so i just back from arm surgery. to say the least im all drugged out and loopy here trying to type one handed. well im stuck at home and wont be able drive or anything for awhile. so talk to me! LETS GET SOME DISCUSSION AND LIFE BACK IN THE FORUM!

heres a link to my joe rocket leather motorcycle jacket for sale (help me pay my med bills ) :
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/fo...d.php?t=292572
me!!!

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I feel ya on the boredom part, even though i have a car to drive still. Life at the moment is split between work, sleep, and picking up a good friend of mine from god only knows where next time.... Was down in merced at 5am today...on the bright side i got 100 miles out of a 1/4 tank of gas Anyways, on to the relevant stuff, couple of fun questions. What type of compound do i need to clear up my cloudy **** headlights? Next on the list, methinks my front wheel bearings are going out, what are the most obvious signs since ive never had to worry about it. Last up, i had my brakes worked on finally, found out they were slightly out of round and needed to be resurfaced, so i went ahead and did it, and at the same time, upgraded my pads to carbon fibre pads, now however, when i am brakeing, i am getting what feels like wheel shake or front end shake under light to mid braking at 30-40 mph, ideas guys?

 

Ya. im on percoset trying to fight the excruciating pain of bone surgery. the cloudines can be cleared up with a fine wet sanding of the headlamps then a cleaning compounded the buffed with a nice polishing compound and you should be good. contact "realjoker1" on here he is really good at it and has done it many times. I dont know anything about brake and bearing problems...yet. take it to sonora subaru or the wrex performace mechanic guy in turlock!

 

YEA! Lets get some discussion going on! Well its friday evening, no plans yet or the weekend! With the rain me thinks I wanna go get dirty and then track in all the mud around town. Not like I'll be the only one Im sure some lifted trucks will beat me to it! Nor can I go ride my quad cause no one likes to get muddy when riding .

To the braking issue I think your rotors might be slightly warped and you should get them spec'ed out for it. If your bearing was going out you would know if it was. It would make a growling noise (deep tone kinda) wheel would be wobbly, or your tires would should signs if it was really bad cause you would have a akward tire wear. At least thats what I would suspect. Most wheel bearing issues Ive seen through the shop I work at is usually a growling noise and the wheel feels loose.

A side note on your braking issue too check your tire pressures sometimes it can effect your shaking in your steering wheel.

 

haha...at least you can drive! well im sitting here trippin on percosets for my pain eating watermelon and banana bread

so i just put some sumitomo htrz +III max perf summer 245/40/17 tires on b4 surgery. they are fantastic tires!!!!! they rated higher performance by tire rack in a recent comparison against re050 pole positions, falken azennis and yokohama advan max perfs. these are also only $99 a tire!!! (vs. $155 for bridgestones re050 pp)
they came ou as the top choice in the test and when i drove them after swapping my falken ze-512
's it was a night and day differance. these tires are the ****!!!!!!!!!!!!

so whats poppin valley? talk to me in my time of pain. lets get this place bumpin!

 

I have a few tubes of Meguiar's PlasticX for your headlights. I can let ya use some or stop by and help ya out.

 

does that stuff even wor? so far we've never found anything more effective than 15 minutes of high grit wet sandind and a clean n buff...and we do a lot of headlights at the dealership.

 

Ive used Blue Magic headlight restorer, got teh best results last time on my car when the headlights were getting kinda bad. After I got done washing the car( still wet) applied it with a clean buff pad, gave it some good elbow grease, wiped after the haze, washed it off and it turned out pretty good. I've also used the same stuff on my brother 98 Honda(its bone stock hes a nerd....not the point!) and I had a good result, BIG difference. But it's all in technique I think and the actual material!

 

I use all Meguiar's products so I apply it with a finishing pad and the Meguiar's G110

 

Im bored out of my mind right now, and even with the rain my car is way to clean, but it has never seen mud or dirt since my sister owned it, just a lil snow on occasion, a shame for a obs, i have yet to find some nice trimmed dirt around here in suburbia to get some mud on that too-clean undercarriage, and lack idea of how it handles in dirt as well...but gees would iu love to find some. As a side note, pops and stepmom are going to be out of teh country for 3 weeks this month, house is all mine, so i gotta find something to fulfill my bored mind aside from work for 3 weeks.

 

Dude, I used to hit the dirt patch and rally track hard at Golden State and Pedras..

I mean.. nooo.

 

come up here! pick me up and i'll show you some good dirt trails! lol nows a good time to because it just rained! score!!!

my undercarriage and wheel wells permanenlt brown now. a pressure washer doesnt even take it off!

basically when it come down to it, all youre doing is buffing off the top layer of the plastic with abrasive.

we see some tough to clear headlights @ the dealership. we learned from a guy that learned at detailing school that the wet sanding is the best way for tough jobs.

Ryan, i honestly cant see you hitting dirt in your car. just doesnt seem right. lol
id like to see it though. haha

 

O, I've had several people pull over to take pics and watch me tear it up. Had an old Mitsu rally car come and join me in tearing shiz up.

I can't talk about this on the internet, I'm trying to sell my car! :P

 

The PlasticX takes forever on tough jobs by hand, but I just turn up my DA polisher and git 'er done.

 

I want to know of some dirt roads/play areas around freakin Lemoore area. So if I break something (usually when I went 4 wheeling with friends we tend to break stuff) I'll be able to limp home hopefully! Or we can organize a little meet/greet/dirty time! I would just like to get dirty havent really gotten the car dirty yet. Besides pulling up into my driveway thats full of mud and water!