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  1. Tom and Vipers

    New Cat: Auto Body Painting and Repair

    I know there is a cat for detialing, however , there should be a sub cat of Painting. If there is one, and I missed it, apologies.... Thanks Tom
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    Broken Control arms

    Any aerospace stress engineer would look at that control arm at the bushing and yawn. Yawn.... I'm sleepy.....
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    Broken Control arms

    A sad little "secret" about aluminum is that it has NO ENDURANCE LIMIT. In other words, it has no Endurance Strength, which is the maximum stress level that can be tolerated while still exhibiting infinite cycle life. In other words, given enough cycles, aluminum will fail at any stress level...
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    Power Window Popped: What likely happened?

    It is my strong opinion, that a simple mod might massively increase window regulator shuttle. First, a little failure analysis discussion: PHASE 1: It looks like the top leg of the shuttle breaks because it always bangs into the bent track tang which limits the upward travel of the shuttle...
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    Power Window Popped: What likely happened?

    Well, if a part had to break, what broke is not that critical. I opened the door up and found the window clip laying in the bottom. Then I saw that the white plastic shuttle was stuck at the top of the track. (The Clip holds the window pin in the shuttle which raises and lowers the window.)...
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    Power Window Popped: What likely happened?

    96 GTS 90k miles. Window down, went to close it, popped, window now down in door. Seems like motor is trying to work. I will be getting into this within 24 hours, however, I will have access to the car only until 10/4 which is only 10 days from now, and fewer business days. I have heard...
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    Power Window Regulator.... Pass Side

    Can't post eBay ad if it is your own? If I was looking for a part, I would sure like to see such postings.
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    Utter Stupidity of American Consumer

    Hey, me and most of my friends around 8 years old knew what a Ferrari was and that we all wanted them. We were schooled by slot cars and plastic models and movies and magazines and books. Any when you saw your first one on the turnpike going on vacation, well.... it was all over! I Give Up...
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    Utter Stupidity of American Consumer

    So Viper is up for sale. Corvette is surviving. Still, you can take one of those $106k Corvettes and drive it down Main Street USA and its like a non-event. With a Viper, you're Jack Nicholson, or... how about, Pamela Anderson.... I remember years ago, AOL did a poll, "What car would you...
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    More Viper bad news

    Can you imagine the joy of interfacing with all the government agencies to build a car? I think it is ironic that We paid for the roads and the government acts like they own the roads. But then, they decided a long time ago, we shouldn't own our cars anyway.... (research meaning of MSO) What...
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    What States offer Operator's Policy Liability Insurance?

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    Has anyone run into Water Based Paints being used yet?

    I was just thinking about the 2000 GTS I bot new and the paint just felt really funny when I touched it with my fingertip or fingernail(!) It felt like some kind of extremely hard rubber. What was interesting about this was, that front end seemed immune to stone chips. I had a 98 Z28 black...
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    Has anyone run into Water Based Paints being used yet?

    Looks like the "nasty" ingredient is 2-butoxyethanol which is not unlike antifreeze and is also used in some cleaners/degreasers. (What is interesting is that MSDS says it is absorbed through the skin and can cause liver and kidney damage - the interesting part is that this stuff can be found...
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    Has anyone run into Water Based Paints being used yet?

    is BASF water based?
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    Has anyone run into Water Based Paints being used yet?

    I finally got hold of that Sikkens guy and water based paints are now being used via normal retail sales in some areas of CA. ALL Sikkens water based product is available anywhere in the US via your local Sikkens dealer. Sooooooooo.... Has anyone tried this stuff yet??? I just don't want to...
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    Yet Another Hood Gap Thread . . . But . . .

    I authored a long hood thread where I used every adjustment to make an asymmetrically warped carbon fiber hood fit with about 1/2" gap outboard of the headlights. I couldn't reduce it because the "headlights were too small." (actually hood lost its curvature at the headlight cut out.) What I...
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    Has anyone run into Water Based Paints being used yet?

    I guess that's why the Sikkens CA rep has no interest in talking to me. While I haven't been watching threads diligently for this topic, I don't seem to find any discussion on this topic. One would think that the 8 years of European use would find complaints trickling into this web site. It...
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    Has anyone run into Water Based Paints being used yet?

    No, I've seen autoaircolors before, they have been around for a few years at least. They have water based paints but only in a limited number of standard colors - no chance of matching any manufacturer's paint. I read one thing about the Sikkens product and that it produces a much "cleaner"...
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    Has anyone run into Water Based Paints being used yet?

    I'm waiting.... waiting... waiting.... because I want to use the stuff on my Viper. Have heard that Sikkens has been using the stuff in Europe for 8 years and in Canada it will be required legally in 18 months. The Sikkens water based project in California - the representative in charge WILL...
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    Does 5th gear feel dead with 355 gears?

    ...my 2 cents (oh what did they do with the "cent" key)... The T86 is really a 4-spd with double over drive added as an afterthought. A properly designed 6-speed "race" transmission uses diminishing spreads as you shift upwards (There are road race muncie 4 speeds that have 3rd gear rations...
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    I thought head gaskets were expensive?

    I had a set of custom, hand-made, copper/asbestos sandwich gaskets made from Molina Gasket in CA for a V8 and they cost $200. The quality of the workmanship was outstanding. Of course, my application was iron/iron. They could also do composition with crush rings around the cylinders. Just a...
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    1496 rwhp dyno graph, vid, etc...

    Oh my what a ride! I have drive a 600 rwhp gen 1 RT and rode in a 600 rwhp/3200lb Nissan pickup w/TT350 and I just can't imagine what 1500 is like. I did like the discussion of what HP each gear can hold. I think that info is extremely important because it is just so much fun to "horsepower...
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    Sikkens waterbase Autoclear WB and AutoWave

    I started another thread stating the waterbase stuff is NOT iso-cyanate. So I guess I would suggest any further postings on this be put on that thread. But to address the last post by Jerome: I don'tknow if anyone in the USA can shed light on this - because Sikkens North American corporate...
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    Sikkens AutoWave Water Based Basecoat DOES NOT CONTAIN IsoCyanates(!)

    GTSnake, Great question. Iso cyanates are extremely toxic components of the hardener used for urethane paints. They were first used with catalyst was made available for acrylic enamels. Its not so much that they are toxic but rather the way they poison you. If it was merely through...
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    Sikkens AutoWave Water Based Basecoat DOES NOT CONTAIN IsoCyanates(!)

    Yippee Now we just need to get the primers and basecoats over here that they are already using in Europe. The stuff is odorless too. Great news for all the renegade body shops out there... Tom PS. There is already a water based Autowave Filler which is not recommended for large area...

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