Thread 28663170

Stupid questions that don't deserve their own thread

What's the best way to remove heavy calcification inside a radiator? I let it sit for 24 hours with vinegar and poured it out today, it was white as milk but there's still a noticeable amount inside. Just redo the vinegar soak several times?

>>28663170 (OP)
You scrap it and buy a new one for $90 on rockauto.

>>28663173
Why when my current radiator is fine minus the calcium?

>>28663170 (OP)
undiluted vinegar soak with agitation

>>28663186
And my current engine is fine minus the cracked block

>>28663190
these aren't similar problems in the slightest. there's no physical damage, it's just a buildup.
It would be like swapping out your engine because your old one had carbon buildup.

>>28663188
>>28663170 (OP)
try CLR

>>28663190
Wrenchlet dumbass.

Did you use actual vinegar, or the ~5% vinegar/95% water child-safe scam vinegar sold at grocery stores?

>>28663221
I used the $3 gallon of vinegar sold at Walmart

>>28663221
Say goodbye to the metal.

>>28663231
Then you actually just used water
>>28663243
Yeah, I don't recommend using this without dilution, 25% vinegar/water should do fine, which is 400% stronger than scam vinegar.

>>28663250
I've never had a problem with Walmart vinegar to dissolve rust, and I've put some very rust shit in it
Vinegar elitism isn't something I expected to find on here

>>28663221
Wow. Vinegar so strong it comes with a fucking MSDS sheet.

>>28663170 (OP)
keep the vinegar hot with a water heater element and pump it through the radiator bottom to top with some sort of a pump.

>>28663170 (OP)
I would just redo it 2-4 times then follow it with some dish detergent then water rinse. Personally I would not leave vinegar in there for more than a day. 15min of driving with the motor hot always worked good for me.

>>28663257
he's just being a faggot

>>28663304
>keep the vinegar hot with a water heater element and pump it through the radiator bottom to top with some sort of a pump.
I would just buy a new radiator before doing that.

>>28663325
>Personally I would not leave vinegar in there for more than a day.
I've left metal in vinegar for weeks with no ill effect. it's a very mild acid at 5% strength.

>>28663364
which metal? I've tried to remove stuck piston rings and within a week the ring and the aluminum had significant corrosion, had to get used pistons and jugs.

anyway vinegar is bad for the rubber bits and seals, it makes it soft then brittle over time

>>28663170 (OP)
>What's the best way to remove heavy calcification inside a radiator?
Borax, 100% Lemon Juice mixture with distilled water.

>>28663170 (OP)
if your radiator has so much buildup then the block does too, throw that shit back on and use vinegar as coolant for a week then flush it out.

>>28663288
>>28663243
This.
Vinegar is the go-to product for stripping rust on vintage BMX components.
You can literally melt steel (beams) with it into a pile of goo if you let it sit too long. And im talking about the diluted white cooking vinegar like anon got from Walmart.

Did nobody have a chemistry teacher in high school who started the semester with a dozen jars of various acids from vinegar to soda to citrus to battery acid and see how long it takes to dissolve an iron nail in it (?)

I need non-shill wiper blade recommendations, I bought a cheap set from super cheap and the blades ripped in like 2 months, so it turns out that wasn't a great choice

>>28663288
Every household chemical has an MSDS as mandated by OSHA

>>28663600
find out what brand/supplier your car came with from the factory and use those

>>28663611
Have we not made advances in wiper tech in the last 30 years? I guess it is just a strip of rubber

>>28663614
tires are "just" rubber too, but it's a lot easier to develop rubber that slides over glass without hopping, tearing, or cracking from temperature changes than it is to develop a tire. the materials science has basically been solved for the blade rubber itself; it's just a matter of how cheap the materials are

>>28663288
every chemical has an MSDS sheet as required by law. even water does iirc

>>28663600
oh man i remember when they had their silicone blades. they were fantastic when they worked, but they only lasted a year lol. premium ones like PIAA last like 5 years but very expensive to get here, if you can even get them at all.
Anyway, try the oem toyota blades, you can get the part number for just the refills instead of the entire assembly which will be a lot cheaper. They're pretty damn good, also graphite coated so they'll glide right over the glass

>>28663591
>You can literally melt steel (beams) with it into a pile of goo if you let it sit too long. And im talking about the diluted white cooking vinegar like anon got from Walmart.
maybe if you leave it for like 700 years

Are these any faster/better than using channel locks?

>>28663605
>Every household chemical has an MSDS as mandated by OSHA
They havent been called MSDS in a long time, they're now SDS, and they're only required by OSHA for workplaces. The exact opposite of "household" chemical

>>28663600
PIAA silicone blades are nice, the ones with the metal frames have replacable blades

>>28663170 (OP)
Flush it with washing machine cleaner, calgon, or pure sodium citrate (same active ingredient in all of it).

>>28663354
>I would just buy a new radiator before doing that.
You do realize some radiators are hard to come by and super expensive right?

>>28663221
That's what's used to convert morphine into heroin. It's heavily watched.

>>28663170 (OP)
you might be able to get it recored if it's some obscure or unobtainium radiator

>>28663802
>That's what's used to convert morphine into heroin. It's heavily watched.
unlikely, you can concentrate vinegar with fractional freezing.

>>28663702
these are not better than channellocks, IMO piston expanders are only really useful on dual piston calipers (as in one on both sides of the caliper). so if you do buy one get one that expands in both directions.

>>28663718
OK poindexter, it's still mandated by law whether or not they're used in the workplace. Dish soap, toothpaste and even water have an (M)SDS.

>>28663848
I was gonna use it at work, so it would be on single and double.

>>28663646
>didn't take high school chemistry.
Here's a hint:
There were no nails left at the end of the semester.

>take oil pan off 350 vortec to replace leaking gasket
>previous owner was one of those dumbasses who uses RTV on top of the gasket so I had to scrape that mess off
>it leaks anyways hence me having to replace it, what a moron
>normally 14 bolts hold pan on except mine has 10 bolts and 4 studs with nuts
>some other parts took forever to come in so I lost track of where the studs go
>apparently I have the only engine in the world with some studs on the oil pan because no amount of searching can tell me where the studs are supposed to go or if it matters

I know one stud holds the transmission cooler bracket in place, that's easy. But the other three, I guess I'll just put them where the crossmember runs under the pan? That's the only place I can find that looks different or "special" where the studs could go instead of bolts.
Do I have in fact have a 1 of 1 motor where this is the case or does anyone know where I should put the studs?

>>28663907
>it's still mandated by law whether or not they're used in the workplace
again they're not you retard. you dont even know what they're called, MSDSes were retired by OSHA in 2012. and you still dont seem to know what the O in OSHA stands for

>>28663977
I misspoke but my point stands, just about every chemical used around the house has one even if the whole scheme is intended for occupational use.

Over here we have very mild winters, not even -10°C, the snow sometimes even decline the invitation.

And yet every year you have normies switching into their "winter tyres". Good for the tyre guys I guess, they also need to be fed.

But what I did was just install new 'all season' tyres and then never bothered. I've had no issue with it.

What are the cons of this?

>>28663928
You're not dissolving a nail with walmart vinegar in any short period of time you dimb faggot. Those tools sat in vinegar for a year and a half and are mostly unchanged.

>>28664087
Who knows, 'all season' is a phrase used to refer to a whole lot of different tyres, some that are good, lots that are absolute shit, and everything in between. There's a specific tyre that exists that has certain specific properties, and it's the one you picked, but who knows what to say about it if you don't mention it either.
A bit precious to be asking for validation after you've already made the decision to begin with at any rate.

>>28664136
>mostly unchanged

>>28664136
>ill take "whats the difference of chromium vs steel" for $200, Alex.
Fucking moron.

>>28664164
cherry picking a single tool in the bunch is beyond idiotic. these also weren't good condition tools when they went in, what you're missing from that wrench was mainly from a substantial amount of rust, not the vinegar.
>>28664166
yeah? chrome files? chrome impact sockets? fucking dumbass
some of the steel was eaten away, but not a significant portion, especially not enough that
>You can literally melt steel (beams) with it into a pile of goo
in anything short of centuries.

that's also not even how jeopardy works. you're just retarded through and through.

>BRO 5% VINEGAR WILL MELT STEEL BEAMS!
disregard that it didn't do jack shit to a spring that's probably not even 1/16" thick and every single tool still has perfectly legible wording after 19 months

I guess that was just a chrome spring though, right?

>>28664160
>A bit precious to be asking for validation after you've already made the decision to begin with at any rate.

Well the thing is, I'm about to buy new tyres again, I have no idea what to look out for. I was intending to once again request "all season" tyres, hence this stupid question. I had no complains about my current tyres but then again, no idea what to look out for. All I know is I know want to have to bother chaning tyres for "winter".

Brehs, I want a nice headunit, that I can buy off the shelf. I want it to do wireless android auto and wireless car play. I want to use it for maps, music and rear camera, I want it to have possibly the latest bluetooth etc. There are too many in the market and it is confusing. Snoy, Pioneer, Blaupunkt, JXL? I don't want laggy shit. What should I look at? Can I go Honda / Suzuki OEM stuff from newer cars?

>>28663804
>you might be able to get it recored if it's some obscure or unobtainium radiator
Those places are few and far between anymore. Sad state of affairs when Pakistani shitskins have better options than we do here in the US.

I replaced the steering rack on my F11 5 series with a used one which has an identical part number, however both E-Sys and ISTA fail to communicate with the power steering motor that's on the replacement rack. Is it safe to assume the motor is dead?

>>28663170 (OP)

Im going to take a guess here and assume you arent talking about one of these modern aluminum with plastic end tanks radiators.
Draino flakes and boiling water flush.
I have a bunch of brass oem radiators in otherwise good shape that i havent got to but thats what ima be doing with them to decalcify them.
Its a process but it works.

>>28664087
You were lucky then, the ones my car's previous owner put on there were dangerously bad in the wet and utterly unusable in snow. I've literally had bald 12yo tires that needed a daily 1bar refill before and even those had better grip in the wet. After damn near crashing twice at low speed I dumped them and got some good tires. Never had a problem again.
Allseasons are always a compromise between durability & fuel consumption in summer and grip in winter. Some are functionally winter tires and will thus work with mild enough winter conditions, though they'll have downsides on hot summer days, especially in terms of wear.
Some will be like mine and have a tiny rolling resistance and very little wear all summer, but come a single snowflake the 1% gradient on your driveway is an insurmountable obstacle.

I'm sure theres manufacturers that do a decent job with them, but definitely look up some tests to find out which ones are decent so you don't end up with a pice of shit.

If you compare a good season-appropriate tire with a good all-season, the winter / summer tire will win for sure. But it's true that not having to deal with switching is nice too.

>>28664229
Oem tech is absolute shit. Most places that sell those kinds of things have walls covered in head units, just go there and try them out. They're all the same.

I love sedans but I’m 6’5” and every new sedan I’ve sat in is made for midgets. To make matters worse, I’m an engineer at an industrial plant and new cars are so low to the ground that I feel they would get destroyed by the rough roads and railroad crossings around here. I don’t really want a truck or an SUV but I feel like my hand is being forced. What’s a decently fast, reliable vehicle that a big fella like myself can comfortably drive? Currently looking at a used Lexus GX460 or possibly BWM X5. My last resort would to just get a trugg and call it a day.

>>28664507
Just get an f-150 raptor you homo

>>28664507
I'm 6'4 and have literally zero issue with any car, stop talking shit. The actual issue is you're 260lbs lets be real.

>>28664435
Thoughts on DMH-AP6650BT or XAV-AX6000? Leaning towards the Pioneer one. Also, I doubt my car has anything on the Canbus to be supported.

Thermocure, run it for a week, heat cycle it a bunch of times, drain, you're welcome.

Did this on a Ford Probe with iron block that had been ran on water most of its life and itr cleaned that shit right up, looked like mud water the first time I ran it, I did Thermocure twice.

>>28664218
Yep.
Youre fucking retarded.

Notice how chromium doesnt rust but steel does (and very quickly) ?
Chromium is resistant to chemical decomposition. Steel reacts with everything, from acid to fucking water.
A STEEL nail will dissolve in coca-cola in less than a week.

Now sit down and shut the fuck up you braindead knuckle dragging high school dropout.

After buying and selling my true first car, a €670 Getz 1.3, I'm ready to buy an "actual" €2.5-3k car, I'm mostly looking at
>Alfa GT 1.9 JTDm 16v 150hp
>BMW E46 320d PFL 136hp
I've already driven a 147 1.9 JTDm 8v for a couple of years and haven't any bad experiences at all, what should I get?

>>28664636
>A STEEL nail will dissolve in coca-cola in less than a week.

what is this autistic fight going on over dissolving metal?
shut the fuck up and leave the thread be for people wanting to ask stupid questions, not have a stupid argument over middle school science.

>>28664218
>not a significant portion

>>28664220
The fucking spring is half the thickness on one end vs the other you gargantuan knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, no car, no tools wrenchlet retard

>>28664850
>>28664848
Dude just stop, this is embarrassing

>>28664896
What's embarrassing is posting shit that directly contradicts the point you're trying to make then trying to act superior when you get called out.

hey guys, my fiance finally bought her own car. we found a retired vet selling his 74k mile 2014 Toyota Camry for $8k. Apparently this dude had his 3rd DUI. He wastes his savings by going to his local towny bar everyday, gets plastered, and then drives home drunk + being nearly 80 he cant drive at all, so his wife made him sell his car for cheap.
this car has been dealer serviced recently, $2300 for new brakes and tires. there are a few small issues. besides never been cleaned, the touchscreen LCD isnt working, I found a fix for it but im wondering what else can I do to improve it. this is the first modern toyota ive deal with.
it has no GPS, is there a GPS version of the entertainment system available that I can fit in there? I dont specifically need it for GPS functions, its just nice to have a map on display, and maybe a better quality head unit.
2nd, im looking for remote start. my gf is really bad about getting the car started early, and she drives right off before letting it warm up at all. this irks me.
the rest of it is in great shape, dealer did all fluids, transmission recall, and 60k service.
so yeah, OEM headunit upgrade, and remote start, OEM if available.

>>28664923
would this work as a plug in? it has dual climate, will those functions work by switching the head unit only or does it need a specific hvac unit as well?
there are also a bunch of ~$130 android tablet for sale as well, are any of them good?

>>28664923
>2nd, im looking for remote start. my gf is really bad about getting the car started early, and she drives right off before letting it warm up at all.
This isn't really an issue. Your car is not a diesel. You'd only need to wait a few seconds for oil to circulate once in a petrol car. Just be light on the throttle, drive conservatively for a few minutes and you are good to go.

>>28664959
sure but its cold up here and warming it up before driving is nice. she already drives conservatively so its a non issue. but it would be a nice present for her

>>28664966
Aftermarket remote starters are janky as fuck. I had an old golf that had one installed by a previous owner, it would kill the engine and throw a CEL every time you opened the door with it running, and I never even got the remote to actually use the damn thing.

>>28664972
im asking for an OEM one not aftermarket.

>>28664947
probably not, if you dont have all the other hardware for dual climate zones and the ability to program the ECU that you have this functionality it will do fuck all. Same with navigation.

>>28664556
I liked the interface for pioneer more so that's what I went with.

>>28664923
You literally should start the car and drive it gently right off the bat. All idling it and waiting for it to "heat up" is doing is increasing the amount of time the car is spending in a low temp, high wear state.

>>28664850
adding on more insults doesn't make your argument more solid.
everything that was in the vinegar was thoroughly rusted to start with.. If vinegar was the reason for the spring's deterioration, it would be seen throughout the whole spring, not on only one end of it. And again, that is a tiny, tiny spring. Your argument was that grocery store vinegar will turn a steel beam into goo, but in over 1 1/2 years it barely did anything to an extremely tiny spring.

so let's recap:

>5% vinegar will dissolve metal!!
metal sitting in it for 19 months was barely affected. Unless you plan to live into your 1000s, you're not going to see 5% vinegar from walmart do anything of note to a steel beam.
>it didn't do shit to those tools because chromium!
files are typically carbon steel
>coke will completely dissolve a steel nail in under a week!!
an old shit nail in coke had literally no change in 4 days

all of your scientific claims are based on boomer myths that are just a bad game of telephone from retards telling retards telling retards what they heard another retard tell them.
Google is free and you have internet access, why do you bother arguing claims that are easily debunked in half a second of research?

>>28663170 (OP)
I need an ID on the broken hose in the pic.
It should be one of these, but I'm not sure which one:
13411435781 (number 10 on this diagram: https://www.realoem.com/bmw/en/showparts?id=CB51-EUR-12-1996-E36-BMW-320i&diagId=13_1710 )
11151703714 (number 8 on this diagram: https://www.realoem.com/bmw/en/showparts?id=CB51-EUR-12-1996-E36-BMW-320i&diagId=13_1712 )
13541740159 (number 12 on the diagram right above)

I feel like it's the first one (number 10), but I'd like a second opinion. Also please forgive the messy as fuck engine bay, engine cleaning is not allowed here.

>>28665066
>>28664636
>A STEEL nail will dissolve in coca-cola in less than a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwnAhIrqEYk
LMAO
I'm starting to think your "highschool chemistry class" was just viral facebook posts

>dry rot after just 7 years and 25k miles
I expected better from McChillins. I guess I should replace them?

>>28665146
>just 7 years
That would be caused by storage conditions and sunlight, not so much use.

>>28665074
I'd second #10.

Follow it the best you can to find the shape and what's on either end of it to confirm.

How the fuck is anyone affording vehicles these days? I make 110k/yr and feel like I can't get a vehicle. Once my 2009 camry dies it's over.

>>28665277
have you tried not living significantly outside of your means?
I make less than half of what you make
I have 4 cars, 2 motorcycles, and a mortgage and still have over 70k in savings.

>>28665288
I don't, I have a 1k/m mortgage and no other major expenses. Just seems so weird to drop 20-30k on a vehicle instead of putting that into business, investments, etc. Should've bought more used Toyotas in the 00s I guess.

>>28663600
Bosch Aerotwin
Better than OEM Toyota, especially in winter.

>>28664087
Ice

>>28665297
>I don't, I have a 1k/m mortgage and no other major expenses.
I don't get how you're unable to afford a car then. your bills are significantly less than mine.
>20-30k on a vehicle
nigger you drive a camry. if you don't care about cars, why are you dropping 20-30k on one instead of just buying another $3000 camry?

>>28665297
Just buy another Camry? You make plenty of money, I have no idea what you're worried about

>>28665297
>110k per year income
>1k per month mortgage and no other major expenses
fucken hell that's pretty damn great for today's standards...you'd be able to easily afford a fun daily.

>>28665342
he's a humble bragging retard, he doesn't actually have a question.

>>28665297
There's still plenty of shitboxes out there. You're good brother.

>>28665342
>afford
Really depends on what you mean by that word. ie, I could write a check for $30k and it would clear. But would that be retarded when I have a net worth of about $100k and don’t own a house?

>>28665368
why are you paying 30k cash for an econobox grocery getter that will be worth 5k in 10 years even if you keep it pristine?

>>28665368
>I could write a check for $30k and it would clear
then you better damn well make sure it's something that's reliable or at least has cheap parts.

I want to get a tool set for work and need suggestions. I'm looking for a few things out of it:

>3/8" and 1/2" drive
>6 point sockets, shallow and deep
>preferably impact for versatility
>case/chest I can bring beside/under the car
>good/lifetime warranty

>>28665484
go to harbor freight and ask an employee

What is the better oil change interval time or mileage? I change my oil every 4k miles. However it takes me almost a year to get there. Before I started changing my own oil I was always about half a year past the change by date.

>>28665495
Synthetic doesn't have any real shelf life. You think guys that drive their classics/exotics twice a year do an oil change every drive?

>>28665508
Yes
>>28665495
Just change your oil every year if you really don't drive that often

>>28665050
What if my car's manual tells me to wait?

>>28664087
Winter tyres become better than summers when the air temp drops below 7°C.

>>28664507
>I’m 6’5” and every new sedan I’ve sat in is made for midgets.
I drive a kei car and my 2 metre tall buddy fits just fine with a little bit of headroom to spare.
You're just an obese fucking swine you fat faggot lose some weight

I have 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Dually

I’m trying to find the seal for this fill plug on my rear differential and can’t find anything online

>>28664252
the motor and module are on the rack? if not check the wire and connector continuity between the module and the motor. you're going to want an enthusiast board for this particular vehicle for better help with this, /o/ is too general

>>28665768
Are you even trying?

https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-19333218-Housing-Brackets-Gasket/dp/B07RX2X5WX

>>28665788
>>28665768
anyways thats the wrong part but the plug is threaded the same. go to gmpartsdirect.com and find the cover part number for your truck and then google around for it.

>>28665768
>>28665789
here is your chinkshit dorman cover, which comes with one.
https://www.amazon.com/Dorman-697-712-Rear-Differential-Cover/dp/B00QSLOSBC

How much boost, relatively speaking, can these engines withstand on stock internals, from least to greatest?

>LSX
>LT1
>350 small block
>3800 series v6

>>28665182
I've ordered #10, seems to be it. If not, i'll just return the part.

>>28665768
It's not like there's any pressure against it, so you should be flush for options. Get a kit of oil resistant O-rings and look for one, or a hose washer might even do the job. Actually one of the times gasket maker RTV silicone might be appropriate because it's not like you open it that often unless you have a leak at the wheel.

>>28663170 (OP)
>Be me today
>Fixing my dad's nissan shitebox
>It's throwing a P0171 code, oxygen sensor is a goner
>Parts are all here, thanks autodoc
>Tear down exhaust header's heat shield
>MFW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poBT60QRwiw

What's the price to weld this bitch?
>Nissan doesn't produce replacements
>New off the shelf would be 330 bux just for the part
>Used parts are non-existant or are not worth it
My father only uses his car to get to work and back, he'll be retired in 2 years, fixing this beater is not really worth it, I just need it to pass emissions and not break the fuck down until he finally retires.

>>28665768
Uh, just check the diameter?

>>28665838
Cast parts are a bitch to weld. Might as well try it yourself though, not like it needs to look pretty.
Or ask around from junkyards for a cheap replacement.

>>28665852
>Cast parts are a bitch to weld.
So I'm kind of SoL?
>Might as well try it yourself though, not like it needs to look pretty.
Due to very retarded reasons, I cannot weld it myself. I would try if I could tho.
>Or ask around from junkyards for a cheap replacement
Been to every damn junkyard in the vicinity for the better part of the day. Not a single yard had one.

>>28665768
Figures.

>>28663170 (OP)
Some dumbass used tap water in it kek

>>28665856
Well, you could also try nigger-rigging it with some exhaust repair putty and see if it holds. Just clean it properly first:

https://youtu.be/9DAcQnbmMzE?si=XY8JxovTIoqAKTnn

>>28665792
>>28665861
Lmao didn’t even realize it was an aftermarket cover, it was on the truck when I got it and thought it was factory.

Will definitely get a better cover to replace it at some point.

>>28665773
Probably what I’m gonna do

>>28665879
>>28665826
Oops wrong reply

>>28665879
Please do, before it cracks more and you lose all of your diff fluid on the highway.

>>28665874
I might.

Also bro, just as an unsolicited piece of advice back to you (I'm a computer scientist), please learn to sanitize your links. See this part after the "si=" in your Link? That stands for "sharing id", it is a tracking tag linking whoever clicks on your link to your account; means if some nutbjob clicks that link today, shoots up a building ten years later, the feds will no-knock your shit in deep because your youtube account was "linked" to the shooter's youtube on google's servers and palantir marked you as a threat.

A proper sanitized link would be this: https://youtu.be/9DAcQnbmMzE

Everyone is guilty of doing this btw, insta, facebook, youtube, and so on.

>>28665898
Have mercy, my oldest car is 91 years old, and I still play NES games.

Fluid film anon here
Apparently the product that comes in a bucket is much thicker than the aerosol cans. I don't like to compromise when it comes to my car. Might go all out and buy a compressor and gun. I have no friends or contacts that I could trust that would do this for me. I don't trust krown or any of these shops to do a proper job there's no such thing as trust these days

>>28663170 (OP)
One of the tires on my car needs to be replaced and the specific brand/type (Nokian Entyre 185/60R15 88T) have been discontinued. Will getting a different brand of tire mess with the handling of my car or anything like that?

Additionally both of my rear rims are slightly bent. With that in mind I was thinking of getting a fresh set of rims and tires. Thoughts?

>>28665937
Brush it is.

>>28665943
Buy 2 new(ish) tires for that axle.

>>28665946
Another option and with a can to spray to reach inside nooks and crannys. I hate living in the saltbelt

>>28665965
Buy some proper hollow section wax for that.

>>28665971
Unavailable where I live. Never heard of it

>>28665976
Shit's great for sure. I have used it for years now. It spreads inside all the small pores, holes and whatnot nicely as well.

>>28665902
No worries man, that's no skin off of my back, I just wanted to give you a heads up.

What'cha playin'?

>>28666033
I haven't been gaming for a few weeks. Think I played through either Batman or Talespin last time.

Asked in subie place but no one has a car there.

Can a 09 WRX grill fit a 09 base and vice versa? After top mount swapped to a sleak beak hood want to swap grills too. I think they do I know the STI doesn't fit either.

>>28665838
If all you're looking for is a bodge, high temp JB weld.

>>28666119
You can make anything fit with a drill and a grinder.

>>28665943
Rims can be repaired but usually not worth it over buying new replacements unless they're some vintage unobtanium.
But yes.
Fix your wheel situation.
Literally the most important aspect of a vehicle. Handling and braking rely on your wheels.

>>28666050
>Talespin
That's a franchise I haven't heard in a LONG ass time. Godspeed, Anon
>>28666209
It's tempting, but TÜV would fuck me up good for doing so. Rather, they would fuck up my father and I don't want that.

>>28666269
Would the cracked area even be visible once the heat shield is back on though?

>>28666282
Nope, it's concealed so good, not even my mechanic buddy noticed for almost 10 years. But at this point it would be a felony charge if they found out because I would be deliberately trying to deceive the TÜV.
It's a shiteass car that only needs to run for two more years, that's not really worth it.

>>28666259
And everything is a dildo if you're brave, but I mean like drop in.

>>28665971
>>28665986
hmmmmm this is VERY interdasting for me. there's a leak inside my trunk, below my rear window but it's in a very hard to reach spot, it's like a drainage area for rain that gets into the ventilation grille just behind the back window. Seems like only a spray nozzle would fit there but I'm also not sure about it letting water sit there to rust even more

>>28664087
Winter tires have more grip than allseasons even on bare dry asphalt when it's cold

>>28665737
the fuck kinda contradictory shit is that lol.
>don't idle the engine for more than a minute but idle the engine to warm it up even though it that's gonna take more than a minute

>>28665937
>Apparently the product that comes in a bucket is much thicker than the aerosol cans
You do realize the way cans work is that they're also full of solvents which evaporate away when you spray it on, hence why it bubbles. the stuff in the gallon pails is thicker due to the lack of solvents. its the same product, the solvents will evaporate once you spray it on

>>28665484
i wouldn't get impact for normal mechanical work. they're more expensive, much thicker so they don't fit many places, and i've used good chrome sockets with an impact driver thousands of times and have never broken one.

>>28664224
You didn't mention what you were using before still.
The Goodyear Ecoready or Assurance Comfortdrive are good quality touring tyres. Continental AllSeasonContact 2 or Nokian Seasonproof 2 for top of the market all weather performance.

>>28665768
get a set of copper crush washers and use the one closest to the original https://www.harborfreight.com/80-piece-copper-washer-assortment-67526.html
(or they have bigger and fancier sets online)

>>28665861
even worse, dorman

>>28666486
>even worse, dorman
its a diff cover, nothing mechanical

>>28666489
And still it's failing.

>>28666408
>if the engine is really cold then you should idle until it becomes less cold
>if the engine's already warm then there's no reason to idle
Pretty intuitive to me

>>28666516
the paint is peeling, the cover is fine

>>28666489
from the pic it's less than 2 years old. give it a couple more years, guarantee it rusts through dumps your diff oil and grenades your rear gears

Jack stands vs Ramps on a job that requires only getting under the car?

I always fear my plastic ramps failing.

>>28666489
i thought it was their electronics/anything with wiring of theirs that you needed to avoid

>>28666485
>You didn't mention what you were using before still.
No idea. I just told the mechanic to put new all seasons tyres on.

>Go check.
Im a city dweller and its late.

>Continental AllSeasonContact 2
Thanks I'll get those I supposed.

Is it cheaper to buy my own tyres and have them installed or is it better to just go to a mechanic and tell them to put on new tyres?

>>28666486
you can get 600 chineseium crush washers for the same price on amazon

>>28665949
Got it, thanks.

>>28666262
I will - should I buy two wheels like the other anon said, just one, or say fuck it and replace everything?

>>28666595
jack stands. they don't call ramps widowmakers for nothing.

>>28666595
>I always fear my plastic ramps failing.
race ramps exist. they also make two piece ones you can use with jack stands

>>28666595
Use both.

Jack stands take no time to put in and are an invaluable "OH SHIT" mitigation tool.

>>28666808
I cant use both, because I have to drive some place to wench my car. I will be taking the stands then.

>>28666857
You can't put your ramps in your car?

Mine stack right together. Way easier using them instead of jacking my car off.

No reason not to use stands, regardless of how you pick it up. Shit has a bad tendency of happening.

Redundancy is smart too. Two is one and one is none.

>>28666595
Rampys always seem move when getting onto them,

How do people decide what size brakes to get. I need to upgrade as i will pushing out decent power (700hp) but just on the street.

>>28666902
if you want to slow down quicker, you need gripper tyres. if you want to brake for longer before fading, get pads that hold up against fade better. bigger rotors and calipers will also increase the heat capacity.

If I do a wheel bolt-to-stud conversion, I'm screwing the studs to the brake disc, which means I'll have to take out the studs every time I replace brake discs, right?