Mike

Very clean! Nice work... keep the progress photos coming because I'm really interested to see how this turns out.

Hey guys, I appreciate the support. This weekend I was able to put in some checks to hopefully eliminate the false bot registrations. Over the past few weeks there were about 1500+ bot registrations and those were just the ones who got through our original protection. This weekend, I enabled some additional protections, blocked a few countries, and had some fun playing "whack a mole" when they logged in. I'm not saying they won't try again, but it's been an interesting experience. With the advent of AI, traditional tools no longer work. So, there's quite a lot of effort being done globally to put checks and balances into place. There has been no threat to your security at all, it's more about protecting our site from massive floods of user accounts and/or false posts. I also discovered we had a faulty memory module last night around midnight. The memory module has been replaced and everything is back to normal.

Captcha is a decent idea but any modern bot/AI system can easily get past it. Right now all new members must go through a manual approval process before they are allowed into the system. I've noticed that modern bots are becoming more intelligent about what they post. Some of the bots even have the ability to post relevant Z-related topics. However, I use AI tools daily so I can spot them pretty quickly. It doesn't mean one won't sneak through every so often.

You guys have no idea... I've been a bot killer. Since the advent of AI, it's been non-stop.

I also wanted to chime in about the cap/rotor. When you buy a replacement check to make sure the cap fits snug. After installing it, make sure there's no play or movement of the cap. Grab it with your hand and rotate/wiggle the cap to make sure it fits. Cheap ones will move but the good ones will fit tight. You don't want any movement of that cap.

Ah very nice! Good luck on the refresh...

Welcome back to the Z club!! Yes, please post a pic as soon as you get one.

Because it was sitting in my moderator queue and I just got around to approving it. I made a change to the software so all new members must go through a moderator queue until they have enough points. Once they reach my points threshold, they no longer go through the moderator process. This is to help reduce spam posts.

I ended up purchasing those one-way bleeder screws and they've been great. All you need to do is loosen and attach a small bottle on each wheel. Pump the pedal a few times, fill up the reservoir, and pump again. Repeat until the fluid is completely pushed out and clean. It's probably not as good as pushing it through with pressure or suction but it works.

From my experience working with China, they'll use some cheap paper-thin metal made from a mixture of who-knows-what kind of alloys. They will brag about how they were able to copy the car and produce their own for such a cheap price. However, one slam of the door and the resulting noise says it all. I guess we will see.

Wow nice shot! I like the show was on green grass instead of a hot parking lot.

Awesome welcome to the club! Looks like you've got a great shell and project. I can't wait to see your progress updates. Mike

How was the show otherwise? If you have any photos, we'd love to see them.

Speaking of strange AI, Christmas is just around the corner! :)

I use AI daily for a ton of useful things. It's great but I noticed a huge difference between the paid and free versions. You'll see a much better result when you buy a subscription, and use the correct model for your work. Depending on what I'm doing I'll use the advanced "work mode" to build code. AI was a massive help when I moved this website from a high-dollar paid server farm to a much cheaper server on a raw Linux platform. Instead of using a managed interface, we now have everything in "containers" that can be managed and controlled separately -- which is the correct way to do it. The migration took only 3-4 hours while previous migrations used to take a full day. I've also used AI to help me modify code on our website here to move ads around, check our results, and help me figure out best placement without blasting everyone with unwanted ads. It's also helped us block unwanted characters, invalid traffic, and attackers from hitting the site. For me, AI has been a tool that brought me good results. I've also used it for my job search, resume updates, and Linkedin profile updates. Another time, I had an interview with a guy who wanted me to become an expert on his product in 48 hours. I did my own research, put my findings into AI, supplemented it with additional data, and created a presentation that blew him away. The job ended up being an internal hire but it was a great exercise in how AI was able to build me a presentation on my findings. AI has been helpful in my exercise of connecting digital monitoring to my boat diesel engine as well. Although yes it does have limitations when data isn't published on the Internet. It also can make assumptions until you start second guessing the results. It is, after all, a computer with limited data. AI models must be "taught" things. Without the teaching, AI is just a complex search engine.