Recent content by Gio26NJ

I ran General Altimax Arctic last year and was very surprised and happy about purchasing snow tires for our vehicles. Turned out to be a great investment. Was the first time in my life I used snow tires, will not go back to regular all season tires for the winter months anymore.

I was about to say, I'm 35 I don't find an option for me :( lol In my case instead of buying one $60K+ vehicle I chose to buy a CX-5 and a Mazda 6. I'm very happy with my choices, I don't really give a s*** about having this sense of living a luxurious lifestyle cause you make a certain amount...

It's the guide pin, not the threaded bolt. This thing was just not coming out, tried yanking, hammering, throwing off the roof :D was either bent and jammed or something is keeping it from popping it back out. I found the part number for anyone that may run into this issue in the future it's...

I'm in the process of replacing my front pads, the passenger side went real well slider pins came out nice and easy i applied some grease and reassembled. Now on the driver's side one pin came out nicely but the bottom pin was stuck to the caliper bracket. Tried everything to get it out and it's...

Very impressive! thank you for the updates.

If we like our vehicles enough to join an auto forum and do maintenance ourselves I would say we're all a little OCD :D I just switched back from my winter tires and used the CRC on the caliper bolts. There was almost no lube on the bolts like many have said. I would have never thought about...

I bought the ijdmtoy bulbs when I first bought in 2012, those lasted about 2.5 years I wanna say. Then last April I bought these cheap CREE ones from ebay, no idea who the seller was and some of the led's have went out on these as well. Total of about $30 spent in 4 years, not too bad. About to...

I need to look into this, my wife has been complaining about hearing a popping noise when going into reverse after parking. I checked this past weekend and it definitely sounds like the calipers are sticking, doesn't affect braking during driving. I have to get in there when I get a chance and...

Hmm that sounds like what I saw, no way it could be leaking could it?!? I checked my antifreeze it's fine but then I remembered that my RainX windshield washing fluid is the same color as well. Going to have to remove some panels and check this weekend just to be sure!

Naah I don't think it's piss lol :D I'll check the antifreeze levels when I get home although when I did my oil change recently it was just fine :)

Question, what color is the diff fluid? the other day backing up from my snow filled parking spot I saw some almost gatorade orange colored liquid. I stopped and got outside to check it out, there were no leaks that were visible and when clean of snow there are no marks in my parking spots. Just...

For the first time I'm trying out snow tires so let's see. haven't had a chance to test them out as we haven't received any snow but tomorrow is supposed to be a snowstorm so I can tell then. I went with 17's for a beefier sidewall, also went with a slightly narrower tire (215) man all I can say...

On the highway our 2.0 AWD consistently gets MPG in the 29-32 MPG range, this by far exceeded my expectations. Overall getting 26 MPG or so but that's majority city driving. 3.5 years of ownership, very happy with our purchase.

I beat the s*** out of the seat until the particles get loose and pop out so I can swipe them off or when I'm in the mood get the dyson out and vacuum it out using the brush extension.

When we purchased in 2012 they sent us a bonzai tree, still have it actually.