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Anybody have any before/after pictures when they were installing these HID kits? I recently put a set on a GTO and he had bought a $150 kit from some site that had real thin and dinky ballasts and the output really wasn't a whole ton better than the stock lighting (which on an H7 bulb, isn't...

Well when it comes to HIDs, the 100% proper way of doing it is to swap out the headlight housings with a projector type that is ment for the HID. This will give you the most lighting and the best look. A cheaper way to do is it they sell these shields that you put on the bottom of the HID bulb...

As long as you keep this car as a summer/nice day driver, you don't race it, you're not hard on it all the time, $1000 a year is completely reasonable. I wouldn't modify it a whole lot though, I'll tell you that much. Some years my own cars cost me very little, but when things start wearing...

A man who has never cracked open a Fram filter eh? Wix is roughly the same quality as K&N oil filters and half the price (Good filters). Mobil 1 has great filters. Royal Purple just came out with a line of filters (Haven't had a chance to open one up yet). G&K Industries makes a decent...

Well on a positive note, at least you know it's a bitch to steal unless you leave the keys laying out or if somebody has a tow truck. I fought the same thing with my Mustang (lost my keys), ended up pulling some hair out and not wanting to tow it, program it, key it for a ton of money. I just...

Ok, so I've got to ask, why is it worth so much, and why should somebody pay $6-7-8000 vs purchasing a much lower mileage Ranger for cheaper? I mean you've already told me timing belt, water pump, and tires with 160k miles, like I said I had a 2.5l ranger go 60k beyond that before I even did...

Over asking price? Wow this thing is in great shape, it feels so solid! You were wanting $6500 for it? You know what, take $8000, you deserve it. I ask if it was in town because I only have one truck below 100k miles, these things have never gone beyond city limits. As far as resale goes...

You say you installed new gauges and it's the same problem? Are you sure you hooked the wiring up correctly for the new faces (or did you not reinstall them)? At this point in time I really am going to say it's probably a wiring problem. Why I said that in the first place is because normally...

In the larger cities like Berlin or Munich, it's actually pretty easy to find somebody who speaks English; seems the majority of the people do. When you get into smaller towns, you'll find yourself pointing and drawing pictures in the air :). Same goes with France and Rome. As far as France...

Fuel pump and injection (Not sure if it used spider injection, standard MPI or TPI) Sensors dying left and right Started leaking 4 different fluids in a 1 year time span Whole front suspension had to be rebuilt He bought it 100% stock and was too afraid to modify it because I guess they're known...

I was about to say skip over France, did not have a good time when I was there. London is a real kick, Germany has some amazingly smooth beers and in the little towns, it's cheap as hell (You'll start to be hard pressed to find English speaking folk in the smaller towns), Rome has THE BEST food...

BATMANs - Have you ever owned a Syclone or a Typhoon? Buddy of mine bought one 3 years ago for 10-15k, forgot how much but it was in fairly good shape. Talk about a truck that makes a modified Eclipse GSX look reliable.

Anytime - Do you go out of town with these trucks? How often do you haul stuff around and how much stress do you put them under? Maybe a Toyota would be better for the OP, all I know is we'll put 150-200k miles on these trucks all within city limits and they do get loaded down often (it's not...

But what fun is admitting that? Personally I'd like to test the wires to assure they are working properly before testing the sensor to check what it ohms out at and manually apply it to the gauge. Even though if the wiring is properly working you shouldn't have to isolate the gauge which would...

To "change the face gauge?" I'm assuming you put white face gauges in there? Your car is probably pissed off, 'piping hot' I guess would be the term. But really, I have nothing useful to contribute, I'm sorry. If nobody else speaks we could start from the basics which would involve a bunch...

Actually, I kind of like the idea. It looks like a poor execution but I'd like to see them further developed.

Can you please elaborate? I have eight fleet vehicles, and used to have two Toyotas, I'm really interested to know why you think they're better.

Step back for a second and breathe... Count back from 10, and then realize it was a simple mistake and I would hope very few people would care, let alone over-react to this extent. I've had a few Rangers and honestly, I love them. Don't settle for an automatic though, I've had problems with...

Turbo wont act as too much of a restriction normally. I believe the 200psi spec is with the engine being warm, correct me if I'm wrong here.

If you can have another mechanic testify that it was due to lack of lubrication that caused the engine to fail, you're still within the time span of slapping a lawsuit on this guy. As long as he wrote the correct mileage down when the car came into his shop, and you only went from his place and...

Sounds pretty good, now check the spark on that cylinder, and check the fuel injectors.

Yeah you're right, for some reason I had cylinder wash stuck in my head when I wrote that (which would dry the cylinder walls out giving a horrible compression reading in a cylinder that may not be that bad). Either way I don't think it'll matter considering we're diagnosing a misfiring cylinder.

It always amazes me when I see a car like this. I don't wonder why people do it, I'm just pissed they have more usable ground clearance than my offroader!

Put a little bit of oil in each cylinder and do that compression test. I mention the oil just in case cylinder 5 is a little dry. If your results are a little skewed then you might want to do a leakdown test which involves actually pressurizing the cylinder up to 100psi and monitoring how much...

Actually, the fact that Honda did that with the automatic is great. It's something so simple to do and something that would make autos so much more enjoyable to drive. I'll have to remember that if it's still around for a test drive when the roads get nicer.