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Old 11-11-2012, 06:12 PM
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Put on 1 snow wheel. Went to my friends shop to test my tire gauges. 3 gauges are toast. The most expensive on was exponentially of. If I inflated my tires to 32, as per gauge, it was actually 49. Wtf. If gauge is at 25, actual was 33. Only gauge that stayed consistent was my shitty .99c pen gauge. Those dial gauges need to all hit the trash can.
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"So thats why when I was using the nail gun, the nails were going through the 2x4's lol. Pressure for the compressor was prob 200PSI lol

Ah man. Well, don't pitch them, that expensive one you got, I think when I looked at it has a removable back. There should be an adjustment pin inside that thing.
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Yea I took the expensive one apart with a hammer. Nope, didn't find the adjuster pin. Lol. I'm just going to order a nice digital one, and use my brass pen one for tires.

Man that is why my finish nailer has been jamming on me. I tuned the compressor with a buddies digital one, and used it all day with not one jammed nail. Can you believe how these gauges have been screwing me? I can't even describe this BS. Well I guess I need to fix the gauges on my compressor too. Lol.
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Old 11-11-2012, 08:51 PM
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Installed thrust arm ball joints and front sway bar end links. Definite improvement, but still more work to do in the front suspension. Thrust arm bushings next.
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Old 11-12-2012, 10:05 AM
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Found out I have 6 interior LEDs out today, damn cheap ebay sellers.

Ordered some better ones off Amazon, I've been noticing my interior has been darker lately lol!


Putting together an order from ECS with Meyle HD thrust arms, Febi balljoints and wishbones, and getting ready to drop my truck off to get those all replaced, along with getting my Ractive exhaust tips finally welded on at my local indy.

I've been dealing with vibrations from my steering wheel for way too long, I can literally get under my car, grab a thrust arm in my hand, and shake it back an forth enough to get about an inch of play.
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Found out I have 6 interior LEDs out today, damn cheap ebay sellers.

Ordered some better ones off Amazon, I've been noticing my interior has been darker lately lol!


Putting together an order from ECS with Meyle HD thrust arms, Febi balljoints and wishbones, and getting ready to drop my truck off to get those all replaced, along with getting my Ractive exhaust tips finally welded on at my local indy.

I've been dealing with vibrations from my steering wheel for way too long, I can literally get under my car, grab a thrust arm in my hand, and shake it back an forth enough to get about an inch of play.
I just installed the Febi ball joints on my thrust arms, (see above). No way would I recommend using the hex head bolts that come with these ball joints. They totally suck. The hex hole is way too shallow, and it will not allow very much torque applied until the hex socket slips out. Which is asking for a major hassle when and if they need to come out again in a few years. I'd order up a new set of the stock inverted Torx bolts.
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:17 PM
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I just installed the Febi ball joints on my thrust arms, (see above). No way would I recommend using the hex head bolts that come with these ball joints. They totally suck. The hex hole is way too shallow, and it will not allow very much torque applied until the hex socket slips out. Which is asking for a major hassle when and if they need to come out again in a few years. I'd order up a new set of the stock inverted Torx bolts.

Solid info thanks for sharing with me. My indy is doing the work anyways so I'll let him know and if he feels like getting another set of inverted torx head bolts i'll pay him for them.
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Yesterday, installed the DICE Mediabridge Bluetooth Unit from Bavarian Soundwerks. it 'werks' pretty well. still getting everything set up. BTW, if all you want is wireless BT streaming, no USB, no charging, no phone talk etc, you can literally throw this into the rear CD changer area, plug it in and you are DONE. less than TWO minutes.
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Yesterday, installed the DICE Mediabridge Bluetooth Unit from Bavarian Soundwerks. it 'werks' pretty well. still getting everything set up. BTW, if all you want is wireless BT streaming, no USB, no charging, no phone talk etc, you can literally throw this into the rear CD changer area, plug it in and you are DONE. less than TWO minutes.
Can you elaborate as to what additional install is involved? Did you run a direct connection up front to your phone? (Like the ashtray iphone holder they sell)? Are you relying on BT to get music to your head unit? Do you have DSP and did you need an adapter? How about some pics?
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