Switched to my silver Flatouts with the S-Drives yesterday since it’s getting colder, turns out two of them are right on the wear bars. After some research I discovered that Yokohama has discontinued that tire. Time to figure out a replacement. I also did some more autotuning, need to work on cold idle now.
I have been thinking about getting a pair of 3D printed visor blanking plates to replace the metal ones I have (don’t recall where I bought them without digging into my records). The machine screws that were used were just a little too small in diameter to hold properly so I wrapped them in Teflon tape to build them up. Not the greatest though as the driver’s side was continually loose. I ended up getting some from an Etsy seller who was close to me. My main concern with the 3D plates I saw is they seemed to be thick which I didn’t want them protruding. I’m happy to say the ones I got fit in the recess nicely. Here’s a comparison for the 3D and metal plates showing the screw difference:
Here is a shot showing the finish on the 3D plate, when it warms up I may sand them down smooth and then hit them with some paint:
Finally, a shot of it installed, you can see it’s in a good position:
I have noticed my wipers were slow, especially when using the one-sweep function. This morning I pulled my beauty plate off to access the linkage and lubed all moving points up with some PB Blaster Multi-Purpose Lube (Pro Grade, of course!). That took care of the issue.
Here is a shot showing the finish on the 3D plate, when it warms up I may sand them down smooth and then hit them with some paint:
Finally, a shot of it installed, you can see it’s in a good position:
I have noticed my wipers were slow, especially when using the one-sweep function. This morning I pulled my beauty plate off to access the linkage and lubed all moving points up with some PB Blaster Multi-Purpose Lube (Pro Grade, of course!). That took care of the issue.
