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02-08-2021, 09:34 AM
Will

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Originally Posted by Rovert

Time for a kiddie fence all around the car. Except for rodents! Electrify it too!

LOL, that'd be great. But knowing my neighborhood the HOA would be sending me threatening letters again in no time!

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Originally Posted by t.er

Hmmm. You could try placing some sticky rat traps under the hood. Even if they escape they quickly learn not to go there as it tears off some of their fur. My dad laid one of those traps down in the basement - didn't catch one but the trap was quite hairy in the morning lol. And no more evidence of rats being around

I'll look into this. Might as well add another layer of deterrent.

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Originally Posted by Galapolis

If you keep the engine pegged at 8k rpm all night, shouldn't that create cooked rodents?

Lol. I don't think I can afford that kind of fuel mileage. And if anything, they might like the warmth.

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Originally Posted by cakM3

I have heard that mothballs are good at keeping rodents away. Lay them around the car on the ground and a few in the engine compartment.

I'll get some moth balls and lay them around, maybe even add a snap trap by the inside of the tires where they climb up. Seems like the noxious smells (e.g. dryer sheets, peppermint oil, Irish Spring soap, etc) are one layer of deterrent.

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Originally Posted by papa_g

a cat(s)?

Neighbor has two that he'll let out, but I think they've been kept indoors at night recently since their last kitty got eaten by a coyote. I don't want to keep cats as I'm allergic.

Thanks for the suggestions, fellas. I'll keep y'all posted.

Based on the teeth marks on the soap bars, and as a reminder from my project thread, it seems like I'm dealing with big ones again... ugh. disgusting.

From my project thread:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fT...k=w480-h640-no
02-08-2021, 10:40 AM
BMWCurves

Yeah...I never had great luck with any of those (soap, dryer sheets, moth balls) with preventing mice taking up winter shelter in my car when I stored my car. That said, I never had any issue with them (as far as I know) of chewing through wiring despite their residence.
02-08-2021, 01:50 PM
Thatguy_JZ

I replaced the rubber body plugs under the back seat carpet.... Since mine were missing. That was great to find out. Gonna pull the front fender liners halfway out and clean all the debris out from between there at the fender/door junction. Also have a new driver's door seal to install and gonna play with my supersprint brackets to mount my exhaust more straight.

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02-08-2021, 02:04 PM
wstr75

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Drop-In-The...IAAOSwDJZfUR7Q

I recently bought this type of trap for use in my pole barn. I know from work at our company, when we leave buckets with water and cooking oil on the floor in our R&D area, mice try to get to cooking oil, fall in and we later find them in the water layer. We don't smell them because the floating oil layer seals gases from percolating out of the bucket.

The ones I bought look more like these in this link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Walk-The-Pl...kAAOSwum9dO3qz
02-08-2021, 03:32 PM
cakM3

I purchased a carbon fiber thing for my ZHP tonight....... :drevil
02-08-2021, 08:02 PM
rguti153

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Originally Posted by cakM3

I purchased a carbon fiber thing for my ZHP tonight....... :drevil

N that is ?

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02-08-2021, 09:19 PM
t.er

Picked up a Brey Krause seat mount off Peter at Speed Academy. It came complete with the sedan power rails, E30 window switch, and clip-in lap belt mounts!

https://i.imgur.com/fevHOCVl.png

This was used in their E46 drift build a couple years back. It was pretty cool meeting with him, a really nice guy and we talked about their current and upcoming projects for 20 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-rgzpXgfw
02-09-2021, 04:35 AM
cakM3

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Originally Posted by rguti153

N that is ?

this :drevil

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02-09-2021, 08:08 PM
johnrando

Beauty!

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02-18-2021, 07:02 PM
bimmerteknik

Received and installed the new shifter for the track car,
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