Project Car / Motorbike thread. Let's see 'em.

SummitFever said:
Bugger. Losing the adapter is a bummer.

No idea on the sealant but if you do go down that path be careful if the BMW uses tyre pressure sensors. Not sure if the sealant may damage them.
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He’d just disable the sensors anyway. All they do is say a tyre is flat.
 
Hmm sensors are a must. Everytime I get a flat I give it a decent steering wheeL wiggle, cannot feel a rear tyre flat. With active suspension that all but eliminates body roll in a 2 ton car, you’d think a flat tyre would be noticeable. Low profile is what masks it I believe.
 
I've had two in the BM in 3 years, both through the sidewall/tread interface so scrap two tyres. Before that nothing for years. Softer tyres and luck of the draw. The 4wds haven't had any issues ever from memory.
 
Luck is a thing. Life in main cities raises the risk too with more pointy stuff on the roads...
 
Wider tyres sure play a part. Same average km per year, tyres 50% wider, went from zero flats in a decade to 5 in 12 months.
 
Mattyp said:
Too many toys not enough space or time. Have owned the mazda for about 15 years, it has had many lives. First as a daily, then as a weekend hills car, fitted a half cage and did some motorkhana, track days and hill climbs, then the drifting craze came about and that was fun till I realised how much of a thrash it is on the car. Gave that up before i did any serious damage. I built the engine that's in it now and lost a bit of interest, but very slowly converting it back into a street car as they seem to be going up in value now. It needs paint and a bit of TLC as it had a bit of a hard life.
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Go the Chook Cooker !!!!!!!
Good on ya for keeping the rotary dream alive. I love those things. So angry. The FC's & FD's are a timeless coupe IMO.

I sold my SR20 powered Datsun a couple of years ago. Owned the car for about 20 years - so many adventures and configurations and mods.
Sometimes I miss it.
 
link1896 said:
No sensors in the wheels, wheel speed differential is used to determine if a tyre is flat.

Checked while my mate Paul had the tyre off.
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I dunno if it's just coincidence but there might be something about BMW's & flats.
A mate of mine has had two horror stories with low profile run-flat tyres delaminating (at speed) in two different near-new BMW's.
 
born-again-biker said:
Go the Chook Cooker !!!!!!!
Good on ya for keeping the rotary dream alive. I love those things. So angry. The FC's & FD's are a timeless coupe IMO.

I sold my SR20 powered Datsun a couple of years ago. Owned the car for about 20 years - so many adventures and configurations and mods.
Sometimes I miss it.
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What sort of Datsun?
 

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Nice hen's tooth. I can't remember seeing many wagons, like ever. My second car was a 1600 sedan. Very similar colour too. Loved that car. Pretty much modular the way they built them.
Went through a few drivetrains in it.
 
More Polo suspension stuff, rear beam axle main bushing replacement:

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New ones are split, easy to install. Old ones are in a metal sleeve that’s pressed into the axle. Online pics show removal is far from fun...
 
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