Calgary General Chat

[hoanger]

oh shiet, that sucks. Sometimes that thing stays up and we can drive in and out.. maybe they fixed it.

[hoanger]

Originally Posted by ~(ACE)~

hoanger do you have any other pics of your CF Trunk?

sure do

[~(ACE)~]

thats sick man! thanks for posting them up, hey did you install it yourself or had someone else do it? i think i might need some help when i get mines. Its seems pretty simple but i wanna be extra careful knowing myself haha.

[hoanger]

yeah I did it myself.. I've been taking it on and off like so many times, it's cake.

There's nothing that can go wrong haha.. BUT
I've had so many problems with mine. The first time, I was using different bolts to install it and the tips broke inside and I had to get it cut out and re-fiberglassed.. that took 2 weeks and $150. If you look at the first picture it's raised and since it's so light it swings up hard when you open it and eventually it just gave and broke. It's been at the bodyshop since.. I dunno how much that's gonna cost me.

[410440]

what do you guys do and use for oil changes?

I want to do my own changes using Genuine honda filter and AMSOIL 5w30 since the oil life monitor sucks ass anyway.

I have never owned a car with warranty so I dont really know if it has to go to the dealer or not ( do they record change intervals under the vin #) for oil changes.

and doing the oil change potentially might help with my smoking problem, as the previous owner i think used 5w40 in the summer, which to me seems stupid to run what isnt recommended on a stock engine

[hoanger]

I use Royal Purple 5w20 (R18) and K&N oil filter.

With your warranty, you are able to take it wherever you please as long as you get a print out each time and a list of what was done. It should abide to what Honda would normally do.
Like I said, I do it with my uncle and he just does whatever I say needs to be done and prints it out. Keep them for your records for the future in case you sell the care or get in trouble with Honda so you can show that you've been caring for it on your own.

[410440]

so if i do it myself, esentially just keep the receipts and write out essentially a service record on what was done and what was used?

[~(ACE)~]

Originally Posted by hoanger

yeah I did it myself.. I've been taking it on and off like so many times, it's cake.

There's nothing that can go wrong haha.. BUT
I've had so many problems with mine. The first time, I was using different bolts to install it and the tips broke inside and I had to get it cut out and re-fiberglassed.. that took 2 weeks and $150. If you look at the first picture it's raised and since it's so light it swings up hard when you open it and eventually it just gave and broke. It's been at the bodyshop since.. I dunno how much that's gonna cost me.

Damn thats scary, the trunk itself is around 500ish isnt it? and dropping another 200 or so makes me have second thoughts. hhmmmm

[~(ACE)~]

Originally Posted by ~(ACE)~

Damn thats scary, the trunk itself is around 500ish isnt it? and dropping another 200 or so makes me have second thoughts. hhmmmm

Maybe if you had that jays racing wing on it, it might not pop up as fast (it would add that extra bit of weight), also did you have problems with water leaks?

[hoanger]

Matt, I'm not too sure about what you'd do if you do it yourself. I would guess you'd keep receipts of the oil/filter or whatever you bought and keep a log. But that still doesn't prove much.

You should check beyond for that.

Adnan, I got the trunk at a good price. $480 I believe.. however, now it's like almost $700 or something.
the J's wing is like $1300 hahahahaha, I'm starting to slow down with the car.

[Swank]

My dealership does the oil changes for free so that's what I do :smile:

[410440]

for all my major maintenence it will be going to the dealer, but why pay them 50 bucks + parts for an oil change when i can do it in my garage for just parts and 30 mins of work

lol

[~(ACE)~]

Originally Posted by hoanger

Matt, I'm not too sure about what you'd do if you do it yourself. I would guess you'd keep receipts of the oil/filter or whatever you bought and keep a log. But that still doesn't prove much.

You should check beyond for that.

Adnan, I got the trunk at a good price. $480 I believe.. however, now it's like almost $700 or something.
the J's wing is like $1300 hahahahaha, I'm starting to slow down with the car.

Yea man I hear ya, we need jobs like 4doorj to afford all these mods haha, what does he do anyways. He's got like 3 cars!

[duk]

My guess is that he gleefully rolls around in piles of money all day, and then somehow this process makes more money out of the existing pile of rolled on money.

The theory is solid but I just can not seem to get it to work over here!

[4doorj]

Damn, just taking pics of a trunk and your pics look 100x better then mine.
I wish I had camera skills like you.

Originally Posted by hoanger

sure do

[4doorj]

Originally Posted by ~(ACE)~

Yea man I hear ya, we need jobs like 4doorj to afford all these mods haha, what does he do anyways. He's got like 3 cars!

Im a production specialist. I don't make much, just dumb with my money. And my cars aren't really expensive cars. Beyond has ballers, I'm poor compared to them.
It's actually 4 vehicles
I just don't like to mention the 4th one because it sucks.

Originally Posted by duk

My guess is that he gleefully rolls around in piles of money all day, and then somehow this process makes more money out of the existing pile of rolled on money.

The theory is solid but I just can not seem to get it to work over here!

Hahaha, I wish.

[duk]

I think this illustration sums up the process nicely

[4doorj]

Originally Posted by duk

I think this illustration sums up the process nicely

i wish

[~(ACE)~]

Originally Posted by 4doorj

Im a production specialist. I don't make much, just dumb with my money. And my cars aren't really expensive cars. Beyond has ballers, I'm poor compared to them.
It's actually 4 vehicles
I just don't like to mention the 4th one because it sucks.


Hahaha, I wish.

Production specialist huh? thats cool where do you work? I work at The Calgary Herald as a network admin freaking short staffed place sucks but i learn lots though so im happy plus they give you toys

[~(ACE)~]

hoanger what kind of camera and lens do you have? My friend that I work with has a kick ass camera, his is the Nikon D300 with like a $3000 lens, some of the picture he takes are amazing, he also does HDR stuff. Im getting him to take some pics of my car, hopefully he can take some before the white stuff roles in.