Recent content by MS3Buckeye

While Cincinnati is far from being snowy all year round, I don't think all seasons are better than winter tires when there isn't snow on the ground. It is just too damn cold. When it is in the 30s and below, the tire compound in summer, and even all season tires is too hard. Can you drive...

Hey, I also live in Cincinnati, so I know the kind of weather you are dealing with. I personally believe: 1. You don't want to switch your winter and summer tires on one set of wheels every change of season. It is expensive, and it stretches out the sidewall on the tires after several...

For the money you are going to get for it, go out and buy a G8 GT. That is the car I'd get if my MS3 got totaled tomorrow. The new MS3s are FUGLY, and I'd never buy one used.

Question? At what revs are you shifting out of first and into second? If you aren't reving up enough in 1st and shift into 2nd, you will stall the car. Just sounds like you could be trying to baby it too much in unfamiliar cold weather. You shouldn't rev it real high, maybe 2.5-3k, and...

Here's one for the n00bs When you shift, the wheels and engine will no longer be rotating at the same ratio, because you are changing ratios by shifting. When you shift up, the ratio of rotational speed between the engine and the wheels drops. This is why when you shift up, RPMs go down...

Ya, I got them a while ago. My buddy had a speed 3 and bought them on sale on tirerack when they were closing them out. He sold his speed and sold me the tires for $350 still new, never mounted. Hell of a tire for that price.

Thanks remspeed. That is kind of what I thought but it is good to know. I guess I will just go with the rotas. That will be better if I do decide to lower it too.

Looking to get new wheels soon and like the hyperblack rota torques in 18x8. But I prefer the motegi sp10s, 18x8, also in hyperblack. Both are around the same price, but the sp10s only come in a +40 offset. Can this fit easily? The rotas have a +48 and should just fit right on correct? I have...

If you don't torque it right it could fail after another 20k (or something) miles like in the OP's case. That just seems much more likely to me than him recieving a defective replacement mount. Don't you think?

After all, it isn't like we bought a Toyota or something... (rofl2)

The MS3 only has 3 mounts, so when one goes, the engine falls out. The 09s have the same setup. The engine moves quite a bit in the engine bay on stock mounts. A buddy of mine autoXed his and the engine moved so much he pulled a coolant hose out. The next day he ordered his new rear motor...

Don't mean to thread dig but I had a few questions and I thought this would be a good place. Tried installing my buddy's ipod module from an older 3 into my 08.5 MS3 and it didn't work. I have since discovered why what with the new headunits and all. However: 1. Roughly how large is that box...

Yeah, you really shouldn't put the winter tires on when there is any chance of any warmer days ahead. The tires get incredibly soft and just fall apart. Seriously, tread wear increases DRAMATICALLY with higher temperatures with a winter tire. You don't have your location posted (I don't...

If you are having a problem with a censor on your wheels, these guys should be able to help: www.aclu.org I'm sensing that that isn't your problem though. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I have the stock suspension, stock alignment right now. I'm looking to go about -1.5 in the front and -0.75 in the rear. I agree that you wouldn't want to add more to the back, but you would still want to adjust it. The ratio between the back and front is what matters. From talking to...