What did you do to improve your soobie today

Wagonman · Post by **Wagonman** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:35 pm

I fitted some bigger front shockies to level out my L series and continued designing my rear tyre carrier/rear bar. Lifted the front from 720mm from ground to top of wheel arch to 790mm. But the back is 780mm and also found the rear shockie bottom bush is flogged out making the tyre rub on the spring.. fix one thing and find another!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:49 pm

Wagonman wrote:I fitted some bigger front shockies to level out my L series and continued designing my rear tyre carrier/rear bar. Lifted the front from 720mm from ground to top of wheel arch to 790mm. But the back is 780mm and also found the rear shockie bottom bush is flogged out making the tyre rub on the spring.. fix one thing and find another!

You'll also find that the wheel arches front to rear are at different heights too - the rear one being lower than the front - not always a good comparison to go by...

Oh, and I put some mud on Ruby Scoo yesterday, even got some water inside the passenger's footwell due to dodgy door seals

Cheers

Bennie

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:53 pm

Well today I fitted a new accelerator cable that I purchased off "FROG" here on the forum. And what a difference it has made. I now get sharper acceleration response and it returns the RPM back to idle straight away. Absolutely fantastic. It feels like a new car almost, it's quite the little buzz box. Ha ha

And while I'm at it , for any of you who don't know or are unsure , FROG is a top bloke to deal with when it comes to ordering parts. He made the whole event of ordering a breeze. You know what the price is, item comes exactly as described , and he keeps in contact with you the whole way through ( if only everyone you purchased off was like him) .

Thanks Andy, I'll buy from you again mate!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:16 pm

he always seems to be signed in here too, whether he is (supposed to be) at work or in his own time

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:30 pm

steptoe wrote:he always seems to be signed in here too, whether he is (supposed to be) at work or in his own time

always on

just minimised during the working day

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:16 pm

+1 to frog for the sales work

and today I painted and started to fit the rear bar (not sure whether I like the red yet)

Davidov · Post by **Davidov** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:35 pm

brumby91 wrote: And while I'm at it , for any of you who don't know or are unsure , FROG is a top bloke to deal with when it comes to ordering parts. He made the whole event of ordering a breeze. You know what the price is, item comes exactly as described , and he keeps in contact with you the whole way through ( if only everyone you purchased off was like him) .

Thanks Andy, I'll buy from you again mate!

+1 !

Got my Subaextreme bullbar and sump guard through Andy. Very good service. Deffinately recommend.

2nd Hand Yank · Post by **2nd Hand Yank** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:48 pm

brumby91 wrote:Well today I fitted a new accelerator cable that I purchased off "FROG" here on the forum. And what a difference it has made. I now get sharper acceleration response and it returns the RPM back to idle straight away. Absolutely fantastic. It feels like a new car almost, it's quite the little buzz box. Ha ha

And while I'm at it , for any of you who don't know or are unsure , FROG is a top bloke to deal with when it comes to ordering parts. He made the whole event of ordering a breeze. You know what the price is, item comes exactly as described , and he keeps in contact with you the whole way through ( if only everyone you purchased off was like him) .

Thanks Andy, I'll buy from you again mate!

I want one.

2nd Hand Yank · Post by **2nd Hand Yank** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:58 pm

My CD player in my Sony headunit would not play a disc.
It's been getting dull only listening to the radio on long drives.

So I bought a new unit from Pioneer.

Its the "DEH-6350SD" model.

Has power output of 50W for 4 channels
and can accept CD's, MP3's, WMA's (what are they?), USB's, SD cards and has an audio jack for MP3/iPod players
So I have now have 6 ways to put my own music into my soobie.

They gave me a package price on a pair of speakers to go with my unit.
They're pretty flash for 6-inchers imho; from Alpine with separate tweeters in front.

I needed some as their are holes cut in the middle doors for speakers
just sitting empty at the moment.

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:57 am

WMA, windows media file. From windows media player.

2nd Hand Yank · Post by **2nd Hand Yank** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:58 pm

I made Donk switch to "low-carb" beer.

Donk loves full-bodied lagers, ales and stouts
has his happiest moments drinking them
but generally suffers from indigestion.

^^ Fuel economy comparing 91 octane vs. 95 & 98

My last tank on 98 I got around 10.3L/100km,
(driving a bit norty, but even at cruise Donk was thirstier)
95 I got 9.5L/100km, even though I was driving as if I had detonation-prone91.
So far I have 250km on the trip odo and I haven't even reached the half-tank mark.

My EA82 needs 98 octane to be able to handle 105km/h in 3rd,
(I've had it at 115km/h in 3rd on 98; EA82 happy as a clam

)
it even complains on 95 octane, once I pass 100km/h in 3rd
(owners manual says up to 120km/h should be fine in 3rd)
but its performance is poor with my new spark plugs (gap difference?)
So it would needed to be tuned better for 98 to make buying 98 worth it.

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:54 am

ordered new rear springs for the forester today to try and eradicate that dreadful sag

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:35 pm

thunder039 wrote:ordered new rear springs for the forester today to try and eradicate that dreadful sag

Poor Foresters, they all seem to get sagging bums worse than ageing Hollywood movie stars

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:20 am

haha yes true that!

Post by **Alex** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:24 am

all of a sudden my subwoofer stopped working in the outback. Pulled the main power fuse which runs to the amp and it crumbled in my hands. No more than two months old.

Man supercheap auto make SHIT own name branded stuff!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:09 pm

Alex wrote:Man supercheap auto make SHIT own name branded stuff!

Hehehe... I thought you'd know better than that!!

And hence why I avoid super cheap and autobarn whenever possible.

Cheers

Bennie

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:15 pm

done some rust removal off some guard I got off Gannon.
Blasted them an painted with etch primer.
preping and painting to be done during the week.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:59 pm

Lookin good there with those guards. Are you gonna weld up the rust holes?

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:10 pm

the holes are way to big to weld up, I may have to cut the bottom of a dinted guard and weld a new bottom on, not sure yet cause my gassless mig welder is crap.
OH bTW I had 4 chepie air compressors running flat maggot to do the blasing today.

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:11 pm

Finished putting in a cargo barrier today...not as easy as i thought it would be. Had to modify the steel braces to make em fit. Its not pretty & maybe not fully legal but its solid & will keep saws/tools etc out of my skull in the event of an accident!