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[Real_PhillBert]

The shed is officially done! At least structurally. We finished up the siding about noon on Saturday.

 

 

 

 

Then since we were done so early I took some of the extra building materials and put up some shelving with a tire rack along one wall:

 

 

Other than some organization it's pretty well complete for the year. 

 

In the spring I'll put some gutters on it just to help prevent the footings from settling, and put a solar panel on the roof to power a few 12V LED lights, just so I can see when I'm inside during the night. 

 

But in the meantime, it feels really good to have this project in the rear view now.  

 

 

[iDeFecZx]

15 hours ago, Mr.Dingle said:

No thanks

bitch get ur bitch ass back in there

[Ross Siggers]

13 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Damn...are there any major roadworks that bad on the far side of the city, York, Scarborough etc?  

[TVwazhere]

16 hours ago, Mr.Dingle said:

Dont you knock on diesels 

 

On 11/3/2018 at 12:01 AM, themaniac said:

debating about getting 235/40R18(ST) size tires for my SE but not sure if they would be too wide for it(9.3" vs 8.5") and winter tires for it are soooo expensive, the cheapest on tirerack costs devil levels of cash(literally $666 for a set of 4) while the cheapest base size is more than $200 less($445) Summer on the other hand is about the same(well technically its summer vs all season because 215/55/r16 has a very tiny selection of summer aka only 3 different tires, so I would be better off going all season)

 

I am a long way from getting new tires but its so expensive if I were to get ST size tires and I don't even want to see how much RS size tires would cost

AFAIK the ST sized tires should fit on an SE without issue. RS tires are also the same size IIRC, the rims are just bigger at 19" but the width is similar. And if you're going to one day build an RS killer, you're going to need traction to put all that power to the ground!

 

As for winter tires, I run these:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=X-Ice+Xi3&partnum=15HR7XI3XL

Narrower, and a taller side wall makes for easier handling in snow.

 

Also picked up some $95 rims since they were only $20/rim more than steels. (Old pic)

51 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Damn I could totally use shelving in mine for my snow tires....

 

My father ran power out (even though thats technically qualifies it as "live-able" according to my town and an increase in property taxes, shhhhh) so now there's actual outlets in there to run stuff. 

[chaozbandit]

39 minutes ago, Ross Siggers said:

Damn...are there any major roadworks that bad on the far side of the city, York, Scarborough etc?  

AFAIK Scarborough is getting a lot of major repaving on a lot of roads in  the north and central because of the new Eglington cross town LRT install and other general maintenance. Not sure about York. 

[Real_PhillBert]

13 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

It's not often the entire QEW gets shut down, but its a pretty eerie sight.

 

@MEC-777

 

Kinda reminds me of the Walking Dead.

 

[Ross Siggers]

@chaozbandit Good to know! I'll check more accurately later today, I've got family out that way, with more family visiting atm. Just want to give them a heads up.

[Real_PhillBert]

10 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Damn I could totally use shelving in mine for my snow tires....

 

My father ran power out (even though thats technically qualifies it as "live-able" according to my town and an increase in property taxes, shhhhh) so now there's actual outlets in there to run stuff. 

The rack for tires was my dad's idea, so I cant take all the credit on that one. 

 

I thought about trenching power to the shed, but opted against it on account of my laziness. I dont think I'd ever really have to power anything too big out there, so a solar panel and a big marine battery should last as long as I'd ever need lights, plus if I wanted to run a 120V inverter I could for something small. Again, my laziness got the best of me. 

[TVwazhere]

3 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

The rack for tires was my dad's idea, so I cant take all the credit on that one. 

 

I thought about trenching power to the shed, but opted against it on account of my laziness. I dont think I'd ever really have to power anything too big out there, so a solar panel and a big marine battery should last as long as I'd ever need lights, plus if I wanted to run a 120V inverter I could for something small. Again, my laziness got the best of me. 

To be fair, I haven't really used many power tools out there since it was officially completed, just mostly flipping a light switch. So your laziness is not totally misplaced. 

[Real_PhillBert]

4 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

To be fair, I haven't really used many power tools out there since it was officially completed, just mostly flipping a light switch. So your laziness is not totally misplaced. 

The lights is the reason I want a solar panel. And a solar panel would charge a battery or two if I want to do that. But beyond a battery charger and lights, I just dont see using much power out there. 

 

With that said, the 100ft 12GA extension cord I used to get the saw right next to the shed is a heavy bitch. 

[themaniac]

50 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

AFAIK the ST sized tires should fit on an SE without issue. RS tires are also the same size IIRC, the rims are just bigger at 19" but the width is similar. And if you're going to one day build an RS killer, you're going to need traction to put all that power to the ground!

 

As for winter tires, I run these:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=X-Ice+Xi3&partnum=15HR7XI3XL

Narrower, and a taller side wall makes for easier handling in snow.

Yeah, the whole RS killer was just a dumb idea by a dumb kid who just got his first car and wanted to mod it like no ones business, while theres still some things that I'd like to mod its no where near gonna be an RS killer

 

Yeah, I've heard that Michelin is good and since taller side wall is better then I'll probably go 215/55R16 for that .5" larger side wall. but man, I got a while before I can afford some decent tires... $170 per tire...

[TVwazhere]

6 minutes ago, themaniac said:

$170 per tire...

Try $200 for the Pilot Super Sport Summer tires  Or $218 for the new Pilot Sport 4S's

 

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Pilot+Sport+4S&partnum=34YR8PS4SXL&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=Ford&autoYear=2016&autoModel=Focus ST&autoModClar=

[themaniac]

6 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Try $200 for the Pilot Super Sport Summer tires  Or $218 for the new Pilot Sport 4S's

 

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Pilot+Sport+4S&partnum=34YR8PS4SXL&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=Ford&autoYear=2016&autoModel=Focus ST&autoModClar=

dies

[TVwazhere]

7 minutes ago, themaniac said:

dies

Spoiler

 

[themaniac]

1 minute ago, TVwazhere said:

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dies harder

[Bananasplit_00]

2 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

-snip-

are you going to make some small ramp for the bikes tho? seems pretty steep to get in there tbh

[Real_PhillBert]

14 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

are you going to make some small ramp for the bikes tho? seems pretty steep to get in there tbh

Yeah, in the spring I'll build a ramp to get the motorcycles in. The door is about 8" above the ground, so a 6ft or so ramp would make it pretty gradual. 

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, Real_PhillBert said:

Yeah, in the spring I'll build a ramp to get the motorcycles in. The door is about 8" above the ground, so a 6ft or so ramp would make it pretty gradual. 

guess you are keeping them somewhere warmer then over the winter?

[Real_PhillBert]

4 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

guess you are keeping them somewhere warmer then over the winter?

Next winter the motorcycles will be in there, but I'm pretty much out of time this fall, so the bikes will stay in the garage this winter. 

[FuzzyYellow]

anyone have suggestions on head units that are running full android? looking for something for the accord. I don't want to reply on CarPlay because I have to mount the aftermarket stereo in the cubby below the stock unit due to the climate controls being built-into the stereo. this makes it hard to see for navigation, so I want my phone to be independent on it's mount, but I want full android so that I can run torque pro for extra gauges.

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, FuzzyYellow said:

anyone have suggestions on head units that are running full android? looking for something for the accord. I don't want to reply on CarPlay because I have to mount the aftermarket stereo in the cubby below the stock unit due to the climate controls being built-into the stereo. this makes it hard to see for navigation, so I want my phone to be independent on it's mount, but I want full android so that I can run torque pro for extra gauges.

ive seen a lot of people say good things about the cheap ebay ones, but I do wonder if there are more premium/better ones that just work better/are faster

No one really reviews and scores them sooo.. hard to pick one

[FuzzyYellow]

11 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

ive seen a lot of people say good things about the cheap ebay ones, but I do wonder if there are more premium/better ones that just work better/are faster

No one really reviews and scores them sooo.. hard to pick one

this is my front runner right now. it seems to be reasonably prices, and has good reviews.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/ATOTO-Android-Navigation-Stereo-Bluetooth/dp/B077JLY24S/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1541439033&sr=1-3&keywords=android+head+unit

[bcredeur97]

41 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

this is my front runner right now. it seems to be reasonably prices, and has good reviews.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/ATOTO-Android-Navigation-Stereo-Bluetooth/dp/B077JLY24S/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1541439033&sr=1-3&keywords=android+head+unit

first thing I saw was the lack of volume knob.

I mean physical buttons are ok I guess, but I much rather a knob.

[Cereal5]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

first thing I saw was the lack of volume knob.

I mean physical buttons are ok I guess, but I much rather a knob.

But hey if he likes T Swizzle then he's good

[FuzzyYellow]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

first thing I saw was the lack of volume knob.

I mean physical buttons are ok I guess, but I much rather a knob.

yeah me too, but it seems a lot better reviewed than a lot of the others.