MadMuhammad

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Many trucks where we are located have wheels passed the wing covers.

 

Can you not get the wheels arch covers that are available to add to the trucks wheel arch, I see many trucks with those fitted.  

 

I will do that to my truck in 2 years time when it's due for 7 year inspection if they are bothering still about it. 

 

I think mine are just a bit out from the wheel arch if you look closely.

 

 

 

 

I’m in a different situation as I have a Cefiro that has been modified for drift, 45mm extended from lower control arms. 
The rears are also a wider rim with an offset that has them protrude also.

I did look for fibreglass or plastic bolt on flares but I couldn’t find anything perfectly suited, unfortunately.

Cue up about 60hrs of YouTube, many more hours of interwebs research, the purchase of a MIG welder and associated tools and a few months of frustration and trial & error, including 1 broken arm, I’m almost there!  

10 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Never heard of such a clamp down.

I went to have my car inspected to pay road tax and por ror bor recently and was told that the testing stations are now required to have photo evidence of the vehicles being tested, and that wheels/tyres protruding out of the wheel well can no longer be overlooked. 
Needless to say I didn’t/couldn’t pay my road tax that day 

5 hours ago, Chris.B said:

Does your mummy know that? ????

 

She sure does! ????

57 minutes ago, Screaming said:

Stupid is as stupid does. Anyone who gets on a bike in Thailand is taking their own life in their hands. Be it skinny tires or fat tires, it is only a matter of time before you get hurt or die.

I like to live dangerously. 
the worst bike accident I’ve ever had was back home, go figure 

Over half a mil AUD transferred in the last 4 years with no issues whatsoever. 
I managed to send $80K to the wrong bank once and it bounced back a day later, I sent it to the right bank obvs. 
Great service in my experience 

Anything of use or value for my gaming rig o bought with me. Tech (high end) has limited availability and can be extremely expensive here. It’s a toss up between luggage space/over weight and cost of buying new. 
If as you say you’re planning on purchasing a gaming laptop try to purchase now and bring it with you to beat the price increases and import duties 

PS4’s are available used here but most likely at inflated prices (I don’t have any direct knowledge of pricing admittedly) 

https://www.samuiforsale.com/other-miscellaneous/prohibited-occupations-for-foreigners.html

FYI

I had to call my bank in Aus as they blocked my account for fraud. I actually spoke to a real person for a grand total of 11mins first call, 8mins second call. 
 

It’s not just Thailand I’m afraid……

1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:

Do yourself a favor, either now or in the future. Go to DoHome and purchase the white UV-PVC gutters and downpipes, have had ours on for 6 years, no issues.

 

That said, spotted a leak coming from the plasterboard ceiling under the front porch, I opened up a bigger section to see what gives and I noticed an aluminium, zinc, call it what you will leaking, I basically lost it, called the Mrs in and said W-T-F- is this, she called the builder, his excuse was, had to make special gutter for the runoff of the 2 other gutters on either side.

 

The leaking gutter is deep, consider it a box gutter, so I said I want it replaced with a PVC one, ok, no problem, buy one and I will install it, but will have to make adjustments to accommodate, three months later, still waiting, that said, he is good for it, as we know it takes a long time to get him away from all of his other work which is backlogged, but will eventually have it changed to PVC. 

They’re like small children, if you’re not standing at their shoulder saying ‘no! Naughty. Don’t do that!’ They’ll just try to get away with anything. 
 

When they extended my garage I felt confident with the company as the owner was a young bilingual go getter, well educated and knowledgeable. I thought ‘great, I’ll sit back and let them go for it and not micro manage’. End of day one I check the progress… we’ll <deleted> me. 
Needless to say I was the new site supervisor for the next 3 days. 
 

I’ll give them props though. They took on board my concerns, listened and did their best to raise their standards. Can’t complain about that 

17 minutes ago, 33 RPM said:

Thanks for all the replies, i knew it had not been prepared properly as i watched some of the antics on show

it seems its either got to be re-done, that is if they can strip off  what remains , clean it, prime it and repaint

or ditch the colour and have plain, id rather have colour.

or the boring colour option of PVC, brown or white ??

and yes i realise there will be maintenance required, i just sort of hoped that the job initially might have been of a better standard but i should have known.....

as for the reason, i have a large area of grass, and use well water.

i dont know how long it will last, and im one for reusing where possible and to see tens of thousands of litres wasted, is a shame

i have plenty of water tanks , for storage 20,000 in total

Sadly with a majority of things here (99.9%?) if you want anything done to reasonable standard that lasts longer than it takes for them to walk off site we just have to do it ourselves. 
I’ve stopped complaining and letting it bother me now, I just see reality and attempt everything myself

I have bore water as well and everyone said I was crazy spending the money to connect the gov water as a back up, I guess we’ll see. Pays to plan ahead 

4 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

Nice plastic down spouts????

Yeah thanks ???? they were gonna be temporary but now I’m just gonna paint them at some stage haha

53 minutes ago, Dante99 said:

Before painting zinc gutters, clean then etch by wiping with vinegar then the paint has a rough surface to bond to.

SS is stainless steel??? not painted? Shinny silver house trim?

Stainless gutters are a nice look IMO 

36 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Like the "allegedly" part, their is a video of him doing it what is allegedly about it.

Can’t convict a man without a judge and/or jury. It’s allegedly him until proven beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law.

It’d certainly save a lot of time and money if all the bs could be sidestepped when one is bang to rights though, hey 

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

If the machine had been working it wouldn't have happened. But it did and he should be jailed, of course.

So you’re saying no one else may have tried to use the ‘repaired’ available one and suffered the same fate. Very flawed logic there 

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

did the same on mine, no problem with day time or night time use, but had a problem with the easy pass tag and the built in sat nav, its in the garage at the moment they are telling me the film was causing the problem and are having it changed.

That's good info, thanks.

Only issue we've had was a noisy fuel pump that was changed very quickly under warranty. I was shocked with the ease and speed that they replaced it, with.

7 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

Size matters.
The longer the better or was it the harder the better or.... wait, the cheaper the better.

Confused now.

Put it in when it’s big, take it out when it’s small. Hopefully along the way you took a bit out and put some back in again and enjoyed the journey 

1 hour ago, Andycoops said:

In my local Toyota dealer they have a display showing the various levels of tint they can apply.

I selected the 2nd lightest level when buying mine.

I had the same experience from MG. I went with 40% front, 60% side and rear and 80% for the sunroof, cos I’ve got no hair. 
The only issue I’ve had with vision is reversing down my (previously) unlit driveway at night. A well placed LED flood took care of that