What did you do to your Car today?

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Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch

But for my car, I did new spark plugs and cleaned the MAF sensor, as well as blowing compressed air through the wiper fluid lines to make my drivers side work again.

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I think I need to do that with mine. My driver's side works, but not as well as the passenger side.

I did a spark plugs and wires today, it was a pain in the ass to get the old wires out.

I installed Roof Rails which was a HUGE pain in the ass. I couldnt get them to stick down to save my life. I was using 3m super bond adhesive stage2 as well. I finally just ended up using heavy duty clamps from the inside of the door to the rail. 1 hour hold each. Oh i also taped off my rear bumper and painted the valance dark black, and then when i got down with that i painted the fascia on the front with black. In the meantime i also tinted my tails with nightshades :) Glad today is over!!

Finally solved the cutout under load issue, bad coilpack. Wasnt missinf at idle....

Cleaned up the interior.

Put new pads the whole way around on my comp g.

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Originally Posted by GrandPrix06GT

Yeah, I went n bought one. Used 25% off coupon n got it for 53 after tax. About this da tho, I've seen it chews up pads quick. So either get a 5" backing pad, or take a razor blade n cut an inch or so off the outside of the velcro. It digs into the pad if you're applying a little pressure n bites into the pads n destroys them quicker.

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Good point. I would just get a better backing plate. Let us know how those pads works out for you. I heard they aren't the best.

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Originally Posted by The Guz

Good point. I would just get a better backing plate. Let us know how those pads works out for you. I heard they aren't the best.

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I may or may not grab some from there, I haven't yet. I seen you use the lake country pads n was gonna order those off ebay probably. There's 6 pack deals on there n it's not quite warm enough to be doing that all yet where I'm at, so I'm in no rush.

i ve heard nothing good about the HF buffing pads. but they are cheap and should get me though a job till i get some lake county pads ordered up.

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Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

i ve heard nothing good about the HF buffing pads. but they are cheap and should get me though a job till i get some lake county pads ordered up.

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I got the HF rotary style buffer. The foam pad that came with it (white) is a bit coarse but it works well enough to get rid of those last swirl marks. Speed is key with heat-activated polish. Bought a white wool pad for compounding and so far haven't run into anything I couldn't handle with just those. The backing pad and the buffer itself are pretty darn good on that one and its forty bucks now (drill master). I never had any luck with an orbital but my purpose for purchasing was to buff fresh paint after fine sanding.

the thing about the da orbital is a rookie can safely wax their car and get a professional finish with the worry of damaging the paint.

as you know you sit in one spot to long with a rotary and hey look,,,, is that metal? lol

I upgraded my POS Op Amps to some Pro Audio Burr Browns. Holy **** what a difference! Well, it could be the 7.53 billion bad solder joints I fixed as well:
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Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

the thing about the da orbital is a rookie can safely wax their car and get a professional finish with the worry of damaging the paint.

as you know you sit in one spot to long with a rotary and hey look,,,, is that metal? lol

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Thats very true, speed kills. Rotary buffers and wool pads and heavy cut compounds require more finesse. I would hate to take out sandscratches with an orbital. I got lucky today when I debadged my trunk lid, elbow grease and a little polish on a towel got it done.

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Originally Posted by GrandPrix06GT

I may or may not grab some from there, I haven't yet. I seen you use the lake country pads n was gonna order those off ebay probably. There's 6 pack deals on there n it's not quite warm enough to be doing that all yet where I'm at, so I'm in no rush.

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If you wax by hand and get the pad deal, you would probably want 3 orange and 3 white.

* speed and heat kills pads

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Originally Posted by Booba5185

I upgraded my POS Op Amps to some Pro Audio Burr Browns. Holy **** what a difference! Well, it could be the 7.53 billion bad solder joints I fixed as well:

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you play guitar or bass?

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Drove to Pittsburgh for my first hockey game. Messed around on the highway with a nissan sentra with a fart can and also a 3.4 impala that thought he was hot ****

thats a long way down

Sitting up there is the best seats IMO, seeing the whole rink is what I like. I prefer to sit on the sides, on which the home team will score twice upon.

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Originally Posted by ericspecullaas

you play guitar or bass?

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Neither, my dad is a studio engineer with another degree in electronics so I've always upgraded the audio portion of whatever I have, lol. I grew up doing this kind of stuff so it's second nature to me.