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Rugoberta Munchu posted:Right mow. I can't drive fifty-five (on this lawnmower)
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Fucknag posted: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. The trick with that, as I've learnt with both my old VWs, is to wait for the rotor to rust itself onto the hub so it can't rotate, and then fit the wheel. Works like a charm.  I didn't realise how much of a bollocks wheel bolts were until I bought my Miata and had a  moment at how much easier studs are.
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I was reading the thought process behind lug bolts vs studs. Apparently lug bolts are less likely to come loose while driving like a lug nut with stud can. Lug bolts are self tightening.
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Throatwarbler posted:Some terrible stuff is going to happen to that Taurus'es transmission if he keeps that up. Driving it? Yeah, that'll kill it. On the other hand, he's almost guaranteed to be on his second or third by now.
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Nov 20, 2012 16:24
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Some more photos of the A4 Avant "rat rod" popped up over on Audizine:quote:.....the car is from germany, not russia
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veedubfreak posted:I was reading the thought process behind lug bolts vs studs. Apparently lug bolts are less likely to come loose while driving like a lug nut with stud can. Lug bolts are self tightening. The real problem I have with bolts is that it takes longer to change wheels in a race setting and the constant in-out in same setting can wear out hub threads. Hubs are a lot harder to change as opposed to extracting a worn out stud from a threaded hub. Press-fit stud-hub guys are just hosed but they have at least have studs so the battle is mostly won. jammyozzy posted:The trick with that, as I've learnt with both my old VWs, is to wait for the rotor to rust itself onto the hub so it can't rotate, and then fit the wheel. Works like a charm. The best thing about good bulletnose studs is zipping the nuts on with the cordless after you hang the wheel like a  race pro
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Nov 20, 2012 19:19
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DropShadow posted:Some more photos of the A4 Avant "rat rod" popped up over on Audizine: its beautiful because everything is so wrong that as a whole its right.
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Nov 20, 2012 19:23
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DropShadow posted:Some more photos of the A4 Avant "rat rod" popped up over on Audizine: I think we found the original. If we kill it, will all of the other lovely audi/vw rat rods die too?
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Nov 20, 2012 20:07
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DropShadow posted:Some more photos of the A4 Avant "rat rod" popped up over on Audizine: This is what vehicles in Fallout 4 will look like more than it's a rat rod.
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Nov 20, 2012 20:16
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veedubfreak posted:I think we found the original. If we kill it, will all of the other lovely audi/vw rat rods die too? we can only hope.
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Nov 20, 2012 20:22
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Uh.. yeah.
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Nov 20, 2012 20:32
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dat bench. Both of them.
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Nov 20, 2012 20:33
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veedubfreak posted:I was reading the thought process behind lug bolts vs studs. Apparently lug bolts are less likely to come loose while driving like a lug nut with stud can. Lug bolts are self tightening. Nah, that's urban legend. I've had un-torqued lug bolts come undone on me. When tightened properly neither will come loose. The real reason is that it makes the hub assembly cheaper.
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Nov 20, 2012 20:46
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I'm seriously considering doing press in studs on my bug just because every one wants 3 bucks per loving lug bolt for 14x1.5 ball seats. Would mean I'd have to buy a 5th alloy for a spare though.
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Nov 20, 2012 23:54
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LloydDobler posted:Nah, that's urban legend. I've had un-torqued lug bolts come undone on me. When tightened properly neither will come loose. Pretty sure American cars in the 50's had them as well. My opinion is that they torque down easier. My biggest problem with VW/AUDI in general concerning lug bolts is that they have those annoying loving plastic covers on them. When a customer comes in to get them re-torqued after service, it takes for ever to do something that should take literally no more than a min.
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Nov 21, 2012 00:12
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Boat posted: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. I got so frustrated once, I though about having a welder fill the holes, then having a machine shop drill 5 new holes. Then I realized they were a $100 set of wheels and ...
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Preoptopus posted:When a customer comes in to get them re-torqued after service Wait....what? You have customer that LISTEN TO YOU?
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:I got so frustrated once, I though about having a welder fill the holes, then having a machine shop drill 5 new holes. Then I realized they were a $100 set of wheels and ... sold them to some other poor sucker for $200 and got another set of better $100 wheels?
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Nov 21, 2012 03:29
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 SS Aztek woo!!
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DropShadow posted:Some more photos of the A4 Avant "rat rod" popped up over on Audizine: lol this car owns so hard I love the steering wheel
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Nov 21, 2012 05:15
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aventari posted:lol this car owns so hard Agreed. The passenger seat is a swing on wooden posts.
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Nov 21, 2012 07:41
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Is that stupid pedobear thing poking out of one of the windows too?
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Nov 21, 2012 09:21
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I think I know the owner of that car, where'd you see it? I know someone I know has something gay like that. (shocking I know)
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Tusen Takk posted:I know someone I know has something gay like that. Really?
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Tusen Takk posted:I think I know the owner of that car, where'd you see it? Sterling Heights
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Tusen Takk posted:I think I know the owner of that car, where'd you see it? Never stop.
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Yes perhaps he should have written "I'm sure someone I know has something gay like that" but for christ sake... Goons...  Let's go back to doing something less gay like discussing studs and nuts :iamafag:
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Beach Bum posted:Let's go back to doing something less gay like discussing studs and nuts :iamafag: YEAHHHHHHHH I've lived in a big city for a little over a year now, and since then, I've actually seen worse (better?) hellafrush fitments than this... but this is definitely a first. Skip to a minute in. Then, skip to 0:54 to get an idea of what riding in this car sounds like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFKvk63Obec I wonder if having your oil pan scrape away into the night is going to kill the hellaflush fad, like the sparkling brake pads killed rollerblades back in the 90s. enojy fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 21, 2012 |
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Abe Froman posted:Sterling Heights Haha I thought so, I'm over in Shelby. edit: Excellent use of 
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Nov 21, 2012 19:24
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Porsche tool kits come with alignment studs that support the wheel like you get the lug bolts in. Too damned easy to nick the pain on the brake calipers, though, I'd much rather have studs. So, he put a functional luggage rack on a beetle, that's.... oh. grover fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Nov 21, 2012 |
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DropShadow posted:Some more photos of the A4 Avant "rat rod" popped up over on Audizine: I'm trying to put my finger on whats bugging me about this car. I think as far as the "rat" part of it goes, they did a pretty impressive job. They took a crappy shell and rigged the entire thing with total garbage to get something that moves for almost zero budget. It bothers me less than the high dollar chromed and gloss "rat rods" that are actually a large budget build with fake rust on the body. I guess its just that this car obviously isnt a "rod". It would be terrifiying at 10 mph, if it even gets that high. There was no thought to building a functioning car beyond moving under power, it seems from the photos. The mad camber and the wood interior.  Its interesting, would probably be a hit at any custom show, even as a gimmick.
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I love that A4, especially when you see it as a troll on the "custom" motor world. It's powered by a two stroke Trabant engine and has wood seats. It's so horrible it's awesome. Not to mention he just used the shell of a burned up A4 to make it, if only all travesties could turn into cool looking rolling junk art.
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grover posted:Porsche tool kits come with alignment studs that support the wheel like you get the lug bolts in. Too damned easy to nick the pain on the brake calipers, though, I'd much rather have studs. More like: towel rack
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Texas has a cheeseburger plate? Seriously? God dammit  I guess if you can't shake the stereotype, might as well own it 
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Black88GTA posted:Texas has a cheeseburger plate? Seriously? God dammit More like "Oh poo poo we broke as hell and we can't raise any taxes because of politics, please give us money to advertise your buisness!"
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Nov 22, 2012 18:51
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Someone mentioned people trying to commit insurance fraud by throwing themselves on the hoods of cars. Here's a compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFZVIwW8kY
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Shifty Pony posted:More like "Oh poo poo we broke as hell and we can't raise any taxes because of politics, please give us money to advertise your buisness!"  But I mean, hamburger license plate man.
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djdanno13 posted:I love that A4, especially when you see it as a troll on the "custom" motor world. It's powered by a two stroke Trabant engine and has wood seats. It's so horrible it's awesome. Not to mention he just used the shell of a burned up A4 to make it, if only all travesties could turn into cool looking rolling junk art. Yeah, it really is just a troll show car project. Seeing as it's from Germany, this thing wouldn't be allowed for a second on any public street (not that normal rat rods ever would be either). If you look at the license plate it has (in the right place, not the giant amount covering or replacing a fender), it's actually an old one from the former GDR. I'm not even sure if the motor can actually power the wheels, but even if it does, it would only ever be used to drive onto or off a trailer.
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