[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;52441656]it's an XJ40 so who cares
[t]http://www.davidscarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jaguar_XJ40-Sovereign-03.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
xj40s are fuckin rad dont hate
Clutch that's looking really damn good.
Is it worth sanding/buffing if you sprayed with 2k paint like me? I don't have a clearcoat.
[QUOTE=gnampf;52440745]Working at a scrapyard makes me sad
[t]http://i.imgur.com/3ptqmJY.jpg[/t]
press f to pay respects[/QUOTE]
I don't like thinking about it too much. I just hope each of those vehicles were wrecked and beyond repair/salvaging.
That said, it is really funny that the despite all that, the Ford ZX2 bumper and headlights came out entirely intact. Escorts man.
[QUOTE=Demache;52442443]I don't like thinking about it too much. I just hope each of those vehicles were wrecked and beyond repair/salvaging.
That said, it is really funny that the despite all that, the Ford ZX2 bumper and headlights came out entirely intact. Escorts man.[/QUOTE]
Everything's in the air after that "Cash for Klunkers bullshit ten years ago.
So many amazing cars were lost.
[QUOTE=pentium;52442600]Everything's in the air after that "Cash for Klunkers bullshit ten years ago.
So many amazing cars were lost.[/QUOTE]
Cash for clunkers pisses me off. It did nothing but raise the price of used cars through the fucking roof, all while sacrificing so many still good cars.
I hope it never happens again, it was a horrible idea fueled by greed. The tiny ass payout you got from it still couldn't buy you a new car.
God damn now I'm angry about things.:tableflip:
I almost always go off on a hate fuled tangent on cash for clunkers, its the greatest shit show idea the us has had since vietnam and now, once again, the whole us economy suffers because of greed and a choice made by groups of selfish heartless shit heads whom are or would be better throwing them selfs in wood chippers then making decisions about the best thing we could do with our cars.
Its the single greatest "fuck you" to recycling imo i have evr seen, and i hate it. Millions of tons of perfectly fine cars and trucks, some super rare, lost forever...
[QUOTE=Strontboer;52442139]Clutch that's looking really damn good.
Is it worth sanding/buffing if you sprayed with 2k paint like me? I don't have a clearcoat.[/QUOTE]
A non-metallic 2k paint should benefit from it, if you're trying to get a better finish/ remove specks of dirt.
Sanding/buffing/polishing a single stage paint you sprayed is exactly the same as how people sand/buff/polish their rolled on paint jobs that are so popular these days.
However, if it's metallic (which yours isn't, but for sake of argument), don't. You'll destroy the metallic as you sand. Heck, I don't even know if single stage metallics are a thing, lol. But if they are. Never color sand metallic basecoat, either, for the exact same reason.
Another this is that yours is white. A mirror finish perfectly polished white car will look great, BUT someone actually has to be looking, because white's reflections are so muted (and yellow, and bright red to some extent, and bright orange.. bright colors). The darker the color the more intense and 'mirror like' the finish. It may not be worth the time to sand and buff your white if it's already looking 'pretty darn good'.
[QUOTE=Scientwist;52443076]Millions of tons of perfectly fine cars and trucks, some super rare, lost forever...[/QUOTE]
The 3 LaForzas, the 1 Typhoon, and the 15 VehiCrosses are the ones that fuck me the most.
[img]http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jstp1ptz-626x382.jpg[/img]
I could really do with a VehiCross right now, fuck Cash for Clunkers.
[url]http://advrider.com/index.php?threads%2Fflatlanders-do-the-dakal-in-3-5-days.1234908%2F[/url]
Damn, i wanna do this some day. Strap a couple milk crates of camping gear on my xl250 and just go.
[QUOTE=Savage Octane;52442776]Cash for clunkers pisses me off. It did nothing but raise the price of used cars through the fucking roof, all while sacrificing so many still good cars.
I hope it never happens again, it was a horrible idea fueled by greed. The tiny ass payout you got from it still couldn't buy you a new car.
God damn now I'm angry about things.:tableflip:[/QUOTE]We had the same thing in the UK, we lost so much because our government span the shit of "but those cars are like, REALLY fucking up the planet"
This is coming from the same people that are now saying that diesel is the devils juice and they should be exterminated.
[sp]even though i like to roll some coal sometimes myself[/sp]:shh:
[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52443099]The 3 LaForzas, the 1 Typhoon, and the 15 VehiCrosses are the ones that fuck me the most.
[img]http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jstp1ptz-626x382.jpg[/img]
I could really do with a VehiCross right now, fuck Cash for Clunkers.[/QUOTE]
Who the hell would axe a typhoon?
You don't get one of those without knowing exactly what you have. That's fuckin' weird.
[img]http://scontent.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/19942680_10155354859875772_5097186636202309461_o.jpg?oh=e0bac73c9acaf91e50c0a7195449c90b&oe=5A039D90[/img]
From my friend practicing for CTTC/Mt.Washinton Hillclimb today:
[I]The alternator/ water pump belt popped off somewhere before turn 28. Water was boiling but I think I pulled off in time to save the motor. We're done for today but should be ready tomorrow.[/I]
Damn, I don't want his car to blow up before I even get there! But hey, he apparently saved it and is likely prepared for practice tomorrow. Just have to wait and see.
I feel crazy for saying this but before I zoomed in on the picture and saw the engine I was absolutely convinced that was a Chrysler Concorde. Does anyone else besides me see that?
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52444411]I feel crazy for saying this but before I zoomed in on the picture and saw the engine I was absolutely convinced that was a Chrysler Concorde. Does anyone else besides me see that?[/QUOTE]
I saw an intrepid.
[editline]7th July 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52443099]The 3 LaForzas, the 1 Typhoon, and the 15 VehiCrosses are the ones that fuck me the most.
[img]http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jstp1ptz-626x382.jpg[/img]
I could really do with a VehiCross right now, fuck Cash for Clunkers.[/QUOTE]
The M3, M5 and Typhoon really fucking fill me with seething rage, you just can't possibly have any semblance of sanity destroying any of those.
God damned greedy legend killers.
:hairpull:
And a fucking tvr. Who in the fuck had these rare ass cars that literally just threw them away?????
Also, I drilled out the baffle ends on my Virago, and it did nothing. In fact, I think it made the exhaust quieter....
[QUOTE=Scientwist;52443076]I almost always go off on a hate fuled tangent on cash for clunkers, its the greatest shit show idea the us has had since vietnam and now, once again, the whole us economy suffers because of greed and a choice made by groups of selfish heartless shit heads whom are or would be better throwing them selfs in wood chippers then making decisions about the best thing we could do with our cars.
Its the single greatest "fuck you" to recycling imo i have evr seen, and i hate it. Millions of tons of perfectly fine cars and trucks, some super rare, lost forever...[/QUOTE]
Honestly C4C wouldn't have even been that big of a blow if mass litigation, NHTSA standards, CAFE, and the chicken tax didn't combine to mercilessly beat down modern car design
C4C destroyed some fine cars, yeah. But the bigger downer going forward is that in the US, there is not yet even a replacement, much less improvement, for the good traits of old cars. CAFE killed power-to-weight ratio, NHTSA killed visibility, and the chicken tax killed affordable small trucks.
Every day we stray further from god's grace
[QUOTE=Gulen;52441773]Hey Clutch: When you go to copy the image link on imgur you can select image sizes in the lower right corner. Those images are massive and took a while to load.[/QUOTE]
Put a lower case h just before the file extension for a fair size. A lower case L works too, for smaller size (Huge and Large, respectively).
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52445559]Honestly C4C wouldn't have even been that big of a blow if mass litigation, NHTSA standards, CAFE, and the chicken tax didn't combine to mercilessly beat down modern car design
C4C destroyed some fine cars, yeah. But the bigger downer going forward is that in the US, there is not yet even a replacement, much less improvement, for the good traits of old cars. CAFE killed power-to-weight ratio, NHTSA killed visibility, and the chicken tax killed affordable small trucks.
Every day we stray further from god's grace[/QUOTE]
I can see the litigation being what killed most of the "I want that" feeling of new cars with how horrid so many of these designs are, but the great big thing about it was the car companies saw fit to find a way to start selling more cars. They got together with their respective governments where c4c is a thing do basically say;
"GOT A SHIT CAR OR JUST WANT ONE GONE?!?! DOES YOUR OLD AS HELL OR NEARLY NEW CAR JUST NEED AN OIL CHANGE BUT YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO DO IT? WELL COME THE FUCK DOWN' WE'LL GIVE YA A HANDFUL OF 5s AND A FUTURE OF CRIPPLING DEPT AND A VOID OF SORELY NEEDED CAR PARTS WE JUST CRUSHED FOR NO MORE REASON BECAUSE FUCK YOU! HURRY NOW AND WE'LL THROW IN OUT OF CONTROL PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE, SHIT FUTURE CAR DESIGN AND LLLIIIIIIEEEEESSSSSSS!!!"
This is what I imagine it sounds like with sopping wet saturation of sarcasm. But in reality it probably sounds like a car salesman spewing legal jargon.
Innnteresting. Imgur is a new thing!
I went from wetsanding to buffing today. Once again, my body is destroyed, lol. I spend something like 6 hours buffing and polishing so far..
So we start with cutting compound on a cutting pad to get shine back.. I used the most abrasive compound they had so it would work quicker. Still takes a lot of effort. Basically the goal is to remove all the scratch marks from the wetsanding and leave only marks from buffing (which are "swirl marks" when seen in the sun).
[img]http://i.imgur.com/QSvT3CGh.jpg[/img]
You keep going until there is zero haze left in the panel, and also zero scratch marks (or attempt to, anyways). You buff, wipe off, inspect, buff again, etc.
The trunk here is part-way through, you can see it's not glossy yet
[img]http://i.imgur.com/y4C4rzCh.jpg[/img]
Once you think she's good, you move on to polishing. I used a basic polishing compound on a polishing pad, which is less abrasive. This process is to remove the swirl marks that would otherwise look like crap in the sun. You finish this.. wipe up.. and generally find more areas that need buffing.. so back to the buffing pad we go.
On the trunk here you can see a couple hazy spots, that's areas that need more buffing.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/7a8sV83h.jpg[/img]
Eventually the process ends, or you say "good enough", and you are left a nice finish that, when done properly, doesn't reflect any little scratches when you view lights above it. Those are the telltale... if you see scratches reflected in the lights, you have more buffing to do.
Here's the hood when I called it a day.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/xyLMstQh.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/nltR2jkh.jpg[/img]
Once that's all done you move on to a very, very fine "finishing" glaze which is sort of like wax.. but it doesn't "seal" stuff into the paint, which means the fresh paint can continue to flash off like it's supposed to. After a month or so you can apply wax to the paint.
that's sexy as hell.
I've always wanted to do something similar with flames on an old american car like that with a veeeeeeeeeeery slightly pearly paint for the flames. The idea being it's so subtle it only comes out under very bright direct sunlight, and looks normal under all other lighting conditions.
Also the XJ is [I]still[/I] running lean. Literally the only EFI/fuel component i've yet to replace is the injectors and throttle position sensor, so i guess it's time to start pulling the injectors. I'll probably drain the tanks and see what horrors lurk in there.
[T]https://puu.sh/wEuK5/6be6a43a82.JPG[/T]
Got it showroom clean though. So it looks real good going 30mph
[QUOTE=Ldesu;52441484]God dammit. Beetle's turn signal handle just kinda died yesterday. Tried to fix it but as soon as I opened it the insides kinda disintegrated[/QUOTE]
Found this in my pile o' scrap:
[t]https://puu.sh/wEy9t.png[/t]
It's not quite the right type, but it works until I can get another one.
[t]https://puu.sh/wEy9W.png[/t]
So now I have turn signals, but no horn :v:
What would you guys recommend for playing music from a phone when your car has no bluetooth or aux cable capability?
FM transmitter? Cassette Adapter? Any other possible options?
[QUOTE=Araknid;52446226]What would you guys recommend for playing music from a phone when your car has no bluetooth or aux cable capability?
FM transmitter? Cassette Adapter? Any other possible options?[/QUOTE]
What does your car currently have?
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;52446276]What does your car currently have?[/QUOTE]
jack shit
radio, cd, and cassette.
I could just put music on the cds but I'd prefer just using my phone.
[QUOTE=Araknid;52446298]jack shit
radio, cd, and cassette.
I could just put music on the cds but I'd prefer just using my phone.[/QUOTE]
I would get an cassette aux adapter as you already have an cassete deck thing
Cassette adapters typically work best, but I've had some good FM transmitters, too. Just get the cheap ones, honestly. They tend to survive the best. I had used one for my old work truck for years before I got 'upgraded' to my new van.
I've got an FM modulator myself (thanks to fp).
I've tried FM transmitters before and those never really worked well
[QUOTE=Araknid;52446298]jack shit
radio, cd, and cassette.
I could just put music on the cds but I'd prefer just using my phone.[/QUOTE]
Cassette is the best choice in that situation. Just make sure the heads on the tape deck are clean. Keep noise and disortion way down.
Also, watch the volume on the source device. If it's too much, it will start casuing disortion, and some headunits will clip harder than others (AC Delco comes to mind).
[QUOTE=Demache;52446445]Cassette is the best choice in that situation. Just make sure the heads on the tape deck are clean. Keep noise and disortion way down.
Also, watch the volume on the source device. If it's too much, it will start casuing disortion, and some headunits will clip harder than others (AC Delco comes to mind).[/QUOTE]
i've bought a few cassette adapters but i haven't found one that's been actually good at producing non-shit sound when the radio sounds fantastic
the current RCA one i'm using sounds [I]okay[/I] but it's muddled af
which one do you recommend, i'm almost to the point where i would rather just pull the HU out of my RSX and solder in an aux jack
Thoughts on converting my diesel to a dually?
The truck was ordered as a '3/4 and a 1/2' - a 3/4 ton with HD suspension package. It has extra leafs front and rear, quad shocks in the front, the largest brakes available, a SF14 bolt rear, D44 front (1 tons had a D60).
I need a new bed because rust and dents, it costs the same for both styles.
Heres how it looks now;
[t]http://i.imgur.com/cHcB2EY.jpg[/T]
And here is almost how it would look after the conversion;
[T]http://i.imgur.com/jpd7cfo.jpg[/t]
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