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Cannot resist posting it here. <3
SILLLKKKK. <3

Omg, are you gonna wear that next time we might encounter?
- edit. realized this sounded bad and drunk.

reply to Exqlusive, I'm was under the impression she wore dresses all the time like she told me, so I'm under the impression she would. anyways im guilty lol.



This post has been edited by grimsolace on Mar 19 2013, 12:53 AM

Are you this desperate..

QUOTE (Riisssaaa @ 49 minutes, 12 seconds ago)

SPOILER Cannot resist posting it here. <3 SILLLKKKK. <3

watch out

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just joking dun worry im sure kenzz will not

This post has been edited by N643 on Mar 19 2013, 12:54 AM

watch out

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just joking dun worry im sure kenzz will not

This post has been edited by N643 on Mar 19 2013, 12:54 AM

$70 - R32 x3, 2x KPGC10, Celsior and GTO ( for friend)
$25-ish, Trading card sleeves.

Next up list - PS2 controller. Bills, Bills bills.

Pinned this thread since it's pinned on the IDW board and it seems to be active enough..



Well.. it's official. My brake pads are worth more than my car. Semi metallic carbon/ceramic Endless MX72 pad. Coefficient of friction .37~.42 with an operating temperature range of up to 700 deg. Celsius... Most road cars will never see greater than 250 deg. Celsius. That said, these pads have been functioning better than the stock ones even pre bedded and I had a few panic braking situations already where they've had surprising bite for a semi metallic.

"But J" you say; "You're dumb. You'll never realize the full potential of these brakes! You won't ever put this car on a circuit and there must have been better, more practical pads for street/highway use. Why use the highest performance street/circuit pad for a daily?" To which I'll give that all too familiar canned answer of the mad scientist- 'Because I can.'



Looks nice huh.... NOW WHY DOESN'T THE REST OF THE CAR LOOK LIKE THAT!!??



<sigh> I know. It's just going to take time and money to keep restoring. And a lot of welding and steel.

Funny thing is the rotors when we measured them were at full thickness which indicates to us that one of the previous owners of this project probably did pads and rotors RIGHT BEFORE allowing the car to sit and rot. Which is a real shame. The rotors looked like this before we milled them-



As we did, we got a wonderful miasma of red smoke- I swear it was like drilling Mars rock.



The great thing is with oxidation that bad, we had to mill each rotor 3 times to nearly the minimum thickness. On this particular rotor, the rust and pitting was so bad you can see where the brakes sat on the car for nearly a decade.



This post has been edited by The J on Mar 19 2013, 09:01 AM

For a moment I really yhought... new brake pads
On a rusty car? That doesnt make sense!

I see youre restoring a car! Ive never seen that
Happen and it seems rather fascinating so be sure
To share more of the process later -- even if not in
This thread. I think it might become off topic maybe...

The car's kinda weird just because I had to do some things backwards in order for it to be federal and state legal here in the United States and to stay out of trouble while driving it on the street. Normally all the surface rust and body damage would be the last thing you do on a restoration project but as you can see:

Pretty car outside



Sickly car inside


It runs well- don't get me wrong. I pretty much had to rebuild the engine and fuel and ignition system but you're supposed to reinforce the chassis and repair structural damage before you touch bodywork. The issue is that I absolutely needed a second daily and can't justify having a 4th car which would make 2 economy cars and 2 weekend battleships. So instead I spent a little money to make the car look presentable so that the cops where I live who are bored as hell and will pull you over if your car looks shabby or looks like a beater, don't have any reason to pull me over. Pretty much ran out of time and money and didn't want to be late to work because of cops. It'll be straight soon enough though.

And so we don't stray too far off topic-


R32 stock projector headlights from the swap meet. The guy I bought them from was surprised I knew what they were and more surprised to sell them. made off like a bandit with these. Also my cat seems to be very interested in them for some reason.




This post has been edited by The J on Mar 19 2013, 10:30 AM

Your cat is staring at the new lights and thinking...
Mmmmmmmm... new toys. -evil cat puuurrrr-

Are you sure it's okay to drive such a rusty car around?
D: //slightly worrying.

This post has been edited by Riisssaaa on Mar 19 2013, 10:41 AM

Although It's sweet of you to worry, the car did pass a Highway Patrol and DMV inspection which does include roadworthiness prior to it being issued California plates. I made sure fixes to major structural problems were sussed prior to its submission; Problems for example that could cause a car's chassis to just break if say its suspension bottomed out. On a personal note, I also needed to make sure that by the time I was using it regularly, it was a car that would not tear itself apart from structural compromise in regular road use since it's the car I use to drive my wife and my sister in law in and I care about their survival far more than my own. I really don't like the idea that something I drive might hurt someone other than me who's either another motorist or a passenger due to my negligence. That said, while the rusted out frame rails looks like it might cause serious structural collapse some day, (it will I'm sure in the future but) I have a new refurbished subframe and suspension waiting to go in within the next 2 months. When that happens the remaining structural deficiencies like those rails will be addressed in phases of welded on steel and paneling which will hopefully take place within the course of a year.


PS. Just noticed what time it is in NSW (I assume that's where you are). What are you doing up so early? Or is it late and you just didn't sleep?

This post has been edited by The J on Mar 19 2013, 11:58 AM

As long as it won't collapse ^^;;.
I'm usually up late. Maybe my title should have something
to do with abnormal sleep patterns and deprivation? xDD.



Keeping things on-topic:
Planning to order a new pair of glasses.
The new optometrist found slight astigmatism in my
eyes. (He's rather more thorough than my previous one.)

I still have to go through the difficult task of selecting two
new frames to suit me ><". (Place sells them at 2 for the price of 1.)

This post has been edited by Riisssaaa on Mar 19 2013, 10:01 PM

Spec Savers? LOL.

I used to wear glasses when I was in high school, i stopped wearing them, and wearing them glasses don't fit and won't work anymore.

Its like either my eyes adapted by themselves.
Either that or i'm actually blind without noticing it...

=/

I've been to opsm an specsavers in many different places.
There aren't that many differences except the optometrists
who work at those places.

Anyhow my prescriptions informations and other things are
at specsavers atm so I might as well stick w/ them. Plus the
optoms are Wynyard are thorough. It's all good .

I need new glasses, a haircut and a shave T_T
Or you know I can stay the same way I am now a HOBO LOLOLOL

Uhh I bought a double shot coffee with whiskey and it was niiiiiiiiice

Psp model ver. 3000 in red for $74 + lord of arcana $15

Gonna go home and charge it up and play psp games.

Cost of item + shipping = $10 AUD

It's not in Australian stores yet but at Neko cards a similar pack of Bushiroad card sleeves is $15

#Winning

This post has been edited by Whitzwolf on Mar 27 2013, 12:52 AM

I also just realized that I asked my guy in Endless Japan on Tues of that week for the pads; didn't want to EMS them; so he put them in his luggage; he arrived from Japan at LAX on Thurs which is the day I picked them up; and I installed them Friday. So my Z has 'overnight parts from Japan.' Just needs NAWS and quick jettison diamond plates.

74 AU$? Seriously, WTF?

PSP 3Ks here go for, oh I dunno, more than 100 AU$ equivalent, if not more... (Though I got mine as a package, all for 6800 pesos. Goddamnit... )

Oh wait was it secondhand or brandnew?

Preowned.
Newer ones are 100-120ish

Mine's a PSP 3000 hence 74
PSP PHAT is 54
2000 slims are 64

Psp E1000, the newer models ........ are 110 new.


I'm glad i got my psp back, its my 3rd one coz my former 2 broke.

Mine PSP2000 white (rare) with 10 games for $90 posted then I end up custom firmware on it...much better.

Yeah custom firmware is easy to do.
=D

I miss the white psp 2000.
They only have silver, red, blue and black now.

I had a rare Asian white PSP 1000 also had a super rare champagne gold 1000 which was outragesly expensive, I had a rare PSP 2000 in the color matte bronze as well as a 3000 in silver

I have either lost or got it stolen & now i just have my original black 1000, I did see a PSP for 20 bux canadian but i already have one

Also they have the white 3000s but just double the price of the normal one

yay

Isuzu-san you're mine now <3


More sleeves to come, Nishizumi-san, and the proper Precious Memories Girls und Panzer cards