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Madison Motorsports
You're My Boy, Blue - Printable Version

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RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 11-14-2018

after having to wait an extra 3 weeks...finally got the knob installed.

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the dimensions and shape are spot on for me.  the original knob was...dainty, to put it best.  this one is just right for my hand position and the knurled bands are truly functional.  looking forward to not burning my hand on the knob in the summer which is a legit thing that happens this far south.

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that said, i'm not 100% on my aesthetic choice.  its a bit loud.  probably should have done blued titanium or something that matched the exterior better.  also didn't realize that red engraving on white copolymer "glows" a bit and under most lighting.  so, it always looks like its blushing.  minor but annoying.  on the plus side, i do think the red shift pattern looks nice with the stitching.

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overall super pleased with the function, less so with the looks which is my fault, give it a 7/10 and half a girl scout cookie.

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Jake - 11-14-2018

I really like your big white knob, it stands out and looks good in the hand.

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Senor_Taylor - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 12:40 PM)Jake Wrote: I really like your big white knob, it stands out and looks good in the hand.
+1 Would love to get my hand on your knob, Scotty.

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RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 11-14-2018

Jake Wrote:I really like your big white knob, it stands out and looks good in the hand.
it does look pretty substantial now that i sit back and admire it.

Senor_Taylor Wrote:+1 Would love to get my hand on your knob, Scotty.
line starts back there bro

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Sijray21 - 11-14-2018

looks great! i like how the shifter is so close to the steering wheel in that model civic.

a good knob, wheel, and seats are so essential for a good driving experience.

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 01:50 PM)Sijray21 Wrote: a good knob, wheel, and seats are so essential for a good driving experience.

thanks and yeah...especially seats.  most wheels these days are good, you can replace a knob, but man having the seats figured out is so key.  these are the best in a car i've owned so far, by a landslide.

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - .RJ - 11-14-2018

can i touch it

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Apoc - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 03:16 PM).RJ Wrote: can i touch it

just the tip

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Jake - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 03:25 PM)Apoc Wrote:
(11-14-2018, 03:16 PM).RJ Wrote: can i touch it

just the tip

What if he reaches around from the backseat?

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 04:06 PM)Jake Wrote:
(11-14-2018, 03:25 PM)Apoc Wrote:
(11-14-2018, 03:16 PM).RJ Wrote: can i touch it

just the tip

What if he reaches around from the backseat?

ah the 'ol backseat bangshift, or is that the hoboken handybrake?

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Apoc - 11-14-2018

I think it's the Dirty Si-chez

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 11-14-2018

oh yeah, finally got these on and bedded in over the weekend.  just a different world of capability over the stock pads.  by the 3rd hard stop they were already putting my hank00ks into ABS almost immediately.  i really need to be aware of that in the wet, because thats where the tires are total garbage.

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best and most surprising change was the modulation.  the old pads bit really hard in the first couple mm's of pedal travel, then tapered off.  these are the opposite, very mild initially then they become super progressive.  i love it but have had to adjust how i heel and toe now, since my foot sinks further on the brake pedal to get a linear response.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

you think i'm gonna leave you without a classic Instructions Unclear™ moment?

got to the last caliper (the infamous rusty one), passenger rear, and was pretty tired along with trying to simultaneously feign interest over my shoulder while my kid stood in the doorway of the garage having a nerdout session that involved yelling to me the details of every major scene of the Pokemon movie he just watched.  anyway, on the rear calipers you have to unscrew a bracket that holds the brake line to the trailing arm so you have enough slack to pull the caliper off the mount.

with my eyelids falling and as i'm getting PokeFacts puked directly into my earholes at a firehose rate while i go "uh huh...uh huh...yeah...wow...uh huh" i am sitting over top of this last rear caliper cursing and yanking at it to try to get it off the mount.  i don't understand it...i took both mounting screws off the slider pins, wtf?  no way am i getting stopped at the final caliper, imma pry this bitch off.  so i go grab my long flathead screwdriver and run it under the caliper while prying at it against the brake disc.  its moving, but still stuck.  i am stumped.

then i peer over the caliper and realize i've been yanking the caliper against the damn brake line this whole time.  i never remembered to unscrew the bracket holding the brake line to the suspension arm.  Lord knows how much force i put on that banjo bolt as i strained against the brake line, but i just tried to pretend that didn't happen.

i can confirm after multiple brake-bedding panic stops that its not leaking, so i won't die in a fiery crash...immediately.  i am simultaneously a rather capable, and absolutely useless mechanic.

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Apoc - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 05:42 PM)ScottyB Wrote: i am simultaneously a rather capable, and absolutely useless mechanic.

This is exactly why I so-often opt to pay someone else. I can do many of these things, but the amount of frustration I experience at things not going smoothly shaves time off my life. That's assuming I don't just get so pissed off I take a hammer to everything.

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - rherold9 - 11-14-2018

I'd pay to watch Scotty do install videos

You're My Boy, Blue - JPolen01 - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 08:40 PM)rherold9 Wrote: I'd pay to watch Scotty do install videos


We need a YouTube channel for this. Scott's Automotive Adventures.

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - rherold9 - 11-14-2018

(11-14-2018, 08:48 PM)JPolen01 Wrote:
(11-14-2018, 08:40 PM)rherold9 Wrote: I'd pay to watch Scotty do install videos


We need a YouTube channel for this. Scott's Automotive Adventures.

ScottyB's.... we can't use his actual name. No one can know his humiliation. Then his intro music could always be "Scotty doesn't know"

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 11-15-2018

(11-14-2018, 08:59 PM)rherold9 Wrote: ScottyB's.... we can't use his actual name. No one can know his humiliation. Then his intro music could always be "Scotty doesn't know"

yeah we can't let anyone know my true identity because if anyone did, they'd probably send authorities to my house to take my kid away for fear of his safety being driven in my car of fail

(11-14-2018, 06:02 PM)Apoc Wrote: This is exactly why I so-often opt to pay someone else. I can do many of these things, but the amount of frustration I experience at things not going smoothly shaves time off my life. That's assuming I don't just get so pissed off I take a hammer to everything.

the amount of frustration is usually just below my threshold of long term memory. like an Alzheimer's patient, i continue to return to my garage with optimism that everything will be fine because it was last time, maybe?

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - .RJ - 11-15-2018

subscribed for y00t00b feed

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 11-15-2018

i've honestly considered it, to document the teardrop build too. 2 things though:

- i am as charismatic as a bowl of plain yogurt on camera, because i hate being on camera
- sometimes i don't screw up, then what?

RE: You're My Boy, Blue - JPolen01 - 11-15-2018

Maybe just install a camera in the garage so when you do screw something up you can post it here and we can enjoy your reactions.