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happytheman 02-15-2012 08:44 PM
Yeah, I hope so guys! Ya know what floors me the most about this? The guy KNOWS that if they do the job right, they're going to get plenty more business from me! Go figure.

LakeShow 02-15-2012 09:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1546380)
Had my Evo-R diffuser removed today so it could be sanded down and repainted, thus ridding myself of that pesky paint bubble!

Can you believe the guy at the shop initially tried to convince me that the paint bubble was "material" that was left over from the manufacturing process, and more specifically was from the release of the product from the mold. He then went on to tell me that if he grinds the "material" down, that the diffuser "is going to get porous"!

I was all like :ugh2: and said...ummmm, I'm pretty sure this piece was smooth when I gave it to you. In fact, I'm going to reach out to the group I belong to and inquire about this because they have purchased great numbers of these diffusers and will certainly give me the lowdown on the quality of the finish.

So at this point the gentleman brought his paint guys out, conferred over the piece and determined that, yes, it could be fixed but the peice would have to be removed from the car. I was all like...."so"? He then went on to say the peice would have to be entirely redone. I was all like...."so"?

Guess what the guy did next? He actually went on to change the subject, and asked me if my new exhaust had come in yet. I was all like...:gtfo2: and said "I guess we're at a bit of a stalemate regarding this piece, what are we going to do about it"? So then the dude kneeled down and began removing the diffuser. :tup:

I'll have it back and installed in two day's time.

Thanks for taking the time to read about my fun! :icon17:
Does that EvoR diffuser get affected by exhaust heat?

happytheman 02-15-2012 09:27 PM
Not that I can see so far! :tup: Once it's slipped on it sits far enough from the tips that I'm really not too concerned.

SkiDoggAC 02-15-2012 10:01 PM
Tint installed. 10% on the hatch and wings, 20% on the front windows. 3M. Looks fan f'ingtastic!! Also spent an hr and a half cleaning it from my drive in the rain yesterday =(. Black is a Biatch.

Srenity 02-15-2012 10:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1544998)
yah, i wish i had an area outside that can house these two, but no go for me. :shakes head: i think what's going to happen is i will make a corner shelf where i can stack the recycle bin above the garbage one. :shakes head:
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1545004)
Good Morning, Mr. Kenchan. :tiphat:

The city imposed those things on us also. We have 3 cans -- Garbage, Recycling, Yard. I don't mind them all that much except the guys who pick them up are lazy/sloppy/on drugs. They often leave the containers right in front of my driveway, which makes me have to stop, get out, and then move them out of the way. It is a minor irritation in the big picture I suppose, but pisses me off. I call and complain but it still happens every now and then.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1545017)
mr.onzedge- ahhhh.. dang, that would suck... :shakes head: the trash pickup guys here apparently use these fork-lift kind of arms to pickup the bins without getting out of their truck (yes, lazy fat-arse midwestern style :icon17:)... i am hoping that in this case, the trash can will be left where it was picked up by the machine... but i am sure wind will push it in the middle of my drive way. :icon14:
Quote:
Originally Posted by dAvenue (Post 1545030)
Happy Hump Day :tiphat:

Yeah, those guys don't give a rip about anything. See Exhibit A. It was a real PITA to put the tire back on, too.
Man I can not believe I missed all the trash talk. I come to the forum to get away from the garbage business and come to find more garbage talk....go figure. FYI I manage a landfill for a living. It's okay to talk bad about the hauling guys though they piss us off at the landfill all the time.

onzedge 02-15-2012 10:08 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Srenity (Post 1546537)
Man I can not believe I missed all the trash talk. I come to the forum to get away from the garbage business and come to find more garbage talk....go figure. FYI I manage a landfill for a living. It's okay to talk bad about the hauling guys though they piss us off at the landfill all the time.
:icon17:

happytheman 02-15-2012 10:39 PM
We have to supply our own trash cans, but the city supplies recycle bins. I'm lucky enough to live in a housing development where the homes are twenty or twenty-5 feet part, and as such I have a lattice-fenced area to snug the cans up in to.

Don't feel bad Mr. Onzedge, I find my garbage cans not only in front of my driveway, but sometimes in the street...sometimes the lids are three or 4 houses away (and in the street)!:ugh2:

Lemers 02-15-2012 10:42 PM
Drove to work

Footloose301 02-15-2012 11:24 PM
I drove it to go look at a couple bikes. Turns out that I'm buying a mint condition 2007 R6 for a decent prices with lots of carbon fiber goodies

Fire 02-15-2012 11:51 PM
Congrats footloose just stay safe.:tiphat: Happy hope everything works out on you diffuser. Ken why are you talking trash again LOL Oh nooo you aren't talking trash you are probably looking in the trash for those secret recipes.:koolaidwall:

alcheng 02-16-2012 12:01 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1546380)
Had my Evo-R diffuser removed today so it could be sanded down and repainted, thus ridding myself of that pesky paint bubble!

Can you believe the guy at the shop initially tried to convince me that the paint bubble was "material" that was left over from the manufacturing process, and more specifically was from the release of the product from the mold. He then went on to tell me that if he grinds the "material" down, that the diffuser "is going to get porous"!

I was all like :ugh2: and said...ummmm, I'm pretty sure this piece was smooth when I gave it to you. In fact, I'm going to reach out to the group I belong to and inquire about this because they have purchased great numbers of these diffusers and will certainly give me the lowdown on the quality of the finish.

So at this point the gentleman brought his paint guys out, conferred over the piece and determined that, yes, it could be fixed but the peice would have to be removed from the car. I was all like...."so"? He then went on to say the peice would have to be entirely redone. I was all like...."so"?

Guess what the guy did next? He actually went on to change the subject, and asked me if my new exhaust had come in yet. I was all like...:gtfo2: and said "I guess we're at a bit of a stalemate regarding this piece, what are we going to do about it"? So then the dude kneeled down and began removing the diffuser. :tup:

I'll have it back and installed in two day's time.

Thanks for taking the time to read about my fun! :icon17:

Yes, it is very FUN to read, I like how that dude try to change the subject, he might think he is acting in a sitcom or something, LOL. :bowrofl:


Quote:
Originally Posted by Srenity (Post 1546537)
Man I can not believe I missed all the trash talk. I come to the forum to get away from the garbage business and come to find more garbage talk....go figure. FYI I manage a landfill for a living. It's okay to talk bad about the hauling guys though they piss us off at the landfill all the time.
Quote:
Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1546590)
We have to supply our own trash cans, but the city supplies recycle bins. I'm lucky enough to live in a housing development where the homes are twenty or twenty-5 feet part, and as such I have a lattice-fenced area to snug the cans up in to.

Don't feel bad Mr. Onzedge, I find my garbage cans not only in front of my driveway, but sometimes in the street...sometimes the lids are three or 4 houses away (and in the street)!:ugh2:

We have all the bins supplied by the city, think that's good?? NOPE, they choose/decide the size of the bins for you, one per type, you lost it or if the wind blows it somewhere, sorry, buy another from the city.

The good about the organic-bin(the one for wasted food), is that it has a handle/lock, the purpose is to prevent the raccoon to open it, however, couple months after they change to this kind of bin, we notice the raccoon figured out how to open it!! :eek:

Fire 02-16-2012 12:08 AM
alcheng if you just go out and feed the little guys they wouldn't have to waste their time getting into the bins, eh? If you make them mad their going to break into the garage a steal the car to go to McD's. Just give in it is much easier :stirthepot:

alcheng 02-16-2012 12:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1546743)
alcheng if you just go out and feed the little guys they wouldn't have to waste their time getting into the bins, eh? If you make them mad their going to break into the garage a steal the car to go to McD's. Just give in it is much easier :stirthepot:
arr.... do you know how big is their family tree??? :tiphat:

Actually, once a while there's neighbor gossip about raccoon crash into garage here and there, yes, they can bash through walls, I am not kidding, cos I have some friends of mine have that happened to their house..... :eek:

Fire 02-16-2012 12:14 AM
Like I said don't piss them off. BTW those little critters where exported to you guys from NY they used to be sewer rats LOL:inoutroflpuke:

alcheng 02-16-2012 12:18 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1546749)
Like I said don't piss them off. BTW those little critters where exported to you guys from NY they used to be sewer rats LOL:inoutroflpuke:

LOL!!! They really have grown up, don't they!!?? :bowrofl: :bowrofl:

Fire 02-16-2012 12:21 AM
Yup and they have the enhanced license to travel back and forth. I've seen dozens of them on the Rainbow Bridge. All driving garbage trucks and drinking Molsons.

alcheng 02-16-2012 12:38 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1546755)
Yup and they have the enhanced license to travel back and forth. I've seen dozens of them on the Rainbow Bridge. All driving garbage trucks and drinking Molsons Budweiser.

:bowrofl: :bowrofl:

Fire 02-16-2012 12:40 AM
LOL take care alcheng going to get some sleep. :hello:

alcheng 02-16-2012 12:48 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1546774)
LOL take care alcheng going to get some sleep. :hello:
Tomorrow Ageng.Fire. :tiphat:

kenchan 02-16-2012 07:03 AM
Wtf happened here overnight? :icon17:

Fire 02-16-2012 08:17 AM
We where talking trash and raccoons. LOL:tup:

kenchan 02-16-2012 08:38 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1546922)
We where talking trash and raccoons. LOL:tup:
Lol. :icon17:

Weather is getting warmer. :) was suppose to snow today but turned to rain. :p 2.5 more wks. :excited:

TheGreatOne 02-16-2012 08:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1546943)
Lol. :icon17:

Weather is getting warmer. :) was suppose to snow today but turned to rain. :p 2.5 more wks. :excited:
Morning Mr Kenchan,

Lucky you, still 4 weeks out for me now. It is warmer here also, I could technically drive if the winter tire law wasn't in effect till March 15th

But...roads are still full of salt, patches of ice, wouldn't be worth it lol

Alchemy 02-16-2012 09:16 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1546943)
Lol. :icon17:

Weather is getting warmer. :) was suppose to snow today but turned to rain. :p 2.5 more wks. :excited:
:tup:

Im prob about 6wks away.

onzedge 02-16-2012 09:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1546943)
Lol. :icon17:

Weather is getting warmer. :) was suppose to snow today but turned to rain. :p 2.5 more wks. :excited:
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreatOne (Post 1546958)
Morning Mr Kenchan,

Lucky you, still 4 weeks out for me now. It is warmer here also, I could technically drive if the winter tire law wasn't in effect till March 15th

But...roads are still full of salt, patches of ice, wouldn't be worth it lol
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1546999)
:tup:

Im prob about 6wks away.
The weather is total crap here too. It is only going to 60 F this afternoon.

kenchan 02-16-2012 10:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreatOne (Post 1546958)
Morning Mr Kenchan,

Lucky you, still 4 weeks out for me now. It is warmer here also, I could technically drive if the winter tire law wasn't in effect till March 15th

But...roads are still full of salt, patches of ice, wouldn't be worth it lol
hello, mr.thegreatone! :tup: oh, you have tire laws there, huh? that's smart for the regular-folk for sure. i sometimes want to walk out and kick benz/bmw driver's arse when they are slipping and sliding all over the place with their no-season tires + RWD. :icon14:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1546999)
:tup:

Im prob about 6wks away.
that's still a ways to go... you going to work on your koni's and rotors in the mean time? :yum:

Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1547016)
The weather is total crap here too. It is only going to 60 F this afternoon.
hi mr.onzedge. that's just too bad. :icon18: people in my area will be out and about in shorts in blazing 60F.

Alchemy 02-16-2012 10:22 AM
Prob wont do any work till it goes back on the road. I plan to do the work at a friends in PA, they are better equipted than I am. Airtools and what not:tup:

kenchan 02-16-2012 10:33 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1547113)
Prob wont do any work till it goes back on the road. I plan to do the work at a friends in PA, they are better equipted than I am. Airtools and what not:tup:
ahhh, nice! :tup: yah, electric impacts are too bulky to do a lot of the work so air tools if you have access to them are definitely FTW! :tup:

alcheng 02-16-2012 10:33 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1546881)
Wtf happened here overnight? :icon17:
Good morning Mr.kenchan, don't worry, we were just trying to make this thread full of trash!!:icon18: :icon18:


Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1546922)
We where talking trash and raccoons. LOL:tup:
Good morning(again) Mr.Fire!! :icon17:


Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreatOne (Post 1546958)
Morning Mr Kenchan,

Lucky you, still 4 weeks out for me now. It is warmer here also, I could technically drive if the winter tire law wasn't in effect till March 15th

But...roads are still full of salt, patches of ice, wouldn't be worth it lol
Good morning Mr.TheGreatOne, Montreal is the city that steal ALL the winter tires from all other provinces!! LOL :icon18:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1546999)
:tup:

Im prob about 6wks away.
Hey Mr.Alchemy, same here, around Mid-Apr in here, once a while in March if lucky. :icon17:


Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1547016)
The weather is total crap here too. It is only going to 60 F this afternoon.
Good Morning Mr.onzedge! Did Mrs. and you thought today is Friday when you two woke up this morning???? :bowrofl:


Good Day Z fellows!! :tiphat: :tiphat:

kenchan 02-16-2012 10:35 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1547140)
Good morning Mr.kenchan, we were trying to make this thread full of trash!!:icon18: :icon18:
blahahaha! :icon18: morning, mr. alcheng. :tup:

DufDaddy 02-16-2012 11:34 AM
Took my Pearl out for a ride (in the rain). The earth has been covered in salt by over-zealous plow companies for awhile and I missed driving Zed! I know I'm a bad person for taking him out and getting him all dirty but I'll wash him up tomorrow.

Anyway, I stop for some grub and big brother showed up!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6...5539fd13_m.jpg
Untitled by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6...fe7be495_m.jpg
Untitled by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

kenchan 02-16-2012 12:36 PM
^^ yah, my G looks like that all dirtied up in salt and road grit. :(

alcheng 02-16-2012 12:40 PM
Weather in here is around +6c, but rainy, road with salt water. No Z driving.

dAvenue 02-16-2012 12:57 PM
Good afternoon everybody. :tiphat:

So I replaced the trunk panel yesterday to replace the broken one. Took it out for a drive and the damn whistling is still there. :shakes head:

This noise is going to drive me crazy. Has anyone had this problem before (whistling noise coming from the trunk/hatch area)?

onzedge 02-16-2012 01:31 PM
I am being boring with my 370 lately – just driving to work and back. However, yesterday something happened that was either cool or odd.

Driving back from a client’s site, I was on Sunrise Blvd. near hwy 50. In the afternoons, this route is fairly clogged and stop and go. A minivan pulls up alongside me at a red light and a guy leans out the passenger side window to catch my attention.

The guy says “sweet car”. I said “thanks”. He then said “wanna race for pinks?”.

To this I replied “Now what am I going to possibly do with a Dodge Caravan?”

kenchan 02-16-2012 01:31 PM
Hi davenue- can you adjust the latch or striker position?

kenchan 02-16-2012 01:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1547442)
I am being boring with my 370 lately – just driving to work and back. However, yesterday something happened that was either cool or odd.

Driving back from a client’s site, I was on Sunrise Blvd. near hwy 50. In the afternoons, this route is fairly clogged and stop and go. A minivan pulls up alongside me at a red light and a guy leans out the passenger side window to catch my attention.

The guy says “sweet car”. I said “thanks”. He then said “wanna race for pinks?”.

To this I replied “Now what am I going to possibly do with a Dodge Caravan?”
:icon18:

alcheng 02-16-2012 01:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1547442)
I am being boring with my 370 lately – just driving to work and back. However, yesterday something happened that was either cool or odd.

Driving back from a client’s site, I was on Sunrise Blvd. near hwy 50. In the afternoons, this route is fairly clogged and stop and go. A minivan pulls up alongside me at a red light and a guy leans out the passenger side window to catch my attention.

The guy says “sweet car”. I said “thanks”. He then said “wanna race for pinks?”.

To this I replied “Now what am I going to possibly do with a Dodge Caravan?”
Hahaaa!!! :icon18:

How old is the van? Maybe you can sell it and but a set of new exhaust, Plus a round of beers for the Z fellows here!! :icon18:

pedZ 02-16-2012 01:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1547442)
I am being boring with my 370 lately – just driving to work and back. However, yesterday something happened that was either cool or odd.

Driving back from a client’s site, I was on Sunrise Blvd. near hwy 50. In the afternoons, this route is fairly clogged and stop and go. A minivan pulls up alongside me at a red light and a guy leans out the passenger side window to catch my attention.

The guy says “sweet car”. I said “thanks”. He then said “wanna race for pinks?”.

To this I replied “Now what am I going to possibly do with a Dodge Caravan?”
:icon17:

dAvenue 02-16-2012 02:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1547443)
Hi davenue- can you adjust the latch or striker position?
Hmm...not quite sure how to do that. :confused:

Would this be in the service manual? If so, I will check it out for sure.


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