TROYston
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7 minutes ago, Topsy said:
So I've got an LED in the Volvos headlamps that decided to stop working. Trying to find a replacement I noticed that the headlamp doesn't seem to be original. The original one doesn't seem to have the LED at all..
Any idea what this socket type is called? Haven't found any image with the right kind of LED in it, mines a single regular looking one.
501 is the type, any led/non led will work fine(might have to try both ways with leds)
Volvos(AFAIK 02+) have bulb blown warnings so try and grab canbus safe ones to avoid the dash light.
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Forgot to keep the zero people who care updated.
Bought new hoops, spacers, tyres, nuts.
Made new links for the standard airride level to sit.
And boom...
Wheels are Stern ST2 8.5/9.5j the tyres originally were bridgestone Fusion ZRI's 275/30 on the rear. Spastic tyres what would appear m3 boys rave about in murica, so now Triangle 215/35/19 fronts and 235/35/19 rears.
Japspeed 20mm spacers up front
TGR motorsport nuts
It drives at that height, but the car has a high mode that brings it up around an inch and takes out some off the bounce.
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44 minutes ago, Danny said:
You sure its not captive and unscrews from the other side?
Nope, on the balljoint, it has a washer places against the 'flat' spots before the threaded section, so it has to be undone. There is no other way i can see.
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Does anybody have any idea on what tool ill need to remove this bolt?
Space is VERY limited, before it got chewed with mole grips, a 10mm, 9mm and 3/8ths splined spanner didnt fit (10mm was close but slipped)
There is no hexagonal bolt on the bottom of the 'castle' thing
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Hang fire until the shitty dip is gone, it wont be long...
This will be the new standard soon enough.
Batterylife is pointless to even look at nowadays, theyre all about ~ the same, degrading overtime is part and parcel. Specs are there abouts the same on most phones. Just unlike apple, the updates dont check for battery degradation to under-clock your phones performance.
Bloatware on samsungs is the worst thing about them, but you can flash a rom onto them if you have the knowledge to get stock android+.
Dont even bother looking at sony, no one considers them worthwhile anymore in the tech world.
The headphone jack removal i think will be more and more regular moving fowards, until usb micro-c is the norm(imo) when it eventually gets standards.
The camera software makes the camera... iphones genuinely are the best out of the box settings.
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Nvm, sold already
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Selling a Pure Highway 400, basically new for £75 posted if anyone be interested.
From facebook marketplace:
Pure highway 400 in-car digital radio adapter with Bluetooth music Bought from halfords for about £120 a couple of months ago.Works perfectly, aerial wasn't stuck on so still is new and ready to be stuck wherever. Works in any car so long as it has a USB or 12v socket.
Stream music from your phone to any fm station, or dab through the unit itself. It also includes a aux connector if you care to use that.
I've got it set to 93.30fm to avoid other fm transmitter users and local stations.
blaah blah, in no hurry to sell it, but open to offers.
Other news, cold aircon is cold. 3.2 degrees.
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I tried googling for local mobile aircon regases, to no avail to match your description of a old dude who does it manually. So went onto Groupon and get a regas+clean for £40 at ats
PLEASE DONT BE LEAKING :S, just hope its been neglected like the rest of the car apparently.
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Air-con has decided not to to play anymore. Please just be a regas fix. f**king worst time of year too.
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On 6/5/2018 at 7:10 PM, Topsy said:
I'm sure there'll be enough people throwing in a few quid to keep it running for you.
Is trials even still counted as a sport? i haven't bothered venturing off chit-chat for the longest time...
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1 hour ago, Mark W said:
+ don't f**k someone who can directly impact whether you keep your job or not.
<3
Job and done. Smoothly did it. No dramas.
Im just shite with relationships. so will forever vent on here until trials dies enough that the page goes.
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Not in the slightest, i spoke to her after a load of shit kicked off the other night, and honestly think i saw the real her, i was close to walking out, but my 23 hour awake mind couldn't work out what to do, so i said ill think about it, and then slept in my car for a few hours before going home. I have to be careful with upsetting her as the job is on the line, she has the power to stop the agency i work through booking me. f**k just remembered she is out with me tomorrow at work.
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True.... just got to face up to it i guess. f**k.
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I've had a plan, normally i would just use the 'ive been busy with work' shit a shot to distance myself, thus letting it end smoothly. In this situation, i cant, i see her most days.
So the plan, f**k clipper, im self employed but greedy, im going to work elsewhere for a month, a local vehicle movement firm on average is 15 hour days. There is my excuse, without loosing too much money.
I really hope that this works...
I could alternatively just shoot myself in the head next, my feet have already been blown off with my unsuccessful relationship life.
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Meets 'really nice girl' to of what i thought/think
After first date she posts a pic up of me onto IG with caption #thisguy #poop
Really nice girl is jealous as f**k about my having a best friend who is female
Really nice girl ends it - and tells me that she cant wait for our next date
Really nice girl says that she feels like a mug because i didnt say that my best mate was female from the off(i have Muslim, trans and Jewish friends, probably should mention that too)
Really nice girl is showing bipolar tendencies
Really nice girl is fine one moment and then is about to end it the next leaving my on the highest of highs and then feeling like shit.
Fed up of really nice girl - its has been TWO f**kING WEEKS
Think really nice girl is mentally broken, how do i always end up with these girls.
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On 5/13/2018 at 1:34 PM, MadManMike said:
Yes.
It went from correct gauge, to speaker cable, to correct gauge. Unsurprisingly, it got rather hot and made lots of smoke.
Thats a bodge even i wouldn't try!
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LS430
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAIR-OF-USED-AXLE-FOLDABLE-STANDS-GOOD-CONDITION-CLASSIC-CAR/152986050372?hash=item239eaddf44:g:vo4AAOSwEOpaIB69 those axle stands basically, many many moons old with a shit load of play.
The jack is a 2tonne limit apparently.
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I used a shitty halfords jack that is several years old, with the wheel under the sill. I come back to the car 2 hours later, and it was sat on the wheel with the jack basically fully down.
When regreasing the pads i just adjusted the height sensor for the air suspension to max, and then was underneath it, I like to live life on the edge.
#YOLOorwhateverwasthesayingbackinday
I have axle stands, but the cars weight succeeds their limit. I guess that means the jack too...
Id love a proper way to do it, but when needs must thats what i got to do.
Bring The Hate...
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Turns out a brake pad decided to disappear along with the pin.
The piston wasnt as good as slowing the car as the pad for some reason. Fitted it all back today, tightened everything, put away the tools, and the it hit me like a train, i didnt put copper slip on one of the pads. FML.
Also some mong has jacked it up and what i can only presume the jack has slipped at some point. which has pushed up the floor, so going to have to get that fixed at some point, it makes jacking it up on the sill points(which are bent in also n that side, precarious. For a layer of added excitement my jack also slowly goes down but it takes it being maxed out to lift the thing high enough to take the wheel off.
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They'll be fine with 4 until its fixed.
My car decided to be a pest.
Guess I'll be doing the brakes on Monday. And hope for shit it hasn't moved the pads enough it's been hitting the piston. I felt the pin give way on the way home from work today. Funfunfun or something.
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im not scrolling through the comments, but imo
Synthwave
Vaporwave
lo-fi
carwave
Its love.
Its life
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Lexus LS430 update.
Ended up getting this for £1400, 160k 3uz vvti.
Its not bad, but i think it has been in an impact at somepoint of its life, down the O/S, the wings cracked and the rear quarter has been painted, but looks like a rough smart repair, so its getting that sorted within the next few weeks.
All three smart Keys have lost their link to the car, but its £66 to get them all relinked at Lexus, Joys of keyless entry, so its booked in for that, and a service next week(car has full lexus history, kind of dont want to loose it for once).
The front two speakers have torn, but its a common problem for these.
Headlights were foggy, but both have cleaned up well
and thats really it, This car blows my mind, 2002 and it has that many features, im basically finding new stuff each day, today was finding out the rear massaging seats have multiple 'refreshing' settings, last night was voice commands which is very hit or miss, but is there nonetheless.
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that quarter's paint is.... shite.
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Mazda is sold, Lexus LS430 inbound friday. Ultraluxobarge life for 250 a year more insurance and roughly the same in tax. winnerwinner. 14mpg life
Air suspension fitted from factory and the full level controller is around £500 off ebay, but coming from Japan, does anyone know roughly how long stuff takes to arrive from there?
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13-16k to spend on a used car, needs to be more lux + reliability than anything, any thoughts?
Ideally not retarded mileage.
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Is Trials dead?
in Trials Chat
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So, never thought I’d be back here, but 10 years later I logged back into the second account I created when I was a teen…
what’s happing with trials nowadays?
20” seems dead
22”?
24” looks to still be strong
26” also seems dead
Looking on tarty, it’s basically stockless in regards to bikes?
what happened with all the big brands from ching(?) the guy who owned echo/zoo/czar….
Seeing a Monty Camel 221 on eBay for £500 hurts my soul slightly being the most expensive bike back in the day on tarty