The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) V

kenchan

yah, now is NOT a good time to go grocery shopping.

you may come home with things you dont need....

kenchan

anyone haz hook up to piaa?

kenchan

you mean the locking collars?

they're supposed to be ON the bar during manufacturing process. mine slipped through the cracks like SidZ.

XwChriswX

Yes sir. I am not 100% I have them on there, but am also not 100% on what they look like when installed, so I'm not sure what I should be looking for.

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kenchan

you see those little thin collars on the straight part of the bend? those are lateral movement locking collars...aka shaft collar locks.



you can buy them separately. it appears some of the first lots for the Z did not come with them. the rear whiteline bar does not come with them.

you can also buy the rapist versions... ($35 each)
Whiteline Performance Suspension for UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS SWAY BAR - ALLOY LATERAL LOCK


i also have these coming to me (aluminum ones) which i bought as back up.

Shaft Collars: Two Piece Split Collar - Inch and Metric | Ruland

XwChriswX

I'll have to wait until later in the week to go check, it's doing that floating moisture dizzle shit.

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kenchan

that sucks. im not sure if you can see it without taking the bottom shroud off. if your car doenst have it, i recommend you just getting the shaft collar locks (2 piece versions) get a pair. they work the same.

even the pair that comes with bar, if you buy them separately they're like $20 each.

happytheman

You think I woulda learnt by now!

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XwChriswX

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kenchan

kenchan

so i was checking out some driving lights to put on my fit. why? cause i dont want to run daytime running lights, but i want to have my headlights turned on in the rain.

but then if i turn on my headlights, my HU's screen dims and then i cant see the screen very well. and DRL is too yellow hue, makes my car look meh.

so, easy swap wouldve been to swap out the bulbs... but my car (it being a cheaparse car) uses H4 bulbs which is for drl, low, and high beam. so this mean i would burn through PIAA bulbs in like 5-6months. $50 a pair. too costly.

so, wanted to get a pair of PIAA drving lights and use that instead. and turn off DRL.

kenchan

chris- btw, for the front, since whiteline recommends using the same lock for their 25mm and 27mm, i just went with a 1" inner-diameter collar lock from ruland (as back up, im going to use the whiteline stock collars to start off).

check here for available sizes... i'd get the steel ones if you can. i got the aluminum pair cause amazon was out of stock.

Ruland MSP Two-Piece Clamping Shaft Collar, Metric: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

XwChriswX

I'll look into it once I know for certain I don't have anything on there.

This week it's brake work:

Swapping Left Front Caliper

Upgrading pads to Ferodo DS2500

Fluid Flush

Next week it's electrical:

Installing rear view cam

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Bonnie - Stage 2, Audio build coming this fall!
R.I.P. Abby 3/29/10 - 3/30/14

kenchan

u got a busy week, chris!

here's a pict from mr.gale's build thread. you can see that his bar has no locking collar, but he has a package there that look like 2 silver rings on the left. mine was missing that little bag with the rings.

the recent lots already come with the locks pre-mounted per the pict i posted earlier.

XwChriswX

I think maybe my bars had those physically on the bar... but I'm not sure, I'll try to catch a peek while working on the brakes. I'll snap a pic or two.



Gotta get everything prepped for ZDayZ.

Oil change is next week also. Then the only fluid that will not have been swapped is the PS fluid. Debating on if that's even worth it, and if so, what fluid to go with. Some people were saying NOT to use the Redline "Power Steering Fluid" for PS Fluid? To instead go with... fuuu I can't remember which one now.

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Bonnie - Stage 2, Audio build coming this fall!
R.I.P. Abby 3/29/10 - 3/30/14