Your welcome.[/QUOTE] I thought it looked similar to my vin, my fisrt guess would have been crown vic.
[QUOTE=Birdman101;48336821]I thought it looked similar to my vin, my fisrt guess would have been crown vic.[/QUOTE] 2FAHP71 Canada-Originated Ford Crown Victoria Police Package Most if not all CVPI's will start with that block
Unfortunately you can't tell the axle ratio and LSD status from the vin. Besides condition those are really the only deciding factors in desirability of a Vic. You'll want 3.55s or 3.73's and a trac-lock diff. Don't bother with taller gears, even with 2.73s your BMW will cream it in fuel economy. And the open diff has put me into serious trouble if it starts to fishtail.
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