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  • mrsleeve
    I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
    • Mar 2005
    • 16385

    #16
    Originally posted by billbrasky
    have some standards and don't buy their chinese shit!
    x2
    Originally posted by Fusion
    If a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
    The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. -Alexis de Tocqueville


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    Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
    William Pitt-

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    • MrWizard
      Banned
      • Feb 2009
      • 61

      #17
      Originally posted by kishg
      +10

      chinese stuff is usually cheap crap but folks here want cheap crap. guess why nothing is made in the usa anymore. cos the cheap US consumers don't want to pay for it. you can't have it both ways.
      A statement worth quoting.

      Also it is already coming to pass that the US consumers now can't afford to even buy the cheap Chinese crap.

      Is there anyone still left wondering why?

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      • xLibelle
        R3VLimited
        • Aug 2004
        • 2673

        #18
        cool, thanks. needed to go there today anyhow

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        • Naplm00
          E30 Mastermind
          • Nov 2008
          • 1573

          #19
          no worries!

          just got back

          new cabinet, 50 lbs glass bead, o2 sensor offset socket, magnetic parts dish, 17mm allen key, set of funnels, 50 foot rubber air hose, and some npt connecotrs

          261.76 after tax

          SCORE
          88 325ic ~~~> Rusty and ugly
          85 E ~~~> RIP

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          • E30_pilot
            E30 Fanatic
            • Sep 2005
            • 1461

            #20
            hmmm.. i think im gonna get me a tool box
            -Frank
            1987 325is m50nv (schwarz)
            1990 325is (sterling silber)(sold)
            2001 525i

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            • Naplm00
              E30 Mastermind
              • Nov 2008
              • 1573

              #21
              http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/...ess/wbmake.php


              get learned mofo s
              88 325ic ~~~> Rusty and ugly
              85 E ~~~> RIP

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              • E30 Memorial
                Grease Monkey
                • Jan 2005
                • 315

                #22
                Originally posted by Naplm00
                found this cupoon today:

                http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...0&keycode=0000ive already got one of these units, they are great and cost effective with a few mods
                How's this cabinet for containing dust? Or do you use a dust collection system? What mods have you done to it?
                Steve
                '89 332i
                '90 M3
                '01 530is
                '24 MC JCW
                '13 ZL1 Camaro
                '18 RAM 3500

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                • Naplm00
                  E30 Mastermind
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 1573

                  #23
                  Cabinet will bleed dust if you dont seal it,

                  I used silicone while assembling and have a old tiny shop vac hooked up to the dust collector output.

                  I just shoved a rag to make up the difference in the hose sizes

                  put about a inch of water in the bottom of the vac and get to work

                  no dust bleed, works great


                  The gun that comes with it is so-so

                  a TP tools bun is much better and damn cheap

                  TP Tools: tools and equipment, parts and supplies for automotive restoration and auto body repair
                  88 325ic ~~~> Rusty and ugly
                  85 E ~~~> RIP

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                  • Brian 89 325i
                    E30 Fanatic
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 1450

                    #24
                    I really only but HF when it's something I don't really use that much, or something that I can't afford name brand stuff. Too bad Im already broke. :(

                    B

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                    • Naplm00
                      E30 Mastermind
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 1573

                      #25
                      with this cupon the cabinet only cost me 175 bucks
                      88 325ic ~~~> Rusty and ugly
                      85 E ~~~> RIP

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                      • Joe318is
                        R3V OG
                        • Sep 2005
                        • 6451

                        #26
                        BUMP

                        Some good stuff this weekend - picked up a Digital Caliper, seem nice



                        Originally posted by vlad
                        Do you know anybody else who built that many bad ass E30s?

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                        • b*saint
                          No R3VLimiter
                          • May 2006
                          • 3794

                          #27
                          I never buy hb stuff. That is for backyard mechanics who do a job once. How many times do they use half moon wrenches? I need tools that I use every day that wont break. Plus the tolerances on stuff like Mac are closer meaning you don't round deteriorated nuts.

                          Its not about being made here or not (gearwrench is imported and fantastic). its about end product with me.
                          Ma che cazzo state dicendo? :|

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                          • napabavarian
                            E30 Modder
                            • Jun 2008
                            • 834

                            #28
                            Originally posted by BillBrasky
                            Have some standards and don't buy their chinese SHIT!

                            I used to say that, but now everything comes from China :curse: I got a dolly from OSH for $50, then found the exact dolly at HF and it was $25, when US brand names were quality and actually made in the USA I'd buy them in a hurry, craftsman isn't far from HF overall, some good products, I purchased a $220 brand name floor jack from Tool Warehouse.com, then I got 2 more slightly smaller jacks for $80 each from HF to aid in installing subframes and I swear they came off the same assembly line in china, even the same bolts came out of all 3 jacks, HF of 15-20 years ago was crap, but their quality has come way up, and big names have gone down, my $150 S-K ratcheting box wrenches aren't nearly as smooth as they should be, I'd pay the money in a heartbeat if I was confidant I got something for it, but more and more it's looking like the same product in a different box.

                            This place is like catholic school, 2/3 of the students smoke weed on a daily basis, but the faculty seems to convince the outside world that drugs are just in the other schools, the resident pot dealer thinks he's cool because he has the originality to call anyone he doesn't like a homosexual, and most of the little children follow him like sheep, then there's the few with brains, you hardly ever hear from them, perhaps don't even know they exist, but they get all the sh!t done.

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                            • mitch500
                              E30 Enthusiast
                              • Jan 2006
                              • 1092

                              #29
                              why is there no price list on that shitty site.
                              1988 e30 alpine white vert 5speed
                              1987 e30 325 eta
                              1983 e28 533
                              2001 x5 4.4l
                              1997 e36 M3 Alpine white 5speed
                              1991 Jeep XJ I6 4.0

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                              • Joe318is
                                R3V OG
                                • Sep 2005
                                • 6451

                                #30
                                FWIW there are some things on there that dont require high tolerances to be a good products. I have a lot of HF tools that have worked well for me, but i also have some SnapOn tools for when tolerance matters.

                                The calipers are not something to live or die by, but for small things where the precision is not going to ruin the project [i.e. dont use it to build set deck height] its a great product.


                                Originally posted by vlad
                                Do you know anybody else who built that many bad ass E30s?

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