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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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What would you guys/gals suggest for cleaning leather in a car. Last car was cloth but now my new car has leather. Am I fine with anything and when should I clean the seats. I'm not messy and I don't allow people to eat or drink in my car. Car is 3 month old. Thanks in advance.


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I know what it needs. Its the money part of the equation thats the issue. :P

Already changed the wheels and tires and it makes a world of difference with just that compared to stock.

My dad helped a friend of his change the control arms and bushings on his challenger. They have delrin bushings in them and it really stiffened the car.

bushings are a pain to change lol, usually you end up needing a hydraulic press.

 

This is why on a daily driver I think i would op for just coilovers (you can get a good set for only a grand on a lot of vehicles) and replacing the stock bushings as components with bushings included as needed. Tires do make a night and day difference on any car too, and keep you safer, and help you stop faster. Just annoying when you have to swap rims just to get decent tires because that is expensive lol

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bushings are a pain to change lol, usually you end up needing a hydraulic press.

 

This is why on a daily driver I think i would op for just coilovers (you can get a good set for only a grand on a lot of vehicles) and replacing the stock bushings as components with bushings included as needed. Tires do make a night and day difference on any car too, and keep you safer, and help you stop faster. Just annoying when you have to swap rims just to get decent tires because that is expensive lol

the bushings were preset in the new control arms. We do have the tools to do bushings at my dads house though.

I think I paid 500 for my wheels because they were used but they had been freshly powdercoated. I had been looking at wheels for over a year just to put better tires on. Went from 15" to 17".

I would like to change the hubs too so I can run stock prelude rotors (which are larger than the accord) and move to a 5 lug setup instead of 4.

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Legend:

Shame he left us now. He will always be in our rallying fan hearts.

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

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Shame he left us now. He will always be in our rallying fan hearts.

 

Colin McRae put Subaru Rallying on the map. And his pure passion is amazing.

And the Legacy sounds amazing.... 

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Ive got nothing to day, so heres a dirty Hyundai 

15776305843_9846603830_c.jpg20150129_170344 by Flat412, on Flickr

One dream, one soul, one prize, One goal, one golden glance of what should be, It's a kind of magic.

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Ive got nothing to day, so heres a dirty Hyundai 

20150129_170344 by Flat412, on Flickr

Holy shit, what have you been doing?

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

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Holy shit, what have you been doing?

Wasn't me  :D

One dream, one soul, one prize, One goal, one golden glance of what should be, It's a kind of magic.

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Wasn't me  :D

 

Yea, doesn't look like it was from wheel-spin

Someone did some mad skids next it huh?. 

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Yea, doesn't look like it was from wheel-spin

Someone did some mad skids next it huh?. 

yes, my friend in his citroen saxo. (i sat next to him)

 

My VR6 wont do that since i cant turn my traction control off.....

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yes, my friend in his citroen saxo. (i sat next to him)

 

My VR6 wont do that since i cant turn my traction control off.....

 

That's one shitty thing about new volks. the fact that you can't turn off pretty much anything in the car.

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the bushings were preset in the new control arms. We do have the tools to do bushings at my dads house though.

I think I paid 500 for my wheels because they were used but they had been freshly powdercoated. I had been looking at wheels for over a year just to put better tires on. Went from 15" to 17".

I would like to change the hubs too so I can run stock prelude rotors (which are larger than the accord) and move to a 5 lug setup instead of 4.

sounds like your gonna make a pretty awesome car for not that much money

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yes, my friend in his citroen saxo. (i sat next to him)

 

My VR6 wont do that since i cant turn my traction control off.....

start pulling fuses my friend. Usually if you pull the ABS fuse it will turn everything off since stability and traction control rely on ABS to be working properly

 

edit: i know you can do this in a few other german cars, not 100% sure about yours; but it just makes sense

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"There is nothing more difficult than fixing something that isn't all the way broken yet." - Author Unknown

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sounds like your gonna make a pretty awesome car for not that much money

 

Its still expensive. And the time to do stuff is rough since its my daily driver.

 

yes, my friend in his citroen saxo. (i sat next to him)

 

My VR6 wont do that since i cant turn my traction control off.....

First thing i look for in a new car. Traction control button.

Blarg

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start pulling fuses my friend. Usually if you pull the ABS fuse it will turn everything off since stability and traction control rely on ABS to be working properly

 

edit: i know you can do this in a few other german cars, not 100% sure about yours; but it just makes sense

 

It my friend's Jetta there nothing to do unless he removed the abs sensors.

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so my car is kinda fast now...

 

dynovsstock-page-001_zps3wkxz2wn.jpg

 

dotted line is stock, 100% calibrated mustang dyno because that plot was the very first car on it minutes after dyno calibration/install

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so my car is kinda fast now...

 

 

 

dotted line is stock, 100% calibrated mustang dyno because that plot was the very first car on it minutes after dyno calibration/install

Damn son, congrats.

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 Its still expensive. And the time to do stuff is rough since its my daily driver.

Yeah it is sadly... As much as i want to blow a grand on coilovers for my little corolla I just cant... lol

 

what doesnt help either is that it doesnt add much value to the car

"If a Lobster is a fish because it moves by jumping, then a kangaroo is a bird" - Admiral Paulo de Castro Moreira da Silva

"There is nothing more difficult than fixing something that isn't all the way broken yet." - Author Unknown

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Yeah it is sadly... As much as i want to blow a grand on coilovers for my little corolla I just cant... lol

 

what doesnt help either is that it doesnt add much value to the car

I dont plan to sell mine but I know what mean. When I finally do it will probably be a twisted charred heap on the side of the road.

Blarg

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Seriously, this thread is kinda like my roleplay club. It has a lot of energy and posts in the beginning, but fast forward a couple thousand posts, and it's starting to lose energy, maybe like 2-5 posts a day. Let's keep this energy up.

"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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Seriously, this thread is kinda like my roleplay club. It has a lot of energy and posts in the beginning, but fast forward a couple thousand posts, and it's starting to lose energy, maybe like 2-5 posts a day. Let's keep this energy up.

 

There's nothing to talk about and @AlexStriz and @techswede have gone AWOL  :P

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There's nothing to talk about and @AlexStriz and @techswede have gone AWOL  :P

Name one time they were on the thread. Been a while.

"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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