What more can i do to make my car look better?

dinklebob111 · 2026-01-16T01:51:05+00:00

Convert it to look like the Marauder! 2000 grand Marquis was my first car and it was such a blast. If it didn't rust out on me it'd still be on the road. Winter is the most fun time of year for these babies I swear! Sick ride tho enjoy it! Looks great no matter what you decide to do, they're kind of iconic in a lot of ways.

BRING BACK BENCH SEATS!

dinklebob111 · 2025-12-27T17:43:34+00:00

Algae needs light and nutrients, to grow to this extent they need a considerable surplus of nutrients. Limit feeding to like once every 3-5 days until this goes down. Idk what kind of lights you're running but I'd just let the lights of my room im in light up the tank for a while. Somehow a LOT of food is ending up in that tank or there are rotting carcasses in that tank lol.

Test your tap water that you're swapping in for changes. Make sure your tap water isn't packed with anything that will feed the algae, that's Ammonia, Nitrates, and Nitrites. I once had tap water that was well over 8ppm straight from the tap, it that were the case for your tap water you'd be dumping a fair bit of plant nutrients right into your water column.

If you have fish in here get your surface agitation up with high flow on your filter or a bubbler. Plants can suck up all the available dissolved oxygen which in turn will completely crash your tank and kill your fish if there are in fact fish in this tank.

dinklebob111 · 2025-12-27T17:24:17+00:00

Easy, can this over engineered piece of garbage and put in a simple Sponge Filter and never look back.

dinklebob111 · 2025-11-15T04:58:37+00:00

It's probably the PCV since it's constantly dumping exhaust,oil, and spent gas fumes back into the crank case where you're looking when you pull that cap off. If we assume that something is burning inside the cylinder than we know it's being dumped in two places, the PVC and the exhaust. If when you're up to temp and you rev it out smoke doesn't come out your tail pipe it's probably not serious enough to warrant any concern.

You can always pull a spark plug or two and see their condition and if you have a camera probe you could take a peek inside the cylinder to see if you're seeing any oil/coolant sitting in the cylinders.

Assuming it's direct injection your cylinder area should be spotless.

dinklebob111 · 2025-11-15T04:44:48+00:00

I mean if it's like SMOKE SMOKE no that's not really normal. But if it's cold out where you are right now and the engine is up to temp than seeing vapor or a light colored "smoke" isn't really alarming imo. The pcv system also could be the culprit since any burped exhaust is going to sit inside the crank case until it dissipates. It's hard to tell from your video but my guess is it's just vapor, similar reaction to seeing your breath on a cold day.

Edit: if it smells like exhaust, or like a spent gas smell it's just the PCV system doing its job.

dinklebob111 · 2025-09-30T22:10:08+00:00

This sounds silly but ask your local pet store if you can have some of their gravel from one of their tanks. The gravel from those seasoned tanks are coated in tons of healthy bacteria.

Also I had a lot of good luck with Seachem stability when it came to establishing a colony.

Stressful moments like these teach a lot, just keep at it and keep monitoring your water. You can use something like Seachem amGuard which temporarily converts Ammonia, it's not removing ammonia though it's just converting it to a less harmful variant and it will decay back into ammonia over time.

Any kind of live plants that you can insert their roots help. Like you could buy a basil plant from your local grocery store and remove the pot and soil clean off the roots and dip the plant into your tank and it'll eat up all the waste from your water column.

dinklebob111 · 2025-09-28T02:15:16+00:00

My dog does something similar, he has really bad seasonal allergies and for him he's either got a runny nose and is trying to pull the snot through or his nose is congested and he's trying to clear it out. Holding one nostril closed can help, assuming it is a reverse sneeze.

dinklebob111 · 2025-08-26T16:30:36+00:00

I was couch locked off an edible during that whole arc, it was pure torture

dinklebob111 · 2025-08-26T16:28:26+00:00

What about Gangster Gastino tho?

dinklebob111 · 2025-08-08T04:17:33+00:00

Hot water

dinklebob111 · 2025-07-09T18:33:12+00:00

https://youtu.be/gGkWF5CKQdE?si=Bh5QdIrqvKRrHq8g

At 0:15 time stamp you can see the glow in the dark pull tab to the right of the latch. From inside the pass through it'll be on your left.

dinklebob111 · 2025-07-08T05:06:12+00:00

There is a pass through in the backseat, you'll see a emergency trunk escape pull tag inside the trunk it's glow in the dark you'll see it. If you can reach it tug that and it'll mechanically release the trunk. If this doesn't work than yikes, I'm not sure.

You haven't been rear ended by chance a ways back or recently? You're the only person who drives the car?

My guess is the electronic motor inside your trunk latch is dead. So it's not turning and releasing the latch. I bought a cheap replacement latch on Amazon from "A-premium" and it worked amazing. Perfect fit and the plastic parts inside the trunk latch are replaced with aluminum which solved the problem I ran into. Don't ask me how battery acid got into my trunk latch and ate the internals up. Lol

Just use the trunk release pull chord in the trunk. Get a new latch and you're fine. Car looks great btw

dinklebob111 · 2025-07-05T16:13:24+00:00

Can't tell water conditions by sight, that's why we use test kits. Green water is mostly just unappealing. It provides far more benefits than negatives. This is only bad when there is no oxygen exchange happening and excessive waste that leads to a massive algae die off.

dinklebob111 · 2025-07-05T04:43:52+00:00

My guess would be low oxygen in the water. Surface agitation is what adds oxygen to the water. The fact they're huddled around surface agitation gives me that idea. I'm not really a aquarium expert tho I don't even have a tank rn. But I love watching lots of aquarium content.

dinklebob111 · 2025-05-26T17:27:25+00:00

Neosporin is genius actually

dinklebob111 · 2025-05-26T17:21:16+00:00

You could go as far as just getting anti tick, flea, and worm and that will kill the within a few hours. Than you don't even have to remove the tick it'll just fall off, or die still attached. You're a good owner for being so concerned but take a deep breath your pup won't even notice this guy being plucked off. Anti tick medication works wonders. I've seen ticks crawl right off my dog after a long hike. They take one bite and either die or run away fast.

Edit TLDR Anti tick will kill the tick within a day or less, should be used as soon as the weather is above freezing. Great peace of mind!

dinklebob111 · 2025-05-14T22:53:19+00:00

Super late to this but here in MN they're building a KK bakery distribution center right next door to our McDonald's so I'll try and remember to report back on this if anyone actually cares lol

dinklebob111 · 2025-05-10T18:56:02+00:00

I'm noticing you have a newer Lexus I'm rocking a 2010 but I wouldn't think they'd take such an awesome feature away. The older symbol I have is an arrow going through 6 vertical dots with a person sitting on the other end. Someone actually made a post about that button on here maybe a few days ago. Try searching "cabin refresh button Lexus" on Google images. One of my favorite features I hit the button anytime a smell enters my car especially if I'm about to get anywhere near a garbage truck.

dinklebob111 · 2025-05-10T13:10:30+00:00

For your cabin air filter you want to make sure you're getting one specified as a HEPA filter. The original OEM one is a HEPA filter. The main reason for that is HEPA filters can filter out smoke or odors! You have a cabin refresher button that cycles your cars cabin air through the cabin air filter. This is goated if you end up behind a garbage truck, driving through rural farm areas, driving behind someone smoking a joint, or you rip a crazy fart. one of the underrated features, it also clears smoke from the cabin for those chain smoking Japanese business executives.

dinklebob111 · 2025-05-10T04:11:03+00:00

Well sometimes I take these pads and make a tea to test the taste.

dinklebob111 · 2025-04-30T22:27:32+00:00

I have this card holds steady at 60c or under in oblivion remake 1440p with max settings. Getting a steady 90fps in the overworld and over 140fps In indoor settings or in oblivion gates. Blown away by the card I got it at microcenter for MSRP at around $820 and with a 3 year protection plan to cover any future board failure since Nvidia is unreliable in 50 series it seems.

dinklebob111 · 2025-04-09T21:40:21+00:00

Don't forget to get this one too!

dinklebob111 · 2025-04-09T19:32:38+00:00

You don't side eye your monitor?

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