What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0
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02NavyBlue
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Washed my car at the quarter car wash, and while rinsing the time unexpectedly ended without a beeping like its supposed to. Only rinsed half the car... Tried doing a mini burnout in anger but it just dragged the rear wheels I guess lol. Oh well, just went home and rinsed it with the hose.
Washed my car at the quarter car wash, and while rinsing the time unexpectedly ended without a beeping like its supposed to. Only rinsed half the car... Tried doing a mini burnout in anger but it just dragged the rear wheels I guess lol. Oh well, just went home and rinsed it with the hose.
TexasTanker19kilo20
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02NavyBlue
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Yeah my friend who was with me pretty much said the same thing lol. First time for me, dangjt.
Yeah my friend who was with me pretty much said the same thing lol. First time for me, dangjt.
bonerjamz03
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Transmission fluid/gasket tomorrow morning.
Possibly trans. mount as well depending on how f'd up it is lol.
Transmission fluid/gasket tomorrow morning.
Possibly trans. mount as well depending on how f'd up it is lol.
Ultra440
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Been busy these past few weeks. Drove the Buick from Ohio to Florida and then back to Ohio before heading to new Jersey and back. 3k miles in 2 weeks. Once i got back to work, one of my employees told me I had a belt showing on my front tire and sure enough that tire could've blown on the highway in the middle of nowhere. I knew I needed tires but I didn't know they were that bad. After basically living out of my car for 2 weeks it was destroyed both inside and out so it got the full detail- carpets, vinyl treatment, glass, wash, clay bar, wax... finished it all off with a $650 set of brand new buick verano wheels and tires and some tire shine. I feel proud to own my car again and I think I'm coming down with the mod bug... an intercooler sure would be nice.
Been busy these past few weeks. Drove the Buick from Ohio to Florida and then back to Ohio before heading to new Jersey and back. 3k miles in 2 weeks. Once i got back to work, one of my employees told me I had a belt showing on my front tire and sure enough that tire could've blown on the highway in the middle of nowhere. I knew I needed tires but I didn't know they were that bad. After basically living out of my car for 2 weeks it was destroyed both inside and out so it got the full detail- carpets, vinyl treatment, glass, wash, clay bar, wax... finished it all off with a $650 set of brand new buick verano wheels and tires and some tire shine. I feel proud to own my car again and I think I'm coming down with the mod bug... an intercooler sure would be nice.
BillBoost37
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Washed it up. Washed the wifes car as well, tire shined them both.
Washed it up. Washed the wifes car as well, tire shined them both.
Bronco Boy
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Installed this yesterday.....
The only thing is that I am not happy with the amount of threads no longer being used on the strut nuts......
Might have to loose the brackets.
Installed this yesterday.....
The only thing is that I am not happy with the amount of threads no longer being used on the strut nuts......
Might have to loose the brackets.
theaceofspades
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Mine sit flush I can take pics today broncoboy but I have 04+
Mine sit flush I can take pics today broncoboy but I have 04+
Bronco Boy
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The other fun I had was that the holes in the brackets for the bar, were 10mm. That means that the tap was M12x1.5; huge! Which meant I had to enlargen the holes on the bar. Can you trickle down effect. LOL
Thanks, but I googled the crap out of this topic before I even started; I figured I would run into this as some are flush, and some aren't. I was going to machine a lip into the brackets so that the nuts would sit lower, but it won't be enough.
The other fun I had was that the holes in the brackets for the bar, were 10mm. That means that the tap was M12x1.5; huge! Which meant I had to enlargen the holes on the bar. Can you trickle down effect. LOL
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Re: What did you do to your Car today? Vol 2.0
Put Wagner ThermoQuiet pads on the Taurus. Figured Front was enough for now. No more squealing, easy to take off but getting them back together was a b!tch. Fvck anti rattle springs and clips. Just make a brake that doesn't rattle, why design it in such a way that you need extra clips and springs everywhere.
Oh and thanks Wagner for giving me the instructions on how to assemble brakes with no spring clips. Real fvcking helpful when you are balls deep in a wheel well trying to get sh!t to stay together when you realize the instructions are useless.
Put Wagner ThermoQuiet pads on the Taurus. Figured Front was enough for now. No more squealing, easy to take off but getting them back together was a b!tch. Fvck anti rattle springs and clips. Just make a brake that doesn't rattle, why design it in such a way that you need extra clips and springs everywhere.
Oh and thanks Wagner for giving me the instructions on how to assemble brakes with no spring clips. Real fvcking helpful when you are balls deep in a wheel well trying to get sh!t to stay together when you realize the instructions are useless.
Bronco Boy
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I put these on the front of my GP a few years ago. Good pads, nothing special, except that they don't throw brake dust. I still can't get used to how my front wheels are barely dirty when my rears are covered.
TexasTanker19kilo20
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Waxed it from front to back, put some fuel in it and took a cool picture for Instagram.
Waxed it from front to back, put some fuel in it and took a cool picture for Instagram.
Re: What did you do to your Car today? Vol 2.0
They where on sale for like 150$ all around. After cursing and fighting the anti rattle springs on the front I gave up. I will do the rear some other day. The Furd was making a faint squealing in the front, which prompted the work. Apparently the pads on the car where actually thicker than the Wagners because I didn't even need to compress the caliper.
The old pads looked kinda chewed up in certain spots. I assume they where the cheapest OE spec pads you can buy. Probably had extra material because of how fast they where out.
They where on sale for like 150$ all around. After cursing and fighting the anti rattle springs on the front I gave up. I will do the rear some other day. The Furd was making a faint squealing in the front, which prompted the work. Apparently the pads on the car where actually thicker than the Wagners because I didn't even need to compress the caliper.
The old pads looked kinda chewed up in certain spots. I assume they where the cheapest OE spec pads you can buy. Probably had extra material because of how fast they where out.
CapnBreakAlot
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Parked like a dick at work today because sexy car is sexy. Everyone at work agrees the new wheels look a million times better. I can't get enough of it.
Parked like a dick at work today because sexy car is sexy. Everyone at work agrees the new wheels look a million times better. I can't get enough of it.
HighOctaneRacing
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Yea you tire shine those bad boys, dry rot them tires lol
BillBoost37
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Won't have it a year. Plus.. Car Products Ultra Gold isn't going to rot the tires. It's a great product, not a cheap one.
Won't have it a year. Plus.. Car Products Ultra Gold isn't going to rot the tires. It's a great product, not a cheap one.
Sven the Sexman
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Received my first recall notice..."park pawl failure due to contamination during assembly"...hmmm....
Received my first recall notice..."park pawl failure due to contamination during assembly"...hmmm....
BillBoost37
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Took longer than you thought.......admit it.
Took longer than you thought.......admit it.
Sven the Sexman
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I never rely on a park pawl on an auto car...the majority are a spring and roller design that falls into a notch. My car is set to automatically engage the park brake when I put the car in park and release it when I take it out of park so I'm in no rush to do anything with it.
I never rely on a park pawl on an auto car...the majority are a spring and roller design that falls into a notch. My car is set to automatically engage the park brake when I put the car in park and release it when I take it out of park so I'm in no rush to do anything with it.