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A friend of mine has an older house too and it seems everyone on his street has these big curbs leading up to the driveway. Lucky for him, the previous owners actually had the section of sidewalk cut out and removed in front of the driveway, and they had it repoured to look like a wheelchair curb ramp.
7000, not 7100, my bad.
The dual slots, long battery life, water resistance have all been awesome. Upgrade, sucka! I started with the Canon 30D though...did the trick to learn!
I know. Operation upgrade camera body is underway though, put some of my Canon stuff up on C-List to off load. Going to switch to Sony for smaller size and better performance. All of the Sony bodies shit all over the Canons for less money.
Gotta save up the cash though!
Originally Posted by TylerT
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Nice!
What size are your wheels? I think they might contribute to the 4x4 look, my OEM wheels with OEM ride height seem to appear lower than yours....
Tyler, how much clearance do you now have when getting up your driveway?
Without a plywood ramp & OEM suspension, it's literally a quarter inch at the hardest possible angle.
Originally Posted by rockstar143
If a corolla didn't clear, his has to still be close!
Dude...when we were buying our house...that was one of the requisites!
Unfortunately, it wasn't really my call in the first place. (legally, it's not my house).
Funny thing is, the moment we rolled up and looked at it for the first time, I told her "There's no way our cars are getting in there without re-doing the driveway. You know that right?".
I will say though (other than the driveway), this house is great. Great location, 3 bedroom 2 bath, sitting on a quarter acre.
The driveway at this time is "usable", I just need to focus on making the best of what I have to work with
Really? Majofo and Justin have mentioned Sony. I've been really happy with Nikon...I dumped Canon a few years back.
Yep, the A7II will be my next body. Trying to sell my 70-200 and 24-105. Will replace the 24-105 with an equivalent native Sony lens and I'll get an adapter to mount my 50 1.4. If I can't sell the 70-200, I'll keep it and use the adapter with that too.
I really want to get more into the Zeiss primes but now we're getting off topic.
I know. Operation upgrade camera body is underway though, put some of my Canon stuff up on C-List to off load. Going to switch to Sony for smaller size and better performance. All of the Sony bodies shit all over the Canons for less money.
Gotta save up the cash though!
While it's not the most sophisticated camera, I absolutely love my Sony 5N.
Maybe I did more work than necessary, but I had to disconnect the front control arms & the front / rear sway bars to get the shocks in & out more easily.
Which bushings are you referring to?
I tightened these bolts on all 4 corners when the car was on the ground, in addition to both sway bars:
Sway bars don't matter...mostly the upper control arm bolts and other bolts that have a bushing in them that rotates under load (that would change when you raise/lower).
Good stuff, man...I actually use a jack stand to cradle the brake rotor and lower the car on that so I have the clearance to get in there with my wrench!
Ugh, that reminds me of my parent's driveway when I still had my TL. I could pull in but had to basically get parallel with the entrance first. I would three-wheel it sometimes You can see the incline on the right.
Ugh, that reminds me of my parent's driveway when I still had my TL. I could pull in but had to basically get parallel with the entrance first. I would three-wheel it sometimes You can see the incline on the right.
It's literally a quarter inch, that's all I have to work with.
OEM suspension is a small price to pay for driving 1hr+ for a garage .. car maintenance will be convenient going forward
I am annoyed. One of my side strakes fell off after being hit by something on the freeway.
It would be fine if I could just install a replacement set (which I bought), but the instructions are insane. The strakes are basically held on by a bunch of clamps and 2 holes that are drilled into the bodywork, and one of the holes isn't even useful -- the included "grommet" isn't anywhere near the right size or shape for the job.
What's worse is that the previous owner apparently drilled the holes, realized how flimsy the OEM attachment hardware was, then went to town attaching the strakes with wood screws.
Option 1 is to install the missing strake using the OEM attachment hardware and cover up the mess but that would probably bug me to no end. Option 2 doesn't exist because I'm not going to use any more wood screws on my car.
Option 3 ... I take the car to a body shop to get all the damage fixed and take off the remaining strake too.
brother...I refused to install the drilled hole in the body on BOTH of my S2000's...I used one self tapping small screw from underneath and mounted it all as instructed with the double sided tape and clamps.
I even put some rust inhibitor on the self tapped screw...
My advice is this...
clean up any bare metal with touch up paint...run one size larger than your existing hole (the UNDERNEATH ONES) ...maybe even pop a grommet into the hole on the side of the body the guy drilled...and some silicone...
Once they're put back on, you'll forget all about the bs beneath...
NOw...about the double sided tape...had no issues with my silver S...but the other day my passenger side was loose...don't know if somephuck tried to jack it, or the double sided tape didn't adhere properly...so I removed the tape...while on the car...added a few gobs of clear RTV silicone (that won't damage paint if ever removed)...then put my tool box up against it with a sponge as a buffer overnight while it dried. It's on there firm as hell now.
Tyler T...WOW...
Tyler M...did you end up selling the TL finally? I thought you were just parting it out little by little...not parked on your lawn anymore?
12-14-2015, 09:20 AM
*grumble* vertical videos *grumble*
a little out of my price range but GPW....
