Dose's Sometimes DIY and Pay Someone Home & Boat Improvement Thread

[reaper]

Buying a new car isn't the be all and end all you think it is.

I still battle daily/weekly with buying another S14 for skids even though I have a perfectly capable albeit expensive skid car (f80 m3).

3 cars is probably already enough I don't need a 4th really....

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

That's true, however the creature comforts and all the tech aids in new cars make driving just so much more fun. Want smoke? press a button, want crackles? press a button, want firmer suspension? press a button.

Let's see, maybe once I hit up Wakefield again and chop a few GT-Rs I might be happy again.

[reaper]

Yeah but you just don't feel as engaged with the car.

Something that is a nice daily that you can take to the track is still going to be compromised.

Unless you are daily driving the 33 I don't see the point in changing it out.

[niZmO_Man]

Depends on your definition of fun. Pressing a paddle and hearing farting noises vs. shifting gears yourself.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

1 hour ago, niZmO_Man said:

Depends on your definition of fun. Pressing a paddle and hearing farting noises vs. shifting gears yourself.

Yaasss!

This lol.

[niZmO_Man]

I must say, I didn't like the whole paddle shifter thing, but it grows on you. Press paddle and concentrate on next corner, it can be quite fun. Almost feels like you're driving the old Super Tourers with the sequential paddle boxes.

[jcAUSER]

Yer I find I only ever use the paddles on down shifts for braking, very rarely on acceleration. 
Generally off the lights its just gas it lol
But if I was going for a run up Macquarie pass or something like that, Ill use the paddles

Oh an only ever when the wife isn't in the car lol

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Was windy last week and my GTR boot and spoiler hit the pavement pretty hard and door toppled over onto the car.

A week later they're both in the same position lol.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

A year later, decided to get off my arse and update the engine number, also the 1st time I've driven it in 3 or more weeks.

It's not slow aye? Got it a bit sideways then I stopped and thought, I really need to keep my license for work so gave it a few more hits now it's back in the backyard.

[jcAUSER]

so did it re-ignite the love?

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

ummm.. not sure, it's covered in dents/rust - puts me off and I need to throw the Nissan idle control valve in the bin, and also the throttle body and go DBW.. The idle control reacts so slow and stalls sometimes with the AC on, I suspect it's filled with gunk and crap from 20 years of terrible air filters and engine blow by.

But that's money I don't want to spend and time I don't have to setup the DBW lol... so it stays how it is.

[WantGTR]

25 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

ummm.. not sure, it's covered in dents/rust - puts me off and I need to throw the Nissan idle control valve in the bin, and also the throttle body and go DBW.. The idle control reacts so slow and stalls sometimes with the AC on, I suspect it's filled with gunk and crap from 20 years of terrible air filters and engine blow by.

But that's money I don't want to spend and time I don't have to setup the DBW lol... so it stays how it is.

f**k the a.c. off, open a window.

#streetcar

[The Bogan]

Magic spray?

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

7 minutes ago, WantGTR said:

f**k the a.c. off, open a window.

#streetcar

Yeah it's Nissan, power window reg died on the LHS.. piece of shit doesn't go down

[jcAUSER]

LOL Same,

so I got the left rigged to the right switch so now one switch does both

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Rotated the wheels on the beast, man 20s aren't light. They're like 25kg per corner!

Dealer wanted to charge me $40+ for a wheel rotation during the $420 service, yeah nah.

Also, wheel bolts are torqued to 140nm not 100 ~ 110nm like wheel nuts.

Yes those are OEM lock bolts

 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Time for beer I suppose

 

[The Bogan]

3 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Time for beer I suppose

 

I had a bong that looked like that when I was about 18

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Now with wanker obnoxious noises, fit for a dickhead in a Skyline

 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Listed up some FPRs

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