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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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18 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

There's the "recommended service interval', then there's the "Phill Service Interval" haha

I go by the anti PhillBert Service Interval ;)

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13 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

@FuzzyYellow yeah better. But it ain’t:

 

^ (only pic i have on me phone) new ones

 

 

^ new ones

 

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^ I had to sand and polish these ($800+ each). I spent A LOT of time on them. Put Xpel covers on top of them. Didn’t bother with clear coat as I find it leaves a slight haze and all the “anti UV” products suck. The fog lights luckily are glass.

 

If I had to restore again, I will always do it this way or not at all. lol. moisture inside I'd take it apart... the Xpel covers are expensive but insanely thick and very very nice. but for $80.. I'd just get new ones in your situation. be done with it.

$800 per headlight for an Mx5? You can buy a whole car over here for less than that

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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1 hour ago, iDeFecZx said:

$800 per headlight for an Mx5? You can buy a whole car over here for less than that

Something about those NB2 headlights. They cost a fortune...used!

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13 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

yeah. Maybe I will at some point. maybe this spring/summer. I can get some aftermarket fully clear ones for about $65 and I like the looks of them. they'll look good on a black car.

 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/371969039248

I’d just go OE/OEM. But that’s me. I’m not usually a fan of different headlights from stock because they almost always look tacked on to me

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Amazon got me. Ordered a Corsair K95 RGB platinum in MX browns for the office. $139.99 on amazon.

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57 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Amazon got me. Ordered a Corsair K95 RGB platinum in MX browns for the office. $139.99 on amazon.

Nice! I kind of want a mech keyboard for work as well but I don’t feel like spending $100+ on one again lol

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the ceiling fan lights in one of the bedrooms in my parents house decided to suddenly stop working. That'll be fun to figure out...

 

hopefully it's just the light switch or something

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24 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Nice! I kind of want a mech keyboard for work as well but I don’t feel like spending $100+ on one again lol

I know what you mean, I'm just so tired of the horrid logitech k120 crap pad that I cant handle it anymore, especially with a K70 at home. 

 

I was looking for either the K95 or a Das Keyboard 4 Professional this black Friday. Idgaf about the RGBness of the K95 but... macros... haha

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3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Something about those NB2 headlights. They cost a fortune...used!

I was right, a tidy looking NB FL for the price of 2x headlights

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Needs money for car parts :P

 

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1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

I was right, a tidy looking NB FL for the price of 2x headlights

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You guys had the 1.6 there. We didn’t have that here. 

 

Because “the Americans won’t buy the small engine”

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3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

You guys had the 1.6 there. We didn’t have that here. 

 

Because “the Americans won’t buy the small engine”

are they wrong?

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7 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

are they wrong?

Probably not. As cheap as gas is here and how wide open our roads are, it makes sense to have the bigger engine. 

 

But what’s stupid is the 1.8 Europe (and japan) engine got the better intake manifold and tune lol (Japan got higher compression ratio too)

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1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I know what you mean, I'm just so tired of the horrid logitech k120 crap pad that I cant handle it anymore, especially with a K70 at home. 

 

I was looking for either the K95 or a Das Keyboard 4 Professional this black Friday. Idgaf about the RGBness of the K95 but... macros... haha

i've been really looking for a new keyboard. i thought my gateway membrane keyboard was nice in addition to its media keys, but since i got my hp spectre a while back, its firm clicky chiclet keys made me realize this keyboard is way too soft still.

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:') 

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Black friday sale at repco today time to get new oil filter and 5l oil for $30. 

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1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

You guys had the 1.6 there. We didn’t have that here. 

 

Because “the Americans won’t buy the small engine”

We did also get the 1.8s

The 1.6s are more popular cause its a stronger engine apparently 

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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36 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i've been really looking for a new keyboard. i thought my gateway membrane keyboard was nice in addition to its media keys, but since i got my hp spectre a while back, its firm clicky chiclet keys made me realize this keyboard is way too soft still.

I took the plunge with a k70 with blues, now it's real tough to go back. Beware, they'll ruin you.

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11 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I took the plunge with a k70 with blues, now it's real tough to go back. Beware, they'll ruin you.

They really do. Every other keyboard feels like crap compared to my now pretty old G710+

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54 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i've been really looking for a new keyboard. i thought my gateway membrane keyboard was nice in addition to its media keys, but since i got my hp spectre a while back, its firm clicky chiclet keys made me realize this keyboard is way too soft still.

You could probably get one of those non cherry off brand cheap keyboards and it’ll still be better than a membrane. I’m just not sure how well they hold up overtime

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1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I took the plunge with a k70 with blues, now it's real tough to go back. Beware, they'll ruin you.

i have a keyboard with blues, and while really nice to type on i cant stand them for games and much prefer my K70 with browns

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1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

i have a keyboard with blues, and while really nice to type on i cant stand them for games and much prefer my K70 with browns

I love my blues, but they'd be a bit noisy for office work. I may end up getting the orings for it if it gets too noisy. 

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1 minute ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I love my blues, but they'd be a bit noisy for office work. I may end up getting the orings for it if it gets too noisy. 

orings are a pretty bad solution, they destroy the point of mech keyboards and make them extremely mushy and tiering to type fast on. i tried some on my K70 and it didnt do much for the noise whilst making it a pain to use so i would recommend against it. a thicc rubber damping mat under the keyboard would probably do more

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

orings are a pretty bad solution, they destroy the point of mech keyboards and make them extremely mushy and tiering to type fast on. i tried some on my K70 and it didnt do much for the noise whilst making it a pain to use so i would recommend against it. a thicc rubber damping mat under the keyboard would probably do more

I thought the idea of the orings was to simply keep you from bottoming out the key, which makes most of the noise. If they're getting mushy the oring must be too thick.

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2 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I thought the idea of the orings was to simply keep you from bottoming out the key, which makes most of the noise. If they're getting mushy the oring must be too thick.

they get muchy and tireing because you end up pressing that oring unless you are an extremely light typer. i used some medium hardness 1.5mm orings IIRC and after typing away for a while i had quite a bit of finger fatuige compared to not having them. i have since then become a lighter typer but they didnt do much for sound anyway and destroyed my keyboard experience so after a month or two i got rid of them and sold them on for the exact same money i bought them for

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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