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max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:48 am

D Griff wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:04 am Started working on the paint work on the sanded down the bondo spots I put in last weekend and washed the car. It took forever as it's filthy from sitting for two months through pollen season plus wasn't washed after the track last, so lots of time with some Tarminator on the tire marks all over the car (which works great).

Man, the paint on this thing is pretty fucked.

DOn't take your car to a track ever if you care about Zillspec.

Yep actually using the car always destroys it :-/ there is something to be said for a "no rain, no track, always garaged" car...

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:00 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:48 am

Yep actually using the car always destroys it :-/ there is something to be said for a "no rain, no track, always garaged" car...

You rang?

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:20 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:00 pm

You rang?

20k cash times are tough

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:20 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:00 pm

You rang?

20k cash times are tough

max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:37 pm

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:20 pm

20k cash times are tough

Boomers don’t work

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:55 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:37 pm
Boomers don’t work

Boomers don't have the money because they are still asking 24,999 for their 2001 convertible

max225 wrote:

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:55 pm Boomers don't have the money because they are still asking 24,999 for their 2001 convertible

Boomers are the only ones with the money unless they are complete imbeciles.

Epic real estate appreciation
No school loans
Free health care

They are better off than any other generation in America

troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:02 pm

max225 wrote: Boomers are the only ones with the money unless they are complete imbeciles.

Epic real estate appreciation
No school loans
Free health care

They are better off than any other generation in America

They just work harder than us.

max225 wrote:

troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:02 pm They just work harder than us.

Also most were able to have a pension on top of 401ks and the investments. A pension is non existent for non gov workers in today’s world

[user not found] wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:22 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:49 pm
Nah, I was just virtual tire kicking. I need to hold onto cash right now because who knows what the hell is coming.

Rebuilding your calipers made me miss having a car project...but I think I like the project more than owning the car itself.

I certainly enjoy the build more than the long term ownership.

Great that I'm getting to build the MINI twice.

[user not found] wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:44 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:32 pm

How deep are you in the mini ? You keeping tabs ?

I pressed pause for a bit as it got cold here again and I don’t have any interest in freezing in the garage.

I’ve got the following things left:
- Install new driving light brackets
- Fix driving light wiring (waiting on weatherpack pigtails from 4zilch)
- Redo the headliner
- Reinstall the back interior
- Full detail inside and out
- Install new headlights and taillights
- Install new tires and wheels

Plus I picked up mowing/landscaping with a friend of mine for cash money.

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:47 pm

[user not found] wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:44 pm

I pressed pause for a bit as it got cold here again and I don’t have any interest in freezing in the garage.

I’ve got the following things left:
- Install new driving light brackets
- Fix driving light wiring (waiting on weatherpack pigtails from 4zilch)
- Redo the headliner
- Reinstall the back interior
- Full detail inside and out
- Install new headlights and taillights
- Install new tires and wheels

Plus I picked up mowing/landscaping with a friend of mine for cash money.

Awesome for the side hustle !

Did mini make led/hid lights for the R gen ?

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:38 pm If the market for C5s was stronger, I could get into the C5 restoration business...

Melon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:16 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:38 pm If the market for C5s was stronger, I could get into the C5 restoration business...

Low-mileage Z's are where it's at, and those are high-teens.

D Griff wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:27 pm Polished and waxed the today. The paint certainly isn't what it was pre starting track day broing, but , it looks way better.

max225 wrote:

D Griff wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:27 pm Polished and waxed the today. The paint certainly isn't what it was pre starting track day broing, but , it looks way better.

Do you have any close ups ? I’m curious

Melon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:16 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:38 pm If the market for C5s was stronger, I could get into the C5 restoration business...

Low-mileage Z's are where it's at, and those are high-teens.

D Griff wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:33 pm

max225 wrote:
Do you have any close ups ? I’m curious

There are areas, mostly behind the wheels with a million little chips, they’re from race track debris.



It looks shiny and nice not up close:

troyguitar wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:22 pm Not that it totally solves it, but that's why I ran mud flaps on mine.

D Griff wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:26 pm The digs

D Griff wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 11:17 am Alright y'all... I need help.

I cannot get pressure in my brake system.

I have bled it at the master cylinder, bled it at all four corners a ton, like 1.5 liters of fluid through the system. I don't see any leakage at the master cylinder and it all worked fine before draining all of the fluid out of the calipers. Could there be air in the ABS system? I'm not even sure how to get that out, the brakes don't do enough to get ABS to activate I don't think.