#anyways yippieeeee new brake discs
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beginning to understand what iketani meant with working on your own car makes you fonder of it bc i just replaced my brake discs and brake pads all on my own and the sense of pride and love for my car is unlike anything ive ever felt man
#ngl feeling so accomplished#even if it took me three hours bc my entire body weight was not enough to get the old rusty crusty dusty 17 year old discs off#had to ask the garage owner for help#not gonna lie when he showed up w a whole ass hammer he kinda scared me but#guess it was necessary??#anyways yippieeeee new brake discs#ventilated ones!!#honestly getting everything off was the hardest part#putting everything back on was basically just reverse engineering#man the new discs are so shiny every time i pass my car now im like ooh shiny#like what am i#a bird??#also shoutout to the 3mm of brake pad left on my old brake pads i cannot for the life of me believe my car stopped with those#took them out was like ''oh there's still quite a bit left'' then compared them to the new pads and there was a whole centimeter difference#like oh lawd.#BUT WE DID IT#IM SO HAPPY#my babygirl (read: car) was so brave#i hope i wont have to do this again anytime soon bc#do i feel proud#yes#do i have crippling anxiety that i messed up somewhere despite following The ChrisFix Tutorial and asking for a once-over by the garage owne#also yes#but f it we ball#iketani was right that shit do make u feel very proud#ok that's it that's my rambling for today#for the stray person reading this ily
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