09-25-2020, 03:39 PM
Oh that's going to look good
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09-25-2020, 03:39 PM
Oh that's going to look good
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had to go full Leeroy and Pilot Sport 4S's are on order. Costco was running them $110 off until tomorrow and by the time i factored mount and balance + tax on the Contis, i was within about 50 bucks of the Michelins, with a worse treadwear warranty. and considering i only drive about 6-8k miles a year, i feel like the sting will be long gone when i'm thinking of replacing them 4 or 5 years from now.
gonna try to sell the stock wheels/tires for $250 just to get them gone. i feel like that's reasonable for tires with about 10-12k miles left on them and considering someone will likely talk them down to 200. really looking forward to the all around performance of the PS4S's especially in the rain. i've never owned a really "gold standard" performance tire. discount, used, off brand, you name it...time to do it right i guess.
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10-02-2020, 08:00 AM
you won't be disappointed. i'm running them now on the Golf and they handle really well in dry and wet. Had them on the Z3 on the apex's as well. It's hard to tell what the 4motion covers, but i've been really happy with the PS4Ss.
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10-02-2020, 12:10 PM
(10-02-2020, 08:00 AM)Sijray21 Wrote: you won't be disappointed. i'm running them now on the Golf and they handle really well in dry and wet. Had them on the Z3 on the apex's as well. It's hard to tell what the 4motion covers, but i've been really happy with the PS4Ss. cool, i'm definitely going to be realistic about them because boy do they ever chooch the hype train for these tires, but i'm sure they'll elevate the performance nicely. one thing i felt made them worth it too was the 30k mile treadlife warranty. nothing else in the same performance envelope came close to that for the price.
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swung into costco on saturday to get some large helpings of meat
![]() hit 'em up with a wash to get the mounting goop off and tossed a quick spray wax on and some Adam's VRT on the rubber. can't comment a whole lot on the tires yet since i've done about 8 whole miles so far but feels pretty excellent. the difference in rotational mass is clear. topped them off with some McGard spline drive lugs in black to work with the center caps. ![]() ![]() ![]() i'm real happy with it. can't wait to throw it into some curves.
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10-11-2020, 07:16 PM
awww yisss
10-11-2020, 08:03 PM
Looks good! Hit us with a solid side profile shot.
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10-11-2020, 08:10 PM
(10-11-2020, 08:03 PM)JPolen01 Wrote: Looks good! Hit us with a solid side profile shot. best i got at the moment. ![]()
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10-15-2020, 11:12 AM
Oh yeah. Good lookin!
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just been having fun with it. in the process, found out i have slight tire rub in the back with some weight back there (bike rack + bike + big bump) so i'll try to very discretely roll the inside lip on the rear fenders. never heard that noise before, freaked me out pretty good.
![]() still figuring out tire pressures. i'm so used to floppy all seasons that need to be at 45psi to keep from rolling over that i keep having to bleed these down to use the whole shoulder. currently 32/30 cold front/rear, could probably stand to come down in the front some more. the grip levels are so much fun, i can't imagine having gone full Colonel Senders and trying to put 9in wide 245's on the front, i'd never come close to using that on the street. ran into my first real, actual need for injector cleaner about 3 weeks ago. had some really noticeable high RPM detonation after filling up with 93 in small mountain town GA on my way to a scout camping trip with Sam. with temps in the 60's there should have been absolutely no reason for it. ran a full bottle of Techron through it on the next fill-up and crossed my fingers. sure enough, smoothed the cold idle and cold part throttle way out...i mean very clearly, and cleaned up the detonation even at higher temps back here at home. i've had no issues since. typically that stuff falls into the Snake Oil section of my brain for a last ditch resort but i can't deny that it worked amazingly for 8 bucks. i wonder if i either had a clogged injector, some carbon (lots of sitting and short tripping) on a piston, or maybe some junk on the fuel pump sock that had to get dissolved. another oil analysis incoming, this one will be interesting because i ran the oil for 15 months which is not something i normally do. between the roadtrip the mountains last August with lots of high RPM driving, then lots of sitting and short tripping, and then short bouts of getting run hard, i'm curious how things shake out. M1 0W-40 drained out, Castrol 0W-40 dumped in. oil changes are always a 1 hour affair at the minimum thanks to the insane filter location. just the worst. whole car's gotta go up to be level, passenger wheel off for access. 1 beer minimum for this phase. ![]() with access i decided to also go ahead and change the drive belt, and spin some of the pulleys to make sure they all still sounded clean and spun free. the stock 107k mile belt looked flawless. either it was replaced at some point earlier (which makes no sense) or Honda belts are really 200k mile belts and they just cover their asses and say replace at 100k. ![]() also, all or at least the front brakes are warped bad. stupid Stoptech pads are lovely but rust to the rotors instantly when i wash the car, and the deposits are just about impossible to "grind" down with a rebedding. probably need to just get some el cheapo rotors, turn these ones and keep em for extras.
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11-04-2020, 12:07 PM
I hope you replaced with a honda belt since that one looked so good.
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11-04-2020, 12:09 PM
In other news, how great is that ego chainsaw?
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11-04-2020, 12:22 PM
(11-04-2020, 12:09 PM)Apoc Wrote: In other news, how great is that ego chainsaw? I have a Ryobi 18 volt chainsaw and pole saw and have taken down trees up to 13 inches in diameter. It's a bit of work at that size but itll do it. (also I have lots of 4ah and 9ah batteries, would be impossible with the dinky ones they provide with tools).
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11-04-2020, 12:57 PM
Senor_Taylor Wrote:I hope you replaced with a honda belt since that one looked so good. damn right. Apoc Wrote:In other news, how great is that ego chainsaw? haven't tried it yet! had to wait until i could get my hands on some bar & chain oil which just came in, before i could run it. local HD was quietly dumping EGO inventory week before last (apparently EGO is jumping ship to Lowes now) so got it for $270 compared to $350 normally. since the 5AH battery it comes with is $200 on its own, and my mower takes 2 batteries when the lawns really thick, i just like to justify it in my head as a mower range extender that came with a $70 saw. the big appeal for me besides lawn work is that it'll be my overlanding saw since i can throw it in the 4Runner and it won't stink and i don't have to carry fuel. we'll use it to buck up firewood and clear trails. D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:I have a Ryobi 18 volt chainsaw and pole saw and have taken down trees up to 13 inches in diameter. It's a bit of work at that size but itll do it. (also I have lots of 4ah and 9ah batteries, would be impossible with the dinky ones they provide with tools). that's far beyond what i'll use this for at home but good to know what i might be able to tackle when we're off road and camping.
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We have the mower, chainsaw, and leaf blower. I've been known the carry the chainsaw around in the back of the wagon to cut up wood pallets (as firewood) that businesses put on the curb for people to reuse. A few weeks ago I felled and broke up a rather large branch (20' total length) with no problems whatsoever.
I've been eying the trimmer and edger with a second battery, so now I'm going hunting for HD deals....
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11-04-2020, 03:09 PM
(11-04-2020, 01:02 PM)Apoc Wrote: I'm going hunting for HD deals.... strangely they don't seem to be advertising about it, in my case it was an in-store deal only that hadn't been mentioned online or in their adverts. might want to poke around if you're out.
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11-04-2020, 03:40 PM
Love my ego stuff. I have the trimmer and blower with two 2.5aHm batteries. I want to add the chainsaw to my lineup soon.
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11-04-2020, 03:43 PM
How fitting a honda thread devolved to discussing lawn equipment.
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11-04-2020, 03:46 PM
(11-04-2020, 03:09 PM)ScottyB Wrote:(11-04-2020, 01:02 PM)Apoc Wrote: I'm going hunting for HD deals.... I looked and pretty much all ego stuff in out of stock at homedepot.com, for online order or instore pickup/stock. Things are in stock at Lowes, so looks like it's more about local HD stores clearing out stock on hand. ![]()
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
11-04-2020, 09:13 PM
You missed the boat. The offload at HD happened weeks ago.
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