other What Bad Decisions Are You Currently Reverting?

[ingramlee]

The dumbest thing Ive done to my car to date (or didn't do) is not have this spoiler removed 5 years ago when a shop quoted me $300 to fill the holes and respray the trunk. I absolutely hate this thing. I recently had two shops quote me $1200 & $1325 to do the same. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[Dudeland]

A great place to hook up a secret button, like a scramble button, or an ejector seat. 

On 2/20/2019 at 5:37 AM, HarryPR said:

My ‘73’s PO was the master of bad mods. I have slowly been fixing them. For example, he used a universal motorcycle turn signal switch when the stock lever broke, and he converted it to electronic ignition using a distributor from a Mazda B2000 pick up.




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[mac]

During the past ten to fifteen years I've sold/given away, what today is referred to as "unobtainium" for "a dime and a song".  (If I still had all those parts and sold 'em at today's prices,  you wouldn't be reading this 'cause I'd be lying on a beach somewhere hundreds of miles from the internet.)

 

Consolation prize is the fact that I don't have to warehouse all that stuff any more. 

 

Mac. 

[arminyack]

Sticking with and rebuilding a 1600 motor instead of converting to 2L....

 

*ducks*

[chargin]

5 hours ago, arminyack said:

 

Sticking with and rebuilding a 1600 motor instead of converting to 2L....

 

 

Maybe you should also list your Alfa adventures as well ???

[worzella]

JB welded a crack in my distributor housing on a motor rebuild instead of buying a new one

 

Now my “perfect” rebuild is leaking a wee bit of oil somewhere on bottom of housing. 

 

New gasket

Proper torque on bolts

Proper special bolt oring washer

New dist shaft oring

 

What elso could it be? Maybe oil pressure guage leak?

 

Fun spring project ?

 

Randy

[arminyack]

1 hour ago, chargin said:

 

Maybe you should also list your Alfa adventures as well ???

Hey! the Alfas are glorious vehicles! Nevermind the fact that my Berlina has a cracked head, and is chugging coolant, and the rear end of the Giulia is making a rumbling noise on decel...

[chargin]

29 minutes ago, arminyack said:

Hey! the Alfas are glorious vehicles! Nevermind the fact that my Berlina has a cracked head, and is chugging coolant, and the rear end of the Giulia is making a rumbling noise on decel...

 

Says the man that kept flowing money into his 1600 block until a Tii complete motor fell into his garage  

[Pablo M]

This thread is amazing, and unfortunately I’ve already fallen into that trap.  
 

[PhilC]

A good thread, reminds me of all the bad car related decisions I’ve made over the years. The biggest of all my bad decisions, though, is the procrastination that went with them. That is something I cannot reverse sadly.

Not had my 02 long enough to have made a bad decision yet, I don’t think. Although,  spending loads of money on refurbishing my servos rather than delete them is something I’d like to undo.

[Dudeland]

Having procrastinated welding the rear fenders and fitting the correct tires.   More on this to come, but here is a taste. 

 

 

 

[Gordon]

Buying a set of 15X6 ET12 (E21 fitment) Alpina replica wheels and putting them on my former tii. At that time, I knew very little about wheel offset. I was more in to the way they looked on my 02 rather than offset.   Let's just say that the Alpina replica wheels didn't last very long on my tii. A set of 15X7 ET25 Rota RB wheels replaced the Alpina replica wheels after I studied up on wheel offset.

 

 

Edited January 29, 2023 by Gordon

[TobyB]

Not keeping the '65 VW Notchback shell.

 

Everything else, I can fix.

 

t

8 years later

[PhilC]

1 hour ago, TobyB said:

Not keeping the '65 VW Notchback shell.

 

Everything else, I can fix.

 

t

8 years later

Selling my ‘62 Notchback is something I still regret today, nearly 30 years later 🥲

[walkinfool]

On 3/8/2019 at 3:51 AM, ingramlee said:

The dumbest thing Ive done to my car to date (or didn't do) is not have this spoiler removed 5 years ago when a shop quoted me $300 to fill the holes and respray the trunk. I absolutely hate this thing. I recently had two shops quote me $1200 & $1325 to do the same. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Funnily enough, the PO of the car I recently purchased also installed a rear spoiler and while it's not a bad look for some cars, it's definitely not the vision or direction I have for this car.  I promptly removed it and will be having a respray in the next several months and so I can live with the 3 holes for the time being.