What have you done to your MS3 today?

[WillD]

My Koni's ride better than stock suspension ever did.

I agree with this! Although mine are leaking around the top a little.

 

[MikeHTally]

Drove it to work, drove it home. Then drove it to retrieve my daughter's car (timing belt, water pump and hoses). Now the Camry's good to 200K or so...

 

[ericrapp]

Thats beeeauuutifull Brother!! well done and nice Vids and awesome soundtrack Domino

 

[ericrapp]

I sprayed my exhaust manifold stud and nuts and 4 turbo studs to mani with PB last night, getting ready to remove them.
and my Corksport down pipe is cracked. sweet.

 

[MTBjunkie00]

http://youtu.be/nIZqjFo-zic

Took her for a drive to the beach. Wind noise was horrible, so I put music in. Nothing special, just the NH coast.

 

[8.5MS3]

went outside

cracked a beer

looked at rear driver brake caliper with wheel on that isnt braking properly

decided it was too hot to start fuking with it

went inside and drank more beer

 

[ericrapp]

went outside

cracked a beer

looked at rear driver brake caliper with wheel on that isnt braking properly

decided it was too hot to start fuking with it
Holy sheet we got a lot in common.
you and i ever got together we would get tons of projects completed!


went inside and drank more beer

 

[ericrapp]

"Holy sheet we got a lot in common.
you and i ever got together we would get tons of projects" started" EDITED

 

[Domino81]

went outsidecracked a beerlooked at rear driver brake caliper with wheel on that isnt braking properlydecided it was too hot to start fuking with itwent inside and drank more beer

Anthony thanks you for this useful post.

 

[Domino81]

Thats beeeauuutifull Brother!! well done and nice Vids and awesome soundtrack Domino

Thanks, brudda.

 

[8.5MS3]

brake pad is only biting the outer half of the rotor, last time i pulled the caliper off to find the outer pad had slipped out halfway, reset it at anthony's place 2 weeks ago and now its doing it again,

i will more than likely be up at 6am tomorrow to put the OEM rear pads back in before it gets hot. i think the shape is a bit off with the hawks

 

[etipp98]

Well My Whiteline FSB and Anti-lift kit are in!! Suspension is almost done...

 

[8.5MS3]

swapped back to oems in the rears, took about 45 minutes since i did what? 5 brake jobs at your place anthony?

looks like a pretty bad design flaw

on the outer pad there is a small spring that presses it down when the caliper is on, the perch that it is supposed to press against is maybe a 1/4" wide at best, and it can easily pop out when putting the caliper back together, causing the pad to tilt, and only grab on the outside of the rotor

now, seeing as how this was the 2nd time this happened i just said **** it and swapped back, im sure the spring on the pad is bent in some way and it would only pop out in time. I also noticed that the pads were not applying force evenly as there were rust spots towards the corners of the pad.

in short. im gonna go have a beer even tho its 1040 because fuckitall

 

[Rotus]

I was having a similar problem, but mine were only biting the inner 70% and I had a rust ring around the outside of the rotor. It eventually fixed itself without me doing anything. I'll keep your notes in mind when I switch out my rears.

 

[ericrapp]

i have used only EBC pads but even the stock ones did not sweep all the way out to edge of rotors. If the pads are not wearing flat. ) use straight edge ( there is a flaw.

Sometimes it's a good thing when you can swap out pads and rotors in 45 minutes. for me it usually means i f'd it up enough times that i finally have procedure memorized

 

[speed3 britz]

De-badged and wrapped My hatch in Matte Black 3M vinyl, painted and put new filter in HKS intake, fixed boost gauge, re-attached Turbo-timer to dash, put roof rack back on... and Short blocked my engine for my truck, busy weekend!

 

[ericrapp]

that matte black is really looking sharp in that picture. do you have more pics? how hard was it to do? i can see me using this down the road!

 

[MikeHTally]

Drove it to work in the rains from Debby, let it sit in the rain Debby brought, and drove it home in Debby's rains. She'll be here all week.

 

[oaklandopen]

I dont know who this debby is, but if shes really as wet as you say she is im coming down there

 

[MikeHTally]

She's pretty wet... 4 1/2" of rain here so far. The central peninsula will probably finish out at 10" to 12". She's supposed to hang around for several more days, so you have time.