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oh well...... it looked like shit anyways......
Road Guy
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its only coming of the "center disc" area- I wonder if I should have roughened it up with sandpaper? But I did clean them with denatured alcohol to try and get any residue off them..
I need to just hit up some salvage yards and get a new set of tires. its not a bad looking vehicle, I just hate the shitty way the wheels look..
I need to just hit up some salvage yards and get a new set of tires. its not a bad looking vehicle, I just hate the shitty way the wheels look..
jeb6294
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No way it should be coming off that fast. Did you do several very light coats? The wheels on my old truck were Plastidipped when I got it and it was still on there when I traded it in 2 years later.
The license plate bracket and frame I put on the motorcycle were both chrome but I wanted to do the bracket in flat black so it would blend in more. I used Plastidip instead of powdercoating it so I could see how I liked it first. The plan was to take it back off and get it coated during the winter sometime if I liked it to make it permanent but so far it's been holding up well enough that I haven't had to worry about it yet. The Plastidip went right on the chrome without any scuffing.
The license plate bracket and frame I put on the motorcycle were both chrome but I wanted to do the bracket in flat black so it would blend in more. I used Plastidip instead of powdercoating it so I could see how I liked it first. The plan was to take it back off and get it coated during the winter sometime if I liked it to make it permanent but so far it's been holding up well enough that I haven't had to worry about it yet. The Plastidip went right on the chrome without any scuffing.
Road Guy
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its only coming off the center "disc" area around the lugnuts.. I did probably 4 coats? I think maybe it got driven to soon (around 24 hours) or maybe the disc vibrates a little more than the wheels..
I did the mirrors and some other items on the car and it has held up good.. My kid has it today but I'll try and get a pic..
I did the mirrors and some other items on the car and it has held up good.. My kid has it today but I'll try and get a pic..
This weekend marked my season finale in the Porsche.
Getting to Savannah was quite the adventure. I see smoke briefly coming from the trailer tire in South Carolina, followed by a blowout and chunks flying everywhere. I pull over to the side, and grab my jack and T bar wrench, both of which were last minute additions to the truck, and remove the offending tire. Of course, upon installation of the new one, I came to a nasty realization - my spare has the wrong bolt pattern.
99% of these trailers use the same bolt pattern. Mine of course, fell into the 1% category. My buddy circled around, and his too did not fit.
The next 10 minutes consisted of me backing up slowly in the shoulder and pulling off at a busy ramp onto a main road in South Carolina, dragging a brake drum and sparking a quarter mile to the nearest discount tire. They did not have a new wheel that would fit, so not taking any chances and having planned on springtime replacements, I had 4 new trailer tires mounted a measly 2.5 hours later...
Rest of the tow was uneventful. The Porsche behaved mostly well, with only an offending bolt on the alternator bracket causing any trouble. With tires that had been heat cycled out of their prime and an engine smoking like my late aunt, I managed to break into the 1:2X's on my final run Sunday morning, spinning out only once over the course of the weekend. That was enough for me to wrap up second place points for the event, and a 2016 championship to back up my 2015 championship.
This winter, the focus will be on getting my RX7 up and running. I expect 2017 to be primarily a testing/development year, but will see how the proposed schedule looks. If it looks good, I may run the SEDIV championship again this year, albeit going after a championship in a much faster unlimited class. If it looks less than stellar, I may split my time racing between the southeast and Pennsylvania Hillclimb schedules. If I don't get the car finished though, I won't be doing much of either!
Getting to Savannah was quite the adventure. I see smoke briefly coming from the trailer tire in South Carolina, followed by a blowout and chunks flying everywhere. I pull over to the side, and grab my jack and T bar wrench, both of which were last minute additions to the truck, and remove the offending tire. Of course, upon installation of the new one, I came to a nasty realization - my spare has the wrong bolt pattern.
99% of these trailers use the same bolt pattern. Mine of course, fell into the 1% category. My buddy circled around, and his too did not fit.
The next 10 minutes consisted of me backing up slowly in the shoulder and pulling off at a busy ramp onto a main road in South Carolina, dragging a brake drum and sparking a quarter mile to the nearest discount tire. They did not have a new wheel that would fit, so not taking any chances and having planned on springtime replacements, I had 4 new trailer tires mounted a measly 2.5 hours later...
Rest of the tow was uneventful. The Porsche behaved mostly well, with only an offending bolt on the alternator bracket causing any trouble. With tires that had been heat cycled out of their prime and an engine smoking like my late aunt, I managed to break into the 1:2X's on my final run Sunday morning, spinning out only once over the course of the weekend. That was enough for me to wrap up second place points for the event, and a 2016 championship to back up my 2015 championship.
This winter, the focus will be on getting my RX7 up and running. I expect 2017 to be primarily a testing/development year, but will see how the proposed schedule looks. If it looks good, I may run the SEDIV championship again this year, albeit going after a championship in a much faster unlimited class. If it looks less than stellar, I may split my time racing between the southeast and Pennsylvania Hillclimb schedules. If I don't get the car finished though, I won't be doing much of either!
Thanks! There was no champagne or winners circle. There was a rather suspect soul food buffet at a seedy South Carolina gas station on the way home, and my current bout of nausea is reminding me how terrible a decision that may have been.
knight1fox3
Jedi MASTER & Friend of Capt. Solo
Did you do a back flip off the car after you finished the race? :dunno:
1) It wouldn't support my weight.
2) It takes every ounce of my being just to fit my fat ass through the window getting it off the trailer.
Road Guy
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so what's the best way to disguise a rear main seal leak on my 2002 tahoe that I now need to detail and get on craigslist asap!!!??!!!??!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
FFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
FFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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Ship Wreck PE
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Lucas makes some pretty good products. I have used their power steering conditioner and it seemed to work.
Ship Wreck PE
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I think you can just add a quart and it will cause the rubber seals to expand.
Flyer_PE
Jr. PE / Sr. Company Pilot
Have you checked to see just how expensive it is to replace the seal? I don't know about your 2002 model but that seal could be replaced without pulling the engine in older GM small blocks.
