Good to hear. All the $$ saved will help pay for more car toys (that is once the meidcal bills are paid off). Did the battery short circuit against some keys or something?

I completely agree about the phone charging. I've never been comfortable leaving them charge over night either.

 

I will be actually doing that today, installing my shark fin. I tried wrapping my shark fin twice, and they were imperfect. The fins can be had on ebay for $40-$60. If your car has navi, make sure the fin you buy has a green connector. the brown indicates the non navi

 

I'm not sure it might have short circuited or not , there have been a few cases of this happening apparently but I also have heard from a few people that they had those batteries overheating in their pockets and such.

 

Wow, Mike, IDK what to say. That looks horrific.

All things considered, you picked a good week not to shave your legs.

 

Good grief im glad you're more or less okay other than the burns. I wonder what kind of batteries they use on those things. You should make a lawsuit out of it man.

 

Thanks, Mac, for the tip on the navi. I'm one who can sometimes jump right in without checking the depth.

Sean

 

I used to import lithium batteries for hobby grade RC cars (the real ones, not Radio Shack specials) and graph their discharge curves before reselling.
I'd put some considerable strain on them and always used these:


Amazon.com: lipo sack


If you're that worried about your phone, tuck it in this each night. I've seen BIG lipos (like 6500mah vs the 2000mah your phone battery is) catch fire in these and all it did was smoke out the room.


Get well.

 

Sean,


I recently had my roof wrapped with xPel PPF film (basically the same stuff as their clear bra film) that is painted gloss black and fully clear-coated. They released the new painted PPF films at SEMA and I was the first car in my area to use it. When applied properly t looks just like a painted surface (because it is) but it is fully removable/reversible if you ever decide you don't like the black anymore. I just purchased a used shark fin antenna in black for around $50 from eBay rather than trying to wrap my original one. Here are a few pics.






Wow, Mike. Guess it could always be worse, but that looks VERY painful. I wish you a speedy recovery!

 

typical day huh? just parking next to an Aventador? haha.


looks great though

 

Yes, GTM did use larger injectors and because of the difference in duty cycle the computer will no longer accurately indicate the correct gas mileage... It typically shows 45 - 50 mpg's or more. So I have to use the old fashioned method of using the trip odometer and topping off the tank before and after for calculating gas mileage... although not a perfect method it gives me a pretty close estimation of my actual gas mileage. For example, on my last trip to Vegas cruising around 80 mph the entire time I drove a little over 250 miles on less than 8 gallons. I can't recall the exact amount it took to refill the tank, but I think the actual calculation came out to be just a little over 32 miles per gallon.


Sounds like it would probably be useful for other members then. I'll try and take some more detailed pictures when I do the driver's side tuck and then I can put together a full DIY.

Good deal! That's very cheap for a retune. "Almost" makes me wish I still lived in Ohio.

 

Very cool stuff! I was really big into R/C cars back in the 80's. I raced 1/10th scale off-road (started with an RC10 then went to a JRS2) and even had a full ride (sponsorship) from Team Losi, Novak, and several other companies. I did as well as finishing 1st in the B-Main at the National Championships one year. Back then we mostly used NiCad batteries and even some NiMH batteries, but I bet if you get them to discharge fast enough the Lithium batteries are probably the way to go now.


Hahaha. That picture was actually taken at the shop that did the roof wrap (he does all of my clear bra work and window tinting). Below is another picture showing the Carrera GT that was parked in his other garage! These types of exotic cars are a lot more common here in SoCal than in most other parts of the country, so you'd be surprised how often you see them. One of the guys in my car club even has a McLaren and also just bought a Lamborghini Huracan!

 

Holy crap Mike! That sounds and looks so painful and horrible. Wishing you a good and quick recovery man!

 

For those who want to meet up in Jersey this coming week, would Thursday or Friday work better? Should I make an events page?

 

what do you guys think of these lights. Too much? or disco disco bang bang?
I love the DRL/Turn Signal strip, probably wouldnt do the disco ball/pride parade halo though.
https://www.facebook.com/jon.gabrenya/videos/10103394176764560/

 

hmmm... I can see it used as an attraction method at car shows. Though I probably wouldn't do it on my car, I kinda like it!