Had my son pick up a new starter motor for his car 02 subie..
Walked in from work at 6.30 and was sitting down having dinner at 7.15 job done..
Makes it really easy when the starter is nice and high.
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Had my son pick up a new starter motor for his car 02 subie..
Walked in from work at 6.30 and was sitting down having dinner at 7.15 job done..
Makes it really easy when the starter is nice and high.
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Sticks & Flamage, Clear Skies [emoji3590][emoji3590]
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‘Don’t Look UP’ [emoji23]
Imagine A time well before even moving pictures/photographs [emoji23]
Our night sky is by far the best entertainment to date, just asked them last Blokes/Sheila’s [emoji3590][emoji3590]
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You have a good excuse though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 10G
When I drained the cooling of mine, buckets ready to hold it all and I still managed to spill about 80% of it to the floor, to which the missus pissed me the whole week saying "now you know how it is to go to the bathroom after you" LOL.
"kitty litter" is handy to have on hand for garage spills...
looking at tyres.
currently got kenda RX sometings, quite impressed, but wear quickly.
always liked the look of goodyear duratracs.
if you havn't seen 'em, look at the kuhmo mt71 mud tyres, they're pretty chunky.
bfg muds have a bad name atm, ones made in thailand only getting 15000-20000 kms.
everything so bloody expensive.
some coopers going for $500+
nittos, unknown 5 years ago, $400+ now
dunno???????????????????????????
ooh. what has made me happy?
leave approved last week.
we're heading to cape york in August!!!!!!
6 weeks baby!!!
Mud? Sand? Road?Quote:
Originally Posted by 10G
If a general a/t "nankang" brand are the best cheapy brand i've found, hard compound (long wearing on the tarmac) no comment on grip or offroad performace.
I've got some kumho ATs punching on for 2.5 years (~600km/week laden with builders kit, 50/50 gravel/tarseal with the odd sand/mud at weekends) and they still have a quarter inch tread...
I found the old bfg KM2 brilliant in mud, got fair mileage out of them given how lazy i was swapping them off for highway use, and they'd hang onto the bead right down at 10psi and just created traction everywhere, could drive up a tree with em.
They -are- what the baja boys run, and not just cos they getem for free. 7 ply(?) sidewall...
Got some maxxis razr muds which haven't seen too much work, scrubbed off a lot of og tread within 1 year but still presenting nice and chunky. Haven't had them aired down or anything.
probably just a 50/50 tyre I guess, but could end up with anything.
had a look at some maxxis tyres, geez louise, too pricey for me.
looked at some haida tyres, chinese unknowns, better specs than many, get a set of 4 for under $1K. 10 ply.
you have to wonder what you pay for sometimes, it's only bloody rubber and steel and other types of rubber and nylon and other stuff.
i'd like to get some bfg's but apparently if you get the taiwan or thailand made ones, they're real crap, plus they're dear
oh well, 1st world problems hey.
Originally us Hillian’s were BFG KM1 & 2 Muddy weekend fanboys in the day and KO1 & 2 AT’s weekday working Patrols with proven longevity/performance success.
Pricing/availability wise most Hillian’s are moving to Maxxi’s now, AB’s had the AT Razr 811’s on his work Navara for some time so I copied too on mine and are very impressed so far with their slippery highway grip even though they are a paddock grassy top performing home tyre.
I would personally class the AT811 as a 65/35 AT, perfect for my personal needs [emoji106][emoji106]
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FWIW: 10G Mate, Wossco’s 35” Maxxi’s Muddies Absolutely MORE than kept up with 37” Treps and old school 36” Simex [emoji22]
Dare I Say, Dat Skinny Bushman KNOWS Dirt & HOW TO Flick IT OFF [emoji23][emoji23][emoji123][emoji123]
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Hey thanks MB. I'm going to check those AT811s out.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
After I wrote that line about the 4 chinese tyres for $1K I remembered, I class tyres as one of my most important items so therefore I allow myself to spend more money on them, I only carry 1 spare.
I have the 811s on #The62 and have found them great in all but slippery Mud. Awesome on the beach and quiet on the road. For what they are they have been great. I'm considering if i go to a Muddy next as my willingness to wreck my shiny shit increases. Lol the 811s are great.Quote:
Originally Posted by 10G
The difference between price and value...if you have to buy 3 sets of $1k tyres, When a $2500 set would have gone the same distance (and you don't spend the time/money at the tyre shop swapping three sets out...) worth it in my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by 10G
Well, except for something like the excellent sidewall reinforcement that a BFG has and none of the other tires, brand names or not, do not, I find it hard to believe that one tire would drive the likes of 3 times the distance of another.
But lets say 2x is an obtainable ratio between two brands. IMHO I'd rather have a fresh tire at half the period and enjoy that nice new tire feeling once more. Also, for a tire to outlast another by that much, there has to be a very significant difference in the softness of the ruber, and I'd stay with the softer one day and night. More grip to tarmac and more comfort to the passengers.
All fair points. Horses for courses.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrazilianY60
If I's doing much tarmac I'd rather a harder longer wearing tyre and let the shocks take up the slack. I do run good sidewall ratios as well, not low profile ones, so there's cushion there too. As long as they grip and slip/slide predictably, I can drive around em.
...and as for passenger comfort, they're 30 year old tractors. If they want comfort they can phone an uber. (Plus the guys sitting on haybales in the tray have a pretty soft ride only interrupted by shooting, rehydration, and dead animals)
But 3x, that's a number from thin air to make a point. If anyone does find those tyres please comment!
Leave a BFG MT out in the sun for a few years then use it. Guaranteed you will get half a million k’s out of it as will be hard as a rock. Fun in the wet too!Quote:
Originally Posted by BrazilianY60
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Now there's something I've never heard! I always aim to buy/fit tyres in winter, on the beleif that the cooler temps "set" the rubber, or at least don't chew it out like running hot does...might be folklore but.Quote:
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Got to watch the wild surf at Cape Bridgwater. Absolutely magnificent!
Pictures Or IT Never happened Craigstar [emoji120][emoji120]
……EDIT ,,,,Please [emoji3590][emoji3590][emoji120][emoji120]
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As soon as I got there, I berated myself for not bringing the camera. The tide and surf was so violent, it was crashing into the western side then sweeping sideways to the east, along the beach. There was a group of surfers that were swept out, and ended up riding the surf next to the cliffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Probably a bit late to the party here but imo there are 3 to look at.Quote:
Originally Posted by 10G
Maxis 811's are brillant. Grippy, quiet and last.
Bfg at3 are a solid tyre. Bit harder compound so last a long time but some report a bit slippery.
Fallen wildpeak at3, very new design from the older at2's.
Reported quieter with better block design and good life span.
I will probably go the Maxis 811's when the factory tyres are done.
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We have added another car to fleet about month or so ago.
Mitsubishi 2010 V6 vrx outlander. Today was the perfect opportunity to test out the 4wd system. On the way back from the Daylesford market we did a easy track which took onto a medium rated track. Lasted about 700m till we faced a long bog hole, not deep, but very soft. Was pretty impressed overall and the wife and the car both popped there 4wd cherries [emoji523][emoji523].
I wanna plot out a easy day of tracks so she can drive the day..http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum.../2023/06/4.jpghttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum.../2023/06/5.jpghttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum.../2023/06/6.jpg
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Nice work mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by jay see
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Decided to book a flight up to Northern NSW and hire a Prado to inspect some new outastate timber coupes, thanks DanYaVicDickhead [emoji22]
Was planning on giving the old GQ with brand new donk its first proper highway run-in but ‘thankfully’ the brand new A/C compressor nearly caught fire in my driveway today [emoji51]
Much betterer happening here than out on the NSW backroads somewhere, I blame Tasmanian sludge for its first 1,000km run in, not ME [emoji848][emoji23]
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Happy Day Today…..Perception IS 9/10th of the Law [emoji106][emoji106][emoji23]
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You sure are having some great luck lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Bloody beautiful day today!
Got to clear up some trees, mow the lawns and have a couple of beers by the fire in the back yard.
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Also found a little mate by the front door.
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Our ugly slate tiles have been lifting recently, I believe due to the missus letting the kids ride their bikes inside. Took a gamble and decided to start lifting the slate and unearthed these awesome floorboards hidden underneath. Why you would ever cover up them is beyond me, and I can't see any obvious reason in the subfloor that would suggest they were covered due to any damage.Attachment 86837Attachment 86838
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Gamble paid off mate, that's awesome!
We have really soft pine floorboards in our new house, and the fella we bought the house off was an invalid, he used a walking frame to get around the house so there are wheel tracks all the way throughout. We will either have to sand them down a fair bit or lay something over the top, but that is all going to happen at a much later date!
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Thank Fark I’m merely a Pisshead whom loves free camping outa townships…..this place has lost its next level confronting Sole [emoji22][emoji51]
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Challenge Yas’ll to try and buy a Meat Pie & Flat White Coffee smoko time without feeling like
you’re in the USA Bronx, maybe [emoji848]??????
Them skinny Mongrels lining towns streets ‘AiNT’ what the place was ever about……ICE Madness IMHO [emoji51][emoji22]
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how many people ofered you cookies whilst walking down the street lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
Don’t bother with pine mate. Had it in our previous house. It’s a soft wood and just dints so easily, you will spend a lot of time, and money getting it looking good, and it will just look terrible in no time. Best thing I did there was lay an engineered floor over it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
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Thanks mate, we had pine flooring in our last house and it was much harder wearing that what we have now.
Can't beat nice hardwood though... One day
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Yeah all in good time. We have been in our house six years. part of the house still has the carpet that was laid back in the 70's with the edges cut away so we could sand and paint the skirting boards. We had the intention of removing the carpet and have new floor laid but, stuff in life gets in the way. So it simply has to wait.Quote:
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So... I was lazily cruising around on Youtube. Lots of different things appear in my feed. I clicked on this out of curiosity. Honest.
I started to have one of those WTF am I looking at moments...... I almost feel ashamed to admit it. But I found myself smiling and enjoying the show.
https://youtu.be/WIKqgE4BwAY
Please don't judge me.....
Holy smokes I’m not sure if that was good or utterly terrible!? A bit of both I think. That was weird haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coldcomfort
Still in the WTF category...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Coldcomfort
Guessing what you have now is radiata pine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Classed as a hard wood but it is soft AF.
Watch out for high heel shoes. They will dent the timber..
Cyprus pine is a solid wood. And lovely grain..
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Baby metal do rock ey..Quote:
Originally Posted by Coldcomfort
Some of their other songs, all though you can't understand the lyrics.. are good.
Korean I believe they are.
Made tripple j hottest 100 last year from memory..
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That makes sense mate. But if fun trivia, but balsa wood is a hard wood too!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRAWesty
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I poked around a bit. They are from Japan. They are touring Australia at the moment.