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>>29071645>people telling the OP to just lose weightlmao, fatty fat fuck getting told
About to put some M3 style mirrors and a lip spoiler on my facelift E46 318Ci weekend car.Don't even give a fuck, going to rice the shit out of it. Already have a M3 style front bumper and a loud exhaust.May do a 6 cylinder swap at some point if I can find a cheap donor car, I might not, who knows.
Doing brakes for the first time ever. Front caliper is sticking on my 05 Ford Focus. I will be replacing the sticking caliper, both front hoses, pads, rotors, and doing a full fluid flush. I bought two 1qt cans of brake fluid. Should I be okay to wait until the end to do a full flush/bleed of all four wheels? I do plan to open the bleeder when pushing back the caliper pistons so the old fluid doesn't get pushed back into the ABS module. I'm just mildly concerned about running out of fluid overbleeding.
>>29071703Why replace the caliper? Why not just replace the hardware and slide pins. Anyway, 2qts is more than enough for a car.
>>29071703you shouldn't need to push the brake pads in to swap calipers unless you have a real bad lip, and even then just unhook the line so it squirts out on the ground. Get that fluid completely changed asap though, the water in it that corroded the original caliper will corrode your new one too.
>>29071709I am not sure yet whether the issue lies with the brake hose, caliper piston, or slides. It does have a somewhat atypical caliper setup from the typical slide pin/boot setup (see https://youtu.be/SMsANb8XW68?t=22 yes I am aware the person in this video violates several best practices, no it is not my only reference).I have delayed fixing this for ~250-300 miles as it's my daily driver and only car so I am concerned that the heat stress has damaged and/or degraded the caliper (seals etc). I have tried to baby it as much as possible by not driving far, staying on back roads, driving as slowly as I can given traffic, etc. but it has definitely gotten hot.
>>29071802The calipers are roughly functional whereas the slide pins are precisely functional but good luck I need to get air out of my ABS lines since the previous owner had a master cylinder installed not bench bled properly
>>29071808I'm really not sure what you're trying to say. The replacement caliper also includes new hardware (just a wire spring/clip in this application) and slide pins.
My F150 failed inspection due to one of the truck bed mounting points having rusted through. I had to pull the bed to be able to properly fix it, and oh boy what a Pandora's box that turned out to be. The frame is absolutely thoroughly coated in heavy flaking rust and even has rusted through in some places. I've spent quite a while already removing rust with a needle scaler and sanding discs but still have a long way to go before I can weld new metal to the frame and cover the frame with anti-rust paint.
>>29071635The other thread wasn't at bump limit yet. Now we have two. Nice job retard.
My fucking horn goes off every time I hit a bump , just started 2 days ago and it sometimes gets stuck so I have to punch the airbag cover (horn button) and it eventually stops.Gonna read the shop manual and google it up tonight. I haven’t taken an airbag off in 15+ years.Extremely embarrassing when it happens in traffic over and over again. Probably not safe. I could disconnect the physical horn under the hood, but I’ll do things right this time.
>>29071961>I could disconnect the physical horn under the hood, but I’ll do things right this time.You should probably just disconnect the horn for now and then fix it properly as soon as you have a chance. Like next weekend. Maybe the weekend after. It'll be done in no time.
Did the second lazy coat of cheap ass Rustoleum on my axle and let it dry overnight. surprised it came out alright. Now I just need to find help getting the bitch under the truck. Should I paint the diff cover to match or get extra with it?
>>29072301Which variant(s) of Rustoleum did you use?
>>29072301>Should I paint the diff cover to match or get extra with it?Bedazzle that bitch
