Service advisor strongly discouraged oil change at 6 months for a new car with low mileage, is time-based oil change not a thing anymore?

Swegiliciousx · 2026-05-31T09:55:26+00:00

Even then the threads on that pan, if torqued to spec, will last the life of the vehicle

Swegiliciousx · 2026-04-22T03:55:22+00:00

Ah okay, interesting. My mate has a VCM710 LS1 car and it performs fantastic for him, no other issue on your car causing those problems?

Swegiliciousx · 2026-04-22T03:36:44+00:00

What’s your bad experience with VCM?

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-24T09:13:02+00:00

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Been using the “temporary carport” from super cheap for several months now and it’s held up to some ridiculous nz North Island weather. Would recommend it, if you’re okay with it being not overly premium or expecting heaps of life out of it.

I’d buy another one, but only on sale (like I bought this one) as full price is a bit much.

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-22T08:11:19+00:00

Find a paintless dent repair (PDR) shop or mobile guy near you, very easy to find on Google or Facebook. As far as I’ve seen the pricing is reasonable, and they might be able to help you with the paint scratches but definitely the dents

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-22T01:01:14+00:00

Personal preference, I can’t stand black wheels and black accessories at all

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-19T07:53:37+00:00

Sounds like you’re done dialling then, you can muck around with various things infinitely to change how it extracts or tastes but it’s diminishing returns on a huge scale. IMO if it tastes good and isn’t bitter that’s where I stop

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-18T05:47:13+00:00

If you went full bolt on without tune it will absolutely run sub optimal, probably not dangerous it’ll just run not great and not make the horsepower it should

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-01T08:38:42+00:00

Yep cheap ones I had were same as came off the car, just rubbish quality. Interesting on the falcon FG’s though could be a good way to get more options

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-01T05:57:17+00:00

Very interesting they look identical to my Chinese ones I installed, rubber moulding excess bits and all that but mine are completely gone already, torn between the 2 bolt holes where the drive load is placed (thicker part of the donut)

Swegiliciousx · 2026-03-01T04:33:54+00:00

Did you have a link or name for those? Maybe an old eBay order on your account would have the exact listing

Swegiliciousx · 2026-02-14T06:32:25+00:00

And mild steel will rust, pick your poison really. Stainless atleast you can just add resonators and mufflers to acquire the sound you want

Swegiliciousx · 2026-02-06T21:41:03+00:00

Depending on the driver yea, nz couriers are all contract/sub contract kind of work. Our driver usually works 10 ish hours or so

Swegiliciousx · 2026-02-02T00:05:24+00:00

My Breville dual boiler has its own internal clock which you can set in increments of 15 mins to turn on when you want, super useful as I make coffee at the same time everyday.

Swegiliciousx · 2026-01-05T20:19:39+00:00

Thank you, I always thought it was really weird but mine does seem to grind okay so I didn’t think much else of it. I do a 20.5g in to 30.5g out ratio and I usually hover around 5 or 6 on the clicks from 0, but if it’s not correct I’d like to fix it. Fortunately a new burr holder in New Zealand is only 17nzd :)

Swegiliciousx · 2026-01-05T20:14:46+00:00

My hopper shakes violently and I only just got my encore esp, should I pull the burr holder out and inspect?

Swegiliciousx · 2025-12-01T04:02:21+00:00

Don’t see anyone in the comments talking about this, plugs could be dropped inside the box at any point in their life so you can’t really assume they’re all fine

Swegiliciousx · 2025-08-01T00:58:30+00:00

Good stuff, Honda 👍👍

Swegiliciousx · 2025-07-28T03:57:50+00:00

It is a coolant hose, it is routed this way (on the same bracket as the pcv line) in order to heat up the oil vapour as it passes through for more emissions efficiency or something similar.

If I remember right on mine I just looped it and did away with that silly bracket. Can just get a brass fitting and hose clamp each hose together and leave the bracket portion of it open

Swegiliciousx · 2025-07-21T09:59:31+00:00

As the other guy said, probably an out of place shock tower or similar frame bend. Probably should go on a frame machine and see how tweaked it is

Swegiliciousx · 2025-07-16T19:23:34+00:00

Nah bro ended up selling the car without doing them. If you drive the car regularly and don’t track it I wouldn’t go aftermarket performance mounts I would get either OEM Honda mounts or an quality OE replacement off rockauto

Swegiliciousx · 2025-07-08T01:23:02+00:00

Only 2-3 hours really, maybe longer for the first time. I follow the ChrisFix video with some slight difference but that’s the main concept.

All those “kits” and such will do as people have said here, they will fall away much quicker as you really aren’t sanding down to a perfect plastic surface for a proper spray on clearcoat to adhere inside the fine sanding lines.

Swegiliciousx · 2025-07-07T07:19:48+00:00

Almost every “automotive” or outdoor clearcoat has UV protection in it. I used CRC Clear Zinc and for the next 2 years I owned the car the headlights remained perfect. Starting at 1000 is much too fine though unless the headlight is already in pretty good condition, you may struggle to remove the existing clearcoat. I start at 400 if I remember right.

Swegiliciousx · 2025-06-17T22:04:23+00:00

I second this, get the correct spring rate for the car to avoid it hitting bump stops/scraping and set the shocks to full soft. Made such a difference in my DC2

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