I think I've seen two separate ones as well, definitely at least one in my area. I always think NH is pretty low on the cool car list, and then bam, I see all these amazing cars registered to NH at local car shows and on the road.
Hell, I found out there is even a Porsche 918 registered here:
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[QUOTE=lekkimsm;52450922]God dammit, i wish could do Le Mons some day.
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i didn't realize this at the time this picture was posted but that's actually my local track!
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[QUOTE=Slade Xanthas;52457732]PA FPers, I'm in a quandary right now. I'm most likely going to end up buying a new vehicle private party which means I will not be trading in my Subaru and selling it later. The problem I have is, I have a vanity plate I want to be able to put on my newer car. Does anyone know if I'd be able to just have the DMV transfer the plate after I sell the car? I'd rather not pay $83 for a new plate.[/QUOTE]
If it's a vanity plate it wont need to be registered or paid for in any way other then the time it takes to move it from one car to the next.
Unless your state requires a front Licence plate, then thats a different story, but as far as I know, vanity is just a fancy word for "just looks cool" and has no bearing on anything legal.
Any tips for removing the adhesive behind door molding? I've scraped most of it off but even goof off isn't removing the rest of it.
3M eraser wheel. Works wicked, only thing that worked after trying 6 different spray solutions
I tried installing a tach on my Yamahog and I couldn't get it to work no matter what. Either I'm retarded or the damn thing doesn't work. It's supposed to pull a signal off of the coil and no matter where I connected it on the coil, nothing worked.
[QUOTE=Savage Octane;52459287]I tried installing a tach on my Yamahog and I couldn't get it to work no matter what. Either I'm retarded or the damn thing doesn't work. It's supposed to pull a signal off of the coil and no matter where I connected it on the coil, nothing worked.[/QUOTE]
how many wires are coming off the tach?
Is there any cars that have oil filters placed more inconveniently than on my Honda Civic?
It's on the back of the engine, above the front axle and exhaust, and sandwiched between the alternator and engine block, and there's no way I've found to remove it without coating the entire underside of the engine in used oil :hammered:
Subaru puts theirs behind the exhaust manifold
[QUOTE=RenaFox;52459507]Is there any cars that have oil filters placed more inconveniently than on my Honda Civic?
It's on the back of the engine, above the front axle and exhaust, and sandwiched between the alternator and engine block, and there's no way I've found to remove it without coating the entire underside of the engine in used oil :hammered:[/QUOTE]
this is why you buy a can of brake cleaner with every oil filter
I am happy that you haven't seen some of the worst ones, please keep your innocence. Some of them are in mindbogglingly shitty places.
if yall think cars are bad try some mining equipment. rock drills can be a real pain in the ass
[QUOTE=RenaFox;52459507]Is there any cars that have oil filters placed more inconveniently than on my Honda Civic?
It's on the back of the engine, above the front axle and exhaust, and sandwiched between the alternator and engine block, and there's no way I've found to remove it without coating the entire underside of the engine in used oil :hammered:[/QUOTE]
When I worked at an oil change shop, a few times we got a cavalier, [i]I[/i] was the one that had to do pit, even though that wasn't my main job. My hands were small and flexible enough to fit in the space to get it out. :v:
On my Escort it was jammed up behind the engine near the exhaust (because they always are). Always had a rag on my arm. At least my Fusion should be a breeze, its exposed pointing straight down near the oil pan.
My vic was pretty easy, the fuckin lube shop that changed my oil last over tightened the filter though so it took me way longer than it should have to change my oil.
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My old chevy Silverado was cake though, didn't even need a jack.
It's like they stopped worrying about owners working on their own cars. They know everyone will take it to a shop, so who cares how much of a pain getting to the filter is.
[QUOTE=Savage Octane;52459727]It's like they stopped worrying about owners working on their own cars. They know everyone will take it to a shop, so who cares how much of a pain getting to the filter is.[/QUOTE]
In fact I'm sure they make it harder on purpose to encourage people to come back to the dealer for an oil change.
TBH my dealer's oil change deal is so reasonable I'd barely save any money doing it myself and it's not really a fun thing to do, so I take it in every time.
if I brought my truck to the dealer they'd be pretty fuckin confused
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;52459760]In fact I'm sure they make it harder on purpose to encourage people to come back to the dealer for an oil change.
TBH my dealer's oil change deal is so reasonable I'd barely save any money doing it myself and it's not really a fun thing to do, so I take it in every time.[/QUOTE]
Same, I maybe save a few dollars in materials, but after labor it evens out.
Still, I like doing them, and at least I know I did it right. I've worked at these shops, I know the horrors of what can and does happen.
[QUOTE=RenaFox;52459507]Is there any cars that have oil filters placed more inconveniently than on my Honda Civic?
It's on the back of the engine, above the front axle and exhaust, and sandwiched between the alternator and engine block, and there's no way I've found to remove it without coating the entire underside of the engine in used oil :hammered:[/QUOTE]
This is called the Ring of Fire.
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It's on Subaru turbo boxster engines, that's the exhaust manifold wrapped around it.
[QUOTE=Ridge;52459948]This is called the Ring of Fire.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ax0p9DTh.jpg[/IMG]
It's on Subaru turbo boxster engines, that's the exhaust manifold wrapped around it.[/QUOTE]
These are why I keep two burn sleeves and a couple left hand gloves to wear whenever one of these turds rolls in.
Fun fact, I'm 95% sure that's one of the filters we use out in the bay at wally world.
Most cars aren't bad, until you get some dickhead at jiffy lube who wrenched it on as hard as he could and then some. If its past the point where you need to put a strap wrench or something on it, it usually turns out some cock at the factory put something just in the right spot to block any leverage you might get.
it gets worse when you put an engine in a car it's never meant to go in :v:
case in point, my oil filter is jammed up against the steering box, and the oil drain plug hits right in the centre of the front crossmember lmao
at least I'm still in the middle of tweaking the engine mounts before final fab so I could run some remote filter setup or something, and reweld the bung.
[QUOTE=Slade Xanthas;52459221]hmMMMMM
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We're looking at this tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
I literally signed in to tell you DO IT
THE PANTHER PLATFORM WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.
heres my panther
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I'd like to get an old Vic but here in North Carolina, they're so ragged the fuck out or old beat up police cars. Either would be fine if it was just me, but my wife doesn't appreciate those :v:
Theyre such lovely cars. Superb beginner cars, yet still exciting for a more advanced driver. I've never had a better sedan for road trips. Plus it's so stable at speed. 120 feels like 60. Also once you go RWD it's hard to go back. I'd never give up donuts and powerslides.
[QUOTE=Storm12230;52460224]I literally signed in to tell you DO IT
THE PANTHER PLATFORM WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.
heres my panther
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One of us
One of us
One of us
One of us
Id like to chime in on the oil filter location, on vics there are these nice plastic drip channels that direct the dripping oil from the filter to a nice convienient empty spot. Unfortunately that empty spot is where i like to put my jackstands.
[QUOTE=Slade Xanthas;52458324]It is a legal plate, though. Vanity plates here are part of the registration and you pay a fee to have your plate changed to it.
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OHH, ok, you mean a custom plate. Vanity plates as far as ive ever known are plates the go on the front of a car and say stuff like a sports team or "so-and-so's toy" or whatever.
Yeah, that custom plate will need transfered like a standard plate with the usual fees.
[QUOTE=Demache;52459645]When I worked at an oil change shop, a few times we got a cavalier, [I]I[/I] was the one that had to do pit, even though that wasn't my main job. My hands were small and flexible enough to fit in the space to get it out. :v:
On my Escort it was jammed up behind the engine near the exhaust (because they always are). Always had a rag on my arm. At least my Fusion should be a breeze, its exposed pointing straight down near the oil pan.[/QUOTE]
On the later Cavaliers with the 2.2L Ecotec, they moved the oil filter to a canister on the top of the engine. If you used one of those pumps to suck the oil up through the dipstick hole, you could finish an oil change in no time at all without getting dirty. My Golf has the same setup.
Tried to help my friend with her Chevy Equinox. You have to have a stupid tool to take off the plastic cap which holds the "oil filter" on top of the engine. What the hell.
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What makes it extra great is the intake manifold almost covers it completely, hence the special tool to take it out. A normal socket, wrench, or normal tool will not fit.
[QUOTE=Lerlth;52461698]Tried to help my friend with her Chevy Equinox. You have to have a stupid tool to take off the plastic cap which holds the "oil filter" on top of the engine. What the hell.
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What makes it extra great is the intake manifold almost covers it completely, hence the special tool to take it out. A normal socket, wrench, or normal tool will not fit.[/QUOTE]
I think it's metric in the 20s range, like 23 to 26, I don't remember off hand. You also gotta be careful with the socket tool for those caps because they DO NOT fit tight and will strip and slip that thing straight into the trash. I have been there a few times having dealt with prior mechanics going hog wild hulk power tightening them. There is LITERALLY no need to because the new filters come with new o-rings, some for the filter and all for the cap. They only really leak if you hulk them on or break them.
Dumbest and simplest filter change ever I swear.
Ugh. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong for my paint to bubble up in random areas. I sanded rigorously, degreased before painting, primed areas that were sanded down to metal, sanded the primer down to smooth when dry, degreased the primer before painting, and painted my top coat. But for some reason, the paint bubbles up here and there on one side of the car.
Wish me luck in figuring this shit out. I thought it would be as easy as following the directions on the back of the cans.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;52462303]Ugh. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong for my paint to bubble up in random areas. I sanded rigorously, degreased before painting, primed areas that were sanded down to metal, sanded the primer down to smooth when dry, degreased the primer before painting, and painted my top coat. But for some reason, the paint bubbles up here and there on one side of the car.
Wish me luck in figuring this shit out. I thought it would be as easy as following the directions on the back of the cans.[/QUOTE]
Are you using spray/rattle cans? If I remember correctly those contain additional aerosol chemicals to make it spray easier. These also will play less nice interacting with other paint chemicals. Perhaps some gallons of paint and a decent motorized spray gun (what are those called again?)
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