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What did you do to your Car today?

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used JB marine weld on the tank on the radiator, crack was smaller then i thought, maybe 2 inches long. we shall see what happens tomorrow when i refill it.
 


Scottydoggs said:
anyone ever use a plastic welder? just saw a bunch of vids fixing plastic rad tanks, looks to easy to be true. HF sells a welder for 15 bucks. dont think i can buy a used rad for that cheap.
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I've used this type of product as a trail fix. I wouldn't leave it on, but I will say that a buddy had it on his rad for 2 years and all was fine.
 
a whole lot of guys said its sealed for a few years so far. its gonna get changed, this just lets me put it off for a while. like to drive to a part out for said new/used radiator. then if it gets to cold it can wait longer.
 
Washed it since it's finally above freezing. (It's been over a month) Also waxed the headlights and tails as I always do almost every wash. Good to wash the salt off, I sprayed what I could of the underbody too. My car doesn't seem to clean up very well like it did in the summer for some reason. I really need to clean the inside windows, I've been using rubbing alcohol to clean windows for years and it's always worked really well, but recently the new bottles they come in also seem to b a different product. It's no longer streak free, they must be putting other things in it (that don't evaporate) so now I have to find a new favorite glass cleaner. Anybody have any preferences? I know of windex and dirtex.
 
02NavyBlue said:
I really need to clean the inside windows, I've been using rubbing alcohol to clean windows for years and it's always worked really well, but recently the new bottles they come in also seem to b a different product. It's no longer streak free, they must be putting other things in it (that don't evaporate) so now I have to find a new favorite glass cleaner. Anybody have any preferences? I know of windex and dirtex.
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Surf City Garage "Beyond Glass". Been using it for a few years and haven't been able to make it streak.

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Another thing, I FINALLY decided to aim my headlights. The left was pointing all the way in the center and far down, the right was just up too high. So I leveled them to about here. They're level to each other but I have no idea where exactly they should be. How's this look?

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02NavyBlue said:
Another thing, I FINALLY decided to aim my headlights. The left was pointing all the way in the center and far down, the right was just up too high. So I leveled them to about here. They're level to each other but I have no idea where exactly they should be. How's this look?

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That looks good. I need to do that too, mine are bit off.
 
Iceman6669 said:
JB weld that sucker..
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Yea I might lol because the cost of repair is more than the car is worth. I'm a little upset mainly because I just had new LCA'S put on last week... At least it was damn near on "E" when it broke down. Glad I have my GP as a back up....

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02NavyBlue said:
Ahh see I hate the smell of vinegar, and strangely that's my mom's method too.


Where can I find that stuff?
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Bronco Boy said:
You could come and see me. I have skids of it in my warehouse. :th_thumbsup-wink:

But to save you a long drive, Surf City is based on California; I'm sure lots of places across the US carry the brand..... http://www.surfcitygarage.com/locator
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Pep boys carries their products. If not detailing.com also carries surf city.

spazzz said:
walmart or Oriellys for Invisible Glass.
cheap and effective
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Invisible glass is good as well. I use that as well. I just tried meguiar's perfect clarity and that worked nicely as well.

02NavyBlue said:
Another thing, I FINALLY decided to aim my headlights. The left was pointing all the way in the center and far down, the right was just up too high. So I leveled them to about here. They're level to each other but I have no idea where exactly they should be. How's this look?

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That looks good.
 


02NavyBlue said:
They're level to each other but I have no idea where exactly they should be. How's this look?
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They look level. The left side is a bit high, but should be fine with the driver in the car.

Can't tell on the height as I don't know how tall the first section of a garage door is. LOL
 
I cleaned up the bullits around the outside of the rims where they had a little curb rash. I also noticed 2 of them are welded up. They still hold air fine so I'm guessing it was a professional fix. I'm dropping them off to get new tires put on tomorrow. 235/50/17's sound good to me.
 
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