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General Information => General => Topic started by: 8v-of-fury on April 01, 2009, 09:30:29 pm
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Ok so i switched to some crap summer tires to preserve my winters today.. i got them over the winter so i never used them.. the right rear makes an odd thumping sound that increases with speed.. but is dampened by applying the e-brake.. ALSO i stripped two and half of the four lug bolts.. i thought this might be the problem.. but if i put the other tire or a differnet tire on.. it doesn't make the sound..
AND my steering has gotten really hard to turn while going slow.. whats up with that?
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pump them suckas up for the steering.
the rear tire may be damaged. Have a bulge on the inside. or be flat....
Dang man... you stripped the BOLTS or the drum?
Edit: btw, Jer, do you drive that thing for comic relief or for the cheers from the crowd cheering you to your iminent death just like a budding dare devil...
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Check the balance on your thumper tire. Speed-dependent sounds that you dampen with braking, I've found, usually mean something's out of balance. Especially if it goes away if you swap it for a different tire.
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wow i just noticed you still have snow. it's 15 degrees here. and sunny :P (well... it rained today but it's been sunny)
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I figured steering was because of psi... I thought maybe the rear had a plug i missed before i put them on.. so i checked it out.. no plug.. must be be out of balance.. and no bulge on the inside, what would this cause?
I stripped the drum apparently :P when i took the bolts out they had filled in threads :( gotta go down to the locla parts store and get me a new drum :P
Btw Ed. Lol I drive it because it is the most reliable vehicle i have ever had the pleasure to sit in :) It's a real head turner :P
Yeah the out of balance would make sense.. if it were wiggling the drum around.. applying the brakes and centering the drum would dampen the sound... I see grass hopppah
Ps. Is my car really THAT ugly Ed? lol
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It was supposed to be funny because mine is so hideous i refuse to take pictures of it :P
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I'd roll it. :wink:
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I'd roll it. :wink:
haha, Decent. your probably the first to say that about my car :P
Most people ask me if its safe.. lmao
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:lol: I'd roll that before a newer ricer. It probably wouldn't fall to pieces on the gravel roads I drive on. Japanese cars die fast up here. :twisted:
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Most people ask me if its safe.. lmao
That's usually the first thing people say about my car too.
I have some extra 180mm drums if you want them. I think the local garage charges $35 to turn them
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Are any of them in good enough shape to not need the turning? lmao
35.. i dunno might be near the same to buy new.. and i wouldnt have to drive all the way down to scarborouhg ;P
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:lol: I'd roll that before a newer ricer. It probably wouldn't fall to pieces on the gravel roads I drive on. Japanese cars die fast up here. :twisted:
Dirt roads where I live in The Great White North are pretty much an everyday occurrence :P Lowered cars don't fair well here either.. lol
chipped skirts and plastic bumpers.. Only plastic i have on the exterior is the rear bumper :P and if it gets cracked.. who cares.. just add to the look of my car :P
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:oops: my jetta is lowered :oops: i live in the GWN
I should finally take some pics of mine shouldn't i...
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B.C actually is a province that cares about its roads :P Try GWN Ontario! lmao..
ROUGH stuff up here man. How much is it lowered Ed? Why don't you post us a pic of that beast? lol im sure its better looking then mine lol
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only the rear is lowered :oops: im waiting on commuter boy to do the front struts as i don't have the right tools.
I'll go take some ^.^ I'll see if i can't get a friend over later to snap a shot of me ROASTING the tires...
Also, in BC it rarely gets cold enough to damage the roads. this year there was a tad of road damage.
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I like your style!
My 85 Golf looks about the same. The whole car was painted in rocker guard. No stone chips here, might get sticky in the summer though! lol. Good thing it's only a winter beater! If I knew how to post the pictures I would.
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Don't talk to me about lowered cars. When I got mt TDI, it was lowered 2", and it took 2 oil pans to buy a skid plate, and another oil pan (with the skid plate on the car) to find the stock springs to put it back in the air. :shock:
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i love stock ride height, I have been down cow paths with this car.. and the only thing that scraped was the spare tire... stupid placement! lol
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Just so everyone kno's this is why i painted it... lol
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And Ended up with this last spring :P
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Sadly some areas of rust have broken out again such as the whole rear bumper.. lol This year it won't just get a coat of paint.. it will have the rust grinded DOWN! lol Army GREEN HERE I COME! LOL
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The only thing that I would get is the trims and stuff to go around your headlights and side markers. Army green would look good. I'm almost considering painting my '89 like that when the time comes. 8)
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The only thing that I would get is the trims and stuff to go around your headlights and side markers. Army green would look good. I'm almost considering painting my '89 like that when the time comes. 8)
yeah i don't know why they were missing when i got it.. lolI was actually thinking of something like this:
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Courtesy of Kompressorgolf on the Tex.
and making it go around the flush with the high beams, and then step down for the low beams.. and then wrap around the markers. His looks really good when he finishes it.
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I think it will look Snazzzy
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That's pretty amazing. I think it would look neat to have the body exactly like Tyler's hood is like. and then the eng. bay could be a really nice metallic high gloss paint surrounding a gleaming engine.
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Mesh looks good. 8)
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its 9pm ... but i don't care. I'm gonna go take some pics of my Jetta for you Jer. Brb in 30 minutes! 8)
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Those cars are PIMP... did you not see my beast in my thread?
http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=16572&start=60
you can see where I had to weld the seatbelt back on the drivers side in the last picture. The floor is gone and the paint is so so.
Now that I told 8v to put a giant white star on the hood with the army green I am thinking the same...or I have always liked black.
Oh yes you posted something about brakes and tires. I just had one like you did and the ebrake cable would rub on my left rear. I fixed it with some zip ties. Also the out of balance thing could be a flat spot if the tire was ever stored low on air and in a bad spot. Just drive it a bit or take it to a balancer and find out :D
PS. I love cheese too. My wife hates when I tell her Velveeta is my favorite vegatable because it has a ton of soy in it LOL. I live in the heart of Amish country and tons of cows=tons of cheese houses=happy me!
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me too!!!!
Ive got a pretty-er version of 8v of fury's!
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Seriously though 8v. Put some love back in the car. Get a grill and light inserts and just take the bumper right off.
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HAH, ED i LOVE it!! That looks like most neglected cars in Ontario, where people don't care when there rear struts go.. and the as end drags around :P
"I don't know what you heard about me
But a b**** can't get a dollar out of me
No Cadillac, no perms, you can't see
That I'm a M*****F****** P-I-M-P "
All four cars posted in this thread are PIMP lol especially Kantdrivefast.. I LOVE THE HEADLIGHT grilles!! lol
Yupp a Giant White star next to the main 150mm Howitzer :P I think it will set the whole theme of fantastically! lol
Do they allow Sans-Bumper in B.C? I wouldn't chance it around here.. If i didn't have my rear bumper i would have a bashed in rear end.. 3 maybe even 4 times now.. People here suck.. lol I've put love in to it :( what are looks? lol some people are so obsessed with looks.. lmao I run synthetic oils, i use a mann filter, k&n air filter, run fuel injector cleaner every few tanks, and lucas oil stabalizer. I give it the love. lol PLUS! i have the grille.. but without the headlight parts.. it looks twice as dumb lol so i took it off to preserve it :) lol When i go with the mesh desgin it will be one! muhahaha
BTW back to the original topic. I went out to the gf's yesterday morning. It has been raining here for like 43 hours.. so this dirt road i took was washed out and ROUGH as hell. naturally i barreled down it doin 110:P thinking i was a kick ass rally-driver. it was shweet. It seemed to stop the noise.. its not there at all anymore. However i think a new problem arose :( I felt a little .. how do i describe it.. with the car parked, i can grab gold of the driver front and slightly wiggle it side to side probably about 1/4" each way if that. maybe 1/8.. anyway.. I jacked it up.. and the movement isnt the bearing which i thought it was because it only moves left to right (looking at the tire level and dead on). and not up and down or diagonally. Also not the BJ due to left and right and not up and down. So i had it jacked up and did the movement and waht it looks like is the hole tie rod is moving like its loose at the steering box?? can this happen? the passenger side doesn't do it..
Holy crap long POST lol. I think we need more pics!
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And my other (yet still significant lol) loves...
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p.s The love order goes as this:
1. Car
2. Truck
3. Evinrude (dog)
4. Carolyn (the warden lol)
If she ever saw this.. i'd die.. because she is the "Warden" she claims first spot.. when shes around... :twisted: lol
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I wouldnt say my car is legal sans bumper.... but Ive never been hassled. Besides, the damn thing weighs half as much as I do! I dont have any pictures of it without the bumper yet. Perhaps I shall take some. As far as looks go... its easy to make it look good for cheap. Wheels off of an old beamer, $80 shipped to my door. Had to grind the calipers a little to make em fit. The headlight grills are gone unfortunately, but only because it has PIAA H4s in the high beams. Id love to do a round light conversion if I could find a cabby to rob parts off though. I like the mesh grill your going to do. Definitely do a build up post on it.
Pics later today maybe.
Cas
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I wouldnt say my car is legal sans bumper.... but Ive never been hassled. Besides, the damn thing weighs half as much as I do! I dont have any pictures of it without the bumper yet. Perhaps I shall take some. As far as looks go... its easy to make it look good for cheap. Wheels off of an old beamer, $80 shipped to my door. Had to grind the calipers a little to make em fit. The headlight grills are gone unfortunately, but only because it has PIAA H4s in the high beams. Id love to do a round light conversion if I could find a cabby to rob parts off though. I like the mesh grill your going to do. Definitely do a build up post on it.
Pics later today maybe.
Cas
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lmao the picture of the puppy is priceless!
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lmao the picture of the puppy is priceless!
I think he was pissed cuz i was out there so early making a racket :P
He just stared me down for like 10 minutes.. then came and tried to lick me! wat a dick lol