What did you do with your car/truck or shop today?
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From: Portage mi
Project polish Bubbas wheels :start with a wipe down..then a wetsand starting with 1000 grit then moving on to 1500 grit..400 grit on any knicks around the edge..after all was smooth then was on to a polishing with mothers powerball and mother aluminum and mag polish..well heres the after pics
before tire shine
taking a break
With tire shine
And my favorite of the pics.
Oh and order'd some parts for my camaro...first off these
http://www.jegs.com/i/Prothane/311/7-139/10002/-1
and this
http://www.jegs.com/i/Hurst/530/383-8500/10002/-1
and these
Oh and a full stainless 2.5in true dual exhaust
before tire shine
taking a break
With tire shine
And my favorite of the pics.
Oh and order'd some parts for my camaro...first off these
http://www.jegs.com/i/Prothane/311/7-139/10002/-1
and this
http://www.jegs.com/i/Hurst/530/383-8500/10002/-1
and these
Oh and a full stainless 2.5in true dual exhaust
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From: "Upstate" NY. Where cows outnumber people
Welp, after running around with a completely rusted through fuel vent tube for the past 3 months, and breathing gas fumes for 1.5 hours a day of driving, got them all replaced.
And $612 later, now I'm in the poor house.
Damn.
All the lines in the car are done, and fuel filter replaced.
And this was at my independent shop. $48/hr labor x2 hours.
Also found out that my mount bushings on the rear FE5 anti roll bar are torn out. They couldn't find a local place to get them from, so I have to hunt some down. At least I know why its making noises in the rear end, and the back end feels a bit unstable.
Good thing tomorrow is payday. Ugh.
And good thing I like this car..... geez.
And $612 later, now I'm in the poor house.
Damn.
All the lines in the car are done, and fuel filter replaced.
And this was at my independent shop. $48/hr labor x2 hours.
Also found out that my mount bushings on the rear FE5 anti roll bar are torn out. They couldn't find a local place to get them from, so I have to hunt some down. At least I know why its making noises in the rear end, and the back end feels a bit unstable.
Good thing tomorrow is payday. Ugh.
And good thing I like this car..... geez.
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From: "Upstate" NY. Where cows outnumber people
And did I mention I hate ethanol? 
They could have been patched, but all of them were rusting at the fittings. The straight sections of tube right under the car were clean enough to eat off of, but anything near a junction or fitting was shot. And they were clean when I first got the car 2.5 years ago. Ever since the last station here switched over to E-10, everything went in the crapper. Injectors, lines, the gas mileage...
I've been running Lucas ethanol treatment for the last year on a steady diet of usually 91 octane. Doesn't seem to have helped much.
They could have been patched, but all of them were rusting at the fittings. The straight sections of tube right under the car were clean enough to eat off of, but anything near a junction or fitting was shot. And they were clean when I first got the car 2.5 years ago. Ever since the last station here switched over to E-10, everything went in the crapper. Injectors, lines, the gas mileage...
I've been running Lucas ethanol treatment for the last year on a steady diet of usually 91 octane. Doesn't seem to have helped much.
