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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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I just checked to see how the paint on my diff cover was holding up. Still purple.attachicon.gifimage.jpeg

why is it purple?

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One day @MEC-777

 

 

FYI, he used to live in BC before moving to Japan with his wife. :)

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One of the cool things about the area I live is the high concentration of cars imported from Japan on the road. It's not uncommon to see 2 or 3 RHD cars (Skylines, 180sxs, Silvias, AE-86s, etc) on any given day. Mostly due to the companies like J-Spec auto and Japanese Classics that legally import, inspect, and title them; and all the military members who don't know how to manage their money buying them of course. This twin turbo 300zx is a new import and currently listed for $10,500 for example:

 

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Got me thinking that maybe my next second car could be something like this. Great investment because odds are, unless you crash it, you won't lose any money when you sell it.

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One of the cool things about the area I live is the high concentration of cars imported from Japan on the road. It's not uncommon to see 2 or 3 RHD cars (Skylines, 180sxs, Silvias, AE-86s, etc) on any given day. Mostly due to the companies like J-Spec auto and Japanese Classics that legally import, inspect, and title them; and all the military members who don't know how to manage their money buying them of course. This twin turbo 300zx is a new import and currently listed for $10,500 for example:

 

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Got me thinking that maybe my next second car could be something like this. Great investment because odds are, unless you crash it, you won't lose any money when you sell it.

well duh, east coast. near the ocean plus less emissions restrictions. but i can find a nicer lhd tt 300zx with leather and stuff for 5 grand or less.

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I'm running a very simmilar setup. For the price it's amazing. The installation of the cable really depends on how easy it is to remove the radio from the slot. It took me about half an hour to get it done in my Golf and to route the aux cable into the glove box. Look for a detailed installation guide, so you know what tools you need. My Bluetooth adapter sits in the glovebox, as I would like to remove it from time to time. You need to watch out, because all of the Bluetooth receivers I had would shut themselves off when there was no device connected for 15 minutes, so if it's stuck behind the radio, you can't turn it back on again. Try to route the cables to the glovebox or somewhere else accessible and put the bluetooth receiver there.

sigh :/ Well one that doesnt power off every 15 minutes would be nice. Even If I routed it to the glovebox I dont want to have to reach over and turn it on. I just want to start my car and there be bluetooth and my phone instantly connects and starts playing all my music shuffled lol, and then I could just leave the car and it would stop playing. 

 

It's almost like at that point I might as well just go wired.

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well duh, east coast. near the ocean plus less emissions restrictions. but i can find a nicer lhd tt 300zx with leather and stuff for 5 grand or less.

The Japanese themselves tend to take better care of their cars that Americans... just sayin'

 

but it is a 300ZX so anyone who owns it is bound to take care of it..

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Wrong coast

well still near body of water.

 

The Japanese themselves tend to take better care of their cars that Americans... just sayin'

 

but it is a 300ZX so anyone who owns it is bound to take care of it..

A typical american, yes. An enthusiast, they will take care of it like a second son.

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well duh, east coast. near the ocean plus less emissions restrictions. but i can find a nicer lhd tt 300zx with leather and stuff for 5 grand or less.

Classic cars generally don't have emission requirements anyways. A RHD car in the US is much more unique and won't lose it's value. Still a better investment. Swear I've seen more R-32 Skylines here than I did in Japan.

 

Of course I did see a few..

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Wrong coast

Considering both companies I listed are in Richmond VA..right coast.

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Made it sound like the cars coming from Japan would take the trouble to go all the way from Japan, thru the canal, to Virgina - which is not an efficient way of doing car shipping.

 

 

That't not how shipping works.

They would go from japan, to the west coast, on a train or truck, to the east coast. Not on a ship to the east coast 90% of the time. Not all the time which you would be correct, but most of the time.

ok but it's much much much harder to register an imported car in california than it is in the whole rest of the fucking united states.

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Im confused... is the United States not in America? or am I reading that wrong?  :(

wow my mind blanked out and wrote america instead of california.

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this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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want. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/5401836894.html so clean.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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hmm it just occured to me I have a raspberry pi gathering dust on my desk. Maybe I could use that with a wifi reciever instead of a bluetooth device. that for sure I know will turn on automagically when I turn on my car. Only downside is waiting for it to boot.

 

 

edit: hehehe someone basically did all the work for me already: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=50543

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Not car related, but I'm banned from GTA Online for a month for literally no reason. Pissing me off because it's just about the only game I play anymore

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Shouldn't take too long though right?

Shouldn't be more than 45 seconds-ish. Which I mean is doable. I always wait for the idle of my car to drop before I leave (which can take a couple minutes if motor is cold) So It shouldn't matter.

 

hmm this is exciting. I finally found a use for my pi xD

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Made it sound like the cars coming from Japan would take the trouble to go all the way from Japan, thru the canal, to Virgina - which is not an efficient way of doing car shipping.

Ships from Eastern Asia still constantly come into the Port of Virginia. Believe it or not, it actually is more efficient to do it that way. Just for curiosity I looked up a route from Norfolk to Osaka.

 

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Ships from Eastern Asia still constantly come into the Port of Virginia. Believe it or not, it actually is more efficient to do it that way. Just for curiosity I looked up a route from Norfolk to Osaka.

 

  

uses less fuel than individually shipping items

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Not car related, but I'm banned from GTA Online for a month for literally no reason. Pissing me off because it's just about the only game I play anymore

just install mods to it. for some reason my gta online doesn't work, so i just install a whole bunch of mods, mostly lspdfr and real car mods.

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this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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So here's an interesting question.

 

What color bushings should I get and will it be overly ugly if the end link bushings are blue and the sway mount bushings are red? The ones I'm looking at are that way.

black 

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just install mods to it. for some reason my gta online doesn't work, so i just install a whole bunch of mods, mostly lspdfr and real car mods.

i love mods on gta v they make it so much more fun

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but... polyurathane. The only black ones I have been able to find that are black are sold as a kit, which would be fine if I didn't have a front sway off of a 2wd blazer. I'm pretty sure that the end links are different.

i was just saying black because i could not think of another color that would look good with blue and red

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page 1937 needs one of my favorite cars from 1937

a cord 812

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i love mods on gta v they make it so much more fun

and the thing is it's PC exclusive so finally one advantage to over the console version, other than higher framerates.

 

but... polyurathane. The only black ones I have been able to find that are black are sold as a kit, which would be fine if I didn't have a front sway off of a 2wd blazer. I'm pretty sure that the end links are different.

why not all red?

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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but... polyurathane. The only black ones I have been able to find that are black are sold as a kit, which would be fine if I didn't have a front sway off of a 2wd blazer. I'm pretty sure that the end links are different.

It's just bushings... Not like anyone sees them.

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One day @MEC-777

 

 

FYI, he used to live in BC before moving to Japan with his wife. :)

 

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TaxTheRich are at it again!

 

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