DFD

troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:54 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:47 pm

I'm sure corrosion has basically welded those bolts together on the suspension.

This is why I'll never buy a used Northern car again. My allroad looked perfect on the inside and on the body, but underneath and in the suspension the thing was totally fucked. It needed all new front and rear subframes and the whole suspension replaced, hubs/knuckles and all. I liked that car too.

Yeah, it is what it is. Cars rust to shit in the north. At work our fleet of 2005-2007 ish F150s are all starting to show cancer on the body panels. I can't imagine how bad the undercarriages must be.

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:09 pm

troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:54 pm

This is why I'll never buy a used Northern car again. My allroad looked perfect on the inside and on the body, but underneath and in the suspension the thing was totally fucked. It needed all new front and rear subframes and the whole suspension replaced, hubs/knuckles and all. I liked that car too.

Yeah, it is what it is. Cars rust to shit in the north. At work our fleet of 2005-2007 ish F150s are all starting to show cancer on the body panels. I can't imagine how bad the undercarriages must be.

That would be fine with me if the depreciation actually matched the amount of extra damage that is done, but in reality the premium you pay for a rust-free car is tiny compared to how much longer it will last (or how much less it needs in repairs). The rusty Northern shit is priced too damn high.

troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:16 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:09 pm

Yeah, it is what it is. Cars rust to shit in the north. At work our fleet of 2005-2007 ish F150s are all starting to show cancer on the body panels. I can't imagine how bad the undercarriages must be.

That would be fine with me if the depreciation actually matched the amount of extra damage that is done, but in reality the premium you pay for a rust-free car is tiny compared to how much longer it will last (or how much less it needs it repairs). The rusty Northern shit is priced too damn high.

buy from the airboaters then

troyguitar wrote:

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:09 pm Yeah, it is what it is. Cars rust to shit in the north. At work our fleet of 2005-2007 ish F150s are all starting to show cancer on the body panels. I can't imagine how bad the undercarriages must be.

That would be fine with me if the depreciation actually matched the amount of extra damage that is done, but in reality the premium you pay for a rust-free car is tiny compared to how much longer it will last (or how much less it needs it repairs). The rusty Northern shit is priced too damn high.

Welcome to New York and the like. Pay twice the price for everything to play third world country!

What's rust?

Meh - all of my vehicles have been "northern". PB blaster, torches, and impact wrenches are your friend.

It's honestly not that difficult to limit rust by running through a car wash with an under body spray on a fairly regular basis.

4zilch wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:09 pm Meh - all of my vehicles have been "northern". PB blaster, torches, and impact wrenches are your friend.

It's honestly not that difficult to limit rust by running through a car wash with an under body spray on a fairly regular basis.

This^^^ You dont even need an underbody once a week. Every couple of weeks. Ive had no issues over here at all from winter. All my cars have been daily. Keep up with the maint/cleaning....too e-z

Davestr wrote:

4zilch wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:09 pm Meh - all of my vehicles have been "northern". PB blaster, torches, and impact wrenches are your friend.

It's honestly not that difficult to limit rust by running through a car wash with an under body spray on a fairly regular basis.

This^^^ You dont even need an underbody once a week. Every couple of weeks. Ive had no issues over here at all from winter. All my cars have been daily. Keep up with the maint/cleaning....too e-z

That only applies if you buy new cars.

I beat the fucking SHIT out of that bastard pinch bolt at the top of the knuckle on the allroad. It was chemically welded in there. A week of soaking in PB blaster, putting a torch on it until it was hot as fuck, hitting it with an air hammer, and finally swinging a 6 foot long 4x4 at it with a punch rigged up as a target... it never broke loose. I hit that thing so hard with the 4x4 that I was lucky not to break anything else or hurt myself. I kept swinging at it with everything I had for a few days off and on, adding more pb blaster, more torch, more air hammer.

Nothing worked.

But yeah it's easy!

Suspension work is unless you essentially have a full on workshop

Johnny_P wrote:I'd thug a DCT M2.

Absolutely.

max225 wrote:Suspension work is unless you essentially have a full on workshop

It's fine on southern cars. Everything on the spyder comes apart nicely.

Perfect size truck these are - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2003- ... a-cab-4c4/

Yo Canuckish DFDer's - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1999-bmw-m3-18/

Yo - Fkn got dam perfect 944 Turbo - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986- ... -turbo-32/

American Muscle - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011- ... c-cts-v-4/

Davestr wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:28 pm American Muscle - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011- ... c-cts-v-4/

I nearly bought one of these before buying my FiST.

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:52 pm Suspension work is unless you essentially have a full on workshop

Having a lift makes life easier for most jobs on a car, but most jobs are very doable with the proper tools, a floor jack (or two), and jack stands.

4zilch wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:10 am

Davestr wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:28 pm American Muscle - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011- ... c-cts-v-4/

I nearly bought one of these before buying my FiST.

+1 that is a nice looking anti-SUV/CUV ride! Would be fun to test that.

Davestr wrote:Yo Canuckish DFDer's - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1999-bmw-m3-18/

Beauty car eh! That green is making a big comeback and it looks like the car is stored for the winter, looking at the shiny silver fasteners. I'd be tempted for $7600

Davestr wrote:American Muscle - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011- ... c-cts-v-4/

Tarspin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:24 am

Davestr wrote:Yo Canuckish DFDer's - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1999-bmw-m3-18/

Beauty car eh! That green is making a big comeback and it looks like the car is stored for the winter, looking at the shiny silver fasteners. I'd be tempted for $7600

+1 that is a nice nice example. Glad you like....go take it for a spin??

Davestr wrote:

Tarspin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:24 am Beauty car eh! That green is making a big comeback and it looks like the car is stored for the winter, looking at the shiny silver fasteners. I'd be tempted for $7600

+1 that is a nice nice example. Glad you like....go take it for a spin??

I'd LOVE to but getting to Alberta is no quick task from Mississauga. Someday hopefully.

Tarspin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:58 pm

Davestr wrote:
+1 that is a nice nice example. Glad you like....go take it for a spin??

I'd LOVE to but getting to Alberta is no quick task from Mississauga. Someday hopefully.

Has possibilities: https://knoxville.craigslist.org/mcy/d/ ... 33543.html

but kinda

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld ... 47969.html