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13-05-2011, 07:48 PM | #2881 |
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repetitive knocking sound while turning is most likely cv related yes?
how long can it be ignored?
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06-06-2011, 06:13 AM | #2882 |
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My windscreen has many tiny spots(like thousands) on the outside that I can only see when driving into a rising or setting sun, its rather annoying when it happens but is perfectly clear the rest of the time, I know its most likely caused by tiny stone chips from sand/small stones etc from 9 years use.
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06-06-2011, 06:43 AM | #2883 |
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most definitely! You'll get away with it for a while but they're trying to tell you they don't wanna play no more
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06-06-2011, 07:23 AM | #2884 | |
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Someone suggested getting the window professionally polished, as that'll cut them out, whether or not it'll be worthwhile for stone chips over a whole windscreen i'm not sure but could be worth a look around |
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06-06-2011, 08:35 AM | #2885 |
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You can get a windscreen polished, but most places don't like doing it as it will cause distortions if there's any depth to the scratches.
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06-06-2011, 11:34 AM | #2886 |
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Phil & Daniel, you have 3 options:
1. Leave it as is 2. Claim for a new windscreen through insurance (if you have 1 new windscreen per year) 3. Polish it up I have read you can polish it up using glass polish, but is very time consuming & you need to use a highspeed orbital buffer to polish out the scratches etc. I had the same dilemma with my old Gemini, was pitted to crap with very minute "dents", ended up using another windscreen out of 1 of the 6 Gemini's we had at the time
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06-06-2011, 12:36 PM | #2887 |
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I think I will call the insurance company and see what they say, its not that bad of a problem as I said you can only see it when driving into the sun in the early morning, if I can take a pic of it I will so others can see.
The dots look to be the size of a pin head/grain of sand. |
06-06-2011, 04:21 PM | #2888 |
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anyone know the size of the bore of a lantis master cylinder from a cba?
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06-06-2011, 05:41 PM | #2889 |
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225/40/18 tyre too wide for a SP20?
+52.5 offset on a 7.5" rim |
06-06-2011, 06:13 PM | #2890 |
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06-06-2011, 10:20 PM | #2891 |
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Im guessing BL MPS3 rims? Seeing the BK3 MPS & 6MPS both had 18x7" rims, and 215/45 tyres
As Ryan has said, tyres are too big, to stay legal you have to go with 215/35
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06-06-2011, 10:29 PM | #2892 |
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Now my question.....
Can you buy valve cover gaskets by themselves for the FP/FS? Missus laser is leaking and mine is starting to as well, so best to replace now.. I can buy from the US, but for buying 3 it still works out to $45 each shipped, so is it worth buying locally (if I can)?? Cheers Marc
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07-06-2011, 05:55 AM | #2893 |
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I'm guessing repco would be about the same? Even if it's a little more it's local so the few dollars extra to me mean a piece of mind on replacing parts I know Mazda charged me 97 for mine... Souch a ripp.but it hasnt leaked since I changed it 2 yrs ago soo..
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07-06-2011, 06:44 AM | #2894 | |
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07-06-2011, 11:17 AM | #2895 |
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Yeah the BK MPS 3 wheels sure know your wheels I think i'll stick with my nice 45 series tyres and light as wheels
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12-06-2011, 01:38 PM | #2896 |
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didnt want to start a wasted thread so i'll ask it here instead.
so there aren't many (if any) decent after market tail lights for any of our cars out there that we actually like a lot. i was gonna go buy some smoke/black/tinted (whatever you want to call it these days) tail lights for the MX5 but nothing i saw was appealing. saw marc's post about lamin-x and that reminded me of doing it that way but then i remembered a couple of tail lights that i really liked which were on 2 other cars i wanted to buy at the time. they are......: Toyota AE111 Levin BZR OR Honda AP2 S2000 Compared to Mazda NA MX5 or i could just leave it as it is.. but i want to do something "different". i like the non mazda tail lights as above because they stand out on a black car. and they look nice and simple . suggestion wanted, unwanted tail lights also wanted
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12-06-2011, 02:29 PM | #2897 |
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there are similar tail lights like the S2000 ones for NA6/8s.
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12-06-2011, 08:01 PM | #2899 |
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I'd just use an orange bulb
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12-06-2011, 08:34 PM | #2900 |
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Use a chrome bulb that flashes amber
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