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First time ever wrenching. Replaced my rear struts with some Bilsteins.

>>28911144
Nice claw hammer. :)

>>28911144
Nice. Those rotors look well used. Maybe your next job will be brakes :-)

>>28911144
>ruated to fuck
>McDonald's strut
There was no point in fooling with any of that shit

>>28911360
You clearly have no idea what rust is

>>28911362
I'm looking at that caliper, the whole car is done dude just sell it know that you got your little chinkshit dampers installed

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>>28911370
I'm surprised that you're even able to breathe (which you are doing manually now btw) with your IQ.

How do you remove a stuck timing chain cover? I 100% removed all the side bolts and nuts and also removed the bolts going through the oil pan an this piece of shit won't budge. I managed to slide a box cutter knife between the cover and cylinder head but it didn't help.

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>>28911148
Hahaha fuuuuck
>>28911243
Rotors are calipers are on the list definitely.
>>28911360
McDonald struts? They're Bilstein B6. And the car has been undercoated every year since new, it's just surface rust. My local shop has actually mentioned how little rust is on the car without being prompted. The calipers do need some love though.

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I made a shitty drip tray to keep my VQ from pissing various fluids directly into my alternator.

>>28911766
>McDonald struts
It's a joke. He's making fun of your McPherson struts. Don't listen to him. You did gud.

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>>28911766
>McDonald struts? They're HECKING Bilstein B6!!!!

Did an oil service and replaced the cabin filter on my wife's Mk3 Focus today.
Then repaired the lawn mower.

>>28911360
shoo shoo, back to india you go

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>>28911360
Slowfaglet stancefaglet spiclet calicuck wrenchlet weedlet glocklet... and probably a closet homosexual

Changing oil for the first time on a new car, should I get an identical OEM filter or does it matter?

>>28912269
Get wix

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Swapping plugs. Everyone complains about how involved it is to get to the back three but I've stripped this thing down so many times I got to it in five minutes. Anyone that bitches just needs more practice. I should be changing the rack and pinion soon if LKQ returns my goddamned e-mail.

>>28912463
You just gotta call em dawg. Are you doing delivery?

>>28912484
the part's delivered. They had to change it because the one I bought was determined to be bad, so I'm making sure that this one is of similar quality.

>>28911435
tap it to the sides with a mallet all around or wherever you have access

>>28911435
pb blaster + your mom's vibrator + chisel + mallet

>>28912486
Did you have to pay the lift gate fee?

>>28912493
No. The part arrived in a paper bag from USPS and was strewn across my front portch at an angle. It arrived a little more used than it was :^)

>bro enlists my help with a pad and rotor change for a guy's 201X mini from some forum or something
>all is well till we get to the last corner, the back right wheel
>caliper is in service mode but piston wont go back in any further
>try alternating between turning it clockwise and pushing it in
>still not enough room for the pads, wtf
>bro tries turning piston with some pliers although i already tried
>piston boot must've gotten caught because it tore and sprung a leak
fml. put it all back together and to my surprise it didn't spew fluid when the brake is used, but there was a slow drip.
didn't charge the guy but had to tell him that he needed to take it to a brake shop, he ended up getting it towed by insurance because he wanted to play it safe. bro told me afterwards that he told the guy before that he didn't really want to do this because of the electric parking brake and that we weren't professionals but he insisted.

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Hope this is worth it. $1000 just for front brakes.

>>28913060
I really fucking doubt it but have fun

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>Peugeot
>makes centerless rims for a decade in the early 2000s
>pain in the ass to balance
>refuses to elaborate

>>28913118
What about that wheel is "centerless"?

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mmmm nylon