Well my car is still chugging along and so far I've been able to fix it's issues without having to pay a shop to take care of it. The other day I was driving home from work and I hear a smack on the passenger side of the car. A grinding noise suddenly started and I pulled to the side as soon as I could. I didn't see anything noticeable around my tires. I had just checked my brakes a few days before and they were well within their life. I decided to get it home ASAP. What I noticed as I was driving it home was that there was a continuous soft grinding noise while I was driving, and a harsher grinding noise when I applied brakes, but the brakes worked and it seemed to drive like normal. When I got it home and threw some jack stands underneath I found this:
Don't see it? How about now?
Apparently a bolt decided to take a hike while I was driving and now my passenger brake caliper was hanging on by only one bolt which was allowing is to pivot downwards and grind against the side of the rotor. Long story short - I found the bolt at O'Reilleys after trying a few places and it worked perfectly
I'll take a $3 fix anyday!
On another note, the summer is coming up. I might have some extra time to work on some much needed, long put-off services for my car. Other than some of the driveability issues, I've been thinking about a new paint job. It's not one of the more important things that needs to be done, but it is one of the more time-consuming things. Especially if I go the route of the $100 rolled on paint job. It looks like it might take a week, but it'll be least expensive since I don't have all the equipment for a paint gun, and I'll be changing the color entirely ( I can't stick with black in this desert ). Have any of you tried to paint your own car before? Let me know if you have any tips to share and I'll post my experience if I get around to painting it.
See you around!
Nathan
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