Automotive Addicts Lounge V4 - Lube my pistons, baby - General

[QUOTE=kirederf7;50733043]I bought a brick :smug:[/QUOTE] Volvo?

Look at that emoji. It's obviously a brick of weed.

Im bout to replace my fuel tank selector valve with a manual valve. time to get covered in diesel.

Someone I know hit a rock in a field with their car because the "grass was too big to see it" lol. [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/Mobile%20Uploads/B950BB0B-CFEA-4CBD-A4D0-7762EFBD78FE_zps7npoit7s.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/Mobile%20Uploads/B950BB0B-CFEA-4CBD-A4D0-7762EFBD78FE_zps7npoit7s.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Time to hit it.. I grinded out all the damaged nonsense, patched it with fiberglass to the point it's thicker than the garbage thin glass the bumper's made out of, then frosted it to get here. [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/Mobile%20Uploads/60B192EE-5353-4358-BDD5-E3CE877EA3B3_zps3rjwpmnx.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/Mobile%20Uploads/60B192EE-5353-4358-BDD5-E3CE877EA3B3_zps3rjwpmnx.jpg[/IMG][/URL] No to be one to do it halfway, I also puttied basically the whole bumper because the stone chip game was ridiculous [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/Mobile%20Uploads/7372F3FB-CED9-42D4-A806-37EF4C60F14C_zpswdngbbww.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/Mobile%20Uploads/7372F3FB-CED9-42D4-A806-37EF4C60F14C_zpswdngbbww.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Then some sanding and shaping [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/Mobile%20Uploads/99AE1DEF-893C-417B-8708-0B1F3714CE27_zpsx8nq4l70.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/Mobile%20Uploads/99AE1DEF-893C-417B-8708-0B1F3714CE27_zpsx8nq4l70.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And more [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/Mobile%20Uploads/92B32173-D8D4-455B-9843-F0A0DBBA714C_zpswwvxtfgm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/Mobile%20Uploads/92B32173-D8D4-455B-9843-F0A0DBBA714C_zpswwvxtfgm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Ready to prime [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/Mobile%20Uploads/B12EB0C3-BF34-4E6A-8614-4FB7323945EC_zpslpbdsdhs.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/Mobile%20Uploads/B12EB0C3-BF34-4E6A-8614-4FB7323945EC_zpslpbdsdhs.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Primeddd [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/Mobile%20Uploads/9222EEEA-D609-4E8E-8AD8-AC995EB21232_zpslm6ylmia.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/Mobile%20Uploads/9222EEEA-D609-4E8E-8AD8-AC995EB21232_zpslm6ylmia.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This was some aftermarket paint job so we didn't know the color code.. but CarQuest has a camera thing they can use to mix you a matching color, which I still need to get out of work in time to go pick up some day here. Other than that it's ready to spray. The nice part is the hood is carbon fiber, and the only place I need to blend is where it meets the fenders, which should be cake, especially if that paint matching system did a good job. We'll see!

how the hell do you have the patience to do all that shit

Why was your friend traversing a field if they couldnt overcome common things in a field

[QUOTE=kirederf7;50733043]I bought a brick :smug:[/QUOTE] Volvo 240

[QUOTE=kirederf7;50737120]Volvo 240[/QUOTE] more than a brick you should've said an ingot a steel ingot with wheels

Anyone know a good method to keep birds off your car? My car roof seems to be the local hangout spot for all the local birds, so it gets covered in crap in less than a day. [T]http://i.imgur.com/051w5IZ.jpg[/T] This is less than 20 hours after washing the car.

Shotgun?

[QUOTE=Gulen;50738977]Shotgun?[/QUOTE] Australia

[QUOTE=samuel2213;50738994]Australia[/QUOTE] Boomerang?

Hook a car battery up to it. Did wonders to keep the cat off.

and try not to park under trees, that should help too

Do a double wire mesh, diamond wire on bottom and chicken wire on top separated buy 1x4s and have the controller from one of those bug zapper rackets hooked to the car via multi output power adapter. Either it'll teach the birds to stay away or you'll have a bunch of lobotomized birds surrounding your car. :v:

Just build an overhang so the birds can shit on that

[QUOTE=samuel2213;50738911]Anyone know a good method to keep birds off your car? My car roof seems to be the local hangout spot for all the local birds, so it gets covered in crap in less than a day. [T]http://i.imgur.com/051w5IZ.jpg[/T] This is less than 20 hours after washing the car.[/QUOTE] Take up falconry :v:

embrace the turd

I bought a 25 autocheck thing, i have 13 left, i'll do 4 from here so if anybody has anything they want checked pm your vin and a number between 1 and 100, 4 closest ones to 100 i will do.

[QUOTE=Inplabth;50741284][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Gone-MMRTH1-Hawk-Decoy/dp/B002KSVXGU"]Buy a fake hawk.[/URL] We were having problems with woodpeckers knocking holes in the house and other birds nesting on the side of the house and shitting everywhere so we put 3 of those around the house and there were no birds to be seen. Just set it somewhere near your car where it's in plain view.[/QUOTE] My neighbour put one of these up recently [t]http://s32.postimg.org/527vd39b9/dugeh_g_drage_1_2_m_fugleskr_mmer_hawk_bird_sca.jpg[/t] [sp]Little child for scale[/sp] And I've noticed birds almost never shit on my car now after he did that.

Interesting Craigslist find: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yrtBFL0.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;50741663]Interesting Craigslist find: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yrtBFL0.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] show me the carfax seriously without VINs and documentation I wouldn't believe anything like that

Just bought a 1999 ML320 for $450 all it needs is a Catalytic Converter, its got 180k miles on it but was serviced strictly by Benz up until 150k miles. Also needs the front bumper cover and fan clutch but he is giving me both of those parts with it. I'm pumped.

[QUOTE=Van-man;50741322]My neighbour put one of these up recently [t]http://s32.postimg.org/527vd39b9/dugeh_g_drage_1_2_m_fugleskr_mmer_hawk_bird_sca.jpg[/t] [sp]Little child for scale[/sp] And I've noticed birds almost never shit on my car now after he did that.[/QUOTE] And if you put owl's around your house Mexican's run away.

[QUOTE=Adeptus;50739557]and try not to park under trees, that should help too[/QUOTE] Its not parked under a tree. They literally just sit on the roof in large quantities, shit all over it and walk all over the windscreen and leave marks. [QUOTE=Inplabth;50741284][URL="https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Gone-MMRTH1-Hawk-Decoy/dp/B002KSVXGU"]Buy a fake hawk.[/URL] We were having problems with woodpeckers knocking holes in the house and other birds nesting on the side of the house and shitting everywhere so we put 3 of those around the house and there were no birds to be seen. Just set it somewhere near your car where it's in plain view.[/QUOTE] Thanks, I'll probably do this.

[QUOTE=ColdWave;50741778]Just bought a 1999 ML320 for [B]$450[/B] all it needs is a Catalytic Converter, its got 180k miles on it but was serviced strictly by Benz up until 150k miles. Also needs the front bumper cover and fan clutch but he is giving me both of those parts with it. I'm pumped.[/QUOTE] either you forgot one digit or i refuse to believe you scored a damn SUV for this much

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50741745]show me the carfax seriously without VINs and documentation I wouldn't believe anything like that[/QUOTE] Unfortunately the only thing that [I]might[/I] tie these two cars to the set is this picture included: [t]http://i.imgur.com/EaEcQ6f.jpg[/t] Can't really confirm anything though.

Replaced the bulbs in my fogs, as the ones in them burned out the day after i got them in. The fogs call for 55w H3 bulbs, the previous owner had 35W Stanley H3's in it. I ended up going from ~820 lumens to ~1550 lumens. Very bright now.

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;50742583]Unfortunately the only thing that [I]might[/I] tie these two cars to the set is this picture included: [t]http://i.imgur.com/EaEcQ6f.jpg[/t] Can't really confirm anything though.[/QUOTE] knowing the industry, i doubt there's any decent connection from civil war to those cars that can be documented

[QUOTE=Birdman101;50736985]how the hell do you have the patience to do all that shit[/QUOTE] Leveling up after 21 is even worse, this ain't shitttt. Honestly, good answers to the big 'whys' in life elude me it seems like. I just fix the crack, no questions, and collect monies.