Everything posted by TomoHawk
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Just Did The Kia Hatch Seal
Yes, the small air mail had a lesser cost than the others, but, from the page I viewed when ordering: 5 days to process 20 (about) days for delivery 7 days delay because of the Korean holiday I can tolerate a month because the doors and hatch are on the last order of things to finish, compared to re-installing the front&back windows, but the body man doesn't want to waste time waiting on my car. I still need to order the aluminum gas cap (which is supposedly on back order.)
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Just Did The Kia Hatch Seal
You chose to use "small shipping" too?
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Kia Sportage weatherstip rocks!
Do you know what the seal for the hatch is like? It looks like it might be one large piece, like the Zed has. JC Whitney has it, but the description says it's a "universal fit." But one of the detail photos shows the cross setion, which resembles the KIA product.
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interior bulb replacements
Around here, we don't us the word 'white' when there's two feet of snow in the yard.
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Just Did The Kia Hatch Seal
Darn. I was trying to order one, and I saw a message saying that they will not be doing any business from 2/16 - 2/22 Wow. $39 for the one door seal, plus 25 days to deliver. and then the computer thinks I live in AFGHANISTAN. I think I will order domestically.
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Re-Use Your Empty Toothpaste Tubes
Actually, I've seen a lot of recycled objects in or on custom show cars and cruisers recently. I've seen things from a Viagra bottle for a coolant overflow, beer cans used to wrap ignition coils and other cylindrical parts, and orange traffic cones made from recycled 4L bottles. There is an artist that makes sculptures and things (trains, horse, airplane, fire engine) from parts taken from the junkyard! It's all skillfully welded, soldered, glued, and mounted to a hand-made wooden base made from a piece of a fallen tree. People do some very interesting and clever things with the recycled goods, besides throwing them in the trash. Or the Pacific ocean.
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Re-Use Your Empty Toothpaste Tubes
I like that idea. I've seen TV shows about how you could recycle almost everything you buy. I recycle as much as possible, or sometimes everything (each week.) I only have one small bag to put in the bin each week, but a big bag of paper I take to the paper bin and one bag of plastics items the collectors pick up. I wish I could say that about the neighbors.
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interior bulb replacements
A colour chart. It doesn't say things like "warm white" but the descriptions seem adequate.
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interior bulb replacements
I would like to find out what those part numbers (DE3022, 3175, DE3175, etc) mean. I presume they are just some industry designations, as the incandescent bulbs use. The regular festoon bulb is a 3175, and the headlamp bulb is 9003. The 31 is the length in millimeters, but I dunno what the 75 refers to, maybe the wattage (7.5) Here is one more to bulb for you.
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Re-Use Your Empty Toothpaste Tubes
No one uses toothpaste in Netherlands?
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Re-Use Your Empty Toothpaste Tubes
Anything is better than reading about rebuilding engines.
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Re-Use Your Empty Toothpaste Tubes
I go through them pretty fast it seems, but they are sort of small, so I have some empty ones in the drawer. And I wondered if you can re-use them for things. The first thing I thought of was to put in grease or silicone lube, or Chrome or glass polish, or any other kind of thick liquid or gel you might use on the car when you travel. You could also fill it with similar things you might use around the house. Calking or sealer comes to mind, and that would be a source for even larger tubes. they'd be be impossible to flush out too. So I cut one tube open on the sealed end, and now I have one that I can't seal! I think they were heat-sealed, but most people don't have one handy. So let's discuss what you might do with your empty toothpaste or bathtub calk tubes, probably starting with how you'd reseal one. Then we need to figure out how to fill it. I think a large syringe with a long metal tube to inject it to fill "bottom-up."
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interior bulb replacements
Here is a video from an LED bulb manufacturer discussing how they measure the light output, in lumens, of their bulbs. He mentions that most of the statements you'll see on the Internet are over-rated, and the actual output is only about 75% of what the claim is. So beware of the claims you read on eBay products.
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interior bulb replacements
OK, I'll bite. I ordered this 6-LED festoon panel bulb from Amazon, and we will see how well it works, at least in the basement workshop. Is there a cheap or DIY light meter calibrated in lumens?
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interior bulb replacements
Correct. Even if you try the link that says 'product details' all you get is some dimensions and weight! Not even a voltage range, let alone a light output value.
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interior bulb replacements
I did that with the new car when the cabin bulb burned out. You take off the clear lens (it has the diffraction rings&lines) to change the bulb, and I tried it before putting the cover back on, and didn't like it because you didn't get an even light as you say. I will keep this in mind for the next time I visit the JY, to find a cabin lamp with a large cover that could be transplanted. But this is something for a new topic.
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interior bulb replacements
I've not decided on which LED panel bulb to buy. I like the 'vertical' board, but I haven't found one that's not too "white" or has enough lumens. I think the white ones would be fine for testing, but I want to make sure that the light is bright enough to begin with. It's hard to compare the stuff you see on eBay. I think their "specs" aren't technically measured (the show the 'brightness' by a picture from a phone in a dark room) so they could say the lamp has 10^6 lumens, and you wouldn't really know unless you buy one. I don't think the eBay sellers themselves wouldn't even know the difference. They're counting on the 'stupidity' of the American buyer to keep them in business. The only specs you see on the auction page is the compatibility chart. I recently wondered if you could replace the white cabin lamp cover with one that's clear? maybe there's a clear, circular refraction lens that could be inserted.
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Lucas "square 8" Spot Lamps
Does anyone have any experience with these lamps? I haven't been able to find any specifications on them, but I think they are a 3 x 5 inch spot lamp with a 50 watt bulb.
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interior bulb replacements
Higuys, With regards to this LED festoon bulb, would you think that at 12 LED bulb would be brighter? I found some 3175 LED festoon bulbs on eBay ($4 for 4) and this might be a good time to try one, before I actually need to light up the cabin in the dark. http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-X-PURE-White-31MM-12SMD-Festoon-Dome-Interior-LED-Light-bulbs-DE3175-3021-6428-/201019614778?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ecdb3e63a&vxp=mtr OTOH, It seems this 12-LED bulb has 54 Lumens and the 6-LED bulb mentioned earlier has 95 Lumens, so the latter is twice as bright. then agai, this one is 400 Lumens- wow. And 36mm tip-to-tip.
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Z 432 At Rm Auction Amelia Island
It's because the 240Z is just a cheap sports car and rust bucket from "Datsun," but I won't say that...
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Z 432 At Rm Auction Amelia Island
My tool roll has spanners to change the alternator belt (14 or 15mm) and the battery cable clamps (12/13.) I think I have the 10/11 spanners too.
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Z 432 At Rm Auction Amelia Island
What are "overheard camshafts?" they are so loud you can "over hear" them?
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Autobahn Mirror
Suppose you wanted to have an autobahn mirror attached for driving, but wanted it removed for show. Is there a way to do that? This photo from the autobahn mirror website shows a mirror mounted on a scooter, using some type of clamp. So that could be a way to mount it to the driver's-side A-pillar.
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Autobahn Mirror
Do you know how the wink mirror mounts to the roof? The only place I can think of to attach the mounting arms is the forward headliner moulding, but the arms in the photo are angled backward.
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Z 432 At Rm Auction Amelia Island
I wonder what the spanners are in the tool kit. I think 10/11 and 14/15 maybe?