Recent content by Road Warrior2

All season tires, been there done that, work okay if the roads have been treated or plowed and or just a small amount of snow. When I say "snow country" it is the result of a lake effect event where one of the Great Lakes is about 1.25 hours north and a cold front sweeps across the unfrozen...

In talking with DTD, they seem to think the problem is that the tires are cupping. I rotate regularly and of course the tpms is working. I checked DTD tire buyer tool out and am now looking at a Falken Wild Peak A/T Trail. That tire, if I am reading this correctly is now the spec tire on the...

The tires were fine for the first 20k miles, they are a 50k rated. As I mentioned in the opening post, I work up into snow country at all hours of the clock. quite often the roads will not be plowed when coming and going. Fortunately it is not hilly at all, relatively flat and interstate except...

Well it is time to give an update on the Pirelli Scorpian All Terrain Plus tires. They have around 20k on them. I am actively contacting Discount Tire Direct to see if there is a warranty I could activate to have them replaced. The wear is great, the handling is great in snow dry or wet. The...

Mystery solved The car opened up on the first push of the rear hatch release after sitting for several days in the cold. So it was the batteries in the fobs going weak after 2 years.

I finally got around to calling the dealership today for this problem and another nitpick problem. They wanted to give me a loner for a few days while the car sits at their lot which is a non starter for me as the dealer is a bit far away and work schedule becomes a bit prohibitive. They did not...

I read a good bit of this thread, but if I missed the preemptive strike solution, sue me. You can treat your windows with Rainex, it seems to prevent any frost from sheet formation. I believe it will only form in dots on the windshield. Another thing that is possible is to put a sheet of...

Give a quick overview of vehicle status and then problem. As stated 2017, I am a commercial driver so when I go to work I am gone and the car is parked for several days at a time. Last night and a few other times I get back from my trip and have to unload the work vehicle of my luggage and gear...

I suppose if I was 12 y/o or so I might try to make it look like a hot wheels car.

featuring a color scheme/wheel combination that looks like my car. Machine gray with black wheels. Well, my uniqueness lasted about a year I guess. Full speed ahead to black out my roof!

So I found a local to me guy today that does vinyl wrap work. When you start to look at the details of having the roof wrapped, you run across a few areas where you have a hard decision to make. If you decide to wrap the area below the roof rail cover and above the door, when you get beyond the...

Has anyone applied a high gloss vinyl wrap on the roof of their CX5? I am looking at doing my roof from the rubber seal of the windshield to the break of the tail hatch and along the roof rack rails. Machine gray, with black wheels is what I have. Planning to plastidip emblems soon. Anyone do this?

Yes, I think I established that there are holes behind the emblems and removing is not an option for me.

I had time to do a little research. They are both connected via holes in sheet metal so for me, that is a no go if I want black emblems, plastidip is my answer

Are the emblems removable? I want to paint them black. The sky active and the CX5 ones, not the M.