At this Ikea, you get to look at the USS Unites States in the background :thumbsupQuote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
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At this Ikea, you get to look at the USS Unites States in the background :thumbsupQuote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
Is this the IKEA next to Newark airport? IKEA Elizabeth, NJ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
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You forgot the third half: watching couples' relationships implode arguing about furniture because Chris never takes his shoes off and that's why we can only get this stupid brown carpet that will hide the dirt better than anything Jessica wants.Quote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
Love the loft
Essssate+
I've seen that somewhere. Oh here it is! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
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I LOL'd at that ;)
No that's Delaware Ave. in Philly. It's the Delaware river water front...Quote:
Originally Posted by san
Shame to see the SS United States in the state she is in though.... she deserves so much better....
nice. but that's kind of cheating, letting it hang out... ;) hahahahaha. where's the orange flag on the rear? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
it IS fun. i should hire myself out while i'm there as a packing consultant.Quote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
+1000. that was sweet, william!Quote:
Originally Posted by danewilson77
LOL!!! well-played, shawn! :cheersQuote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
I just started pulling the seat apart to see if I could find the reason why the back rest doesn't heat up...
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What's this?
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A clue!
Now to figure out where the other end is...
Bummer, but should be an easy fix.
It should be, but I've already switched gears into getting the whole seat cover off to fix some stitching and throw it in the washing machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
I like to party.
heck yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
Any updates on the FSD install or pics?
Ugh...FINE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
Install went well. Rears were, of course, stupid easy. The FSD's came with their own bump stops installed under the dust boot and I added new Rogue RSM's, so the only part that I reused was the lower bolt.
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The fronts were a headache because I was hell bent on not using Chinese death traps aka spring compressors.
I used my go-to method of supporting the strut with a jack...
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Then popped the rubber grip tube out of a 13/16" spark plug socket...
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So that I could run an Allen wrench through the center...
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And remove the strut nut while holding the tube in place...
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Then slowly lowered the jack and was able to fish out the spring...
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Marked the strut mount, and removed it separately...
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And swapped over the bump stops, dust boots, and spring pads to the ridiculous new gold struts...
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It's like you don't even want to live dangerously.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
THEN I ran into a wall. I reassembled as I had taken everything apart and tried with all of my might to get the strut to feed up through the mount. I fought and cursed and went through three iterations of guide pin contraptions with no success.
I gave up, had a beer, and prepared for what was to come the next day.
CHINESE-MOTHAFUCKIN-DEATH-TRAPS
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I was very, very patient with these dinky things and must have stopped three times to undo my progress and reset the compressors after they had slipped around the spring a bit. The amount of unstable potential energy in these things terrifies me.
BUT WE SHALL OVERCOME
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Now my obnoxious gold shocks are in (and thankfully hidden from view) and they ride like a freaking dream. Way smoother than I was expecting, and I was already familiar with these tubes of magic. I'm excited to see how the car rides once I get the interior back in.
That's a good idea to get the spring off, never thought of that one. before. Nice work.
My face is too pretty to have a spring shoot through it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
I really like it for safety and convenience. I'm pretty sure I could have used that method for the install if I were swapping out to a shorter spring like H&R's. These BMW springs are just crazy long. Now that I think about it, I don't know that a non-sport spring could be removed like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnmadd
Good Job. Would be curious to see how it rides compared to Koni Yellow/H&R
At least those spring compressors are more substantial than the even more cut-rate Chinese ones I first had.
Glad to hear you're liking the FSDs
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Originally Posted by Vas
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Was it there before?
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Nah trunk was probably replaced after it was rear ended. I can't find a number anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
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dude, that mount is toast!Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
at least you've got some gold bling in there.
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Originally Posted by ZHPizza
you heard about my incident earlier this year, right? about 2.5 weeks before you and spenser were here.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
anyway. yeah. i'm DONE with those things. i bought a new spring compressor that i'm still not-so-anxious to try out, but it should be a lot safer. will be using it soon.
This was exactly what he and I said. Luckily no one has become a cyclops yet! I'm probably just going to heed Nate's advice and take them to a shop, pay them $30 or whatever, and have them preload. My face isn't as pretty as his, so I definitely can't afford to get hit with a flying spring.Quote:
Originally Posted by slater
LOL. i bought one of these... hoping it works. will wear a face mask when i use it, just in case.Quote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
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You know, I still have my lacrosse helmet. Part of me hates to miss out on such an enthralling rite of passage.Quote:
Originally Posted by slater
Finally making some progress on the red car! Got distracted by some other stuff the past few weeks (travelling, getting engaged, buying a wagon, etc). Bunch of bullshit really.
So while I've got the interior torn out of this thing, I figured it was a good time to show off my custom purple rear deck and green Alcantara rear headrests, the results of 10 years of hard work by Florida $un Customz.
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Aww yeahhhhhhhh boiiiiiiii
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WowQuote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
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The fabric paint that I used is actually a thin dye and goes on exactly how the Amazon reviews described!
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Like f#$@ing spewing diarrhea.
But! I was able to piss and dribble enough to even it out by hand and got some solid results:
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Ayyyyyyyy
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Damn, you used that on the alcantara too? I'm impressed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
And yea, that sounds like a bunch of bullshit. At least you didn't try to blame it on a brick wall and some to'up legs.
dude, nice work! that looks fantastic. can't believe the difference. hopefully it holds up!
now how do the rear headrests look compared to the rest of the rear seat? ;)
Phenomenal
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Thinking about pulling the trigger on some Dlux - how is this holding up since January?Quote:
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All good, as expected.Quote:
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Damn that dlux is awesome. Ill try that out on the cowl like you did. Awesome results.
You're smuggling some of that shit in next time you visit us up north.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
It's the real deal yoQuote:
Originally Posted by nextelbuddy
Can do, brother. I already have that thermostat that I forgot to give to Peter last week and will hopefully have some worthwhile LEDs soon.Quote:
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