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I can't comment on that stuff. But what I can say is that Cobra springs will custom make a spring to whatever specifications you want.

Many days isn't THAT long in the scheme of things, i'd fix it. Their car though, if they think it won't bug them every time they look at the thing, then ignore it. It's not going away though or going to fix itself though.

I think the main issue is that it goes to junk. I've got it twice before and it happened both times.

Probably fine with a gas mix, pure CO2 might be a bit harder. At the opposite end of the scale i've used 0.6mm to weld 12mm reo into a table before. All about the tuning of settings as you say. Spot weld method FTW.

Ah my bad, figured the whole shebang was custom.

@xsspeed is currently shopping pistons I think so may be able to chime in on options

Fair enough then.

WOF fails, as mentioned. People run around with wires sticking out of their tyres, doesn't mean they have found a loophole on tyre requirements. No idea what car you have, but how do you plan to turn it into a light goods vehicle?

OEM is fine from memory and yeah as you say usually just imports and rear windows, the rest will be up to inspector but are fails usually. For stickers it depends where and how far they extend from the edge of the window. Also depends on vehicle class and all sorts of rules. Plenty of info for tint / overlays / stickers in the online VIRM documents. "came with the car" isn't going to trump any rules. All here: https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/vision/glazing

What does unblocking it do? Apologies if you're already done that, seems like it's in limbo and you're not allowed to touch it because it's blocked.

If you like to smash your knuckles as much as I do, weld a nut to a bit of flat bar and wedge it between two bolts heads, then wedge some wood between breaker bar and the front crossmember to try hold it in place while turning*. *not responsible if the heads shear off.

Certs would be a great if you could change every part of the car and it was still ok, lol.

Buying / renting / location? Have had mine filled here before as it's my side of town: https://www.southerngas.co.nz/ They sell / fill cylinders, I assume still do, it's going back a bit.

Post is a bit confusing as i'm not sure what you mean when you say they are already registered. Are they currently registered or nah? Good info here:

I can't compare it against another unit to check how accurate it is, but I got a "KONNWEI KW208" off AliEx. Can test in and out of car (though i've never bothered with in car, it's a process) tells you SoH, SoC etc. Has lined up well with my batteries andd how they have performed. I got it to keep an eye on the fleet to make sure nothing needs a top up. For the money I have zero regerts. Very easy to use, pick battery type, rated capacity and away it goes. Probably same shit different box to the $120 unit you posted. Example only, got mine a couple of years ago and listing is now gone. https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005007225230327.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.4387x131x131Rb&algo_pvid=04ad75f8-9f38-4415-bf24-ea206a08d9cd&algo_exp_id=04ad75f8-9f38-4415-bf24-ea206a08d9cd-0&pdp_ext_f={"order"%3A"419"%2C"eval"%3A"1"}&pdp_npi=4%40dis!NZD!63.64!28.64!!!263.72!118.67!%402101ec1a17474418129955842e2261!12000039934416591!sea!NZ!116624700!X&curPageLogUid=zOloAPX8pe6o&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A

Not lately, but in the last few of years. Was CO2 and was ~$90-$100 including refill.

My welder only came with a argon regulator as well. Apart from the cylinder pressure reading being pointless, I've have zero issues with "pure" CO2 through it for years. (With valve adapter). I'm guessing argon mix runs at the same cylinder pressure that pure argon does?

Ken.

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Owner cylinder here, have had it tested once, which cost ~$90 with a CO2 refill. That will last me five years, rinse and repeat. Have had it forever, it's a 6.8KG cylinder and was sub $400 to buy. Can get 5kg cylinders sub $300 on trademe. This is for CO2, which is perfectly fine for backyarders. I can easily pump out nice tidy small welds and also throw down ugly as fuck big ones. CO2 is just a cheaper way to get into it. When I got it rental options weren't as good as they are now, so I haven't kept a track of the best deal going down that path.

Yeah I know you are lol, I nearly added a part just for you to exclude you from being human.

Wasn't directed at anyone in particular, more of a general statement. But there is no point picking out even just a few professions as it can be anyone. I only know one dick plumber and the rest are GC's, and I know a few having been in that industry. As for the seller in the above case, apart from them being a right cunt. I would have claimed against them as buyer. Sold a car knowingly modified (badly) from cert spec. With that said, i'd never buy a certed car without doing about a million times more checks than an uncerted car. So buyer should have probably done more checks.

WOF guys are humans too, I think people forget that sometimes. I use the same crew every time and have a good relationship with them. Would not be too keen to take the certed car to a random place, i'm sure they wouldn't want to deal with the extra work either! What were the factory sized wheels? Can still be picked up for inappropriately sized tyres too if stretch is your thing.

Isn't that covered by direct replacements?

Can't just leave belts wired in and hide them?