Soldato
Ah, the marvellous insights of Captain Hindsight. Bravo.
What have you done to your car today?
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Caporegime
Schoolboy error 101.
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There are some really annoying people.
Cars park along my road forcing you into the other side as you approach a bend. I have committed to the wrong side of the road as slightly after a car comes round the corner. So I pull in as best I can in the first tiny gap leaving as much space as I can and he sticks up two fingers. Geez.
Cars park along my road forcing you into the other side as you approach a bend. I have committed to the wrong side of the road as slightly after a car comes round the corner. So I pull in as best I can in the first tiny gap leaving as much space as I can and he sticks up two fingers. Geez.
If you were already passing parked vehicle(s) before he appeared, then you had right of way over him.
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I suspect in his mind he has right of way over everyone at all times.
Caporegime
100% this!
That's a bummer but as others have said it is a schoolboy error, I hope you sort it out though.
Soldato
It really was a n00b mistake. 
the price you pay for rushing a job!
Nothing quite like a hard leason learned.
Gonna have to dismantle a ton of stuff to get a better angle but tbf that's was always gonna be needed with it being so stuck.
the price you pay for rushing a job! Nothing quite like a hard leason learned.
Gonna have to dismantle a ton of stuff to get a better angle but tbf that's was always gonna be needed with it being so stuck.
Soldato
Tell your Mum to park at least one space away from someone and not be a nutcase.
I've told her multiple times! But her response is, it's a nice alone car to line up with nicely.
Soldato
Fitted a more powerful gas struts for the boot.
just make sure it doesn't torque the wiring loom going into the boot lid
... I put an additional tether on mine since the stabilus strut raised the boot further and faster than before.
another concern I had last time was pokeing the polythene tube of the fill syringe in, too far, such that it might get caught,
you don't want to disgorge it too close to the fill, but if it got stuck ....
Soldato
Got the bolt off this time!
Using these.
https://www.toolstation.com/irwin-bolt-grip-nut-remover-set/p63045
They made short work of it without mangling it further. They are gonna come in very handy!
That would be a knighmare! The bottle I used has a aluminium section on the end, it hooks quite nicely in the fill hole!
Using these.
https://www.toolstation.com/irwin-bolt-grip-nut-remover-set/p63045
They made short work of it without mangling it further. They are gonna come in very handy!
That would be a knighmare! The bottle I used has a aluminium section on the end, it hooks quite nicely in the fill hole!
Soldato
Ceramic coated the Mustang... god I love this paint
Got on three busses to go and get a new caliper after the old one (that I inspected only last week) grenaded into three parts. Before anyone points out I recently did the pads, the part that failed is the bolts holding the inner and outer calliper together - the ones you never separate as by this point the whole thing is fused anyway.
Never seen a caliper do that before, but it’s been replaced with a new shiny silver one to go with the refurbed red one I did recently. No point spraying anything till the weather is warmer.
Buy a bottle with integrated extendable fill spout? Syringes are the sort of thing that should have stopped being required decades ago unless you’re sadistic.
Buy a bottle with integrated extendable fill spout? Syringes are the sort of thing that should have stopped being required decades ago unless you’re sadistic.
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Soldato
Ceramic coated the Mustang... god I love this paint
what color is this
Caporegime
Kona Blue I believe.
Soldato
Acme's right, Kona blue
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Rear valence half welded on, and the floor cross member welded into the mini.
If you're doing anything mini related, then based on your location i'm guessing you're familiar with Ian and Lance at Green & White's? If not then you have one of the best mini specialists in the UK on your doorstep, unlike those who send cars thousands of miles to be worked on/prepped by them.
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Yeah, got a few bits from there over the years. I might get the suspension/steeirng setup there once its finished.