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ijaz_97 09-06-2016 12:52 PM

Noticed a musty smell inside the car after it rained. Pulled back the passenger side carpet and noticed about 2 inches of water in the floorboard. The sunroof drain started leaking again. I just got it fixed from the dealer 6 months ago, do you think they will repair it again under no cost since it has been less than a year? Sat there for an hour with a blow dryer making sure all the moisture evaporated.


tofu1413 09-06-2016 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ijaz_97 (Post 8786021)
Noticed a musty smell inside the car after it rained. Pulled back the passenger side carpet and noticed about 2 inches of water in the floorboard. The sunroof drain started leaking again. I just got it fixed from the dealer 6 months ago, do you think they will repair it again under no cost since it has been less than a year? Sat there for an hour with a blow dryer making sure all the moisture evaporated.




Yep. be nice about it and im pretty sure they would warranty their own work.

ijaz_97 09-07-2016 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tofu1413 (Post 8786057)
Yep. be nice about it and im pretty sure they would warranty their own work.

They did not warranty it. They made some B.S. excuse about how it is my fault for parking my car outside allowing the drains to get clogged. I've had different cars over the years with sunroofs and none of them have leaked. Never going back to Auto West Infiniti, they do not stand behind their work.

Noran 09-07-2016 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ijaz_97 (Post 8786289)
They did not warranty it. They made some B.S. excuse about how it is my fault for parking my car outside allowing the drains to get clogged. I've had different cars over the years with sunroofs and none of them have leaked. Never going back to Auto West Infiniti, they do not stand behind their work.

:joy::fuckthatshit:

meme405 09-07-2016 02:31 PM

How is that a BS excuse?

You're sunroof drain got clogged, they explained it to you, unclogged it, and then you proceeded to park under trees letting pine needles, leaves and other debris clog it again. Why should they warranty an issue caused by user error?

It's a documented issue with Infiniti's, the drain system for G35's, my FX, and G37's are all kinda prone to clogging. It's not brilliant, but a little bit of diligence on your part would avoid the issue. Try not to park under trees (this avoids sap marks on your paint as well as issues like the sunroof getting clogged). When you are cleaning the car pour a little water in the area and it should clear out the debris. You can take this a step farther and lift the roof rails in your car up and clean all the debris under those out.

Autowest Infiniti is actually a very good dealership. In fact Morrey Infiniti (newly opened in burnaby) and Regency Infiniti (now named North Shore Infiniti - After it was purchased by Dilwari) are all fantastic.


Lomac 09-10-2016 09:55 PM

Finally got around to hardwiring my dashcam and Sirius radio into the car, now that I picked up a new antenna for it. Old one kept saying it was disconnected. Upon inspection it looked like something had impacted and damaged it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psxezl9qch.jpg

Also finally wired in my sub and amps. It involved taking out the majority of the interior of the car in order to run the cables and tie them down properly. Since it was the first time I had taken the Acura apart, it took a little longer than I expected. But it's nice to finally have some oomph to my music again. Oh, and I discovered during this process that the deck I've owned for many years actually has an aux-in. Didn't realize I could actually be playing music off my phone instead of listening to USB or Sirius... :lol

Under the rear seats was actually a little cleaner than I had expected...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pskh0rugva.jpg

...but it yielded lunch money!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psc7torpti.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psjtefnber.jpg

Unfortunately while taking the trunk liner out, I discovered a large puddle of water sitting in the spare wheel well. I think I managed to trace it to the source, which was the passenger side taillight. Sealed it with some quality sealant to temporarily fix it while I wait for a new gasket to arrive. Hopefully that will fix the issue.

slicrick 09-11-2016 11:06 AM

Working on refinishing the wheels I am going to use for Fall and Winter, they were pretty faded and had lots of chips in them. My first time trying to refinish a set myself but they turned out alright, I probably should of done a little more prep work and wet-sanding in between coats. They will be good enough for a set of winters though.

http://i.imgur.com/7evCiLzh.jpg

I started last weekend, in spirit for the Italian GP.

http://i.imgur.com/iRXZPoOh.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Qp6dW38h.jpg

Reeyal 09-12-2016 11:07 AM

^ LOL, love the tape job...

thumper 09-12-2016 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Reeyal (Post 8787515)
^ LOL, love the tape job...

yeah i think it looks so good the OP should have left it on... what's the speed rating for painter's tape? :lol

CorneringArtist 09-12-2016 12:25 PM

Fuck whitewalls, greenwalls are the new trend.

nsx042003 09-12-2016 07:47 PM

goddamn... just my luck...i put on the wrong wheel face on the barrel and i just got tires mounted on them today by TSS. now i gotta pay to have it removed and mounted again after i swap them out i guess.

Jesus. I am horrible with these details

riasat.abir 09-13-2016 12:22 AM

I don't know what I did to my car today, but suddenly it's making loud noise while braking even driving, noise is coming from the brake/wheel, sounds like trawler engine :/
Any idea what could happen?

Reeyal 09-13-2016 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by riasat.abir (Post 8787789)
I don't know what I did to my car today, but suddenly it's making loud noise while braking even driving, noise is coming from the brake/wheel, sounds like trawler engine :/
Any idea what could happen?

Try posting your question in this thread instead:
http://www.revscene.net/forums/69567...ce-thread.html

Acura604 09-13-2016 06:17 PM

I replaced the halogen brake light bulbs with LED on a 2016 civic. The ones on the side worked out quite well with a set of the Philips 7443. But the high mount was fail. I slapped in a 50W mega LED and it still wasn't as good as regular halogen in the daytime. Night time seemed good though.

It's definitely difficult for an LED to light up the entire housing in a wide dispersal of light. Sigh... Back to the drawing board.

Regular halogen high mount brake bulb :
http://a66.tinypic.com/1zxl9is.jpg
http://a64.tinypic.com/rk68o5.jpg


LED 50W for high mount brake :
http://a64.tinypic.com/abtvt5.jpg
http://a63.tinypic.com/t03vc7.jpg

Here is the LED bulb used : ( 4 sides of bright firing LEDs )
http://a64.tinypic.com/30rsc1s.jpg

Here is a video during night time with all LED
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FN-2199 09-13-2016 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 8787236)

Pizza in the engine bay too?!

:lol

Flatsix 09-27-2016 09:14 AM

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Installed a new spoiler on the boxster, subtle enough I think

Flatsix 09-27-2016 09:18 AM

And when deployed

http://i.imgur.com/xQAt68U.jpg

prudz 10-07-2016 10:08 AM

Finally tossed on my new tires and wheels.

http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...pshkplqpab.jpg

Zexxy 10-07-2016 11:34 AM

Reupholstered my Supra's seats with diamond-stitched leather and restored the seat foams' plushness with steam.

http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/...psalbjpkz3.jpg

extracrunchie 10-07-2016 08:33 PM

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f6416efc84.jpg

Painted my RL caliper with G2 caliper paint. Really good product, I used a brush and the paint is self leveling resin based paint. Looks powder coated.

Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk

KDMofo 10-10-2016 03:03 PM

Was getting annoyed by the scratch on my rocker from sliding into a rock up at Squamish Valley Rd a couple months ago so I repainted it along with my lip and grill.

http://i.imgur.com/uptCpKB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gdZCTLR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/U2ofPXj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xNo283S.jpg

hud 91gt 10-12-2016 05:26 PM

I have a bunch of time off work so my goal was to install my megasquirt, and sell my condo.

Condo is gone, but Megasquirt to go.

Today I made a bracket to fit up under the dash. Went back to the days of shop class and bent up some ABS.

Bare $3 scrap sheet from Industrial Paints and Plastics
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/image_11.jpg

As the British dude dubbed, some CAD (Cardboard aided design)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/image_10.jpg

Bent up with a $12 heat gun and some 2x4's and test fitting in place with the MS.
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/image_12.jpg

Almost finished, wiring to go
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/image_13.jpg

Then when I was done that, I started on a bracket for my LS2 coils. I'll mount all 6 of them on this piece of aluminum angle I cut up with my angle grinder. Certainly not perfection, but will look good from far and most importantly... it'll work.

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/image_14.jpg

That's it for today... and tomorrow is furniture selling time. Till the weekend!

SkunkWorks 10-16-2016 02:29 PM

Little arts and crafts project for a wet weekend.

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...g=eyJpIjoidCJ9

Timewav3zer0 10-23-2016 12:47 PM

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...88&oe=58A0E645

put in a front mount and some other goodies a couple weeks ago

KDMofo 10-23-2016 01:32 PM

Was bored on the weekend so decided to give my Genesis a new colour. Thought I might as well take a stab at body work to cover up door dings :heckno:
Took roughly 10hr's to do the fenders, hood, doors, 1/4, trunk, rocker and by the time it was finish baking at 4am, we decided to call it quits for the day. Plan on painting the rest another day and the hood black too. Until then, probably wont release the colour yet, but took me a couple days to find. Hint: It's from a 90's porsch

Removing a couple door dings and first time really doing body work. Scuffed down to the base, filled with filler > sand > more filler > sand > check from even surface > putty > finish with 180 grit
http://i.imgur.com/zrngUcd.jpg

Then came all the R&I's... roof moulding, belt moulding, weather strip, front bumper, grill, side mirrors, door handles, rear bumper, headlamp, tail lamp emblem came off.
http://i.imgur.com/XqixbQ2.jpg

Pulled it into the paint shop and started with sanding the spots where I did body work starting from 320 to 600, made sure there was no deep scratches so I could avoid primer and use sealer instead. After, I ran the DA over the entire car with 800 grit.
http://i.imgur.com/AmQMupR.jpg

After sanding, gave it a quick wipe down and blew the dust off. Rolled it into the paint booth and started masking. After masking, I wiped down the car with paint degreaser and tack cloth.
http://i.imgur.com/kmn4nqh.jpg

Ready for paint! started off with 2 coats of sealant around the area where there was body work. While the seal was drying, I mixed 3 bottles(1.8L) of basecoat for spray. Sprayed the first coat lightly - emphasizing on the wheels wells, left it to dry for 15mins, second layer of base coat on - 20mins, turn on downdraft fans and left for 30mins to dry completely.
http://i.imgur.com/Yxgxq0O.jpg

Once the basecoat was dry to the touch, it was time for clear. I mixed 3 bottles of fast drying clear and sprayed 2 coats 5-8mins apart. One the last coat went on, I baked it for 30mins and 15 mins of cool down time.
http://i.imgur.com/bQ7BGNJ.jpg

By this time, it was 3:30 and we were ready to go home, quickly threw it back together (took about 30mins) and taped "IN PROGRESS" so people didn't ask so many questions.
http://i.imgur.com/hOkHy4X.jpg

Plan on doing the rest next week, hopefully if I have time.


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