One pack was 3/8", i threw out the other pack. Not sure if i used that for the 4 holes or the brake light one. Sorry dude
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One pack was 3/8", i threw out the other pack. Not sure if i used that for the 4 holes or the brake light one. Sorry dude
Nah its all good mate, When i get a good fit ill make sure to post what i got. :P
Get some ambers bro, looks tight on the ABP colour imo
Nah man, wingless always looks tops! The stock spoiler is just pointless and ugly, and the Type R wing is too big for a daily. I think a little ducktail spoiler would look alright, but overall I love looking at the back of my car now that it's clean. Just need to get some grommets, as I still have plastic bags shoved in the holes, haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
^This 'ducktail' are you talking about coming from the boot or one of those rear visors? I was gonna DIY a little piece of plastic stuck on the edge of the boot but ceebs, ended up getting a visor instead
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...FOsHE3dKAk&t=1
Force them in ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dubstein
If only they were not illegal =[Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
My poor oxidised clear corners need to go!
Nah, **** rear visors, I really do think they're pointless and look like shit. They're just an aftermarket accessory they sold to old people.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
Ducktails are like what you posted, just a small ridge at the edge of the boot.
I looked for grommets at Autobarn a while back, and they had nothing. Never occurred to me to go to Bunnings.
Does anyone have history with shaving emblems, antennas?
My rear Emblem just broke off when i was fiddling with it.. So might as well do the front as well..
I read, sanding it metal, fibergalssing the holes, then bondo then sanding again?
Dude heaps of people have ambers and no ones gotten in shit (that i've heard of).
You don't really need to shave the emblem with dark coloured cars, just cut out a piece of dark blue tape :P
Hahahahahahahahaah like a bawss!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
I agree! Wasn't saying not to do it, just informing anyone interested. Dad's a police man and I'm still considering it.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
Spent an hour or so in the freezing cold last night adjusting my headlights. It's amazing how much better night driving is! Seriously recommend doing it if your's are out of spec
Doesnt even make sense why its illegal. Clear indicators with stock parker bulbs come out even more yellow than amber indicators with leds.
How can you tell if your headlights have gone whack? My dad said ones pointing up too high but I never cared enough to fix it
The difference between clears and ambers is that the ambers would constantly glow amber, whereas the clears are only when you're indicating. Make sense?
Obviously, the drivers side light has to be lower so you do not blind oncoming traffic. There are plenty of writeups on the web as to how they should be positioned
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...repair/1347221
First one in google under "headlight allignment" search. You should be able to figure it from there
This is where the gears are to adjust them on our DC4's
http://www.team-integra.net/forum/bl...djustment.html
one of my headlight adjusters is ****ed. :(
lol
When i bought my car, the stock parker bulbs were amber as ****. The indicator was glowing amber regardless of if i was indicating or not. Changing the colour of the indicator made absolutely no differenceQuote:
Originally Posted by cph3r
Oh if drivers light is lower then mine is ok :D
Of course the bulbs are amber. I can still see mine through the clear housing during the day. It isn't enough to make it look like im constantly indicating though, which is what amber HOUSING would look like.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
Remember folks, laws are in place for the lowest common denominator. I'd love ambers, and those of us with a brain cell or two can tell we/you are not indicating.
People are stupid ;)
you can just take out the parkers lol
So then just get LED parkers true? The light from my parkers is a weak bright yellow and when i indicate it's a strong amber colour.
Ambers look like sex.... soz just my 2c ;)
Amber parkers? Yuck. Clear Ftw!
The parkers and indicators are seperate. When you turn it on, the parkers (yellow one) are constant and its more to the side. The indicators (amber) are more towards the front. So if you get LEDs itll just be the same just the yellow will be more white. If you dont like seeing the amber bulb thru the clear housing you can get clear bulbs that flashes orange.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
Only if you get clear sidemarkers to matchQuote:
Originally Posted by Dubstein
respray teh front bar!
**** that
why not, u has so many stone chips
waste of money its just gonna happen again
get a car bar then :P
i have one but ill wreck it too much from being so low
Chipped front bar [within reason] > car bra
Man I miss having a moon roof =[
Yeah, I'd rather a few stone chips than a bloody car bra. Christ those things are ugly. Stone chips are far less intrusive.
Yeah, sun/moonroofs are fun. Just gives a nice feeling of space to the cabin.
Anyone know where i can get a good deal on tyres? I figured it would cost the same (if not more) to get the tyres imported/buy separately then get them fitted, balanced and an alignment. Tyrepower in nottinghill does excellent work and has great service but they want $163 a tyre and $60 or 65 or an alignment -_- this is for 205/45/16 kumho ku31s. All other stores i've called up are around the same price too
is that a front or 4 wheel allignment?
i got a 4 wheel allignment on mine for 70 but that wasnt on the books. plus a shop a 2 of my mates work out and im getting to know the owner too.
Yeah 4 wheel alignment. Just so i have a report of how much camber i've got and to adjust the toe so as to slow down tyre wear as much as possible. When i did a bit of calling around, the price should be around 50-70 for the alignment (one place even wanted 90 or some shit).
Do you fit your own tyres Lukey? I'm gonna make a big fuss at the store if they scratch the rims on any of them or chip too much paint off my nuts lol
i thought 90 for a 4 wheel allignment was the norm.
i fit some of my own tyres, depends what sizes if it tho, im not confident on doing much stretch tho
How do you go about balancing the tyres?
you need a tyre balancing machine aswell as a tyre fitting machine.
Do they need to put the wheel on the car to balance it? Or do they just chuck the wheel and tyre onto the machine by itself. Cos i don't get how it accounts for camber and all that
If you get them to balance them, ask them to put the wieghts on the innerside of the rim too ;) Don't worry to much about them scratching them, I left em with my brand new buddyclubs and they came out perfect condition.
Also see if they have nitrogen to fill the tires up, only costs about $4 a tire (Jaxx quickfit) :P probably already know about this. Hahah
Btw, 200 post! :3
Thanks for supporting the thread so far guys!
no the tyre is mounted to the wheel, then balanced on the balancer, its to balance the tyres with the wheel, so you dont get really bad steering wheel vibrations between 90-120km/h. having ur wheel/tyre balanced has nothing to do with camber/toe/caster/etc., thats all to do with ur allignment
nitrogen is a load of shit imo
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukey
If your not a cheapass, why not get it anyway? :P
http://www.racq.com.au/motoring/cars...ogen_for_tyres
Aside from the fact that it'll put me out another 16 bucks! How do i pump my tyres at the BP next to my house! they dont have free nitrogen
Thanks mate, cleared that up good :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lukey
cos id rather spent that $16 on fuel or something else when i check my tyres at work once a week.
Well I guess of they only need a small amount of air use that one, but if superlow, just go back to the shop! xD
I recall reading you shouldn't mix the two?
Btw what psi do you pump to? The door jamb says 32 or something. I've always done 34-36, did 38 with low prof tyres
tyre pressures depend on what sorta tyre profile and width ur running.
and if you check ur tyre pressures regularly you dont need to waste money on "nitrogen". it only takes a few minutes at a servo, but note servo things arent always super accurate
Haha sorry about wrong information, I'm noob at this stuff still :P
I simply just got nitrogen because it was there and Ive never used it before. Just testing it out really.
just remember all those benefits are only claims and havent been proven
Lukey what pressure would you recommend on a 7" width with a 205, 45 profile? id guess something like 36?
yea 36 sounds about right
I run 32 in the front and 36 in the rear. 205/50/R15 Potenza RE001
Shark Attack II antenna should be in this week =D
Why lower in the front? Shouldn't it be the other way around? That's what i heard anyway. Tried 38 front 36 rear a while back, couldn't really feel a difference.
Do the adrenalin re001s wear out fast and expensive? I dunno if i should be payin $163 a pop for KU31s...
I'm on stock wheels running 34f 34r LOL, re001s from what I've heard sacrifice a little bit less grip but lasts alot longer than the rest, I'm using them right now when they're out I'm probably getting re002s if I wanna save some money to do bigger things to the car otherwise I'd try the S001s :D
163 for ku31? what the shit. is that melb prices?Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
I got 105 ea up here in sydney, balanced and fitted lol??
anyways I run 38 front and rear..
so far ku31s are great massive grip in the dry, wet is alright.. feels better than my toyos for some reason lol maybe cause im running more camber
FWD, lower pressure for more grip, higher in the rear so they slip easier going around corners. Free improvement to handling, even if it's only minor, understeer sucks hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
I've owned RE001's in both my tegs, had this set for 8 moths now and still have plenty of tread left. Cost me $160 per cornerQuote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
I can get "sailun atrezzo" fitted and balanced for $400 or "corsa 2233" for same price. Thoughts? I ain't forking out $650 for KU31s... the atrezzos are chinese, corsa are indonesian. From the very few reviews i can find, Corsa is recommended bang for buck
Hahhahahaha RE001's in fnq would cost at least 250$ a corner... Thats with a staff discount. XD
Changed spark plugs. Torque wrench only went to 14ft lbs :( i needed 13!
btw anyone know what days the petrol is cheap? seems to keep changing and i'm out of fuel. missed the day when it was 131.9
wednesday? because its one day b4 payday?
Hell yes! Shark Attack II antenna came today =D
http://i53.tinypic.com/icpqqc.jpg
Threads going good Yoshi =D Good work.
jump on www.motormouth.com.auQuote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
usually changes each week but gives you an idea of whats cheapest at the time. you can signed up for sms (at a cost) or e-mail :)
Hahah yeah man i check motormouth like every day. 143.5 at the moment fahhh
fuel prices are meant to be going up due to increasing oil prices afaik.
Fuel prices will go up no matter what. The demand for it is so high that they can pretty much put the price as high as they like. Petrol prices for consumers doesn't fluctuate anywhere near as much as it does per barrel.
But anyway, I've found wednesday to be cheaper but these days its really hard to predict.
new plates
Quickly sprayed it wish water then took some shots with Phone -.- Can't wait for my Nikon d3100 :D
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...a/IMG_2326.jpg
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...a/IMG_2332.jpg
By the way heres a decent picture with the new rims on the car.
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...a/IMG_2320.jpg
My god.. Legend !Quote:
Originally Posted by infurNOS
Oil prices don't actually affect fuel prices. It's purely demand.
Dubstein man, did the previous owner tint the parker lights too? *facepalm* and whered the fender lining go lool
Haha! Very nice :DQuote:
Originally Posted by infurNOS
The castle aaaaaarrrrrrggghhhh
nice, how big are your rims? do you have a side profile shot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dubstein
Rims are 15x6.5 and i did have one but must of deleted it D: I get one for you soonQuote:
Originally Posted by fretwekk
Hahah, actually bad lighting, didn't even notice that! xD They are clear by the way ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
Fender lining? Its in there somewhere, once again. bad lighting -.-
This has nothing to do with tegs, but i can't go to WTAC any more... work wouldn't let me take time off :/
[QUOTE=Dubstein;3051845]Quickly sprayed it wish water then took some shots with Phone -.- Can't wait for my Nikon d3100 :D
Soon yoshi, When i get my car, then we do :D
^ Hahah fail quote ;) And sorry Cant wait to get our* Nikon d3100.
Oi bra, you know Ally has a d3000, I asked to borrow it LOL Oh and change your sig You got one!
Sorry for the irrelevancy also but i wanted to show you my dash and ozhonda sticker LOL Photowhore i am..
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_2334-1.jpg
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...a/IMG_2075.jpg
I'll change it when it's at my door ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dubstein