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Exhaust Paint Anonymous 06/29/2016 (Wed) 15:12:26 Id: 292d4e No. 9755 [Reply]

Fags, i wanna paint my exhaust but they dont make vht in the color i want. Can i just empty rattle cans into a bucket then spray with an hvlp gun?

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Driver 08/03/2017 (Thu) 16:36:40 Id: 25a78b No. 13706

Anon I run a service for this and I can get your exhaust dip tanked and ovened but you're looking at a cool 1000$, you sure you want a rust texture? I could get you a camo in pink for your candy ass.

Driver 08/10/2017 (Thu) 14:20:11 Id: 67484a No. 13734

>>13706 babbys 1st necro

Driver 09/23/2017 (Sat) 20:48:29 Id: 0e142f No. 14201

I like how OP samefagged this entire thread until >>13706 posted.

Shelby Charger/GLHS, Daytona, Turismo, and L bodies Driver 06/12/2017 (Mon) 23:53:04 Id: 7501ec No. 13439 [Reply]

Friend just got back from overseas. Wants to buy an older car as a daily driver and as a hobby and he asked for my help not so much because of my mechanical expertise but because he's a babby and had a car thats not his mom's 2008 impala or a humvee. He asked me what I thought about the "shelby charger". Apparently thats an 80s subcompact…dodge charger that was built with the direct consultation of…Carroll Shelby. So I'm pretty fucking confused. Anybody know anything about these cars? I haven't been able to find much? I tried talking him into something similar but more common like a datsun or a foxbody but he seems really set on it.

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Driver 08/25/2017 (Fri) 06:41:02 Id: 6266ae No. 13822

>>13439 Tl;Dr - I am a k car god, and unless your buddy works at an auto repair, dont buy one. I love the fuck out of mine and will never get rid of it, but trust me when I say a fox ford is light years better and easier to work on. Here is my LeBaron with my Thunderbird Turbo Coupe (fox body ford)

Driver 08/26/2017 (Sat) 18:40:02 Id: 4311ce No. 13838

Went to Cars and Coffee this morning and saw this.

Driver 09/23/2017 (Sat) 14:17:23 Id: 119c6d No. 14197

>>13820 yo dude. i was a turbododge dude from back in the day. dodge had some balls with their turbos. i had a 92 spirit rt. cool car. got rid of it because it was getting oil in the anti-freeze and the head gasket was already changed.

Anonymous 01/27/2015 (Tue) 04:15:21 Id: 9008cc No. 2532 [Reply]

Truck thread?

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Driver 09/19/2017 (Tue) 05:46:01 Id: 0edbf8 No. 14148

>>14032 just get a 90s mini truck

Driver 09/20/2017 (Wed) 06:52:24 Id: c64609 No. 14161

>>14042 >2L That's going too far, I think. Just bringing back what the US small truck market used to be instead of making it like pic 1 I think would be enough. >>14036 More casual than the usual /o/ poster probably, so I don't know that much. Are the European standards what's making them all ugly, electronics-filled, and all but getting rid of the traditional regular cab? >>14148 I already have a truck, am not in the market nor living condition apartment complex for getting another one, just discussing. Luckily I live in idaho so old vehicles are in great shape unless the owner actively breaks it. Mine looks practically brand new despite being 14 years old and used by the previous owner as a work truck at a gravel pit.

Driver 09/20/2017 (Wed) 09:04:37 Id: 0e0eda No. 14165

>>14161 Look at the fucking Citroën C4 Cactus. Or the Opel Adam. Or even the Renault Captur. These shits are the regular rides in Europe and are electronic-filled hatchback pseudo-crossover trash. When a European thinks about a pickup truck, he thinks big, wide and useless flatbed. When a European buys a pickup truck, he never uses the cargo bay, he just drives it. So yeah, he cannot comprehend why there's no space for their children/coworkers in the back in a double cabin. And as the American brands are the top sellers in pickup trucks, they come to the European and foreign markets with their smaller trucks saying >hey we have them like you want them! And they don't make the regular single cab, small engine pickup truck because cost productions.

Carshopping and regrets Driver 06/07/2017 (Wed) 17:46:21 Id: 866569 No. 13388 [Reply]

Well after 3 months my new car is officially totaled. honestly that thing was getting on my nerves and I was starting to hate it, but still it was my first car that I actually bought with my own money and got a loan for and shit. Also I can't go anywhere now and can't work so that kinda sucks. 6k I'm on the hook for and might still have to pay a good chunk depending how bad the insurance tries to jew me on the "value" of the car. I didn't even want that car though. 6k is more than I've ever spent on anything in my life, granted it was really the bank's 6k but with 6k I could take care of pretty much other problem in my life for the foreseeable future and move forward from this shitkicking paycheck to paycheck hell I live in now. If I was gonna spend 6k on anything else, my standards would be impeccably high/ I guess I'm just bitter. For 6k I could have bought my dream car in running project condition. The short time I had this car I was constantly irritated by all the inconveniences and problems caused by owning a "new" car (it was a 2007, much newer than anything I've ever owned). Everything being tied to electrical and computer systems. Battery draining, annoying beeper when I wasn't buckled, auto safety locks. Some of the things were just poor design cuz it was a goddamn saturn (the battery is in the trunk, which is opened remotely by the keys which is useless with a dead battery, but can be opened manually with the keys, except the keys lock in the ignition upon trying to turn over the engine with a dead battery. You can fold down the rear seats to access the trunk, but to do so you must pull two pins, located inside the trunk.) I'm sick of cars that might as well run on magic with arbitrary designs and intentionally user-unfriendly. I'm not handy but I want to be but I can't do shit if everything in a car has to do with electronics or computers. Why shouldn't I buy an oldass car with a good frame and low mileage?

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Driver 07/13/2017 (Thu) 12:26:39 Id: 41fb9f No. 13626

>>13622 You think my garbage can has it easy? I often drive on dirt roads, winter lasts from october to march, and wheel arches often get hit with storms of sand/rock from driving on those dirt roads at 100km/h. Baltics have to learn rallydriving not in schools, but on the road. Such is life here. So i just assume Burgerland manufacturers just gave up rust protection after 95'? Btw, the secret to rust prevention is adding some acid to paint. So the metal reacts to the acid, thus forming strong and stable chamical bonds, rather than air, which just makes some weak-ass oxide known as rust. I know there are paint shops here that offer such a thing and it actualy works. Can easily give any car +10 years of life.

Driver 07/13/2017 (Thu) 21:13:18 Id: 6d93d2 No. 13628

>>13626 The paint on my 94 Grand Prix is still in amazing shape.They used metallic paint and it aged well. I wish I could say the same for the shit hard plastics inside. The bumpers have a little sun rot, but it's only on the folds. I'd take a photo, but my cars in the shop. Some prick rear ended me a few weeks ago. I was shocked that my car was hardly dented at all. It moved the trunk up half an inch. The bumper was fine, the lights were fine and trunk shuts. The rental I have is a real bitch. I knew the pillars of modern cars were bad, but I had no idea how bad it really was. So many blind spots. I fucking hate it.

Driver 09/15/2017 (Fri) 10:07:37 Id: 0da43f No. 14028

>>13388 A round of applause for making a bad decision in the first place.

Driver 07/19/2017 (Wed) 20:34:51 Id: 97a276 No. 13660 [Reply]

>can't pass theory test

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Driver 09/06/2017 (Wed) 21:46:31 Id: d9d522 No. 13925

>>13923 >potholes and shit everywhere on curvy roads Ever heard of Yuropean countryside roads? 20% of all roads in Yurop are top notch and get 80% of traffic. 80% of Yuopean roads get 20% of traffic, and about 50% of Yuropeans do not even know where to look for a crappy road.

Driver 09/07/2017 (Thu) 00:36:04 Id: 68970b No. 13928

>>13925 I was referring to roads in the USA.

Driver 09/15/2017 (Fri) 09:59:25 Id: 31ee38 No. 14027

>>13908 >implying they lump gang violence and suicides in with the firearm homicide rates because of course they do, meaning bad driving is even worse an issue

Are your anuses ready? Anonymous 07/30/2015 (Thu) 13:26:16 Id: ba50f3 No. 5585 [Reply] [Last]

>1500 BHP, a whole third more powerful than a base Veyron >Projected 288 MPH (464 KMH) top speed >0 - 60 in 2.0 seconds

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Driver 03/18/2017 (Sat) 06:41:13 Id: ba50f3 No. 12820

>>12814 >make claim that F1 introduced down-force to performance automobiles how does that insinuate anything about what you just said

Driver 04/11/2017 (Tue) 11:01:26 Id: ba50f3 No. 12995

>>11129 >redblock >doesnt post the OG redblock tbh the old B engines are some of the best ever made I love the shit out of them >tfw you own one >tfw the rest of the car is in such shit condition it'll break apart and you can't afford to fix it pain

Driver 07/20/2017 (Thu) 04:45:03 Id: 811a3f No. 13663

>>5585 >Are your anuses ready? For a car that barely anyone here can afford and the ones that can won't even buy? no thank you, besides those engines have alot of cooling issues

Driver 05/07/2017 (Sun) 18:37:39 Id: 25c1c9 No. 13186 [Reply]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vD6A6NxySQ So are muscle cars back or what?

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Driver 05/14/2017 (Sun) 04:08:24 Id: 7bc0dd No. 13212

Back just in time to be ruined by disgusting high belt lines and have all the HP soaked up by feature bloat. I wonder how long before the Mustang, Camaro, and Charger/Challenger are reduced to a shit choice between FWD and "AWD" consisting of a rear drive tacked onto the FWD model. And how long before the Camaro's windshield/windows disappear entirely into the body.

Driver 05/14/2017 (Sun) 05:33:37 Id: 169db4 No. 13213

>>13208 >the first gen Mustang is famous for mostly being Falcon bits underneath I didn't know that, kek

Driver 07/16/2017 (Sun) 05:14:17 Id: 772c78 No. 13646

Just bought a 1983 Camaro Z28, previous owner swapped out the stock 305 V8 with a 350 SBC bored out 0.020. With an Edelbrock Performer intake, Holley DP 750 CFM carb, and short pipe headers coupled with an Eaton 3.73 posi in the rear end, she goes. I think the third gen cars are really underrated as far as cheap platforms go for "pony cars". Looking at the new Dodge Challenger, Chevy Camaro, and Ford Mustang, its hard to imagine how much HP they're able to put out nowadays from factory cars.

Anonymous 06/29/2016 (Wed) 11:02:48 Id: e8142e No. 9750 [Reply] [Last]

post cute cars

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Driver 06/28/2017 (Wed) 02:32:26 Id: e1d7df No. 13529

>>13525 >it's not like I'm actually a Suzuki or anything… b-baka!

Driver 06/28/2017 (Wed) 13:14:38 Id: 910a6a No. 13532

>>10099 The purest of romances.

Driver 07/08/2017 (Sat) 13:07:00 Id: 3f0968 No. 13601

>>9750 Cutest car in my book.

new USDM car buying advice infograph Driver 05/30/2017 (Tue) 04:33:54 Id: f42582 No. 13316 [Reply]

You may have seen the old one floating around. It's pretty wrong in many places and is missing a lot of good cars. This thread is for making a new one with input from everyone. Pic related is the old one. I'd like to use similar categories for describing each car, but have a full set of options for each category from each continent. There might be too many to fit in one graph with that setup, so maybe we could do a separate graph for each continent. A better template could also be had. Maybe I'll get that done in the next couple weeks. I don't know about much else. For now lets just discuss what cars to put into each category (I would like to modify those slightly as well). Suggested categories (three from each continent, if possible; in no particular order): compact econoboxes (example: honda civic) mid-size econoboxes (example: toyota camry) hot hatches (example: ford focus svt) sport coupes (example: honda prelude) station wagons/estates (example: volvo v70) compact/mid size luxury sedan (example: lexus ES) full size luxury sedan (example: lexus LS) poorfag (example: toyota echo) japanese trucks (because the only big ones they made are too new. example: nissan hardbody) american trucks (example: F-150)

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Driver 07/04/2017 (Tue) 23:37:48 Id: d1b770 No. 13575

>>13316 i was supposed to buy a cheap accord but everyone i know keeps saying no to a 1998 model because they say the gas consumption is very high compared to a civic

Driver 07/05/2017 (Wed) 00:32:47 Id: d1b770 No. 13579

>>13316 i was supposed to buy a cheap accord but everyone i know keeps saying no to a 1998 model because they say the gas consumption is very high compared to a civic

Driver 07/05/2017 (Wed) 20:53:07 Id: 33d309 No. 13583

>>13579 Well if you drive a car A the same way as you drive car B, they are very damn likely to have the same gas consumption. Also Civic is supposed to be a econobox student hatch, unlike the Accord.

Anonymous 03/30/2016 (Wed) 08:12:21 Id: 4cfaeb No. 8642 [Reply] [Last]

>Be 2015 >Be Toyota >Kill Scion due to paternal evolutionary convergence and shift in youth culture >Researches new approach to win over today's youth with updated and assimilated flagship car. >"Hmm" >"What are these may-mays the kids speak of?" 1 month later >"So which meme should we facelift OUR, totally NOT Subaru's GT86 to resemble???" >??? >"I got it!" Fast forward to March 2016 > "HEY YOUNG SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS" >"HEARD YOU LIEK MUDKIPS"

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Driver 07/05/2017 (Wed) 00:25:35 Id: 5ce7d3 No. 13578

>>13577 Plates are state by states. Most states down south care about freedom more and let you not dill holes in your car. It's not the case where I am since my state is communist. I said I'd just not put the plate on, but I'm told I'll get pulled over daily for it. It's fucking stupid. You spend 26k+ on a car and ruin the front with an ugly tin plate and before a few years ago they would drill fucking holes in the bumper. I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I plan on saving like crazy. I have loans to pay off, but I can manage that and get a car. It's why I'm going to wait till next summer. By then I should know what I want…I hope. Its fun, till now I didn't have a real job so I could never think about getting a car.

Driver 07/05/2017 (Wed) 01:20:08 Id: db812e No. 13580

>>13578 Can't it just be zip tied in the grille? It's not like a rear plate that has lights and shit, as long as it's securely fastened and not obscured shouldn't that get a pass? I went and got my front plate rack, as we still get them, but they're in a little bag in the trunk, and it's a monstrosity, like, as wide as an euro plate and seems to mount in the fucking PAINTED PART of the bumper with HUGE half-inch wide well-nuts. If I had to have one, I'd definitely go with an aftermarket solution that mounts in the tow hook threads. Like http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/grimmspeed-plate-relocation-199.html#.WVw-YHXythE But if you're buying used the damage will already be done.

Driver 07/05/2017 (Wed) 01:26:31 Id: 5ce7d3 No. 13581

>>13580 I see that one a lot on those cars. Some get unlucky and they drill holes on that plastic part of the BRZ. I see very few FRS and 86 around here for some reason so I can't say for sure I could zip tie it on. We just have a very ugly plate that stands out like crazy

Garage Thread Anonymous 12/18/2016 (Sun) 22:06:18 Id: 44b063 No. 11803 [Reply]

Post garages. All types welcome, from the humble one-car to 10,000 sq ft industrial warehouses.

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Anonymous 12/25/2016 (Sun) 00:38:06 Id: 44b063 No. 11839

Anonymous 12/25/2016 (Sun) 04:19:58 Id: 44b063 No. 11841

Driver 06/10/2017 (Sat) 01:22:03 Id: 6e4ae4 No. 13415

Keychain thread Driver 05/20/2017 (Sat) 18:28:04 Id: a74abb No. 13264 [Reply]

An/o/ns, show me your keychains. Can anyone tell me where I can get pic related? >inb4 newfag

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Driver 06/07/2017 (Wed) 20:31:02 Id: b20043 No. 13393

>>13392 Australian comes here too? Post your bike.

Driver 06/07/2017 (Wed) 21:37:08 Id: 8e11e7 No. 13394

>>13393 No bike, only car. I'm >>13374.

Driver 06/07/2017 (Wed) 22:11:00 Id: 235247 No. 13395

The post your car thread is that way >>13371

Anonymous 05/03/2016 (Tue) 05:04:35 Id: f291b1 No. 9033 [Reply]

Who here doesn't have a car?

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Anonymous 05/23/2016 (Mon) 17:30:20 Id: f291b1 No. 9325

>>9323 >600k miles on a bicycle lolwut

Driver 05/17/2017 (Wed) 01:16:15 Id: 5c848e No. 13239

>>9322 >I have most of a car What did he mean by this?

Driver 05/17/2017 (Wed) 04:38:56 Id: df49f5 No. 13241

>>13239 He said what he meant. >no brakes or headlights and over 600k miles So it is (was) falling apart/in pieces and barely, if at all running.

Sweden, Model for the West Considers "Assault Car" Ban Driver 04/22/2017 (Sat) 14:08:53 Id: 011406 No. 13085 [Reply]

>Cars have turned into deadly weapons. They have been easy to steal and then nothing has been able to stop their advance. >In Nice, Berlin, Jerusalem, London and Stockholm, they have been used as effective murder machines terrorists who wanted to kill many people. >If people in the future will be protected cars must simply removed from the collection sites and city centers. It is not reasonable for a big truck can be driven right into Stockholm’s popular walking street on a Friday afternoon just before Easter. Politicians have been good at protecting themselves, but now they must also ensure citizens’ needs for secure environments. archive.is/6KF8r Let me remind you that Sweden is usually "ten years ahead" of every other western nation, in terms of social policy. It's best to enjoy the ride, while you can. Personally, I hope none of you have the misfortune of living in Sweden.

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Driver 04/25/2017 (Tue) 10:58:06 Id: 011406 No. 13106

>>13105 They ran out of iron cannons long ago, so nowadays you just get these shitty plastic bollards that can be shattered with a box cutter.

Driver 04/27/2017 (Thu) 04:37:57 Id: 011406 No. 13121

>>13087 >Get bike >Get gun >Start at the highest point of the city >Work your way downhill

Driver 05/05/2017 (Fri) 22:52:33 Id: ce4393 No. 13176

>>13085 We joked about this on /pol/ and /k/. This can´t be serious!

Top Gear Crew finally settle on name for their show; The Grand Tour Anonymous 05/11/2016 (Wed) 18:55:21 Id: 7e7767 No. 9130 [Reply] [Last]

Who hype here? Dubs decides how many years this show outlives Flop Gear by

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Driver 04/13/2017 (Thu) 17:00:00 Id: 7e7767 No. 13012

>>12976 I must live under a rock that I didn't know Robot Wars and BattleBots came back. I loved BattleBots when I was younger. TG is dead and never coming back.I'd watch more TGT, I do hope they stop that celebrity bit, but I felt they beat it into the ground. I do think it's just them venting how much they hated doing it on TG though.

Driver 04/13/2017 (Thu) 18:50:00 Id: 7e7767 No. 13013

>>13012 >I do think it's just them venting how much they hated doing it on TG though. Interesting, I never thought about it this way. I always thought they wanted to do it but avoided it to not give more lawsuit ammo to the BBC. Your theory makes a little more sense.

Driver 04/19/2017 (Wed) 00:19:01 Id: 7e7767 No. 13068

>>13012 I thought it was the BBC that wanted them to stop doing the celeb interviews during the show.

Post your car Anonymous 08/16/2016 (Tue) 22:29:23 Id: b4107a No. 10365 [Reply] [Last]

I heard you guys are fags that don't own cars, post your pictures and prove me wrong. Pictures of work being done are better Pic related, taking all front panels off for painting and redoing weatherstripping New front bumper cover is ASAP

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Driver 03/26/2017 (Sun) 06:34:12 Id: b4107a No. 12913

>>12909 Volvo 945 Turbo Wagon. It always sucks to be beaten and have to go to a shop. But $150 might be worth it if they explain to you what they did to break it loose.

Driver 03/30/2017 (Thu) 16:03:41 Id: b4107a No. 12938

>>12909 >>12913 I drove the car back from the shop today. I basically paid $50 for them to just put the cable on the lever… I guess I didn't pull it hard enough. They did do a general inspection and apparently discovered that the accessory belt is worn and a couple gaskets and seals could use replacing, which is nice. I feel double defeated now though…

Driver 03/31/2017 (Fri) 17:57:19 Id: b4107a No. 12944

>>12938 Hey man, it could be worse. It could have been your girlfriend correctly guessing your no-start after you read the LH-Jet 2.4 manual 3 times and probed half the shit in your fuel system. Fuck. She couldn't even give a short description of the Otto cycle, but damn if my fuel pumps didn't kick on right away.