Thread: What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0

Going to be replacing passenger rear wheel bearing tomorrow morning

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Originally Posted by Russosaur

Yeah I have a local napa here, they are the dumbest hours ever. Only open till like 2 or 3 on Saturday, closed sunday, and close at like 5 the rest of the week. That and anything thats not behind the counter is really expensive it seems.

Try living in a place were EVERYTHING closes at 7 pm. Then tell me how bad it sucks

Originally Posted by Travisgt2

Going to be replacing passenger rear wheel bearing tomorrow morning

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Thats the one I did. Good thing its easy.

Originally Posted by HighOctaneRacing

Noooo. I honestly don't care what the hell you put in your car cause it's your problem not mine lol. Worked at NAPA and Advance a few years ago and the difference in quality is big. IK who makes what parts for NAPA and their higher quality is why I choose them. That's all

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If Advance had the ability to look up my entire history there I would bet I am close to $10,000 (if not more) spent there over the last 18 years. If you add my dad and my brother we are probably close to $40,000 or more as a family over the same time period and none of us have ever had a issue with their quality. Also, if they don't have what I need at the store, 99% of the time they'll have it by the next day and you don't get charged anything to have it there the next day. They've always treated me right, so I will continue to use them.

NAPA on the other hand, never has anything I need, charges you shipping to get stuff in that they have to order, and that shipping isn't cheap. Also the chances of having it the next day are slim to none. The guys at the store act like they can't be bothered and the stuff not behind the counter is stupid expensive compared to other stores. For example I stopped in there the other day because I was in the area and the spray lube was priced so stupid I turned around and walked out the door.

Originally Posted by stealthee

Nope, eff the other ones either way. AutoZone has buy online, pick up in store too, but I still refuse to use them. NAPA never has what I need. Another one in the area here called Frank's Auto Supermarket seems to be good for "on the shelf things", but their behind the counter things are lacking so I don't even bother.

For me all my parts are from Advance, Amazon, RockAuto, or eBay. It all depends on how quick I need something and how good of a price I can get.

that's exactly the order i go when price checking. if advanced is within a few bucks and has it in stock , i'll get it there , if not whoever has the lowest price with shipping wins.

O'Reilly's or... haven't needed to try anywhere else so that tells you something. Either about how much I or they care. Napas are owned locally, other chains are not. If I'm not mistaken! Totally different deal, but their strategy is pro-based more than retail (IMHO) and that explains why a Napa burger might not taste the same two states away but an Advance burger will. That plus Napa is in a lot more places now, its been growing and we all know thats painful. OR is strong in both pro and retail. Pros usually like Napa because thats who they are there for. Just my .02.

My 99, the GTP... ah she is doing a lot better after this weekend's showering of attention. Bill thanks for bumping me towards ignition woes. About all I did today was to flush the steering and boy it needed that like a hog needs slop. feels like christmas eve because tires tomorrow lol

Drove gp today, anytime i give it more than 2/3 throttle, i get a horrible smell. Cat converter? Getting no ses lights, feel like car has lost power, spark plugs were just replaced, wires not sure mabey just a clogging cat?

you already said you had a clogging cat

Pulled valve covers to check rockers. Everything is good, thankfully, so looks like my engine notice is definitely another exhaust leak. Bah. Gonna get some new gaskets and try gain. Certainly sound like header leak at head. Also killed fuel pump, or so I thought. Pulled it out, desoldered and hooked to battery charger. Started purring gain with a few swift bumps on the garage floor. Hacked me canister a little more while I was there.

Also ordered some poly dogbone bushings. Mine are flipped and ripped.

Matt,

SEM does make a graphite that matches up very well. Allow me to give you some examples of how well




Backside, because this switch wasn't meant for this bezel




Bill's first homelink


Texture on it


SEM'd


Anyone recognize this fog light button?


It's their graphite though.. works mint for GM cars.

On the throttle body cleaning. Get a fresh gasket and just pull the TB. Don't worry about coolant, you won't lose enough to bother with. Don't drain..just pull it.. clean the surface and TB..then put it back together.

As far as running with a potential incorrect wiring.. these motors can run very well with the wrong wiring, it's pretty amazing. As well they usually want just a little ignition help. Glad that's all it was.

that sem paint for my steering wheel was damn nice to work with too. the coats dry to the touch in minutes too.

for a part you touch all the time, its holding up perfectly still.

Scott...search my photobucket for the paint cans with part numbers will ya?

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Scott...search my photobucket for the paint cans with part numbers will ya?

whos got time for that bill lol id go missing for days and then forget wtf i was in there for in the first place.........

Originally Posted by REDCOMPG

Lmao

You'll see bits and pieces every once in awhile


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It doesn't exist. That's smuts car


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Hey Matt... I found it.



And the texture


I found if you knock down the texture with a green scrubby.. it has approximately the perfect level once painted.

And let's start off properly with adhesion promoter

Originally Posted by theaceofspades

It doesn't exist. That's smuts car


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Doesn't have a Inferno hood unfortunately


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Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue

Finished my electrical mods. Fogs are now drls with key on, controlled with the stock switch as well as with a diode they come on with the key off with parking lamps on, as its supposed to.

Funny, mine does pretty much the same thing...... only because my disabled "auto on" lights think it is dark all the time and turn the park lights on when the e-brake is released. So I added that "delay on" relay to the fogs so I can leave the fog light switch "on". I like it. LOL

That SEM product is awesome. As long as you prep good, it will last. I did the interior of my Bronco way back. It took a beating and still looked good.

Originally Posted by Bronco Boy

Funny, mine does pretty much the same thing...... only because my disabled "auto on" lights think it is dark all the time and turn the park lights on when the e-brake is released. So I added that "delay on" relay to the fogs so I can leave the fog light switch "on". I like it. LOL

I'm thinking I should add a delay timer to it, I don't want to be turning the switch on and off all the time to start it. I would like to use the original drl circuit to control it, but that got disabled with the auto headlights

Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue

I'm thinking I should add a delay timer to it, I don't want to be turning the switch on and off all the time to start it.

Are you using the stock alarm? I have an aftermarket one, and when I was testing the delay on relay, I noticed that the remote start turns the park lights on and off a few times as it runs its self-tests, and my 4 second delay needed to go to 5 seconds. Couldn't get 5, so settled for 6. LOL

I love it this way. I haven't turned the fog light switch to off in what seems like forever, yet I have HID fog DRL's that can be turned off by me if and when I want.