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Can we install the revised Bryan bot that doesn't post stuff links?
EVDB:
QuoteThe final month of 2023 was a wild anomaly for the passenger car market in New Zealand.
82% of new cars registered were either hybrid or full electric.
Some pretty interesting data on that page (my link lands halfway down for some reason).
January will be a CO2 belching month when all of the stockpiled diesel and petrols get registered and on the road. 2.7% were diesels in December which to me is nuts.
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14 hours ago, 87creepin said:
Are the Trademe boss kits worth a shot or should I get a legit one such as HKB?
How important is your steering to you? That should answer your question.
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Small update today.
Took it for a WOF a while ago now and just had a few minor things to sort. Took it to the OS BBQ meat this month so took a quick snap of it next to Karls sweet wags. Oh and Bart's whip features too. Didn't take any other pics because lazy.
Have been working on the stereo since the mrs finished work for the year. I get very limited garage time these days so need to take the time when it's there. Made a template for the stereo surround bracket as this car didn't have one. So removed the frame from the other Corolla and got to work. Was going to do it in steel but gave up as getting the welder out is a PITA. So next logical option was wood. So I made this:
I've started making a replacement frame, but it requires getting the welder out, so job for another day. I need to make it pretty low profile so that the stereo fits inside it, there isn't a huge amount of space.
I installed the tweeters in approximate locations, may fine tune their direction, but for now I just want to get them in and wire and will worry about that, probably never.
Popped out and broke one of the top dash vents. Thankfully there is lots of clearance between the duct and the vent to run the wiring. So have done that and placed them back for now. Plenty of wire to the crossover so can easily whip them back out later on and sort if they need it. May hide a bracket on the underside so they can't fly out at me. But for now the speakers are cable tied to the vent via the tweeter base, which I assume you'd normally screw to the dash them slide the tweeter on. So it's pretty secure with no effort. Ignore the fact I go from passenger side to drivers side in the photos.
Current project is the front kick space speakers. Pretty much done now, just need to pop them in with a bit more securing to the car, and plug them into the crossover. The amp I ended up getting is for boats, so its pretty small and is all coated for moist install locations. It's two channel and when bridged will give me 90w @ 4ohm. The whole amp makes me scratch my head as the wiring loom it has, its a lot smaller gauge that I would expect for the power output. But it must be right so i'll just install it so that the main power feed is as short as practical.
Anyway, continuing on from my 3D scanned and printed speaker mounts, I printed some more in black. Not really necessary given they are painted, but figured if someone does actually kick one (and never rides again) it will at least still be black underneath.
Tried a few glues to stick the PLA parts to the car plastics. Some glues work on each of them but none seem to work well on both surfaces. So I resorted to using roof silicone in the end as I have tubes of that, that will go off anyway. So I first did a coat of silicone that came with my pergola for sealing (and that I didn't use because had roof sealant open). It seem to glue the parts together solid. I installed short wood screws for gluing and just left them in. Then I got out my roof silicone and sealed up the join, to make it a bit tidier. Could have done a smaller bead easily, but when you have fuck all time and just want shit done you just slap it on and call it a day. Then it was wet sanded to remove the last paint job the panels got. Then plastic primer times a few, then satin black times a few. Then I installed the speakers in the holes, then the grilles and it was done. Will install them in the next few days all going well and will continue making a frame for the stereo surround to bolt to.
That's it for now really, pics:Glued with pergola silicone, would have made sense to sand the panels before doing this, but oh well.
Fitment:
Goo'd up. As mentioned, could have used a lot less as you can see the gap above isn't big. But messing around making a small bead look good isn't something I can be bothered with when none of this is even visible when installed.
Primered, including rag attached to paint. Foam pad sanded a few times before paint and came up sweet in end.
Finished product:
Speaker in the hole:
Discussion thing https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/59519-blings-ae70-hardtop-discussion/
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It may need to over there. But it's likely cheaper to buy credits off another company than pay the fee otherwise. Just guessing.
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Having gone to university doesn't really mean a huge amount these days. They should get them serviced, but yeah no servicing needed seems to be a common theory with all EV's. The number of people that go on about not having to maintain your Leaf at all is nuts. Same deal with the university comment, anyone can buy an EV or a boat. Doesn't mean you know what you're doing. A lot of the faults probably get largely swept under the rug unless you dig really deep. Watched a video on the Porsche EV and how they are allegedly continuing to sell them with known faults. Something along the lines of the BMS overcharging cells which doesn't end well. Was talking to the old man a couple of days ago and he knows someone with the Porsche and it is not allowed to be charged overnight lol. I didn't get why that would be. Then saw a video by some viking dude (pretty good channel) who explains the above overcharging deal. I saw it on the internet so must be real. But imagine spending $$$ and not being able to charge your car overnight so you can drive home the next day.
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Flick me a PM, will dig it out. I'm based in Prebbleton so south area. Not worried about coin, better it gets used than goes to waste here.
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Need to be spray on? I have brush on in CHCH I don't plan to use anytime soon. Kicker is would need to have someone grab it as posting it will be a ballache.
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I think it likely comes down to ease of install in many cases. Have seen both situations and i'd say it's easier to get it at boundary for most places. The example I mentioned has no road access anywhere near it so is likely powered off The Warehouse itself. Is free too (25kW). The one at New World down the road is like your example and has a power box on the main road next to it. Could depend who is fronting for the hardware and running it too. The below chargers aren't free $0.80/kWh (50kW). I don't own a cable / nor plan to get one, so only the fast chargers would work for me anyway. Cable cost is probably a years worth of electrons, if not two, so not really worth getting for the odd charge.
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I just think of the shopping center parks like public toilets, you'd only use them if you were about to shit your pants / run out of battery.
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Yeah that happens at my closest Warehouse, usually Kona parked up getting their coffees as the park seems to be closer than even disabled parks to the door.
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On 18/12/2023 at 12:33, locost_bryan said:
Wonder how long until lithium battery fires take top spot off drunk frying and hot ashes?
That's an easy one. Given the relative safety of lithium batteries compared to the stupidity of humans, you do the maths.
Charging drone batteries unattended won't be a recommended practice.
With that said I wouldn't charge my EV overnight parked next to my kids room. Even if you know it's safe, doesn't mean you won't take steps to mitigate the risks. I don't even charge my AA batteries unattended though... So that's probably a me being paranoid issue.
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Yeah I wonder if that loop hole has been closed yet. You know what I mean though, *puts on tinfoil hat*. Zero interest in decal plates or homemade plates forever, then all of a sudden they care.
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It's for safety, we swear.
Guess that means they want to be able to read the plates... so... lets see what comes next.
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4 hours ago, shrike said:
Any option for a holiday over to Japan and find one yourself?
Wait for part 2.
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You guys can get new jobs you know, OS meat, new year, new job, winning.
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Nice, that's some decent distance you've put on it, must be doing something right.
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That SoH is doing well for 100k, how old?
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You might want to see someone about that...
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Everything is getting spammed at the moment.
That isn't petrol / diesel.
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Details on the clean car rebate finish:
Snap up those fresh import EV's while you can.
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Best idea to send all that through. I had to do some welding for recheck and sent through photos for checking. Got the ok to paint and final check was done with it all finished.
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It's ok I have AA plus.
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Is there another option?
I should really sort my uber high idle before this. But I know if I mess with it, i'll get it wrong. And will have to boring daily it again, so i'll just charge the battery and send it. I really need to enroll in carb fettling 101.
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3 hours ago, cubastreet said:
Hmm... 6kW motor and 7.2kWh battery.
I think I'd scrap the engine block, power steering, aircon etc it would probably double the range.
If you scrap the block though, you have to do a lot more work to mount the motor to the gearbag. Granted it's not an ideal situation, it sure removes a lot of the fuckery involved with converting from ICE to EV.
The EV thread
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I think that was commissioned by petrol / hybrid owners as a distraction, lol.