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Ha ha! You know what the best part is...when I got my car for $6900, the dealer threw in a 24 month/24,000 miles extended warranty with a deductible of just $100 worth $2500!!! It covers everything from the engine to suspension components to transmission!
Time to go carve some more roads! -Chike Quote:
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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Re: SVX - Canyon Carver!
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http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...ight=judgement |
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Re: Re: SVX - Canyon Carver!
Damn! That was an awesome write-up. Never knew an SVX could keep up with that kinda company. I checked out the pics in your locker, and your Ebony '94 LSi looks sweet! Thanks for the link!
-Chike Quote:
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I'll see if you're right Andy - I switched my wheels around when I painted my calipers today!
-Chike Quote:
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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-Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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You know they probably were, but the previous owner had the wheels on wacky when I bought it. When I took the wheels off today, I noticed RF, LF, RR, LR written on the inside of each rim. I realized they must have been balanced for those specific locations and switched them around to their correct locations.
The AWD system doesn't seem to be affected in any way, but I did notice some vibration under hard braking over the last two weeks. Glad I corrected the problem sooner rather than later... -Chike P.S. One +ve is that when I weighed my stock rims w/ tires today, the two front ones both weighed in at exactly 47.5lbs! I didn't bother weigh the rears, as it was getting repetitive seeing the same number come up on the digital scale. Hopefully, the fact that the tires were all the same weight would cause no ill-effects to my AWD system down the road! Knock-on-wood!!! Quote:
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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Bill,
When I was painting my calipers today, I really inspected the stock bushings and they suck! They were so soft that even my fingers could squish them a little... I definitely will be switching to the urethane bushings this summer! Those twisty roads just keep calling my name! -Chike Quote:
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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Chike,
What I meant was that you might have a problem now if when you swapped the wheel/tire combinations around to make it so the wheels were all rotating in the "right" direction it resulted in tires now rotating in a direction opposite to what they're supposed to be. It's an easy check - just look at the sidewall of the tires and see if they have an indicated rotational direction (and that it corresponds to the forward direction for your car! ) Unless the previous owner went to one of those high buck shops and had the tires balanced on the car, the wheel/tire combinations' balancing is independent of their location on the car. -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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I checked. The arrows are now going in the right direction. I guess the previous owner F***** up the car when he had the wheels on wacky, and I probably made it worse by putting all the wheels on backwards! Luckily I never took the car up to a very high speed - most of my canyon carving was done at 40-65 mph.
Thnks Bill! Chike Quote:
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances. -- Albert Einstein, The Reporter, November 18 1954 |
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I'll definitely give the tires some time to get adjusted to my tinkering... However, those stock bushings must go!!!
-Chike Quote:
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato 2013 Cosmic Blue 5spd Evo X GSR 2006 Galaxy Gray 6MT RX-8 (sold) 2006 Steel Gray WRX TR (sold) 1996 Brilliant Red SVX L (sold) |
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