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Old May 1, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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dude!?

Your car looked great when we met up last sunday! ~ what a kick in the nuts!

I'm hoping it's something top end that can be easily fixed... that's almost exactly what my eppisode of late was like...
I'm still pretty optimistic at this point, car was making horrible noises but all the gears were fine, didn't even throw a CEL, and didn't actual drive any differently. So maybe that's a good thing.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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looks good steve, im not a fan of the shiny dash and door panels, i find it blinds me.

i might steam clean mine today, with adjusting my e-brake (i can move my car without giving it any gas, its that bad) and polishing my tails from painting last weekend, and im undecided on throwing my 4th gens in, with my hid kit coming this week and the rocks still being on the road
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Old May 1, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
looks good steve, im not a fan of the shiny dash and door panels, i find it blinds me.

i might steam clean mine today, with adjusting my e-brake (i can move my car without giving it any gas, its that bad) and polishing my tails from painting last weekend, and im undecided on throwing my 4th gens in, with my hid kit coming this week and the rocks still being on the road
its really not that bad when your driving, and ya definitely adjust that ebrake.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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like when im driving i know in the back of my mind "if my brakes fail, there is no point in trying to pull the ebrake, as it will do absolutely nothing." and i could focus on steering my way out more. but thats #1 on my things to do
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:11 PM
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ya its pretty easy to do, first i would do this. with the car parked and ebrake not engaged look at the rear calipers and the part looks like a big spring will have an arm on it, the arm should be completely down on both sides. if its not then you have a caliper issue as well. if both look fine then continue with the adjusting of the ebrake from inside.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:17 PM
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ok thanks, i did not know that. ill go do it now
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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well figured its easy to check that to make sure there isn't any other issues before you go tearing your interior apart. also another way to tell if your calipers have a faulty ebrake mechanism is pull the rear cup holder and one of the cables will be longer then the other because its not fully disengaged.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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ill take pictures for you, cause i kinda know what im looking at, but not really
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:26 PM
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sure, just post them up
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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both sides look like this


i think its good
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:38 PM
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yup your good, have you checked your rear pads btw? how many km's on your car?
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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havent checked rear pads, car is at 108077 kms
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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cables. one is barely longer than the other
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:42 PM
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you should be alright with all that, i would check your rear pads to make sure they are still good. pads that are low on material can cause a weak ebrake as well. mine were pretty much done at 102k.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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mine are about 3-4mm thick
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Old May 1, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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ya they are on the low end, at that point i would recommend replacing them, others would say they can go for a while longer and technically they can but i personally recommend replacing them. but thats up to you. other then that you can start adjusting the ebrake at your leisure.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 04:07 PM
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Hey guys I was looking for more info on the cruise on may 15th someone said it was on FB but I dont have anyone from here on FB
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Old May 1, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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as far as i know its still going on.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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here is the group on facebook. its going on as far as i know
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Old May 1, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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so there's no snow back there anymore?
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Old May 1, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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nope, other than a few places, like behind fences and stuff, its all gone its about 13 right now
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Old May 1, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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about time
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Old May 1, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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thanks for all your help steve, my ebrake is now tight, and my car wont roll away from me also washed the car, vacuumed it, and wiped it down, shined the tires and rims and mmmmmmmm my car looks good
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Old May 1, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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no worries. glad to hear everything is all clean and shiny
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Old May 1, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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there was such a bad film on my rims. they looked really clean, but then i clay barred them, and it looked it like just went through a mud puddle lol, my rims were brown
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