Bay Area/ Nor Cal Community Chat Thread
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From: san jose
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well, with the exception that when the wheel is off and the caliper is mounted the caliper holds it on, but the way the hub is designed (almost all cars, incase you didnt know) the studs go through the back of the hub, then through the rotor and when you mount the wheel and tighten the lugs on the studs the whole thing gets sandwiched in between the hub and the wheel. So no, not really bad at all, especially when you need to change the rotors.
Any car, and age, new old whatever. The set screws get seized into the fuc*ing hub and NEVER come out. I dont think I have ever encountered a car that I didnt have the drill out the set screws on.
Any car, and age, new old whatever. The set screws get seized into the fuc*ing hub and NEVER come out. I dont think I have ever encountered a car that I didnt have the drill out the set screws on.
Atleast you know how to get them out.
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From: I live in my S2000
Well, the MR2 is 22 years old and never had an injector cleaning. Since I bought the S2000, I think I'll sell the MR2 to DMV for the $1k buy back, or sell it as a parts car. I bought it for $1000 back in 2003, so the return to investment is a wash.
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From: I live in my S2000
Yeah, if I don't run smack into a freakin deer on Page Mill road; or some non-rent-paying-no-car-insurance-paying wife stopped entertaining the idea of trading it in for an automatic MIATA! 
She finally got a ride, and she was like complaining that I didn't get an auto.
She finally got a ride, and she was like complaining that I didn't get an auto.
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well, with the exception that when the wheel is off and the caliper is mounted the caliper holds it on, but the way the hub is designed (almost all cars, incase you didnt know) the studs go through the back of the hub, then through the rotor and when you mount the wheel and tighten the lugs on the studs the whole thing gets sandwiched in between the hub and the wheel. So no, not really bad at all, especially when you need to change the rotors.
Any car, and age, new old whatever. The set screws get seized into the fuc*ing hub and NEVER come out. I dont think I have ever encountered a car that I didnt have the drill out the set screws on.
Any car, and age, new old whatever. The set screws get seized into the fuc*ing hub and NEVER come out. I dont think I have ever encountered a car that I didnt have the drill out the set screws on.
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I have a 1989 Telecaster, made in the u.s.a. but I haven't played in 8 years. I never got beyond reading music though, so I gave up on it. I figured to really "hear" it you need to get into substance abuse. I got as far as learning the different scale modes, i.e. lydian, major, minor, blah blah....forgot all the different modes.
Most of the music I listen to is old heavy metal, like Iron Maiden. They went downhill after "Powerslave". I also listen to a lot of Santana, RUSH, Old Metallica, Black Sabbath, old Jefferson Airplane, Judas Priest's self debut album (I couldn't really listen to them past the first album), Led, Zep, Old AC/DC, Jazz with some type of weird fusion.
One of the things that pissed me off is I learned to play "The Rain Song", Led Zep, and only to find out later that you can retune the guitar and pretty much bar the chords. FAWK! I spent like a month learning it.
"Dee" by R. Rhodes was fun to learn also.
Most of the music I listen to is old heavy metal, like Iron Maiden. They went downhill after "Powerslave". I also listen to a lot of Santana, RUSH, Old Metallica, Black Sabbath, old Jefferson Airplane, Judas Priest's self debut album (I couldn't really listen to them past the first album), Led, Zep, Old AC/DC, Jazz with some type of weird fusion.
One of the things that pissed me off is I learned to play "The Rain Song", Led Zep, and only to find out later that you can retune the guitar and pretty much bar the chords. FAWK! I spent like a month learning it.
"Dee" by R. Rhodes was fun to learn also.
Sounds like you got it down a bit though... I am always still learning in this game.. It never stops...
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From: I live in my S2000
I still have my guitars. I'm thinking of starting again if I have time. I need to fix the telecaster though. There's a scratchy sound whenever you turn the volume ****.
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that is an easy fix....
Get a new volume Pot *** or clean it out with some electrical cleaner...
They are like 2 bucks...
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron...Pull_Pots.html
Here is the info on what you can use...
Get a new volume Pot *** or clean it out with some electrical cleaner...
They are like 2 bucks...
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron...Pull_Pots.html
Here is the info on what you can use...
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Oh man, I was stuck behind next to this xB today.. with a fake blow off valve. Oh man I was cracking up so hard when he was revving his engine at the light. It wasn't even a good fake blow off valve.. like it sounded like the noise was coming from a cheap set of speakers.. which it probably was.
Guy had an exhaust setup that made his car sound like a blender that had just hit puberty.
Guy had an exhaust setup that made his car sound like a blender that had just hit puberty.
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Oh man, I was stuck behind next to this xB today.. with a fake blow off valve. Oh man I was cracking up so hard when he was revving his engine at the light. It wasn't even a good fake blow off valve.. like it sounded like the noise was coming from a cheap set of speakers.. which it probably was.
Guy had an exhaust setup that made his car sound like a blender that had just hit puberty.
Guy had an exhaust setup that made his car sound like a blender that had just hit puberty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbBeqaLFMp8
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