CLtotheTL32

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Aman

Don't lie, when a teacher put those stickers on a test you walked around like this all day:

McCollins23

The "Great Job" sticker looks like he is getting well... a "Great Job"

Steven Bell

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Jeremy, I've got a better idea.....instead of just having the National Meet in South Florida, let's just have it at your place!

guitarplayer16

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I like that idea but lets have it in Canada

Steven Bell

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^^^ Yes, we'll just have a rolling North American continent summer tour/meet.

Undying Dreams

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I don't wanna have to cross the border

Steven Bell

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Yep, we're going to have one HUGE moving caravan across the country!

Aman

Hey, if it was in Toronto I'd be able to take public transit and attend.

CLassy02

Sorry I'll be sure to post pics of dogs and Hyundais and trees next time

Hey Oprah was a whore during that she was on 3 vehicles! Also I wonder who allowed me access to a certain white TL after the meet to place the Oprah photo on your cluster?

CLtotheTL32

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Damn Canadians. No way I'm driving there.

swoosh

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^^^ I rather drive to Canada than FL....with all the bath salts shit going on around in FL, we might return back something like this

CLtotheTL32

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FL is better than your boring ass state Anil

rockstar143

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Tyler, I know where Dolphins training camp is...I can find out if the ladies practice there as well...
bring the warm greek yogurt.

FL is the best...
We eat people and you hear about it, in the rest of the country, it's so normal they don't even put it in the news!

And our State is shaped like a COQ and we have no front plates or emissions testing! lol

CLtotheTL32

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Gotta love FL.

No exhaust? Don't give a fawk. Eating faces? Don't give a fawk. Illegal immigrants? Don't give a fawk.

ebelp

The Jets training camp is actually right across the street from my office. Gonna have to walk over there some time and make out with Tebow. Maybe I can get him to autograph my hood.

rockstar143

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Or even better, get a picture of you planking on Tebow tebowing....

civicdrivr

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Love the Jets, hate Teblow.

CLtotheTL32

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But Morgan, don't you love him because he "blows"

rockstar143

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I'm with Morgan...although supposedly the kid is very nice. My cousins were both at UF at the same time as him. Kinda makes it easy to be a hater though...


Morgan...BLASPHEMY...fk the JETS. Giants, I can deal...not the Jets.

ebelp

NY hate.

rockstar143

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I the GIANTS are ok!!!!


And nobody cares about the Bills, obviously.
either way, you KNOW you're all Dolphins fans now.

civicdrivr

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I take it youre a fan of Tuna?

CLassy02

Blah blah blah Tyler you know you want OK Joes!

CLtotheTL32

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Yes I do.

Here's a little update for yall. I've been wanting to paint my rear calipers black for quite some time since they had to be replaced about a year ago. I got busy with school and this is how the rear right ended up looking...



Fcking gross I know. I recently started to notice that dirt and rust would accumulate on the face of that rotor even after I had been driving around and on the brakes and such. Turns out that the caliper was seized AGAIN, just like the one it replaced, and it was stuck wide ope, not allowing the pad to contact the rotor.

So along with an oil change and new wipers, the whole caliper assembly was replaced with a brand new one and I had pads on the left and right put on. Both rear rotors were resurfaced as well.

It doesn't end there though

When the car was on the lift, the mechanic noticed that the front tires were showing metal cord. Even though the tread isn't worn down terribly, the inner most "line" of tread has metal pieces showing. It must be due to camber wear even though I'm at around -1.7 up front and -1.2 in the rear. Pretty annoying.

So let's recap:
-New caliper
-2 new rear brake pads
-both rear rotors resurfaced
-two new tires; mounting and balancing
-alignment
-oil change
-new wipers

= almost $1000.

At least the rear calipers are back to being a dark grey "normal" metal color. Still annoying though.

swoosh

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so did you get all that done....WOW thats a lot....

this is what i suggest ya....get the brake package from Brakemotive...
$155 for rotors and pads all around
$100 for new caliper from Advance auto parts....
$30 for new wipers from Advance auto parts
$35 for oil change (Mobil 1 EP with filter) from Advance auto parts
$160 for lifetime alignment from Firestone

So you are at $480...for all new brakes and wiper and everything....finally whatever tire you like, 2 of those + mounting balancing shudnt be more than 300

EDIT: reread your post....you know if you do all those maintenance yourself, you can save up some $$$ for ACTUAL mods

civicdrivr

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Damn dude. I hate how whenever I say Im not doing anything more to the car or Im trying to save money, then within a few weeks something big breaks and your left with a huge bill.

Undying Dreams

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Damn Tyler, better to fix it before you mod it though

CLtotheTL32

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Anil I have actual mods and I guess you forgot that I already have RacingBrake rotors

I have the invoice in my hand and here's how it reads out:

-Oil Change with filter ($19.75)
-2 Tires with mounting and balancing, 2% NC Tire Disposal fee, two new valve stems ($430.56)
-Alignment ($79.95)
-Wipers ($35.53)
-New rear caliper, new pad, machine rear rotors and drums, clean/lube, etc ($369.61)

I paid a little extra to have the tire here in 1-2 days instead of 5-7 because even though I don't drive too often nowadays, I don't like relying on other people or being stuck somewhere.

My parents and I have been taking our cars to this shop for over 10 years so they gave me $115 off as well.

As for doing maintenance myself, even though I'm confident I COULD do it, I chose not to. Knowing my luck I'll mess something up and it'll cost me more in the long run. This shop does great work and I would rather pay a little more and not get my hands dirty then mess something up and pay even more to fix my mistakes.

swoosh

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Ty...

honestly, you can....all you need is some confidence and a ratchet...

the TL is my first car and i took baby steps towards it....do an oil change (simplest thing to do on the TL) or do a cabin or engine air filter change....these job will give you the confidence and then you can take on spark plugs and brakes and suspension....

now if you were to mention about timing belt or water pump, i would say, fuck that, take it to the dealer....the reason i say is, if you are off by a teeth, you are screwed....my point is how bad can you fuck up a seized caliper ???

either way, its good to have/know a shop in the neighborhood which wont rip you off....

CLtotheTL32

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Yeah I've been considering ordering the new cabin filter and doing it myself. I'll probably do it between fall and winter because there's no point of putting a brand new one in now if I constantly have my windows down

J has told me that the calipers are a piece of cake. I'm just so lazy

Edit: I did the suspension swap with two other members. It was a headache but we got it done! I felt pretty good about that. I did my headlights and taillights too but those both are pretty much cosmetic pieces, nothing that can twist the wrong way and mess the whole car up

swoosh

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^^^ hhaha yup they are honestly a piece of cake and the AT calipers are even simpler....

but if you are worried you might mess up something doing an oil change, i suggest you do an oil change before you reach for that caliper LOL

CLtotheTL32

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ebelp

Drive up here, Tyler. We'll do all that work in a day...piece of cake (minus the tire mounting and alignment hehe).

CLtotheTL32

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Oh come on John, you don't have tire mounting equipment?!??!?!

About how far away are you from Raleigh?

ACCURATEin

I came in the photo gallery looking for photos and i see a bunch of fucking words and shit. double yoo tee eff?!

civicdrivr

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Join in on the fun!

CLtotheTL32

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Eric there is a picture on this page. Get off mah nutz.

Edit: Two pictures now thanks to Morgan

rockstar143

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I wish you were local, Ty...I'm really jealous that ebelp, SB and ddw all were close enough to get together.

With a couple of drinks, some music and some shade, we could knock that out VERY easily. I even have that mityvac thing to bleed your entire brake system in 10 minutes...FK. I hate seeing a struggling college scholar have to spend that kinda loot on repair.

Why didn't you do discounttiredirect.com...they ship fast as fk, you woulda had the tires asap and probably saved 200 bucks...plus, showing wire, just take the streets no highway and drive as little as possible. Not the safest, but in a pickle, you coulda made it work since you might have been driving like that for the last thousand miles anyway.


ACCURATEin "CAME" in the photo gallery...ewwwww

CLtotheTL32

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Move on up here J! Beach two hours east and the mountains 3 hours west

My shop said their tire supplier had the tires in stock so that's why I didn't order them online. They called back a few hours later and said they only had one in stock and the other would have to be ordered

And the metal showing with the tires isn't bad at all. They said I would be fine to drive to school tomorrow and back on Wednesday. I only saw one section with metal.