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It's probably about 50/50 for all cars where the headlights are.
How didn't you notice the headlights were off if it was dark? Also, what kind of car were you driving? Never seen one with the headlight switch on the stalk.
I'm very thankful for Ohio's abolishment of emissions checks for our cars. Last night I and a few buddies removed the innards of my cousin's catalytic converter on the Cobalt SS. Gotta let that supercharger exhale! Now it emits the most awesomely race car-like sound ever with all the crackles and gargles and pops and the occasional backfire, and it'll only be improved when he buys a proper header. It also saved him a ton of money on dumb looking exhaust systems that sound like poop and aren't very beneficial, seeing as the factory piping is already full of beautifully smooth mandrel bends and fat tubing. That's gotta be the most awesome free modification ever. Sweet.
Oh, but it stinks something horrible. Ah, sacrifices.
Well looks like the 180 is sold. The buyer is coming up from Wellington on Friday to collect it. Hopefully the sale will go through without any hitches.
No, it didn't.It also saved him a ton of money on dumb looking exhaust systems
I bought a Bosch ICON wiper blade.
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http://www.boschautoparts.com/Products/WiperBlades/Icon.htm
but i got a problem in that the very center of the driver's side window doesn't get wiped so there is a swipe across the very middle of my field of vision. I got them at night so I didn't want to mess with it, any ideas?
Seeing as the Cobalt's "test pipe" is a $900 header that combines the exhaust manifold and the downpipe and includes a converter (SLP), then yes, his cost to benefit ratio is satisfying to him. But, since we did get rid of the cat, he just get an exhaust manifold for about $280. The cat is just the first step towards saving around $650.No, it didn't.
He did save a very tiny amount of money, if you consider the money saved on not getting a text pipe. But then a test pipe would provide better performance, so the "money saved" might have better been spent buying a test pipe and getting more out of it.
but i got a problem in that the very center of the driver's side window doesn't get wiped so there is a swipe across the very middle of my field of vision. I got them at night so I didn't want to mess with it, any ideas?
I was talking about gutted cats, not high flow cats vs test pipes.Grassroots Motorsports recently ran some tests between various cats, in this case on a Miata -
Dyno results showed between one and three horsepower gains, depending on brand, between the stock cat and a new replacement. A Test pipe was fitted, and gave no improvement over the top-performing cat.
Do it for the sound? Sure. Do it for the performance? Well, you might consider it to be worth it. I'd spend my time elsewhere.
Oh.Seeing as the Cobalt's "test pipe" is a $900 header that combines the exhaust manifold and the downpipe and includes a converter (SLP), then yes, his cost to benefit ratio is satisfying to him. But, since we did get rid of the cat, he just get an exhaust manifold for about $280. The cat is just the first step towards saving around $650.
I was talking about gutted cats, not high flow cats vs test pipes.
Finally got the old wheels replaced with...wheels that weren't as old. I always had a hankering for the 2004 ES 300 "SportDesign" wheels, which in look much nicer, and they fit perfectly. Too bad they're still 16" wheels, but you can't beat free wheels that have only a little interior paint bubbling (compared to my old ones which were peeling badly all around).
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Pitting wheels are really common in coastal Florida, so Lexus would have lots of them as warranty claims. The paint bubbling on the wheels is barely noticeable, unless you look towards the inside edge of the spokes. Toyota/Lexus Chrome-finished wheels are nightmares here, though. In 2 years, they would become pitted quite noticably; they'd eat a lot of wheels and give the parts department headaches.
Many Lexus wheels are painted, this set of special edition wheels have a "Thundercloud" color; they only made 4000 SportDesign ES 300s. My old GS 300 wheels were 12 years old before the finish even started to peel (and then they got rapidly worse), so if taken care of, the finish lasts.