[Car Crimes]

16 hours ago, Subru said:

If you live In Lower Hutt you may have seen this around.

upload pic

lol that's my old car 

 

Except I didn't have chromies for the homies 

 

[What have you done to your car today?]

14 hours ago, Omsin said:

New LED fog light vs original 

 

also new lip

 

All your shared images: 

 

[New Sensor for P1710 fault code and hard shifts 5EAT]

I get a hard shift in to 3rd all the time.... got told it was unable to be fixed by having a subaru dealer upload new transmission software patch 

 

Never had a fault code show though....

 

How easy is it to swap the sensor? 

[What have you done to your car today?]

7 hours ago, iludez said:

Car has to go back into the dealers as airbag light keeps coming on. I took it back the same day after the recall work and they admitted there was high resistance in one of the connections but the airbag light was simply a coincidence. It's for the front crash airbag sensor. They reset it and sent me on my way.

I said how unlikely it was that it just happens to come on after their work. If they try charge me for the parts then it's going to be a tough day at the office for them. I'm not going to front up costs for a mistake they made. Pretty clear what ever they did wrong shorted something out or the high resistance caused the issue.

Plus there was greasey finger marks on both A pillars. Unclipped gear shifter, no idea why they needed to touch that? Dirt on the headrests from where they were working on the fuel pump. Seats were left in the reclined position. Car was also in sports mode. It's never in sports mode so was a bit confused by that.

They are not a Subaru dealer so I suspect they just are the only place here who can do the work. Wish I had of travelled to Nelson to do it to be honest

Did you get the airbag recall work done? or fuel pump wiring harness? 

 

The airbag recall is a dash out job. The shifter will be unclipped because they have to remove the center console in order to remove the dash

 

I got mine done at Winger Subaru and it was a breeze. Got a loan car for the day (ugly ass Forrester) - to top it off they even put my radio presets back in for me 

[Subaru BP/BL Rear Sway-bar Reinforcement]

Cheers! Going to grab one when I get back from overseas. 

[Outback headlight bulb question]

https://betterautomotivelighting.com/2015/08/27/what-is-the-best-d2s-d2r-or-d2c-hid-bulb-to-use/ 

 

This might help? 

[What have you done to your car today?]

1 hour ago, Individualities said:

 

Then you discover Radar Cruise Control...it makes you lazy - honestly!

Yep!

 

I drove a brand new Toyota Camry rental with radar cruise control from Queenstown to Chch last year - just set a distance and enjoy the drive for most of it 

[What have you done to your car today?]

20 hours ago, Andy_Mac said:

It did cross my mind but not sure if I'd use it enough to bother. The wheel came with all of those so will probably just flick them on.

I love cruise control - so mint for cruising on open roads 

[Auckland Tag]

Dedication right there

[BPE traction control light, and clock unit issues]

On 11/05/2019 at 8:35 PM, lunacy said:

Another couple of lil things

 

1) Traction control light is always on. Pressing the button under the steering wheel does nothing at all. No fault code for it on the obd scanner. Any ideas where to start looking?

 

2) Clock and information unit under dash pocket looks dead, nothing on the display at all. Have read this is common issue but havnt read any decent fix other than replacing it for another unit? Any ideas?

 

Cheers guys

 

 

Can't help with the traction control light sorry...

 

but I sent my trip computer to these people who fixed it - never had an issue after that

 

http://mitsispec.co.nz/legacytrip.htm 

[Lowered outback thread]

Still got it and still love it 

 

[What have you done to your car today?]

7 minutes ago, McMatty said:

Hit a possum going at roughly 100k

Sent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk
 

Last time I hit a possum was in my old mans Pajero - all I saw in the rear view was a big cloud of fluff in the head lights of the car following 

 

Poor bugger had no chance 

[AKL Monthly Meet: Wed 15th June 2019 (Botany)]

I'm back! kinda.....

 

Here's the next monthly details.... Sorry been a little distracted by uni... 

 

- Wednesday 15th June

- 7.30pm onwards

- Wendy's in Botany (see images below)

- RAIN LOCATION: Across the road at Botany Xtreme bowling

 

 

https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-36.9294917,174.9099601,262m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en 

 

Bring ya mates and a winter jacket!! 

 

 

Thanks for the pic @1randomkiwi

[AKL Monthly Meet May]

On 8/05/2019 at 2:13 PM, 1randomkiwi said:

Yes but I won't be there unfortunately.

Standard structure for Auckland meets is the 2nd Wednesday of every month rotating between Albany, Botany, & Westgate.

@ADIKT is the area rep and usually makes the monthly meet posts on here but seems to be AFK lately.

Yea sorry mate - been a bit preoccupied with uni and work  

 

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[What have you done to your car today?]

Fixed 

 

14 hours ago, Andy_Mac said:

Then enjoyed a quality water whilst mulling over what to do next

 

 

 

 

[Auckland Tag]

Bump

[What have you done to your car today?]

3 hours ago, Loren said:

 

yes, pre formed kit from plastics4performance... I will weigh everything for sure... including all the crap I cut out of the front doors.

You'll be amazed at how much weight is hiding in the doors

[What have you done to your car today?]

58 minutes ago, 1randomkiwi said:

Please don't tell me you fill up at the gastly green petrol station up the road from your work...?
Those thieving bandits, haven't been to a BP in over a year.

Unfortunately I do...... It's the only 98 between my house and work

[What have you done to your car today?]

11 hours ago, Timmah said:

 

It's 2.62 for 98 down here

2.72 for 98 at my local in AKL (prob more now.... its been 2 days lol)

[What have you done to your car today?]

12 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

 

Don't know how you guys do it aye. I'm not even low and I spend the whole time worrying about scraping the front bumper on just about every driveway

If I had a nice front lip then I might care a little more lol

[What have you done to your car today?]

5 hours ago, A_J_T said:

This better be for what I think it is... and not you bailing out like the rest of them 

I thought it was time for a change.... oh how wrong I was.... 

 

Lasted not even two days before changing back

 

 

 

 

And because I'm a big fan of impracticality - I lowered the front a touch more 

 

 

Soz for the shitty phone pics 

[What have you done to your car today?]

I think this is what the yanks call a "donk"? 

 

[Aux on 07 Legacy]

19 minutes ago, WellsNZ said:

I am in Ellerslie. Shooting up north tomorrow to see some family so I think I should be able to sort one there and at least have sounds on the way home, but if not I make take you up on that next week. 

I'm just off Rockfield road (close AF to ellerslie) 

[Aux on 07 Legacy]

4 minutes ago, WellsNZ said:

Choice that's just what I needed to find. That lifts the back up and seems the front just clipped maybe. Should be enough to get under it anyway. Just need to borrow a drill to do the hole. 

 

Most "work on a car" I've ever done lol

Yep - the front part is clipped on to the gear surround (as I said - don't be too scared to give it a lil bit of force)

 

I found it easier to drill by going from underneath rather than through the top 

 

If your in AKL I am happy to lend you a drill 

[Aux on 07 Legacy]

7 minutes ago, WellsNZ said:

Currently trying to find out how to take off the arm rest/drink holder type area to potentially run the cable through to there. I get too hesitant about snapping stuff though haha. 

I have the aux port in the centre box just next to the cigarette lighter - it's actually really easy to pull apart (a screw on each side hidden by the front seats and one on the rear of it facing the rear seats iirc) - don't be scared... the plastic is quite strong