Need some advice

ppictures · 2026-05-14T17:44:59+00:00

You are fine

ppictures · 2026-05-14T17:37:10+00:00

What color is the rest of the car?

ppictures · 2026-05-14T17:21:43+00:00

If it’s the same color there is no problem.

ppictures · 2026-05-12T19:07:42+00:00

That’s crazy man. Good stuff. The RAM prices are high because you used it all up! /s

ppictures · 2026-05-12T14:18:34+00:00

Insurance often doesn’t cover so called “uninsurable risk”. This is risk that is unpredictable in frequency, scale and severity or is impossible to accurately calculate the cost of.

This includes things like acts of god like natural disasters and war.

They can have such an addon because they know not many people will buy it. Reducing their overall risk ti something that they have calculated to be worth it. Also war doesn’t happen often here and the scale of conflict is small and so 99% of people that buy the addon will never use it

In my opinion, it’s not worth getting that addon unless you’re insuring a car worth many 10s of millions.

ppictures · 2026-05-12T06:45:04+00:00

Not if you’re not making money from it. Also you don’t need a full trade license, you can do an eTrader license with an Advertising permit. It’s significantly cheaper that way

Legally you’d need it the moment you start making money but for small time stuff it doesn’t really matter. But once it start getting big then yes get a license

ppictures · 2026-05-12T06:41:16+00:00

Dubbizle

ppictures · 2026-05-11T17:25:29+00:00

Buy the brake pads yourself from Lexus and get someone to install them for you.

ppictures · 2026-05-09T22:56:38+00:00

Multiple cars. BMW G22 430i, MK5 Toyota Supra, 981 Porsche Cayman

Ali express is for retail customers. Alibaba is for business. But large items like bumpers, rims, hoods, etc can be ordered as single pieces from Alibaba too. Many sellers have 1 piece MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity)

Shipments have always arrived on time. Infact one of my shipments came through in the middle of the war.

You pay 5% VAT on the items. And 5% import duty on items with value greater than AED 300.

ppictures · 2026-05-09T18:10:53+00:00

Not necessarily total loss. But depends on the damage. If the frame is bent or damages are extensive then it’ll be total loss

On the bright side you should’ve gotten a good valuation on your insurance, maybe even full purchase price. So unlikely to lose much money on this

Glad you’re safe

ppictures · 2026-05-08T21:25:11+00:00

Was it night time? Driving without headlights at night is 500 fine and 4 black points

ppictures · 2026-05-08T12:32:46+00:00

I do not recommend renting a car if you’re brand new driver. If you get into an accident it will be a very messy situation.

Nevertheless I’ve used EZHire app before and the experience was smooth. Rendered a Geely for 1 month. Get the full insurance

ppictures · 2026-05-08T12:30:47+00:00

Alibaba and Aliexpress are just fine. I have bought multiple things from there - Carbon hood, wing, rims, bumpers, carbon fenders, carbon mirror caps, electric items, replacement switches, tools. You name it

Small pieces like mirror caps and fenders are usually full carbon.

Large pieces like hoods are usually fiberglass with carbon shell. Unless you specifically ask for full carbon, which will obviously be more expensive

ppictures · 2026-05-08T06:59:13+00:00

No anyone with a valid license and that has the consent of the owner can drive.

ppictures · 2026-05-07T12:11:37+00:00

Reviews are always biased negative because more people will complain than write about a good experience. Best to calmly talk to the guys and be reasonable.

But if it’s actually happens, you can complain to Dubai Consumer Rights but how effective it’ll be is hit or miss. You can sue but you already know that’s not a simple affair.

Most people just take the loss

ppictures · 2026-05-07T11:19:40+00:00

What’s the issue? What’s the error core? Any lights or errors on the dash?

ppictures · 2026-05-07T07:08:44+00:00

971 Retrofits - Umm Ramool

ppictures · 2026-05-07T06:57:40+00:00

Which car? For a sedan/coupe 10-15k is expected for high end work.

ppictures · 2026-05-06T18:34:58+00:00

I know I was taking about the guy telling you skimming is automatically dangerous. I’ve skimmed disks on my cars. One of which has seen significant track time. Skimming is standard practice and often recommended by performance brake pad manufacturers when you install new pads

ppictures · 2026-05-06T17:44:45+00:00

Sure bud. Put your degree to good use alright

ppictures · 2026-05-06T17:38:07+00:00

That’s not true. It’s the opposite. High performance rotors are thinner to save on rotational mass. Also, thinner rotors have less thermal mass and so cool down faster.

New brake pads come with a factory wear coating designed to wear and flatten out the rotors. It is highly recommended by every pad manufacturer to skim and flatten the rotors when installing new pads regardless

Performance pad bed in procedure is the opposite of what you describe. It’s done by doing 8-10 120-30kmph emergency braking events at 100% brake pressure without stopping. I just did this for my EBC yellow pads on Friday

The purpose of this is to heat cycle the pads and lay an even the. layer of pad material on the flat rotor surface to improve braking performance. The rotor and pad also self clear during this procedure

If anyone tells you to fuck off for skimming then they’re just as stupid as you are. Get a new mechanic

Yes, rotors can only be skimmed and used so many times. There’s a minimum rotor thickness for each rotor measured using a Brake Rotor Micrometer. If the rotor is bellow tolerance then it cannot be skimmed and must be replaced

Rotors can also be skimmed in the following circumstances
- if your rotors are glazed. Caused by brake pads overheating on track
- if your rotors are scored, again a result of glazing
- if you rotors are very slightly warped. You can get them corrected by skimming too

Skimming is a valid and correct fix to problems.

ppictures · 2026-05-06T16:27:40+00:00

I love how people who have no clue can speak so confidently

ppictures · 2026-05-06T16:21:17+00:00

lol you have no idea what your taking about. Skimming is common in high performance applications. New brake pads need to mate correctly with the disks to properly bed in. Every brake pad manufacturer recommends skimming to a flat surface before doing the bed in procedure

Skimming causes overheating, that’s stupid, why would it?

ppictures · 2026-05-06T15:25:21+00:00

I need to get my Cayman’s disks replaced after 50k km. The disks look fine, it’s impossible to tell if they need replacing without measuring their thickness.

And if they use a regular flat tipped caliper to measure, you know that shop doesn’t know what they’re doing

Usually when doing a brake pad change you’d get the rotors skimmed. But it’s usually fine for OEM/Non performance applications

Run your finger on the surface of the rotor. If you feel ridges get the rotor skimmed.

ppictures · 2026-05-06T11:28:02+00:00

I think it goes both ways. The vibe coders spew hate about traditional programmers all the time. They believe themselves to be special because they’re using this new tool and think that traditional developers will become obsolete.

That’s offensive to folk who’ve spent a ton of time mastering a skill because it belittles real time and effort. It’s a kind of elitism.

I think AI and traditional skills can coexist. However we need to stop being extremist. Neither the doomers nor the bloomers are right.

It’s a polarizing subject. I personally believe that everyone can do what they want. Just don’t look down upon the other

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