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thewabbit1

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  1. use this addon: https://github.com/BridgeTroll-IO/photobucket-hotlink-fix?hotlinkfix=1511040615329 will likely need to clear cache before they show
  2. maybe you didn't sand back enough? looking at your second pic it looks like it only happens on the yellowed area... but you did start with 400... so i'd think you would have taken enough off.... i'm really only guessing at this point. Bound to be someone on here who knows more than I do... Is it under the clear coat? or on top of?
  3. I'm no painter, but it looks like you might have layered the clear on too thick? start with a light dusting and build up. The duplicolor stuff I had said to wait no more than 10mins between coats - how long between yours?
  4. Oh man! at least you got rid of the yellowing
  5. just 1200, should maybe have used 2000, but repco didn't have any
  6. They don't look great until you put the clear on. Quite cloudy and the clear fills it in
  7. Yea, duplicolor clear (rattle can). Probably be a bit 'harder' than the plastic/acrylic that the lens are made from
  8. Sanded and clear coated my headlights - look soooo much better
  9. Picked up a bh5 genome exhaust and replaced the be5 genome I have on the car (the bh needs a longer tip) i now have an 'outboard' exhaust instead of an 'inboard'. Now to pressure @HKM400 to get another Subaru so he can buy my old exhaust
  10. Replace a F***ed gasket with a new one and gained ~3psi
  11. Problem solved. Took it into crowes and spoke with one of the guys their and he reckoned it was the gaskets where the pipes under the IC mount to the IC. So took it off, removed the gaskets and remade with gasket maker, thought I should check the bov at the same time.... lo and behold the bov gasket was F***ed. Now getting more vacuum, and higher boost. Was only boosting to (just under) 1bar (14psi) now pushing closer to 1.2 bar (17psi). Happy that it was a $14 fix rather than a new turbo....
  12. that's what i'm hoping, gonna swing by the mechanics in the morning, show them the audio. Will also grab a spray bottle. My worry about spraying with water is what is the danger of spraying a leak that's vacuum at idle? don't want to make things worse for myself (probably worrying about nothing... but hey)
  13. Haha, i wish! easy fix i reckon it sounds more like this Yea, WOT, that was pull from 2nd into 3rd. You can just hear the turbos change over (in 2nd) then the noise seems to come on in the top end of the secondary turbo. No apparent loss of power, pulled hard through the whole thing. Didn't think to check boost pressure at the time, but my pants dyno didn't register any difference
  14. Hey all Noticed today that when boosting in the high rev ranges (on secondary) getting a high pitched noise coming from somewhere.... Only started noticing it today, went on a high spirited drive last weekend and didn't notice it at all. I got a recording of it which you can find here.... https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZIk5X7ZP5XJu2EPyW56ufrghKXBLpnmOaNy Anyone got an idea of what it might be?
  15. All of them said genuine, will touch base with SAS - only problem with that is that they're out of town
  16. hmmm, after ringing a few place here in chch it seems that armstrongs deal is still pretty high M45 - $1250 (incl gst) Stubaru - $1100-$1200 (incl gst) Crowes - $1095 (incl gst) all are genuine parts, incl waterpump/idler/tensioner
  17. Hi all Armstrongs CHCH is currently having a school holiday special where a cambelt replacement is discounted (20% parts, 10% labour). My BH5 is about to tick over to 180km (still got 10km until really need to think about it), I got a quote from them for the replacement and it came to ~$1350... Labour $545 INCL GST Cam seals $64 INCL GST Cambelt kit $434 INCL GST Waterpump kit $113 INCL GST Coolant $79 INCL GST Oil pump o-ring $4 INCL GST Parts total incl GST $798 Is it worth jumping on this deal? I'll ring up a few other places to get a quote to compare to as well
  18. Spotted this beauty today - I'm hoping its a piss takes as it looks like its for the 2kcup....
  19. Ended up buying them, near new re003s on them too. Handle so much better than my old tyres, way less road noise and 45 profile so my speedo reads (more) accurate!!
  20. Testing some new wheels.... Thoughts? Not sold on the bright gold...
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