The Bogan

I'll give you notice where I buy my new house in just over a year, if you buy before that I hold no responsibility if you end up with a old Bogan who lives in your area Love, The Bogan King

Small, but great for little jobs 100% easier than sanding 99% of car brackets I test drove it on a little section of the alloy wheels on the Honda that I want to repaint, works surprisingly well for a little job thingie If you capture the garnet, the amount you get in the 1kg pack that comes with it should last a while For $60 bucks it shits on hand sanding like a peasant Going of my little test area, it should take me no more than 10 minutes a rim, the last set of alloys I sanded by hand, like a peasant, took at least an hour or more for each rim just to get all the clear coat off

Whilst the interior of the Honda "looked" really clean and spotless, the Bissell told another story Took 2 goes before the water didn't look like this It amazing how a cars interior, that looks really clean, is in fact, really dirty It wasn't as bad as the Commodore or Yaris when I first cleaned them, but wow, I wasn't expecting that That little Bissell is worth every dollar spent

New Monroe OESpectrum shocks for the Honda have been ordered, the car actually handles well with the OEM shocks, but from pulling the wheels off for a good inspection of the brakes and bushings, the only issue I saw was that it still has the original shocks, and with 160k km on them they are well past their use by date Also, in other "kids these days" news, the airbox resonator is "in the bin", a little more induction noise down low free reving, but it sounds really good (growly) over 4k RPM on the road, worth while silly mod for 10 minutes of work and zero dollars Also the K&N filter for the OEM airbox arrived, whilst I didn't get it for performance, as it probably doesn't give any, it's more to save a few bucks replacing OEM filters every service, 3 filter changes and it has paid for itself I also picked up another 5 litres of HPR5 for another oil filter and some more engine flush, I'll give the last HPR5 and filter change 1k km to do it's thing then flush it all out again and stick the new stuff in, anal, but I feel it's always worth the effort when I get a "new old" car to really clean out its guts, and as the K series engines have a few internal mesh filter screens for the V-Tec thingie, as well as the usual one on the oil intake tube, it's preventative maintenance to keep the oily bits happy when I'm wringing it's neck The Bogan Cruise Ship might even come out from undercover this weekend for a cruise, weather permitting of course

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More looking at bolt on NA stuff, a K20 ported oil pump is a fairly cheap mod that will let it rev happily to 9k RPM, which would be fun While the Commodore is built to full bogan spec, I want the Honda in Grandpa spec, I'm going for polar opposites One issue I have come across is finding good tyres in 225 or 235/50 17 for the OEM rims, the current tyres, whilst new, are cheapos, but there's not alot of options really for tyres in that size I don't want to drop too much coin on it really, just a few mods to optimise it, it is still just a daily hack that can be left parked anywhere Spent half the day yesterday in it cruising around in traffic doing odd jobs and appointments, all the while blasting out Wagner on the system

Done some more digging, talking to the tune guy again and he said if I'm keeping both cats the top end power gain won't be that much, to which I queried "both cats", the things have 2 500 cell cats, 1 in the header and 1 in front pipe He recommended that if I don't go for a catless aftermarket header that "both" cats need to be replaced with at least some high flows to get the most out of the tune He also said if I go with a aftermarket header and only 1 high flow cat in the mid pipe the rest of the OEM exhaust will sound buzzy, but it's easily fixed with a larger resonator in the standard mid pipe as the OEM resonator is tiny Jackie did say the Honda is the quietest car I have ever owned, so I'm taking that as "Mark, it needs a little more volume", but definitely not buzzy or droney, just a little more "noise" for the LOLS at high RPM In the end tuning a exhaust for sound is fairly cheap and easy, I'll start at the front see how it sounds, then move to the mid pipe if required In the end the profit made from selling the Yaris will cover it all, and I'll buy something shiny for her to "grease the wheels" "Apart from the tune for more hectic V-Tec things, and the exhaust for optimising the V-Tec things and a little more noise, and the intake resonator delete for little more induction noise, I'm keeping this car stock......... mostly" .......LOL I am enjoying being in a manual little 4 cylinder daily that revs pretty hard, and whilst it's not actually fast per se, it is fun rowing through the gears in it (kids these days hey)

And the Yaris is sold

I just put the Yaris up on carsales Gave it a good wash, wax, and detail and took about 15 photos I lowballed myself going of the current market for a quick sale, it is almost the cheapest YRS Yaris on the site I've been watching the market, calling some sellers, and watching them sell for a while now, the amount of unkept cars with peeling clear coat, higher Km, and generally untidy examples selling for around what I'm asking, $5700, is astounding The used car market is insane

Fuel economy in the Honda is great 368km hwy used 25.5 litres giving just under 7ltrs/100km Trip was mostly on cruise at 110kph @ 3k rpm

The Euro is a smaller sized overall version of the Accord, and about 150kg lighter, although there is a Euro Luxury which has a sun roof, and leather electric seats, but that brings the weight up about 50kg The larger Accord (large sedan class) was aimed at the US market with more luxury in mind, but was also delivered elsewhere The smaller Euro was aimed at Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Europe Sold well everywhere I believe, except Europe, where Honda was hoping to get into the medium sized sedan market Meh #dailyhack In other, servicing related news, I did the messiest engine oil service I've done for a while, after heating up the car and letting some engine flush do it's thing for 10 minutes it got un-tidy 1. Oil pan wasn't positioned right and dumped about 0.5ltrs of oil on the garage floor 2. Dropped the oil filter wrench strap thingie and 1/2" drive long extension and ratchet into the oil pan, splashing hot oil on the floor, my face, arms and my "never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex Pistols" yellow T-Shirt The old oil still looked ok, didn't smell of fuel and no glitter, so so far so good I also dropped some fuel system cleaner and conditioner into the tank and filled it up with some 98 The injectors look like the originals, I'll roughly judge their condition after checking fuel economy on the trip to and from Goulburn, if it looks sketchy I'll get them tested and cleaned and probably do the fuel filters as well, if the fuel economy looks fine I'll leave it alone So far so good for a 15 year old car with 160k km on it

Me and the daughter went looking at used Swift's a few years ago when we went shopping for her first car, performance wise it wasn't much better than the Yaris IMO, although we only test drove auto's, plus their interiors are pretty lack luster, again, IMO For a 15 year old car the interior of the Accord Euro is a nice place to be, the dash lay out (cockpit) is really nice, yes, again, IMO

I was warned of the used V6 models, whilst they do have a fair chunk of more power, "apparently" they have engine issues as the Km build up, whilst the 4 pot, if regularly serviced is good to go, which this one was/is But I really don't need alot more power in it, it already has about 2 x the power of the Yaris, the whole point of getting it was I just needed some more power than the Yaris when putting 4 people in it In the end, if I want to drive something with power I'll drag the Commodore out and take that for a spin So far the Accord has been great driving around locally, and yes, by no means it is a performance car, it is a nice comfy daily, with a ton more room inside and creature comforts than the Yaris Talking about comfy and creature comforts, the seats are great, and I believe they are better than the seats in my 2017 86, both in comfort as well as support It will be getting it's first Hwy drive this weekend when I head into Goulburn to lunch with my daughter, not a long drive really, but, a good enough drive to see how it rolls on the Hwy

I cannot help myself After chatting with a mad Honda nerd at work he recommended that I seriously look into FAH performance in QLD, he does flash tunes to suit the Euro, it lowers the RPM where the V-Tec "YO" kicks in, fixes up the lazy electronic throttle response, and basically adds a little power everywhere even with a unmodified car, fuel economy is also improved a little, as long as I'm not pegging it everywhere, which I probably will, because I'm a idiot Luckily he travels around doing tuning, I've contacted the guy and he is coming to Sydney in January, so yes, the new daily is getting a tune, LOL The same Honda nerd at work (he has a few Honda in his garage) also recommended that for a unopened K24 daily thing to not bother with a exhaust or a aftermarket intake as the OEM stuff flows fine for NA and is not a restriction, unless I want a raspy droney exhaust note, which I don't His only recommendation for a daily is to remove the OEM intake resonance chamber under the inner guard to free up some induction "noise", it still draws air from under the inner guard though, and possibly swapping out the old 500?? cell cat for a 200 cell, but the cat is only a maybe thing (the stock cat is 15 years old and is the only possible issue I would have with the exhaust "apparently" I am off to super cheap this Arvo to buy all the servicing stuff I need, engine oil, flush and filter, gearbox oil, brake fluid, coolant and flush, sparklers and air filter Prior to the tune I'll drop in a new pre cat O2 sensor, and anything else anyone can think of to facilitate the flash and any touch ups required on a quick road tune Cost for the tune is very reasonable at $500, I'm spending more than that on buying all the parts for the service

The Yaris IMO does the job it is made for, cheap and fuel efficient city car, I'm asking it to do more than that power wise, and it is saying "Robbo, No power here"

Me and Jackie took the eldest girl and one of her girlfriends out the other day, the poor little Yaris struggled hard up some hills, to the point of having the throttle pegged to get up some hills That got me thinking, I went for a spin in a mates K swapped Civic a while ago, it was awesome fun rowing gears in the thing, he has a few Honda's and we got to talking about fun cheap dailys as I was saying that I eventually want to sell the Yaris, my only concern was fitting in 4 people, he recommended a Accord Euro, plenty enough power, fits 4, and the Euro has a pretty good handling package, well, for a daily anyway, plus he said he rated the K24 as it has more than enough torque to "pull the skin of custard" without needing to ring its neck, unlike the K20, and the 6 speed manual is the pick of the litter for fun I have been checking car sales sites for a while, this one popped up, looked good, and had the 6 speed, so BAM, I pulled the pin

So, I have made an executive decision to replace the little Yaris, sooner rather than later, it is just as old as the Yaris, but, it is still 4cyl, but, 6 speed manual sedan, K24 V-Tec Yo..... I found a clean unmodified 2009 Honda Accord Euro that ticked all the boxes and runs sooth as Interior is mint, but paint needs a attention, some polish and a good wash and wax should see it all shiny shiny Pics of the new bus will come once it is at a acceptable condition to warrant photos And yes, major servicing of all wet things, filters, and sparklers will be done pronto

I'm going to give this a go > Autoglym Ultra High Definition Ceramic Coating Kit One of the guys at work used it on his i30N, so far it has lasted well, I believe it should last at least a year with some care, love and attention, he got a couple of full coats done from the 1 bottle I think the tip is using a good ceramic additive wash product to top up the coating Currently the box with it all in is waiting patiently on a shelf, with some stripping wash and a fresh clay bar for when I start leave and give the Bogandoore a good clean and detail

So, after getting no reply to a few email and phone call questions sent to the seller of the Coulson seats I did a little digging and drove to the address, but I couldn't find it from the address I did see a joint full of rough JDM cars which was like a import wrecker, so headed in there to ask if they knew where it was as there was no signage anywhere, there was a few guys in the process of stripping cars and chatting, when I asked a guy standing in the yard he said the guy "worked here, but wasn't here", as he was away I couldn't even see signs of where someone would do upholstery He recommended that I just purchase the seats on eBay and the guy will get in contact with me The joint was called "Just Upolstery" in Ingleburn Dropping over $4k for seats that I cannot see, to a joint that seems hidden and looks like a chop shop is something that sends my "spidey sensors tingling" I think I'll look elsewhere

Pull the calipers for a rebuild, the full rebuild kits for Project Mu are expensive, or so says Google You "may" be able to strip them and clean them up, but, you will probably still need new seals Google says the pistons are steel, so probably rusty

I should have acted on your suggestions ages ago Thanks for that

Yes you can, and they make great garage systems I've seen a big car audio system pulled from a old car and installed in a garage, the headunit, speakers, amps and subs, it sounded great and connected to the phone for Bluetooth It was interesting when a call came in though, one minute it was pumping out awesome tunes, next minute the phone was ringing at all of the Db out of the system

http://www.racetcs.com/ I can go full throttle in any conditions, rain hail or shine, minimal wheel slip for maximum acceleration Honestly, fitting RaceTCS was the best modification to my supercharged LS1 I wish I had RaceTCS fitted in my old R33 25/30 It really is a game changer, and IMO the best value for money aftermarket traction control on the market And yes, you can turn it off, you can also have 6 different settings, everything from basically 0% slip, too mad controlled skids that do not require pedaling My settings are based around getting the quickest 0-100kph time, so far on street tyres it has been a 3.96 sec 0-100kph on 255/40 17 RS4's You can set it for 0-100kph straight line runs like mine, or circuit racing in the wet or dry 6 settings of variable control, and off for mad skids You do need ABS though to control it, if you don't, you can do it aftermarket for a minimal outlay

Nice buy, these 5hit boxes are going for stupid money, hell, even a good LS long block is worth a mint I believe they are just refurbished frames with new coulson foams and covers, so, basically knock off's There's a joint in Vic that does nice covers for the VX SS seats you can fit yourself, but, by the time you factor in fitting and the time taken to strip, refit and glue the door trim panels, they aren't that much cheaper And from previous experiences, I'm no auto trimmer The knock off's include everything, all seats with new foam, door trim inserts and console, so basically just bolt/clip in I'm going to head in tomorrow to have a look at the quality and go from there I also got a quote for billet half shafts, $3500, but, the guy said they still might break because in the end they would still be 28 spline and the torque the car makes would likely kill them on a prepped track with drag radials, and if they didn't it would be the drive shafts next to so, so, more $$$$ on billet stuff that might break He did say the best option would be a 4 link 9" conversion, but all the fab work, and parts, would be around $20k.....nope In other traction control news, Jacek from RaceTCS contacted me to see how things are rolling, I told him I was super happy, but no testing was done at the drags because of the breakage, we swapped emails for a bit, we chatted about the platform and its short comings and he has sent me a new configurator to try with the drag radials on tarmac where the tyres aren't hooking as hard I'm going to give that a go roll racing at some stage, it seems that no one wants to buy the ET Street drag radials I'm trying to sell anyway, so instead of them sitting around doing nothing they may end up going on for fair weather cruises and some rolls at WSID As for actual drag racing, unless I win alot of money to waste on a old VX Commodore it isn't happening with drag radials again, and I'm fine with that....sort of..... Note to self: buy a Lotto ticket

I will need to black out the HSV stitching though, apart from that I really like them, and my 22 year old seats are starting to show a bit of bolster wear Cost is significant though at a smidge over $4k