Our family car has a roll-up trunk cover which protects its contents from prying eyes. The sliding mechanism relies on two pins, protruding from brackets in the cover, to slide forward and backward within the trunk.

Recently one of the pins broke and I replaced it with a 3d printed part.

#3dprinting #diy #cars

6mo maintenance day. Rotated tires + had them re-balanced. Old school oil change every 3k miles, but I save time with an oil extractor pump. Using FRAM Ultra Synthetic filters rated for 20k miles I change the filter every 3rd oil change. Between frequent oil changes and Idemitsu GF6 synth I hope to make 200k+ :) Washed exterior, detailed, vacuumed, washed interior upholstery, conditioned plastics & leather. Even splurged on a new car smell air freshener :)

#diy #cars #miata #mechanic #masto2hugo

#ATGATT - All The Gear All The Time is a good way to increase #motorcycle safety. I wear full length gear, including chest and rib armor, along with full height adventure boots. Using the gear should be painless, convenient and quick. In my case the pain was old freestanding always wanting to tip coat hanger. Then I had a wall mounted replacement, but it was crowded. Today I grabbed some 2x4, wall anchors and hooks and solved it for real!

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We had a reputable car brand dealer try to trick us into pathologically bad deal. First by hiding interest rate and offering us what amounted to 13.5% - which I called them out for and calculated their “mistaken rate”. Then already after the test drive, while starting to sign, they switched the VIN to a much worse equipped car (same price) hoping we would not notice!!! We did. In the end, we got what we came for, $3k under market and left them red faced.

#cars #masto2hugo

The full fingers brake lever on my Honda Grom wasn’t feeling correct. I was about to order an adjustable 2-finger lever, but first looked into my moto parts drawer. I found an unused 2-finger lever for Suzuki DRZ400. It fit perfectly, same dimensions and is more adjustable \o/ :) Q. Do all Japanese bikes use the same levers??

#motorcycles #cars #masto2hugo

Q. Are these rims safe to use if i dress up and smooth out the damage? Dont care about looks too much - just safety.

followup:

After discussing with engineer friends, gear heads and car nuts, I determined these are salvageable. A determined #diy hour later with 6" grinder and a heavy duty scotch brite wheel removed all stress risers. Now on to iso, alodyne, distilled water, wipe and paint.

#miata #diy #cars #masto2hugo