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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3020 on: August 30, 2014, 03:22:49 pm »
Did snowy's favourite thing!  I plasti-dipped my wheels for my LX today.  Mucho better
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3021 on: August 30, 2014, 03:27:32 pm »
turned out pretty good! that style rim suits the plasti-dip pretty well.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3022 on: August 30, 2014, 03:29:43 pm »
Yeah that was only one coat too, before it dried.  Did another coat and let dry they look really good now.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3023 on: August 30, 2014, 03:42:11 pm »
Looks good.  I need to do something with the winter wheels for my truck before the cold comes.  Did you tape them off or use the recipe card trick?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3024 on: August 30, 2014, 03:47:55 pm »
No tape or anything just sprayed it.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3025 on: August 30, 2014, 03:56:27 pm »
Quote from: wing on August 30, 2014, 03:47:55 pm
No tape or anything just sprayed it.

Then the overspray just peels off the tires?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3026 on: August 30, 2014, 04:55:54 pm »
sure, it's black.  I didn't even peel it off and you can't see it.  Probably doesn't stick to the tire cause there is little on them.  So easy to use that stuff.  Very little overspray.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3027 on: August 30, 2014, 06:52:11 pm »
Tidy the car after my spouse has been using it. 

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3028 on: August 30, 2014, 07:02:12 pm »
Quote from: wing on August 30, 2014, 04:55:54 pm
sure, it's black.  I didn't even peel it off and you can't see it.  Probably doesn't stick to the tire cause there is little on them.  So easy to use that stuff.  Very little overspray.

Cool, thanks.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3029 on: August 30, 2014, 10:03:55 pm »
Where did you get it?  Crappy Tire sell it?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3030 on: August 31, 2014, 10:45:08 am »
I bought it in the US  $7 a can.  I saw they sell it at home hardware though.  $20 a can I think there.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3031 on: August 31, 2014, 12:46:31 pm »
Quote from: wing on August 31, 2014, 10:45:08 am
I bought it in the US  $7 a can.  I saw they sell it at home hardware though.  $20 a can I think there.

Some canadian tire also carry them. Few different. Colors too.  Stll about 19$ a can though.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3032 on: August 31, 2014, 11:46:45 pm »
Aqua, those rims look great!

About painting rims with the tire installed....My trick is to take some thin cardboard(last time I used a Jos Louis box) cut it into long strips about 3-4 inches wide. Staple them together into a ring with the same diameter as the rim. Then shove shove it in the gap between the tire and rim. Helps to have someone hold it in place while you spray. Been doing this for year and it works great.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3033 on: September 01, 2014, 04:21:58 am »
New hubs, one cv axle and new front pads and rotors on the GMC. Good day, went quick, my buddies 12 year old son was with us the whole way, learned a lot. Nice $1200 in parts kinda day.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3034 on: September 01, 2014, 03:47:50 pm »
Applied some rust converter here and there.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3035 on: September 02, 2014, 09:28:38 am »
took z4 to Blue Ridge Parkway over long weekend, she loved it so do I :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3036 on: September 03, 2014, 09:43:20 am »
Got dashcams installed in both cars now:





Last night, the type of thing they should be handy for (capture from the original, so not quite as good a quality):

http://youtu.be/TPIP57fAZzY?list=UUmqZrBvBDwOD6yBTsWHf7XA
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3037 on: September 03, 2014, 10:57:12 am »
probably just trying to get his pt cruiser written off.... who wouldn't?

much better quality video than all the awesome russian ones i've seen.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3038 on: September 04, 2014, 06:37:48 pm »
Bought a set of OEM 16" wheels/tires take-offs (approximately 300 KM on them) to use for winter wheels. Have to buy a set of Blizzak DM-V1's now...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3039 on: September 05, 2014, 07:31:06 pm »
Logged nearly 400km bombing across the bible belt in southern Manitoba in the Berlin taxi Prairie Schooner. Beautiful sunny day with harvest under way...smells like money out there.

The car was great, stretched its legs a bit. Mercedes' carry speed well.
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