Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;47628915]I know im not the only one to say I like the stock radios in vehicles? They look clean, they fit the vehicle, and they dont have an assload of things I dont need, stupid lights being one of them.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I usually like them too, as long as they have a USB port. I would keep the radio in my Equinox but the cheap as shit paint Chevy applies to their interior wears off when the wind blows through the car. All the nobs are worn away so you can see the clear plastic injection molded piece through the paint.
On another note: If I am considering repainting one of the dash pieces (for the very reason I listed above, the paint is wearing off) what kind of paint do I use? Do I just use spraypaint made for plastics? Primer too?
I really want to find a good project with a solid frame and body but no drivetrain ,interior optional.
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;47628915]I know im not the only one to say I like the stock radios in vehicles? They look clean, they fit the vehicle, and they dont have an assload of things I dont need, stupid lights being one of them.[/QUOTE]
I agree, I'm having my factory radio rebuilt by Becker this fall because I want an aux port to go with the authentic look
[editline]29th April 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=i_SINK_3s_94';47628957]Rate my Whip Plz[IMG]https://www.etrailer.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/faq/review-glacier-cables-tire-chains-2014-honda-odyssey-pw1046_150.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
If you have removed all of the seats in the back and replaced them with a waterbed and shag carpeting, you get a 4. If not, you get a -9000
[QUOTE=i_SINK_3s_94';47629019]thanks man.... thats low as hell but w/e[/QUOTE]
We all poke fun at eachother in AA. In all seriousness though, the Odyssey is a comfortable car, pretty reliable and good for dailying and road tripping.
The Odyssey is only cool if it's one of the brand new ones with the built in vacuum!
The Odyssey is a minivan that's faster and much better to drive than a minivan.
Finished polishing the lips, still dont know what color I want to paint the faces:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/r8TqhW2.jpg[/t]
hint: it was a fuck ton of work
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47622442]Hey what do y'all think of my baby?
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/RxRLht.jpg[/t]
Got lucky with her, I think. Found her at a dealership, 2006 w/ less than 54,000 miles. $13,995 sticker price, traded in a 2003 honda odyssey for it (they gave me $5000 for that POS van).[/QUOTE]
14 grand for a truck that was in the mid 20's new? These also have spaghetti frames and rust problems.
Gg no re
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;47628915]I know im not the only one to say I like the stock radios in vehicles? They look clean, they fit the vehicle, and they dont have an assload of things I dont need, stupid lights being one of them.[/QUOTE]
Most people go for aftermarket radios to add bluetooth and USB to a car that had neither. Unfortunately, every single goddamn manufacturer still thinks we're all 12 years old and enjoy flashy lights. Would it kill someone to release a radio with a matte black finish, a monochrome graphical LCD, some nice big buttons and aux/USB on the back to run somewhere out of sight? I'd back that kickstarter...
I caved and bought a shitty Pioneer MVH-X560BT head unit to replace my Sony DSX-S310BTX after the Unilink aux adapter didn't work. At least the Sony had a really nice screen that took up most of the faceplate, the Pioneer has awful lighting and a terrible screen. But what it does have is an aux port on the back, so I can run that to my Car PC and pair my phone with Bluetooth. If all goes to plan, I'll be able to answer and end calls on the PC's touchscreen, so I don't have to look at the shitty Pioneer.
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;47628915]I know im not the only one to say I like the stock radios in vehicles? They look clean, they fit the vehicle, and they dont have an assload of things I dont need, stupid lights being one of them.[/QUOTE]
There's only one aftermarket radio that every car needs.
A [url=http://imgkk.com/i/9omi.png]CB one[/url].
[t]http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/740233/MCIntosh.jpg1..jpg[/t]
If McIntosh would make one with updated functionality like bluetooth and such I'd be all over that.
Maybe a little less gold though.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47628999]I love the look of stock radios in older cars especially. I always think it's tacky to see some Sirius XM radio bolted to the dash in a 60s car.[/QUOTE]
60s cars didnt have anything good looking as far as radios. 50s was the end of the beautiful chrome radio grills and stuff. The stock radio in my car was ugly and broken. Then in the 90s someone replaced it with a cassette tape deck with knobs and an aux in. It was by Pyledriver believe it or not. Went right in the trash.
[QUOTE=Serj22;47629704]60s cars didnt have anything good looking as far as radios. 50s was the end of the beautiful chrome radio grills and stuff. The stock radio in my car was ugly and broken. Then in the 90s someone replaced it with a cassette tape deck with knobs and an aux in. It was by Pyledriver believe it or not. Went right in the trash.[/QUOTE]
Whaaat? 60s radios are their own kind of cool. I really like 60s dashes, I think the instrument clusters in those cars are sweet and I love the simple aesthetics on their accessories.
From the utilitarian:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/xcQxVxz.jpg[/img]
to the fancy:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/b1PzpAp.jpg[/img]
[url=http://imgur.com/l0eMcu4][img]http://i.imgur.com/l0eMcu4l.jpg[/img][/url]
Got some new rims
[t]http://images.craigslist.org/00J0J_h0srr04GPKD_600x450.jpg[/t]
429 Big Block station wagon sounds like fun.
[QUOTE=slayer3032;47628277]I read about people using Honda bumpstops on Miata forums when I was researching ebay coilovers. Those spring rates are also incredibly shitty for the amount of lowering, they definitely won't hold up the car from bottoming out the suspension all the time. What you're basically experiencing is that your suspension is now designed to be really soft for a couple inches but then rolls directly into the bumpstop and entirely limits suspension travel. You should also be running a dust boot although I'm totally unfamiliar in all the bits to a miata strut. I know some cars are designed to roll into the bumpstop all the time and usually a progressive bumpstop is used with those cars(post-92/93 hondas do this), they definitely aren't designed to roll directly into them though.
For your ride height I would probably recommend a coilover along with a spring about 2-3x as stiff. It's going to get a ton stiffer and harsher and you're going to blow those shocks real quick but that's gonna happen either way with how it's sitting currently. Miata guys also always recommend to run the OEM bilsteins at a minimum.
GR-2s are just a cheap decent OEM replacement for a OEM spring/height. I only used mine because my budget was about $50 for all new shocks and my rears were $10 for both used.
Do a bunch of research into budget setups for your car along with spring rates and setups, there's a bunch of really specific things you have to know as some suspensions are different heights and stuff among the NA's. I don't remember, I'm a honda guy so the specifics escape me.
I just spent 30 mins trying to drag up the info I posted when I was looking into ebay coilovers. Basically though what people were doing is using the OEM bilsteins and rebuilt/revalved ones, buying a honda ebay coilover set for dirt cheap then buying QA1 springs to put on them so they could customize their spring rates and lengths. Here's a few links, they should kinda put you in the direction of all that I found back then.
[url]http://www.miataturbo.net/suspension-brakes-drivetrain-49/better-bilstein-ebay-coilover-thread-78451/[/url]
[url]http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/my-cheap-miata-suspension-data-content/45604/page1/[/url]
[url]http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=563094[/url][/QUOTE]
Well shit, I got this spring shock/combo because it came highly recommended on some of the forums over here. It's probably too low to be practical on the roads here, so I might end up just getting some standard springs.
I've got the new bumpstops on the way so I'll try those see if it helps much and if not, back to some new standard springs.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47628999]I love the look of stock radios in older cars especially. I always think it's tacky to see some Sirius XM radio bolted to the dash in a 60s car.[/QUOTE]
*cough* serj *cough*
If the bumpstops are significantly smaller you'll only wreck the shocks faster as they will go further beyond the travel they are meant for, if you got a set of bilsteins and set the spring perch height up a little which would raise your car some too you'd probably have a really nice smooth ride but still be able to roll into those bumpstops instead of sitting on them. Getting a great quality shock will really make a night and day difference, springs in a non-coilover setup with milder spring rates really don't do much other than slow suspension movement and adjust ride height. When you add a really nice quality shock to it that you can adjust or is more suitable to those spring rates you will actually get that stiff sporty feel you're looking for.
80% of people who drive cheap cars are concerned with one thing, looks. They just want their car to be lower and performance is a second positive result. I did research for weeks and weeks when I bought suspension for my Integra, I hated it and it actually caused my chassis' fender support to carve straight into the tire and take it just down to the wear bar along with absolutely murdering my fender liners and fender lips. I then bought $250 camber kits who's ball joints were wore out within 7k miles. I sold it all on craigslist for dirt cheap and used the money to buy used Integra Type-R suspension and new upper control arms. Not only does it ride better but it's stiffer, uses a stock alignment with a proper touch of negative camber, never scrapes on the ground and never ever compromises suspension geometry. If people don't go to the track/autocross and actually try to compete with your setup, you know it's the wrong shit usually. The suspension I had for the Integra would have worked flawlessly with my Civic though, really really wish I had it still.
I'd post that picture on some forums and threads where people who actually know more about suspension for your car can provide proper and definite input.
[editline]30th April 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=ToastedBread;47629676][t]http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/740233/MCIntosh.jpg1..jpg[/t]
If McIntosh would make one with updated functionality like bluetooth and such I'd be all over that.
Maybe a little less gold though.[/QUOTE]
Kenwood is making some decks that don't look stupid tacky anymore, they cover up that ugly CD slot and the whole face is nice and smoothed over. Multicolor LED and all that, I have mine set to amber on my Integra now. Damn this is one of the better pictures this phone has taken too, pretty decent quality and didn't end in a white burnt blurry mess. Silly I can crop something so small out of it and it looks like that still in full res.
[url]http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KDCX799/Kenwood-Excelon-KDC-X799.html?tp=5684[/url]
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[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5601782/DC%20Pics/20150403_171219.png[/img]
[QUOTE=slayer3032;47631248]If the bumpstops are significantly smaller you'll only wreck the shocks faster as they will go further beyond the travel they are meant for, if you got a set of bilsteins and set the spring perch height up a little which would raise your car some too you'd probably have a really nice smooth ride but still be able to roll into those bumpstops instead of sitting on them. Getting a great quality shock will really make a night and day difference, springs in a non-coilover setup with milder spring rates really don't do much other than slow suspension movement and adjust ride height. When you add a really nice quality shock to it that you can adjust or is more suitable to those spring rates you will actually get that stiff sporty feel you're looking for.
80% of people who drive cheap cars are concerned with one thing, looks. They just want their car to be lower and performance is a second positive result. I did research for weeks and weeks when I bought suspension for my Integra, I hated it and it actually caused my chassis' fender support to carve straight into the tire and take it just down to the wear bar along with absolutely murdering my fender liners and fender lips. I then bought $250 camber kits who's ball joints were wore out within 7k miles. I sold it all on craigslist for dirt cheap and used the money to buy used Integra Type-R suspension and new upper control arms. Not only does it ride better but it's stiffer, uses a stock alignment with a proper touch of negative camber, never scrapes on the ground and never ever compromises suspension geometry. If people don't go to the track/autocross and actually try to compete with your setup, you know it's the wrong shit usually. The suspension I had for the Integra would have worked flawlessly with my Civic though, really really wish I had it still.
I'd post that picture on some forums and threads where people who actually know more about suspension for your car can provide proper and definite input.
[editline]30th April 2015[/editline]
Kenwood is making some decks that don't look stupid tacky anymore, they cover up that ugly CD slot and the whole face is nice and smoothed over. Multicolor LED and all that, I have mine set to amber on my Integra now. Damn this is one of the better pictures this phone has taken too, pretty decent quality and didn't end in a white burnt blurry mess. Silly I can crop something so small out of it and it looks like that still in full res.
[url]http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KDCX799/Kenwood-Excelon-KDC-X799.html?tp=5684[/url]
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[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5601782/DC%20Pics/20150403_171219.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Can't really afford to put money into new shocks after forking out £250 or so on these KYBs. Emailed the place I got the springs from, they're gonna swap them for standard ones and refund the difference. I'd rather have a "silly looking" ride height and have it drive better than have it how it is now.
I started replacing parts because when I bought it, two of the shocks had totally had it, so I've not just gone out to ruin my car for the sake of it... :v:
[QUOTE=Serj22;47629704]60s cars didnt have anything good looking as far as radios. 50s was the end of the beautiful chrome radio grills and stuff. The stock radio in my car was ugly and broken. Then in the 90s someone replaced it with a cassette tape deck with knobs and an aux in. It was by Pyledriver believe it or not. Went right in the trash.[/QUOTE]
Becker radios don't look bad
[t]http://www.mbzponton.org/images/mb_radio_Becker_Europa_II_from_1960s_with_ponton_era_knobs_1958_220S_cabriolet_small.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;47631204]*cough* serj *cough*[/QUOTE]
At least my Dart is in one piece and has a radio sally. I'll totally fight you after school in the alley if you keep this up.
[QUOTE=Slithers;47631621]Becker radios don't look bad
[t]http://www.mbzponton.org/images/mb_radio_Becker_Europa_II_from_1960s_with_ponton_era_knobs_1958_220S_cabriolet_small.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
These radios all look just as janky as they sound. This.... this is a damn radio:
[IMG]http://images.conceptcarz.com/imgxra/Cadillac/47_Cadillac-S62-DV-13-RMSJ-i03.jpg[/IMG]
The 60s was host to those plastic buttons and knobs, and it never inproved from there. The fake classic radios even look better...
[QUOTE=Hexxeh;47631453]Can't really afford to put money into new shocks after forking out £250 or so on these KYBs. Emailed the place I got the springs from, they're gonna swap them for standard ones and refund the difference. I'd rather have a "silly looking" ride height and have it drive better than have it how it is now.
I started replacing parts because when I bought it, two of the shocks had totally had it, so I've not just gone out to ruin my car for the sake of it... :v:[/QUOTE]
If you want to drop it, your best bet would be progressive rate springs with the appropriate shocks. If you don't know what progressive rate springs are, they are springs which are soft at first, but the more they compress, the stiffer they get. So instead of hitting those bump stops hard with soft springs, or feeling every crack in the road with stiff springs, you get a compromise of both.
[QUOTE=JesseR92;47630608][t]http://images.craigslist.org/00J0J_h0srr04GPKD_600x450.jpg[/t]
429 Big Block station wagon sounds like fun.[/QUOTE]
I love me some American Muscle wagons.
My car doesnt have a radio because its a racecar! Its complete! Its just a factory delete everything with the lightweight package.
Oh boy another decent find 1966 Buick wildcat 4dr with a 465 big block,good interior and body dat too long and doesnt start Think I found my next buy,bonus its only 1600$
Guys, I think I fell i love. Tatra 603 is my new favourite car.
Look at this fucking spaceship:
[IMG]http://i57.tinypic.com/2e1x0fr.jpg[/IMG]
LOOK AT IT:
[IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/2ng8q2r.jpg[/IMG]
Looks like some 1960s shit, right there.
And I mean that in a good, non-racist, sorta way.
[QUOTE=Hexxeh;47631453]Can't really afford to put money into new shocks after forking out £250 or so on these KYBs. Emailed the place I got the springs from, they're gonna swap them for standard ones and refund the difference. I'd rather have a "silly looking" ride height and have it drive better than have it how it is now.
I started replacing parts because when I bought it, two of the shocks had totally had it, so I've not just gone out to ruin my car for the sake of it... :v:[/QUOTE]
Well, I found some more reading material that shows what people are doing when they lower/stance their miatas.
The springs you have aren't absolutely terrible but I think they are less than ideal. Are they installed with any preload? The way you know something is really wrong with a non-coilover spring is if it flops around very willingly on the strut without being compresses at all. Preload is really important to ride quality even if it's really minor or just sits on top of the spring happily without pressure.
[url]http://www.virkki.com/jyri/miata/bumps.html[/url]
[url]http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/22-suspension-sponsored-flyin-miata/34690-riding-bumpstops.html[/url]
[url]http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/22-suspension-sponsored-flyin-miata/125994-ebay-coilover-sleeve-install-issues-questions.html[/url]
[url]http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/22-suspension-sponsored-flyin-miata/76209-raceland-ta-technix-coilover-problem.html[/url]
[url]https://www.flyinmiata.com/improved-bump-stops.html[/url]
[url]http://www.tampabaymiatas.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13598[/url]
[QUOTE=DaBeaver;47633602]fucking spaceship[/QUOTE]
I'd love to own a Tatra, but they're so damn expensive.
The pioneer DVD unit in my Saab looks really in place. I've colour matched the button light to the obnoxious Saab green, It's got a special made plastic frame around it make it fit 100%, and it's got a button to turn the screen off for when I'm in Night mode. Button light is a bit too bright though.
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