Summer wheels on!

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09SnowyVibe
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Summer wheels on!

Post by 09SnowyVibe »

Its that time of year! I just washed the car and put the summers on.


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Notice the hitch? I tow my 16 foot boat with this car. That 2.4 hauls it with lots of breath left over.


I was going to buy new rubber, but my Eagle RS-A's will do the job for a little while longer. 3 of my rims were bent bad. The roads suck here, and there isn't much rubber on the sidewall to soak up potholes. I used a bottle jack and a little torch heat to straighten them out. Made them a lot better, but i'll still have to replace one or two yet. I got the shaking to only be noticable over 110 kph, so that will encourage my wife not to speed. :lol: The car is very sensitive to any amout of out or round rims! You cannot hit potholes, or bad roads! Dirt roads are a NO-NO!

Plan to service the brakes, and paint up the rusty looking stuff like calipers etc. Black. Once summer hits hard, i am going to drench the underside in undercoating! :o
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tpollauf
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Re: Summer wheels on!

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Looking real good 8-) A paved driveway would be nice also :x but then again if the roads are that terrible then whats a few more meters of stone :x I take it the bent rims were your winter steelies? I'll be putting my summer tires on this weekend also. Keep it looking good ;)
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A Psycho Martyr
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Re: Summer wheels on!

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man...i can't get enough of the roof racks on those

Wish the 1st gen looked that good. I HATE mine :twisted:
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vibenvy
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Looks good :cool:!
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