Like your ride speedy. I have one just about like it but I don't wear a helmet :bowrofl:

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hey Fire! :tup: my thursday is kinda crappy so far. started off with my hands kinda clamped up during piano practice this early am cause i helped PDR my wife's M&M's metal can thingie with a pen last night. :ugh2: had to use finger muscles i dont usually use to push them out...

then this am i come to work and find emails there is a project delay by 2wks due to engineering failures... :wtf2: wtf is going on...

otherwise not bad. :icon17: how's your thursday coming along?


hi mr.alcheng. :tup: lol @ RC car suspension. i too thought the same. :icon17:

Dropped my parents off at the hopital so my dad can get a couple holes in his knee. Have to pick them up a little later. Day off so will get some rest sometime LOL.

Yes I did :happydance: I figured it's easier to make it louder later on than more quiet.

hey fire good luck to your dad's day surgery! :) :tup:

Loud pipes save lives :tiphat: My 69 Vette had 4 inch side pipes with no mufflers. What??

Thanks Ken. Shouldn't be much, my mom had her knee replaced so I'm sure she will keep him in line. :icon17:

Safety first! Although my neighbors give me weird looks when the turbo spools on that thing and the back end starts to drift while I'm cutting.
Right on. I got the same one.

I have one of these and have found it makes work MUCH faster. You may wanna check it out if you're doing the install yourself.

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haha. :tup:

speedy- wooo~ nice impact :tup:

Thanks for the tip! I will be doing the install on my back :tup:.

I have been doing lots of tool shopping past few days. My garage before yesterday just had a 100 pc tool kit and house remodeling stuff.

Next on list is torque wrench(s) and I'll take a look at your suggestion..do you know model number?

Good Morning Family. :hello:

I'm getting a first hand lesson in the "Law of Unintended Circumstances" this week. Here we go:

Get killer deal on a set of Nismo rims and brand new tires.

Find out that 2009 TMPS on rims will not "talk" to my 2011 Z.

Purchase 2011 TMPS from forum member at great price.

On the way to have the TMPS switched-out, hit a massive pot hole, but don't notice any damage.

Upon arriving at the tire store (Discount Tire) where I am having TPMS swap done, I'm informed by the manager they don't touch cars with spacers.

Car is parked for the weekend.

Notice on the drive to work on Monday that the car is pulling to the right.

Notice on Tuesday, the pulling is worse. Look at the subject tire, and realize there is hardly any air in it. Remember, I have no TMPS right now.

Immediately take the car across the street and inflate tire to 50 psi in order to make it home later in the day.

Get home last night and check tire. It has 38.5 psi. A few hours later, it's down to 35 psi. Take tire off and inspect for any holes, cuts, nails, etc. Find none and begin a prayer vigil hoping the rim is okay. Mount the spare mini-tire.

Get up this morning and am at Discount Tire when it opens. Manager meets me at my car, and I explain the situation. He thinks its a cut in the bead of the tire which is now ruined anyway.

Purchase new tire and road hazard insurance for the other three.

I'm now waiting to see if the rim/new tire can hold air okay. Apparently, it's okay since i haven't gotten a call back with any problems. Wife's picking up the tire at noon if everything is okay, and I'll mount it tonight.

What I found really interesting is that the flat tire does not fit in the spot where the spare came out of. What do you do if you are on a road trip with luggage? :ugh2:

I'll keep you guys informed on events as they unfold. Still have to get the TMPS swapped-out and a front end alignment. That should happen next week.

I just hope there aren't any bent suspension pieces. I was only going 25 mph when I hit the pot hole, but the impact knocked the wheel out of my hands.

yikes, GL hopefully its just the tire.

Can anybody please inform me regarding the TPMS and aftermarket wheels?

mr.gurney- hang in there!~ :tup: btw, also check your valve stem's core for tightness if it's not the tire or the bead. you can buy a cheap tool for this (and your pressure guage, 12v air compressor) at your local autoparts store. :) all it needs is a snug torque, no cranking.

That sux Gurney hope thing work out. Kenman shouldn't he have a valve tool in his trunk if he has spare tire delete. I'm sure there is a tool in my trunk.

does he? i dont know mine is a 2009 and didn't come with much tools.

this is the valve core tool (top right tip is wat you use to torque down the core if it's leaking).

http://www.pclairtechnology.com/Medi...4556_TVT01.gif

That Dewalt is DCF813S2. Just click on the pic I posted and it'll take you to it on Amazon.

I've worked on cars since I was a kid and have a garage full of tools, you can never have enough LOL

Zman good to see you buying tools. I have more than $1500 in tools in my garage. For torque wrenches you should get a 120 inch pound and 100 lb ft. Cannot give you part #'s Get the "click" type not the bar type. I don't think you need to get a stretch gage torque wrench. As for TMPS they are small sensors that mount on the valve stem inside the rim to let you know when tire pressure goes down. It sends a signal and will display on the dash.

Yep I'm building the tool collection ($$$$ :ugh2: ) :rofl2:

More specifically for the TPMS, if i buy aftermarket wheel, do I have to buy the expensive( read somewhere its $500) tpms for them? That would be a lot of extra costs for aftermarket wheels.

Nice thanks speedy. Is the battery good, or would you recommend a corded one instead? it will never leave the garage FYI

Not sure on the aftermarket wheels. I don't know if you can use the factory sensors in aftermarket rims. Anybody?

on some of them they do. but most places can sell you new TPMS that fits and just have the dealer program it. :)

Holy cow...Longer winded post than mine are being posted....Good..I am a blabbermouth...and a newbie...

Bad combo

corded ones are big... dont fit very well in tight areas... :ugh2:

oh oh....here we go:eek:










:stirthepot: Just keep lug nuts and shift knobs out of the conversation....:icon17:

Definitely cordless. I have the one I posted, and a bigger one that's 18V and enough power to zip off lug nuts with ease. I carry my bigger one to the track to make swapping to DRs quick and easy. I have air tools for stubborn bolts, but these cordless ones I use most of the time.

Some wheels they fit some they don't. Just depends on the wheel. For the ones that don't fit you get aftermarket ones.

Berk is on, sounds great!

Kewl import :ughdance:

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import- :tup: now your car sounds like how it should've come from the factory.

Nuts and knobs. :nutswinger: :bowrofl:

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Ill definitely look into them! Thanks Speedy

Guys - I've got a spare, so no delete option. I also have one of those tools. I checked the valve stem last night, and nothing was leaking from there.

I should be getting a call in a few minutes from the wifey that the rim and new tire are safely in the back of her MDX.

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Impromptu meet up by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

Ran into Cuzin NISMO today. He might be a little be faster but I'm still better lookin'!

Just got back into the office from a nice work out break. Feeling gooooood

Thinking of plastidiping my rear valance. I only have one question though since I've never used the stuff. How are people doing the edges with plastidip? Do you have to cut it with something?

:tup: hope your tire place has a no-touch mounter. :D

i think mr. alchemy did his... :confused: he should have info.

i think you'd want to use e-tape as your masking tape on the very edge and use a sharp razor to cut while you lift/peel the e-tape back. :)

btw MAKE ABSOULTELY SURE you mask the rest of your car and dont park your other car in the garage while doing so. the overspray is NASTY!

razors next to my car scare me

the alternative is overlay. :) i would do the matte one for the rear and paint the very bottom of the bumper afterwards.