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I wasn't sure what you were getting at with this awesome piece of machinery, but then I realized, pink pants do not go with white tennis shoes. Good eye.
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SaNChEzZ posted:Shattered rear windshield? No problem, the tint and duct tape will hold it together. I've had a rear windshield shatter like that. If I'd had duct tape you bet your rear end I'd have covered it in tape. It crumbles apart and gets EVERYWHERE.
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Nov 19, 2012 21:29
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This is from Honey Boo Boo isn't it?
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Nov 19, 2012 21:34
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veedubfreak posted:I think he is referring to his inability to leave enough of a gap between himself and the car in front of him to escape if the car in front dies. That's the terrible part. I saw that happen to someone yesterday, basically on top of the car infront of him, then the 1st car stalled out so the guy behind had to reverse in traffic to move out of the way. If it has been posted already apologies.  
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Nov 19, 2012 21:44
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These own so hard.
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Nov 19, 2012 21:50
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Viggen posted:Couldn't get a picture of it in time, but it was an old Jetta that someone appeared to use a putty knife to scrape their hood down to the metal. It is really difficult to describe just how bad it looked. Is that how you prep VW's for that rust look? I want to see what they look like after the paint is gone but before that ridiculous patina stage. Also, do you suppose that X6 is just a vinyl wrap? I just can't believe something that recent and expensive would be rattle canned in those colors, and we keep seeing more wraps lately.
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Nov 19, 2012 21:50
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davebo posted:Is that how you prep VW's for that rust look? I want to see what they look like after the paint is gone but before that ridiculous patina stage. I don't think it is common to use a putty knife (he either used that or a dremel with an oversized stone grinder - and is a heroin addict). It really looked godawful. I've heard of various stripping methods, but never seen anything gouged this badly that wasn't in an accident - it was the metal equivalent of using a pry bar on soft plastic. I had never felt the urge to follow someone and ask if they wanted help pissing on their hood (rusts faster) before seeing how awful this looked with shiny metal.
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Nov 19, 2012 21:54
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Aircraft Remover, motherfuckers. If they're going to ruin their cars with a fake patina, at least they could do it right.
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Nov 19, 2012 22:59
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b0nes posted:I saw that happen to someone yesterday, basically on top of the car infront of him, then the 1st car stalled out so the guy behind had to reverse in traffic to move out of the way. Rolling tinnitus
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Nov 20, 2012 01:20
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I didn't know this before, but VWs have 17mm lug nuts. What is wrong with these people? Why would you put such small nuts on the wheels of a car?
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Nov 20, 2012 01:38
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Giblet Plus! posted:I didn't know this before, but VWs have 17mm lug nuts. What is wrong with these people? Why would you put such small nuts on the wheels of a car? Well, they're actually lug bolts, so the nut size is irrelevant. Plus as far as I know, all the German companies use them.
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Nov 20, 2012 01:56
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That explains why my neighbor was having such as a hard time getting them off his girlfriend's jetta. I'm sure the design works great when people rotate their wheels regularly.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:00
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To be fair that could be said about a lot of things on cars. Also, they're a pain in the dick to line up in the best of circumstances. I had to do a rotation on one of my coworkers' Mk IV GTI a while back. He's missing the screws that hold the rotors in place on the hubs, so due to the lag of wheel studs they can spin independently. You have to line them up, then keep them in place while you put the wheel on (again, no small feat with no studs to hang it from) and try to stick a bolt through all 3 holes and thread it in without bumping something out of place. One of the front wheels also has a spacer, so that brings it to 4 independently rotating pieces of metal to line up.  Gimme a Super Duty with gigantor hubs and 8 studs any day.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:15
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I've never really had a problem with that when I work on VWs/Audis, I just use an extension bar and a socket to hold the lug bolt, gives a little more leverage to line it up and carefully get the threads started. Another thing you can do is take the appropriate threaded bolt about 50-60mm long, cut the head off, grind a pair of flats into it, and thread it into one hole. Then hang your brake rotor, spacer, wheel etc on it. Put the other lug bolts in, remove headless bolt (either by hand or with vise grips on the flats if necessary) and torque everything down. I use this method on Saginaw style steering boxes on SUVs/trucks every time now because it's so much easier to get the other 2-3 bolts started when there's an alignment peg in the first hole.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:19
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Giblet Plus! posted:That explains why my neighbor was having such as a hard time getting them off his girlfriend's jetta. I'm sure the design works great when people rotate their wheels regularly. Ze germans expect you to follow the maintenance procedures! No issues with my 17mm lug bolts.
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Giblet Plus! posted:I didn't know this before, but VWs have 17mm lug nuts. What is wrong with these people? Why would you put such small nuts on the wheels of a car? You realize they used these same 17mm lug bolts on the Audi group B cars? I think they work just fine.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:38
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VW, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Saab, Volvo, and some Saturns use lug bolts as well. At least Saab (and I think Volvo) were nice enough to make them 19mm.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:41
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Bang Me Please posted:VW, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Saab, Volvo, and some Saturns use lug bolts as well. At least Saab (and I think Volvo) were nice enough to make them 19mm. Volvo also puts a nice little spike on the hub to line the wheel up while you put the bolts in. Sweden. 
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Nov 20, 2012 02:42
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Lug bolts can lick my nuts. I plan on getting aftermarket lug studs for my M3 so I don't have to loving balance a wheel on a tiny lip while trying to get the first bolt in.
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Nov 20, 2012 03:11
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Passenger car tires/rims are light as hell... just hold it up and put the bolts in? No reason to try and balance it.
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Nov 20, 2012 03:15
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kastein posted:Passenger car tires/rims are light as hell... just hold it up and put the bolts in? No reason to try and balance it. I had to help someone mount his 19" competition package BBS M3 wheels with lug bolts and it sucked even with two people.
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Nov 20, 2012 03:19
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I would hate to have to do that with my ~80lb wheels.
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Nov 20, 2012 04:35
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Try putting Unilug wheels on a car. They were made by Cragar. I had them on my Rambler. The wheels had an elongated hole to allow for 5 on 4.5", 4.75" and 5" bolt patterns. You used an off-center washer for the 4.5" and 5" patterns, and a centered washer for 4.75". They are the loving worst. It takes literally 45 minutes to get a wheel on.
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Nov 20, 2012 04:36
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:Try putting Unilug wheels on a car. They were made by Cragar. I had them on my Rambler. The wheels had an elongated hole to allow for 5 on 4.5", 4.75" and 5" bolt patterns. You used an off-center washer for the 4.5" and 5" patterns, and a centered washer for 4.75". Thinking back on that part of your thread, I think I'd have to stick the washers to either the wheels or hub in the correct orientation with some fun tack or something. What a terrible idea.
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Nov 20, 2012 04:47
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BoostCreep posted:I had to help someone mount his 19" competition package BBS M3 wheels with lug bolts and it sucked even with two people. I usually sit down, put the wheel on my toes, and raise the wheel up enough with my toes to get it to line up a top lug, then shove the wheel against the hub, and put in a bottom lug.
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Nov 20, 2012 04:55
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BlackMK4 posted:I usually sit down, put the wheel on my toes, and raise the wheel up enough with my toes to get it to line up a top lug, then shove the wheel against the hub, and put in a bottom lug. With my 18" ZHP wheels I had to get it on the lip (a whopping 5mm) with 2 hands, then use my foot to hold the bottom of the wheel in while one hand held the top. Used the remaining hand to thread in a lug. Those wheels weighed were heavy as hell too. The wheel is pretty much actively working against you, I've never had one that would actually stay in place without having to at least push on the bottom of the wheel. This is why you can buy conversion kits, it gets REALLY tedious when you have to deal with changing wheels twice a day for track/slalom events.
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Nov 20, 2012 05:03
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b0nes posted:I saw that happen to someone yesterday, basically on top of the car infront of him, then the 1st car stalled out so the guy behind had to reverse in traffic to move out of the way. This eyesore was rolling down I-4 in Orlando yesterday on the back of a flatbed followed closely by a 2nd flatbed carrying a light blue BMW X5 with equally monstrous wheels. I couldn't get a picture. When I saw this link I came here and saw somebody beat me to it.
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Nov 20, 2012 05:19
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The Antipop posted:This eyesore was rolling down I-4 in Orlando yesterday on the back of a flatbed followed closely by a 2nd flatbed carrying a light blue BMW X5 with equally monstrous wheels. I couldn't get a picture. When I saw this link I came here and saw somebody beat me to it. The only decent thing about this is the engine, the rest is scrap metal. I didn't even know ZL1's came in automatic.
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Nov 20, 2012 05:59
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I'm going to be honest, it looks like the most bitching hot wheels ever. Dumb hot wheels just don't scale up well. And didn't have rad toy loop tracks and stuff.
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Nov 20, 2012 06:04
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Well now, if tractors count... 
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:Well now, if tractors count... Sorry, owns.
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Nov 20, 2012 06:29
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Tractors are famous for their brown sound
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Nov 20, 2012 06:31
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Some terrible stuff is going to happen to that Taurus'es transmission if he keeps that up.
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I didn't think much of the gold Camaro until I happened to read that it's actually a ZL1, you know, the special one with all the functional underbody aero, magnetic suspension, track oriented trans and diff coolers and supercharged engine.
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Nov 20, 2012 08:15
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BlackMK4 posted:I usually sit down, put the wheel on my toes, and raise the wheel up enough with my toes to get it to line up a top lug, then shove the wheel against the hub, and put in a bottom lug. The VW recovery tool bag comes with a long plastic wheel stud that you screw in to one of the lug holes. It lets you align the wheel on the car, and then put in some of the real lug bolts and take the plastic bit out for the last bolt.
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Nov 20, 2012 08:24
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1. Harder to perform regular maintenance on 2. Not superior to less "engineered" vehicles' solution 3. Different from everything else Yep, it's German 
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Nov 20, 2012 08:58
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Oh please, my car has 17mm lug bolts and I didn't even realize that people complaining about it being a pain in the rear end was a thing until this thread.
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Nov 20, 2012 09:22
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:Well now, if tractors count... Hey! It's your tomorrow.
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Crustashio posted:Lug bolts can lick my nuts. I plan on getting aftermarket lug studs for my M3 so I don't have to loving balance a wheel on a tiny lip while trying to get the first bolt in. My Audi's wheels just slotted over the hub centre, then rotate until the holes line up... It was even a bitch getting the winter wheels off for summer, had to take a mallet to the tire to get them to budge.
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The BMW toolkit in the trunk should have a metal rod with a plastic end that goes in the hub to use as an alignment/hanger stud when changing your wheels. Personally I just bought the VAC 90mm stud kit for my E30 since it took my 20m wheel change time down to about 5m at the AutoX course 
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