Author Topic: What did you do to your car today? (Read 3012654 times)

2JDM · « **Reply #12340 on:** April 18, 2020, 10:31:29 pm »

Looks good. I don't like piano black either.

Tire swap and painted my callipers black. It feels good to be on three season rubber again. I've only put on ~7k in one year!!

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Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12341 on:** April 18, 2020, 11:09:22 pm »

The aluminum on the dash does look much better. Nice upgrade.

Tire swap tomorrow I think. Tuned up all the kids bikes tonight.

Gurgie · « **Reply #12342 on:** April 18, 2020, 11:11:03 pm »

Quote from: 1FGC on April 18, 2020, 10:31:29 pm

Looks good. I don't like piano black either.

Tire swap and painted my callipers black. It feels good to be on three season rubber again. I've only put on ~7k in one year!!

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That's a great looking car!!

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rrocket · « **Reply #12343 on:** April 18, 2020, 11:14:48 pm »

Yep...looking good.

Bubba · « **Reply #12344 on:** April 18, 2020, 11:16:36 pm »

Quote from: 1FGC on April 18, 2020, 10:31:29 pm

Looks good. I don't like piano black either.

Tire swap and painted my callipers black. It feels good to be on three season rubber again. I've only put on ~7k in one year!!

Looks great!

tortoise · « **Reply #12345 on:** April 19, 2020, 12:25:34 am »

Quote from: 1FGC on April 18, 2020, 10:31:29 pm

Tire swap and painted my callipers black. It feels good to be on three season rubber again.

Man, I really like the 1-series. It's such a great car.

aquadorhj · « **Reply #12346 on:** April 19, 2020, 01:08:40 am »

Washed the Merc and took it for a drive.

Scaerio · « **Reply #12347 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:05:54 am »

Quote from: tortoise on April 19, 2020, 12:25:34 am

Quote from: 1FGC on April 18, 2020, 10:31:29 pm
Tire swap and painted my callipers black. It feels good to be on three season rubber again.

Man, I really like the 1-series. It's such a great car.

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #12348 on:** April 19, 2020, 06:59:50 am »

Quote from: 1FGC on April 18, 2020, 10:31:29 pm

Looks good. I don't like piano black either.

Tire swap and painted my callipers black. It feels good to be on three season rubber again. I've only put on ~7k in one year!!

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Looks nice
I guess you don’t head over to Quebec with the tint on the front windows
My son had to pull the tint off his Golf wagon when he was working in Gatineau

Railton · « **Reply #12349 on:** April 19, 2020, 07:52:15 am »

You ever notice that those with the darkest tint all over their windows are the drivers who commit all the bone-head driving manoeuvres?
Railton

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #12350 on:** April 19, 2020, 09:45:10 am »

Quote from: Railton on April 19, 2020, 07:52:15 am

You ever notice that those with the darkest tint all over their windows are the drivers who commit all the bone-head driving manoeuvres?
Railton

Not me

ChaosphereIX · « **Reply #12351 on:** April 19, 2020, 09:47:32 am »

Dark tinted usually means a young driver, and young drivers usually are bonehead rich. I say this as someone who has dark tinted on his past two dailies.

2JDM · « **Reply #12352 on:** April 19, 2020, 10:36:58 am »

Quote from: Airbalancer on April 19, 2020, 06:59:50 am

Quote from: 1FGC on April 18, 2020, 10:31:29 pm
Looks good. I don't like piano black either.

Tire swap and painted my callipers black. It feels good to be on three season rubber again. I've only put on ~7k in one year!!

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Looks nice
I guess you don’t head over to Quebec with the tint on the front windows
My son had to pull the tint off his Golf wagon when he was working in Gatineau

The tint is 35% I think and came with the car. I've been to Quebec numerous times with the car and no tickets yet. You can see right through it during the day.

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Railton · « **Reply #12353 on:** April 19, 2020, 10:41:24 am »

I had the 35% installed on mine as well - must have been the first picture that made it look much darker.
Railton

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #12354 on:** April 19, 2020, 11:14:55 am »

In Quebec, it is only 30% in front side windows
I like 35% in the windows , keeps you cooler in the summer

I think the cops just like to give workers from Ontario a harder time , he had the tint in NS, BC, and Ontario and never had a problem until he had to travel to his office in Quebec
https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/road-safety/modes-transportation/automobile/modified-cars/tinted-windows/

pi314 · « **Reply #12355 on:** April 19, 2020, 06:13:43 pm »

Quote from: Airbalancer on April 19, 2020, 11:14:55 am

In Quebec, it is only 30% in front side windows
I like 35% in the windows , keeps you cooler in the summer

I think the cops just like to give workers from Ontario a harder time , he had the tint in NS, BC, and Ontario and never had a problem until he had to travel to his office in Quebec
https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/road-safety/modes-transportation/automobile/modified-cars/tinted-windows/

Technically NS doesn't allow tint at all but I've never seen anyone charged. QC has regulations about front windows and police have meters. I didn't tint my front windows for that reason

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12356 on:** April 19, 2020, 07:16:42 pm »

Quote from: wongpong on April 19, 2020, 03:13:40 pm

Sold the van today! Spring cleaning under way

How was the market for selling with all this COVID stuff?

revalations · « **Reply #12357 on:** April 19, 2020, 09:12:17 pm »

Installed the $1400 worth of fancy electronic front struts in the Wifes Escalade. What a difference in ride, the old ones were done. Took about an hour start to finish, super easy job.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12358 on:** April 19, 2020, 09:17:01 pm »

Nice!

I changed over tires on the Acura and Tercel. Sealed the noisy sunroof on the Tercel.

revalations · « **Reply #12359 on:** April 19, 2020, 09:30:42 pm »

Quote from: wongpong on April 19, 2020, 09:14:29 pm

Quote from: revalations on April 19, 2020, 09:12:17 pm
Installed the $1400 worth of fancy electronic front struts in the Wifes Escalade. What a difference in ride, the old ones were done. Took about an hour start to finish, super easy job.
electronic front strut...?

The magnetic ride control on the Escalade, there's a pug to plug in on the top of the strut so they do something electronically!
All I now is they aren't cheap and the cheap alternative is a passive strut, but I hear that that option increases the front ride height 3/4 inch and you'll have a service ride control message on the dash.