Hoonigan
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On 4/5/2019 at 2:32 PM, varotone said:
Are the holes in the rims designed to draw air in to cool the brakes? I thought they are to save the cost of materials and reduce the weight, and rotational inertia. I've also seen many rims without holes or tiny holes.
Some wheels are designed to assist in cooling while some are designed for improved aerodynamics. But most are for aesthetics. But it was rightly pointed out that the brakes are in fact designed to dissipate heat. The vented, grooved and cross drilled rotors all perform this task. Even the most basic rots do this with the exposed area. And some, if not most, cars have cooling ducts from the bumper to the inner wheel well liners to help dissipate heat.
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5 hours ago, kush said:
Engine braking is using internal friction of the engine to slowdown, this is what you experience when you lift off your foot from the accelerator. Amount of friction available will depend on the type of engine.
It's not friction but compression. There's a huge industry built around reducing internal friction
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Unless the engine runs a higher compression, money on 95 is just wasted. 92 will do just fine. There's no 'quality' benefit with 95 over 92. They're both junk over here.
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23 hours ago, Ravisha said:
Thanks for the feedback.. Those capri wheels are nice. I believe 7inch wide won't fit on these MK1 without arch flares.
Adapters are about 1inch wide. This would make my tyres 5-6inch..
Last option. Cheers
if you're referring to the wheels on my Capri now, those won't fit for sure. The wheels I suggested were the ones I took off and they would be a direct fit for sure. Because the Clover Leaf came on the Escort XR3i originally. While it's a later gen escort, I'm sure the fitment wouldn't be a problem.
The Wheels I chose for my car needed a lot of modifications to fit. They were 16x8 114.3x5. I had massive arches done and the hubs re-stud.
You're right about adapters taking up an inch but you can correct that with the backspacing of the wheel. Adapters have some debate around them however.
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Good to see another oldschool Ford build for once here. I still have the set of original wheels that I took off the Capri. 15 by 7 I believe, OEM Ford Clover Leaf set. 4x108 of course. I remember it being tough finding wheels that are a direct fit and looked good. Alternatively you can use adapters or modify the hubs to take a different wheel.
About the paint, keep in mind that the pearls and metallics can't be touched up if the need arises.
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7 hours ago, varotone said:
ADVICE NEEDED
After a thorough inspection, my conclusion is that this particular car did not have a factory fitted headlight relay. (I find it difficult to believe, but still, I'm convinced that the wiring was not hacked to that extent). I plan to fit one of those "headlights upgrade wiring kit" made for LED/Halogen ones and fix the existing sealed beam ones for now. The plan is to upgrade to a cooler color LED or halogens later to keep the vintage appearance and easy serviceability later after the tinkering and painting.
Appreciate the input from the AL "Light fetish club" @tiv @PreseaLover @Magnum before I go ahead with the purchase and modifications.
If I remember right, what we did with the Capri is to wire a set of sealed beams through relays can't remember how many but I believe it was just one relay. the objective was to have lights without frying the wiring. Unless you're going for an absolute, no-compromise concourse restoration, the sensible thing would be to wire up new lights with relays.
I used a set of LEDs (the kinds with the fan attached) in the headlights on one of my bikes. The light output is great and has way less strain on the battery. The light is white so they are legal. As long as the LEDs you plan to use are yellow or white, cops won't bother you. And personally I think red would be a tad too much.
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On 11/28/2018 at 2:05 PM, Crosswind said:
Will the defrosting lines on the rear windshield go off when you try to remove it?
It would I guess. The adhesion is quite strong and I doubt the defrost lines will survive. I went ahead anyway because of the size and angle of the rear glass, the tops of the back seats and anyone sitting in them were getting toasted during day time.
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On 11/21/2018 at 9:54 PM, kmeeg said:
I think I have said this in other window tint threads as well. If anyone is worried about getting copped, you can try 3M Crystalline tint. The estimate depends on car to car. I did it at Tint city in Maradana. I would recommend CR90 for front windshield and CR70 for all other glasses.
But keep in mind that cannot stop all the heat from the sun as they demonstrate from a lamp they have. Its just a marketing thing. However it definitely reduce the heat.
Make sure you ask them to erase the 3M logo from the tint. They will default erase the logo from the windshield tint. You have to ask them to erase from other glasses. CR70 is not dark it looks like factory shaded glass. CR90 doesn't look like tint at all. Its good for windshield but not enough for other glasses in my opinion.
I went with CR70 all around myself on my daily. No hinderance to visibility at night and the heat reduction is very noticeable. Without a gradient (darker tint in the rear) it looks like a factory shaded glass as you mentioned and is very subtle. Doesn't look tacky like the limo tint in the back, lighter tint in the front look most are going for.
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22 hours ago, PreseaLover said:
but almost in every vehicle in SL, the rear is fully tinted and the front is half tinted right?
Almost every vehicle? really?
@kusumsiri quoted what's mentioned on the .gov website. It's illegal to tint the windshield and driver, passenger windows. period. As with every other 'modification' these days, you can be copped anytime. Whether you want to run the risk or not is up to you.
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On 6/7/2018 at 5:20 PM, JayZ said:
This is great.
But my paint is not perfect now. should do a cut and polish to restore the original shine. But then again, before applying the nano coating its required to remove the wax. How would this work? No point sealing with nano without doing a cut and polish.
Dish soap will strip wax just fine. Besides, if you do a cut and polish, it will take off the wax and then some anyway
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Maybe something you don't want to hear, but it sounds like you settled on the Alto with an idea of upgrading soon-ish?
If that's the case, maybe you want to reconsider if you want to spend on non-essential add ons. Investments like these rarely adds to the recovery at the point of sale.
But if you still want to go ahead, pull one of the wheels out (maybe your spare doesn't have the same markings as the other wheels) and find the offset. You may even be able to find it if you google.
Then, figure out which wheels you want to go for and get the offset, diameter and width of those wheels.
Feed those into the site below and it will say exactly how much the wheel will move within the wheel well and you should be able to figure out any clearance issues.
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On 3/19/2018 at 12:08 AM, bhaSen said:
Hoonigan,
Did you go ahead with you plan to export from Doha? I own a 2009 Kia Sportage and given the current resell value in Doha, I'm considering taking it to SL with me.
Hello, apologies for the late response as I don't come around the forum as often.
I opted to sell the Jeep in Doha instead of trying to bring it over. RHD conversion cost and the exorbitant tax when landed made it a pointless financially. Plus the paperwork and red-tape to work around is also very offputting.
With a 9 year old vehicle, it may be a little more viable but that's a decision you have to weigh out yourself.
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March K11?
E36?
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If you are concerned with spending too much money on an old car, try and find a restored one with as little left to do as possible. I can pretty much guarantee that you will end up spending more if you tackle a ground up restoration.
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What a coincidence, I was looking at the same bumper for myself. I'm keeping a direct import as a second option do avoid the concerns that you have pointed out.
Don't think anyone sells them locally, All online vendors I've found carry them as 'ready to paint' so you'll have to get it painted locally anyway.
I've asked someone who imports parts from Malaysia to have a look around and let me know the price and whatnot. PM me for details if you want to get in on that.
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Looks mean dude
itching to see this tearing up roads!
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BMW e34 520i
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Best bet is to check with the garages specializing in them. Forum members VVTi and Bugatti run a workshop who might be able to help find you one. I've seen a few nice E34s frequent another workshop in the Koswatta area. And of course you can pay a visit to the BMW specialist as well.
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Welcome to the forum.
Whichever bike you buy, be sure to go through the paperwork with a fine toothed comb. Quite a lot of the 250cc+ bikes are illegal imports running on creatively acquired registration. So checking that would be Job number 1
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22 minutes ago, The Stig said:
Hmmmm interesting, I also have been noticing huge drop in data remaining on my adsl when I check the usage on the usage meter. Just to be sure I keept wifi turned off the entire Feb month and only used ethernet. Still the slt usage meter does not tally with my pcs usage meter. I sense something fishy is going on.
Filtering MAC addresses sorted my issue out. What I wanted to highlight was the fact that they did quite a bit to help me resolve the issue. They even sent two techs to my place the very next day.
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I use SLT and have to say the experience hasn't been all that bad. The only issue I had recently was running out of the 30GB quota mid month. I'm not the most tech-inclined person but apparently someone was hacking into my router(?) The call center assisted me to set up the MAC address filter which solved the issue.
I did a bit of looking around during this time and based on what I found, Bell 4G seems to be offer the most GB/Rs but they seem to have some issues with coverage. So make sure your area is covered. Their call center staff apparently are terrible so pray you don't have anything go wrong.
Dialog 4G seems to be a good choice though not the cheapest. Their data meter is sketchy according to some users but not sure that's an actual fact or a 'user-error'.
Eventually, I decided to stick with SLT. What exactly happened to you with SLT to completely put you off?
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Ah the Two Stroke 250s
Those died down quite some time back. I think the last one I saw was around 7 years ago. Don't think you will find anything on the classifieds mate. You will have a better chance of finding one lying at the back of roadside repair joints that repairs Japanese bikes. You can try the shops that break bikes along maligawatta also. Not many of them do Japanese bikes now but might be worth a shot.
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Not sure if Bubi is speaking from personal experience. nevertheless he could be correct to a certain extent. he may have had the misfortune of landing a lemon which can easily rack up a hefty repair bill. However, I do not believe that's the case in general.
E34s in good shape are pretty hard to come by and the owners tend to hold on to the good ones. E36s as Supra mentioned would be easier to hunt down for a good example. I would pass on a piece of advice that was given to me when I was buying a car; "Don't buy a BMW because it's cheap" because whatever you save will come back and bite you in the rear. Instead, be patient and try to find one that is in good condition, even if it is at a slight premium.
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What's wrong with the engine already in the car? Depending on it's state, it may be more sensible to rebuild that engine. Either to the original spec or, if you want more, better cams, some head work or an overbore.
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I honestly can't say that I've driven completely within the law. But I'm definitely not a reckless driver. I believe I'm more alert on the road than most and would speed, cross single or double lines depending on the situation. And judging by the number of idiots who are happy to sit 20Kmph below the limit on the right lane, are you sure that all of you guys have never overtaken from the left?
Having said that, I think the fines are justified and is a necessity to whip some of us into more responsible drivers. If anything needs changing, I believe that driving under the influence should be fined even more; and maybe have a jail term beyond a particular blood alcohol level.
Project Capri
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Thanks guys! been a while since I came around to this thread.
This video was shot a few years ago. Took a bit of time to edit and upload by the content creators.
I didn't mean to be rude or blunt (I didn't realise it came across as such)
I think it was important to be honest. I was fairly uninformed with some of the decisions made with this car and it shows. It isn't a perfect weapon of a car. Doesn't make me love it any less though :D