Turbro Miata. To ruin or not to ruin?

[Desertbreh]

Dood. Just date somebody for a while. It doesn't have to be going somewhere.

Counterpoint: Don't date anyone for a while and enjoy being single.

Also fine. Either way, make it all about Barnes.

[Barnes93cb]

clearly you had a bad marriage.

His wife registered for an account on here at one point - I think I deleted it, but she was a'lurkin.

I didnt know that. But yes she did stalk me on here quite a bit.

[Barnes93cb]

So back on track with the cars and not my life.

Hurricane came through and I always park my car at work since it doesnt flood there and no trees to hit the car.

A massive branch came down in my parking spot at the townhouse. It would have landed right on my car. And the branch missed my bike by half a foot. Id be willing to bet if the car was there it would have also shifted the branch to my bike. I got super lucky.

I had a similar experience where a tree fell on my driveway literally the minute after I moved the

Nice Aloo Luck dude! Good stuff.

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The carolinas are trying to take away our happiness.

[wap]

Dood. Just date somebody for a while. It doesn't have to be going somewhere.

Counterpoint: Don't date anyone for a while and enjoy being single.

Nothing better than being comfortable being alone.

[wap]

clearly you had a bad marriage.

His wife registered for an account on here at one point - I think I deleted it, but she was a'lurkin.

Holy

[D Griff]

Counterpoint: Don't date anyone for a while and enjoy being single.

Also fine. Either way, make it all about Barnes.

I'm just glad Barnes made it out of the marriage with no real harm done.

[Barnes93cb]

Let’s not bad talk my ex wife.

We had our differences. But she’s not a bad person.

[Barnes93cb]

Drivers window stopped working. I only spent about 5 mintues trying to diagnose so far. Took the switches out of the center console to make sure they were plugged in. Everything looks good, passenger window still works. There is a shared plug for both switches. I doubt its the plug since half of it works.

When I press the button I dont hear the window motor attempting to crank at all. Would this be the time to buy a multimeter and learn how to trace electrical? Or is there somewhere else that I need to check?

[goIftdibrad]

Drivers window stopped working. I only spent about 5 mintues trying to diagnose so far. Took the switches out of the center console to make sure they were plugged in. Everything looks good, passenger window still works. There is a shared plug for both switches. I doubt its the plug since half of it works.

When I press the button I dont hear the window motor attempting to crank at all. Would this be the time to buy a multimeter and learn how to trace electrical? Or is there somewhere else that I need to check?

yes.

those contacts can get dirty, i think i had to disassemble my switch to clean. But buy a meter and make sure its working. if it is, then the issue might be in the door.

[Barnes93cb]

Brake leak just hit a new low.

Went for a drive and lost almost all pedal out of nowhere. Took it slow getting home and brought the car up on a jack. Looks like a leak from the e brake cable area. Not sure what it’s all called. I managed to swap a motor in the car but have never swapped brake pads or bled brakes before. Needless to say I had some fluid sitting around for my eventual brake flush and topped the fluid off. Wasn’t thinking about the need to bleed the brakes and couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t building pressure.

Guess I will be taking the bike tomorrow and ordering a new brake caliper.

But my pads and rotors still look good. So a new passenger rear caliper, fluid and brake flush is in order ASAP.





And I’ll need to get some high temp paint to match all the red calipers on the car.


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[goIftdibrad]

Clean all that well, soon. Brake fluid is real bad for rubber

[dubshow]

Clean all that well, soon. Brake fluid is real bad for rubber

hit it with degreaser then some brake fluild cleaner then degreaser with a nice hot pressurewash bath.

[Barnes93cb]

Clean all that well, soon. Brake fluid is real bad for rubber

hit it with degreaser then some brake fluild cleaner then degreaser with a nice hot pressurewash bath.

Will do it all minus the pressure wash. No pressure washer.

[dubshow]

hit it with degreaser then some brake fluild cleaner then degreaser with a nice hot pressurewash bath.

Will do it all minus the pressure wash. No pressure washer.

you dont have a 25 cent carwash with heated water? makes quick work of that grime.

[Barnes93cb]

Will do it all minus the pressure wash. No pressure washer.

you dont have a 25 cent carwash with heated water? makes quick work of that grime.

Hahaha heated water???? I’m happy if the car wash works. Also it’s $2 before the water cuts on.

But I managed to get some purple power, brake clean, a brush, and spray bottle for water.

Cleaned off quite a bit of grime. Even the wheel barrel was black. So it got a cleaning too. Only clean wheel on the car. Zillion would lose his mind.



Wrong brake caliper came in today. So the right one should be in tomorrow. I’ll do the swap then. But for now I’ve got a very clean wheel well and rear passenger suspension area.


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[Barnes93cb]

Hahaha heated water???? I’m happy if the car wash works. Also it’s $2 before the water cuts on.

But I managed to get some purple power, brake clean, a brush, and spray bottle for water.

Cleaned off quite a bit of grime. Even the wheel barrel was black. So it got a cleaning too. Only clean wheel on the car. Zillion would lose his mind.



Wrong brake caliper came in today. So the right one should be in tomorrow. I’ll do the swap then. But for now I’ve got a very clean wheel well and rear passenger suspension area.


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Clean behind the taillights?

How do I remove them? I didn’t even beat acid. I have never removed my fenders to clean behind them like he did.

I’m getting a pressure washer soon. So that should help the car washing.

I did accidentally put some scratches on my hood tonight. I accidentally put a box on with dirt underneath. It put scratches that would buff out.

The issue is that my clear is starting to peel at spots on the rear fenders. And I’m not sure how to take care of the paint at this point.


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[dubshow]

you dont have a 25 cent carwash with heated water? makes quick work of that grime.

Hahaha heated water???? I’m happy if the car wash works. Also it’s $2 before the water cuts on.

But I managed to get some purple power, brake clean, a brush, and spray bottle for water.

Cleaned off quite a bit of grime. Even the wheel barrel was black. So it got a cleaning too. Only clean wheel on the car. Zillion would lose his mind.



Wrong brake caliper came in today. So the right one should be in tomorrow. I’ll do the swap then. But for now I’ve got a very clean wheel well and rear passenger suspension area.


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dang, in airboat land they are all pretty much heated and the one near me is 25 cents and water kicks on.

[dubshow]

dang, in airboat land they are all pretty much heated and the one near me is 25 cents and water kicks on.

Yep, it's $2 for 4 mins of pressurized water up here too. No heat.

y'all need the heat more than we do! ice and snow shit. They actually salted the roads here last year in decemeber. i had to wash that shit off with the quickness. The jeep had ZERO rust protection. Heated water was reallll niiice.

[4zilch]

Yep, it's $2 for 4 mins of pressurized water up here too. No heat.

y'all need the heat more than we do! ice and snow shit. They actually salted the roads here last year in decemeber. i had to wash that shit off with the quickness. The jeep had ZERO rust protection. Heated water was reallll niiice.

I love southerners ZOMG! SALT! RUST!

Like cars disintegrate as soon as salt touches metal.

[dubshow]

y'all need the heat more than we do! ice and snow shit. They actually salted the roads here last year in decemeber. i had to wash that shit off with the quickness. The jeep had ZERO rust protection. Heated water was reallll niiice.

I love southerners ZOMG! SALT! RUST!

Like cars disintegrate as soon as salt touches metal.

if you've ever actually looked under a JK... They rusted on the dealer lots.

[4zilch]

I love southerners ZOMG! SALT! RUST!

Like cars disintegrate as soon as salt touches metal.

if you've ever actually looked under a JK... They rusted on the dealer lots.

Comments were intended to illustrate general mindset of non-winter experienced people when it comes to road treatments, not the short comings of a specific vehicle.

And no, I have never looked under a JK, because

[dubshow]

if you've ever actually looked under a JK... They rusted on the dealer lots.

Comments were intended to illustrate general mindset of non-winter experienced people when it comes to road treatments, not the short comings of a specific vehicle.

And no, I have never looked under a JK, because

good. now you know you are

[4zilch]

Comments were intended to illustrate general mindset of non-winter experienced people when it comes to road treatments, not the short comings of a specific vehicle.

And no, I have never looked under a JK, because

good. now you know you are

[wap]

y'all need the heat more than we do! ice and snow shit. They actually salted the roads here last year in decemeber. i had to wash that shit off with the quickness. The jeep had ZERO rust protection. Heated water was reallll niiice.

I love southerners ZOMG! SALT! RUST!

Like cars disintegrate as soon as salt touches metal.

My car doesn't get washed from maybe October until May or June. It can sometimes look almost white from so much salt caked on it. NEVER had a car rust out under me.

[Barnes93cb]

Thinking of getting a custom plate for the car. Not sure what I really want at the moment. But this is on the top of my list.




Do I get the traditional one? Or do I go racecar and get the "carbon fiber"?