Let's talk about buying tools

[LudwigMiles]

I noticed my BRZ has E-torx bolts for the seat rails. I've never had to deal with these in any of my other cars, so I finally got me some E-Torx sockets.

What new tools has your BRz/FRS given you the opportunity of buying?
Also, what are your favorite tools?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00460F19A/

[strat61caster]

No.

[86geek]

And we Care cuz y?
Why don't you respond to your other thread about tracking?

[Is Always Angry]

Here we go again

[Minglor]

Do you find that your tools last longer at home or the track..?

[Clipdat]

Why do you need to do anything with your seat rails?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by LudwigMiles

I noticed my BRZ has E-torx bolts for the seat rails. I've never had to deal with these in any of my other cars, so I finally got me some E-Torx sockets.

What new tools has your BRz/FRS given you the opportunity of buying?
Also, what are your favorite tools?

None, all the tools I need for my FR-S came in the trunk of the car.

My favorite tool .....see below.




humfrz

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by LudwigMiles

I've never had to deal with these in any of my other cars, so I finally got me some E-Torx sockets.

Wait, you claim to have owned German cars and you've never had to deal with Torx?

Yeah, goodbye.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

[LudwigMiles]

Originally Posted by mav1178

Wait, you claim to have owned German cars and you've never had to deal with Torx?
Yeah, goodbye.

You should learn the difference between Torx and E-Torx.

[LudwigMiles]

Originally Posted by humfrz

None, all the tools I need for my FR-S came in the trunk of the car.

My favorite tool .....see below.



humfrz

Yes, I understand that many here do not own tools.
One day, you'll start to need them, if you keep your car to a high mileage.

Adjustable wrenches are great for stripping fasteners. They should almost never be used.

[LudwigMiles]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Why do you need to do anything with your seat rails?

I don't.

If there is a tool I don't have, I will try to buy it.
I hate like not having tools to do something.

If I ever need to remove the seat, now I can.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by LudwigMiles

You should learn the difference between Torx and E-Torx.

Ya since the E just means eternal and they are the exact same bolts used primarily in European cars since they came out. There is not a hope in hell you did not come across Torx bolts in all the German cars you claimed to own.

[jcw99]

Originally Posted by LudwigMiles

I don't.

If there is a tool I don't have, I will try to buy it.
I hate like not having tools to do something.

If I ever need to remove the seat, now I can.

You sound like me with the tool-buying habit - last count I had about 17 ratchets. As far as the seat rails go, one day my buddy and I were trying to take the driver's seat out of my BRZ so we could make the clutch adjustment easier and I didn't notice that they were Torx---somehow we were able to get 2 screws out using hex sockets and then ran into trouble with the third one--then we noticed that it was a Torx (I have both the Int and Ext types). We're both in our seventies and don't see stuff that easily You should join the garage journal forum--when you get there go down to the general tool discussion and have at it.