chit chat thread

[B C]

Happy Valentines day! (whatever that actually means).
Browsing Blipshift last night for the first time in a while and I felt proud to be part of a subset of people known as car enthusiasts. I scrolled through some clever and stunning shirt designs with witty captions and inside jokes and thought about what the average person would think if I wore the shirt and if it might strike up a conversation requiring me to try to explain something that ends up being a massive waste of both of our time. Things that only another car enthusiast would appreciate. The hobby itself is like a diamond, multi-faceted, complex, and intricate, but all joining into a single cusp, which is our passion for the machine, that unites us despite our different preferences.

I just think its kind of cool.

/not on MDMA

[straight6pwr]

B C said:

Happy Valentines day! (whatever that actually means).

st. valentines was commonly associated with courtly love. (read: not Courtney Love). Courtly love was the deeds and chivalry by a knight to a lovely married women and the knight was actually not attacking the pink fortress.  not too different from the relationships car enthusiasts have with each other.

B C said:

that unites us despite our different preferences.

i do still like you, despite your choice of e46 over e30. happy valentines day.

[m42b32]

I just learned that AC Schnitzer built a lifted e46 touring in 2001:

https://www.ac-schnitzer.de/en/bmw/concepts/2001-x-road.html

AC Schnitzer X-Road Concept

[straight6pwr]

that's super cool.

[Jdesign]

I kinda want to do that!

[HipMF]

#sunprairiestrong

[gilber33]

I need some type of ear protection that has music. I have ear muffs, but I need sound. 3M makes Bluetooth ear muffs but the sound is apparently subpar. So maybe a set of over the ear headphones would work okay but they’re not designed for sound reduction. I have read that noise canceling headphones aren’t really designed to cancel everyday sounds but more if a constant low frequency like you would find on a plane. 
 

Any suggestions? With what would be better? Right now I’m leaning towards a pair of over the heat headphones from Amazon.

[Jdesign]

gilber33 said:

I need some type of ear protection that has music. I have ear muffs, but I need sound. 3M makes Bluetooth ear muffs but the sound is apparently subpar. So maybe a set of over the ear headphones would work okay but they’re not designed for sound reduction. I have read that noise canceling headphones aren’t really designed to cancel everyday sounds but more if a constant low frequency like you would find on a plane. 
 

Any suggestions? With what would be better? Right now I’m leaning towards a pair of over the heat headphones from Amazon. 

A friend of mine runs larger machinery and Mills would wear muffs with airpods inside of them. 

[gilber33]

Jdesign said:

A friend of mine runs larger machinery and Mills would wear muffs with airpods inside of them. 

This is what I was trying last night - ear muffs with earbuds in. But when I put on the ear muffs, they "distorted" my ears and then the earbuds didn't sit in my ears flush and the sound was pretty awful. They were the larger earbuds with the the padding on them, so maybe a slimmer design would work better. 3M makes an earmuff with bluetooth connection. I wonder what would provide a better sound protection - earmuffs with bluetooth and not as great speakers or an over-the-ear headphones with better speakers.

[Jdesign]

gilber33 said:

This is what I was trying last night - ear muffs with earbuds in. But when I put on the ear muffs, they "distorted" my ears and then the earbuds didn't sit in my ears flush and the sound was pretty awful. They were the larger earbuds with the the padding on them, so maybe a slimmer design would work better. 3M makes an earmuff with bluetooth connection. I wonder what would provide a better sound protection - earmuffs with bluetooth and not as great speakers or an over-the-ear headphones with better speakers. 

I would assume that actual air pods or similar quality pods would be better than muffs with built in speakers. Maybe try larger muffs that don't distort your ears? You always have the option to Van Gogh yourself too..

[straight6pwr]

HipMF said:

#sunprairiestrong

LOL. another that falls under 'you cant make this shit up'. i didnt believe this was real, but the Sun Prairie FD annual report indeed has this guy as a firefighter

https://cityofsunprairie.com/DocumentCenter/View/3354/2015-Annual-Report?bidId=

[jc43089]

I got tired of getting stuck in my Land Cruiser with open differentials so I ordered a Spartan auto locker for the rear axle.  I probably should have gotten one a long time ago, it was only about 270$  I couldn't justify spending 800+ for an ARB or other selectable locker.  I'm pretty excited to see how much it helps.  Open differentials are worse with stiff/lift springs like I have because if it doesn't flex well then there are 2 tires with less grip and they will just spin.  With a locker and my Treadwright M/T tires it should dig pretty good through the woods and snow.

[Jdesign]

No welding the diffs?

[jc43089]

Jdesign said:

No welding the diffs?

Nah this ain't no #driftbois machine.  Also I do like to turn in a reasonable radius.  Also Toyota 9.5" third members are not very common.  Only on the Cruisers and lots of mini truck and 4Runner guys wan't them too.

[straight6pwr]

[Jdesign]

straight6pwr said:

Fixed that for ya

[jc43089]

Spartan locker installed in the LC rear axle.  I should have done that years ago.  Incredibly more grip, I have Treadwright Mud tires with "Kedge Grip" the walnut shells and glass in the rubber which help immensely on packed snow and ice.  It should be pretty unstoppable in the woods now.  My mother-in-law has a '17 4Runner TRD, I keep telling my father-in-law he needs to get rid of the highway tires and put some real tires on it.  The new tech in the 4Runner is pretty cool, dynamic sway bars, etc.  But it's also so nice that driving it through the woods would be psychologically painful, whereas I can't discern new scratches and dents from what was there before on my LC.

[Rekpoint]

Happy 3/6 Day everyone. Or just e36 owners

[m42b32]

Rekpoint said:

Happy 3/6 Day everyone. Or just e36 owners

Someday I'll be in that club again. For now I'll just wait for 3/0 day

[Boris3]

No worries. Basically with BMW March is good: I figure I can celebrate 3/25 and 3/18 for the e30s, and 3/30 for the e46.