PA/NJ/DE meet June 10th.......
Who is Fizzer?
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Pettit fangurl <3
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From: Aston, PA
TWO DAYS AND A WAKE UP!!
Sponsorship package from Mazdatrix is "out for delivery"
hmmmm?? who is fizzer????
(dont tell anyone, but he is #12 on teh list)
PS...weekend weather is looking good!
Sponsorship package from Mazdatrix is "out for delivery"
hmmmm?? who is fizzer????
(dont tell anyone, but he is #12 on teh list)
PS...weekend weather is looking good!
G-force addict
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From: Wilmington, DE
My secret is: I'm driving all the way from Boston for this sweet meet!
Hehe, actually I reecently just relocated from Boston and now reside in Delaware. I've updated my profile to avoid any further confusion
Hehe, actually I reecently just relocated from Boston and now reside in Delaware. I've updated my profile to avoid any further confusion
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Originally Posted by fizzer
My secret is: I'm driving all the way from Boston for this sweet meet!
Hehe, actually I reecently just relocated from Boston and now reside in Delaware. I've updated my profile to avoid any further confusion
Hehe, actually I reecently just relocated from Boston and now reside in Delaware. I've updated my profile to avoid any further confusion
Woot - You're getting us all pumped up shinka213. I'm going to configure my NAV for the drive Friday night before I go inside so it's all ready when I start up in the morning.
He's as bad as Can
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,309
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From: Manchester, NJ
1. Shinka 213
2. I see slow people
3. Im danomite
4. Feras
5. Irish
6. darkrose
7. Speedrx8er
8. MotherGoose
9. SJ_Rotary
10. Cool-Blue-Dad
11. MaxxDamigz
12. fizzer
13. DukeGG1
14. 3MTA3
15. expo1
2. I see slow people
3. Im danomite
4. Feras
5. Irish
6. darkrose
7. Speedrx8er
8. MotherGoose
9. SJ_Rotary
10. Cool-Blue-Dad
11. MaxxDamigz
12. fizzer
13. DukeGG1
14. 3MTA3
15. expo1
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Pettit fangurl <3
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From: Aston, PA
4:00 PM
Sponsorship update.....
One very large box was sitting on my top step today when I got home from work...
hmmmm...I wonder where it came from....
me thinks it came from Cali...and yes, one of our largest supporters....
MAZDATRIX
Mazdatrix sells genuine Mazda OEM parts...everything from soup to nuts....
I have a great story to tell everyone about Geoff from Mazdatrix....
please feel free to visit their web site www.mazdatrix.com
guess what????
there were a lot more goodies in the mazdatrix box than I anticipated...
ROTARIES RULE!!!
Sponsorship update.....
One very large box was sitting on my top step today when I got home from work...
hmmmm...I wonder where it came from....
me thinks it came from Cali...and yes, one of our largest supporters....
MAZDATRIX
Mazdatrix sells genuine Mazda OEM parts...everything from soup to nuts....
I have a great story to tell everyone about Geoff from Mazdatrix....
please feel free to visit their web site www.mazdatrix.com
guess what????
there were a lot more goodies in the mazdatrix box than I anticipated...
ROTARIES RULE!!!
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Originally Posted by shinka213
PS.....I have not been able to concentrate at work....it is getting worse every day!
Close your eyes
tilt your head back
take a deeeeeeeep breath then release
then scream TWO MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Pettit fangurl <3
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From: Aston, PA
Originally Posted by Darkrose
Whoo hoo! Can't wait! The weather does look good for Sat. 
See you all then! Any other Shinkas coming besides me and Shinka213??
See you all then! Any other Shinkas coming besides me and Shinka213??I was hopin we'd have an 06 at the meet....I love that copper red
Running on double cream
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From: Altoona, PA
The great caliper caper or how I learned to love my 8 while reinstalling wheels.
So I got the bright idea this afternoon to start the ever so popular paint your calipers mod, what a great idea.....
I started with the right intentions; I only wanted to get the rear rotors and calipers done tonight and finish the front tomorrow afternoon. I went to Advanced Auto and bought the recommend duplicolor caliper paint kit. Took the time to scrub everything down with brakedust remover. Both calipers came off easy. The passengers side rotor came right off in my hands. The drivers side is where I ran into problems.
A couple of light taps with a rubber mallet. No luck. Couple of harder taps. Nothing. Sprayed the whole rotor with WD-40, couple of more whacks. Damn thing would not budge. I had this happen on the protege before so I moved up to a 5lb sledge with a wooden block. Finally it came off.
Everything from that point forward went okay. The paint, black, was a great choice and I really like the idea of brushing rather than spraying. I also took the time paint the heat shield flat black with high temp paint. Then it was time to put the wheels back on....
Passenger's side went on fine. I torqued all the nuts to 85 ft/lbs. Then the drivers side; from what I gather I must of somehow whacked the top of two of the lug blots with part of the sledge. All the lugs threaded on by hand fine however when I got about 1/3 of the way in with these two they got incredibly hard to torque well over 100 ft/lbs just to get moving. As soon as I noticed this I tried backing them out, another mistake. I did manage to get them off but the threads are totaly shot for about the first 1/8 of an inch on either blot.
I broke a forged alloy c-clamp trying to press one of the blots out. So now I'm left with trying to use a thread chaser.
Not a good way to start a 500 mile trip to the meet. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I started with the right intentions; I only wanted to get the rear rotors and calipers done tonight and finish the front tomorrow afternoon. I went to Advanced Auto and bought the recommend duplicolor caliper paint kit. Took the time to scrub everything down with brakedust remover. Both calipers came off easy. The passengers side rotor came right off in my hands. The drivers side is where I ran into problems.
A couple of light taps with a rubber mallet. No luck. Couple of harder taps. Nothing. Sprayed the whole rotor with WD-40, couple of more whacks. Damn thing would not budge. I had this happen on the protege before so I moved up to a 5lb sledge with a wooden block. Finally it came off.
Everything from that point forward went okay. The paint, black, was a great choice and I really like the idea of brushing rather than spraying. I also took the time paint the heat shield flat black with high temp paint. Then it was time to put the wheels back on....
Passenger's side went on fine. I torqued all the nuts to 85 ft/lbs. Then the drivers side; from what I gather I must of somehow whacked the top of two of the lug blots with part of the sledge. All the lugs threaded on by hand fine however when I got about 1/3 of the way in with these two they got incredibly hard to torque well over 100 ft/lbs just to get moving. As soon as I noticed this I tried backing them out, another mistake. I did manage to get them off but the threads are totaly shot for about the first 1/8 of an inch on either blot.
I broke a forged alloy c-clamp trying to press one of the blots out. So now I'm left with trying to use a thread chaser.
Not a good way to start a 500 mile trip to the meet. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Last edited by MotherGoose; Jun 8, 2006 at 11:07 PM.
first....call the parts store and make sure they have replacement lug nut studs. if they do, heat up the wheel hub with a torch (hand held ones) and then hammer it out. make sure to hit it dead square. get new lug nuts as well.
do this is if the thread chasing fails...good luck.
do this is if the thread chasing fails...good luck.
How did I end up here??
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From: PA/NJ
Originally Posted by shinka213
I dont think so....it maybe just me and you!!
I was hopin we'd have an 06 at the meet....I love that copper red
I was hopin we'd have an 06 at the meet....I love that copper red
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From: Aston, PA
sorry to hear of your demise MG!!
just as an FYI, when I did my calipers I didnt take them off...painting with duplicolor by brush is very easy to do without taking everything off...I just taped off everything that was necessary (which really wasnt a lot) ....the pad mostly...
hope you are able to get it together for the meet...
good luck!!
just as an FYI, when I did my calipers I didnt take them off...painting with duplicolor by brush is very easy to do without taking everything off...I just taped off everything that was necessary (which really wasnt a lot) ....the pad mostly...
hope you are able to get it together for the meet...
good luck!!
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From: NJ
OK it looks like I'm in:
1. Shinka 213
2. I see slow people
3. Im danomite
4. Feras
5. Irish
6. darkrose
7. Speedrx8er
8. MotherGoose
9. SJ_Rotary
10. Cool-Blue-Dad
11. MaxxDamigz
12. fizzer
13. DukeGG1
14. 3MTA3
15. expo1
16. dag
1. Shinka 213
2. I see slow people
3. Im danomite
4. Feras
5. Irish
6. darkrose
7. Speedrx8er
8. MotherGoose
9. SJ_Rotary
10. Cool-Blue-Dad
11. MaxxDamigz
12. fizzer
13. DukeGG1
14. 3MTA3
15. expo1
16. dag