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Jul 28, 2010 | 08:00 AM

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Let me throw out a wheel question. If i were to powdercoat the lm's, would I be able to repolish the lip portion down the road? Thinking about flat blacking the center section, and gloss blacking the lip section.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:03 AM

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Thanks for the info yall. I guess nobody has logged their temps in EVO scan to see the difference? As pete said that OE gauge is just a dummy one...

looks like the mishi units are around $240ish... not bad for an aftermarket unit. Chu, do you know what Petey's prices are? I'd rather support a local than one of the big vendors.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by evremonde

I had one on the miata. Aside from the extra coolant capacity they are more resilient (i.e dont develop cracks like the plastic) and the all-metal construction will dissapate heat better imo. They also look kewl :P

I had a flying miata core, but i hear good things about koyo.

The evo rad is pretty gnarly, so I would probably wait till you need a replacement. You do have alot of miles...hmm

Did you ever get that mini battery in?

yes. Deka went in fine. wound up using the OEM battery try and a set of tie-downs I got at autozone for $3.99. So if someone wanted to shed some weight they could switch to a mini-battery for around $70 total.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:21 AM

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photos from Sunday are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytigr...7624476390017/

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by AlwaysinBoost

I got mine from ExtremePSI, good price and free shipping. It was here the next day since they're so close.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BBS

Would do it all at once if I were you. Send the face to the powdercoater, and the wheel barrel to a wheel shop. There's one in Wilmington that does a great job from what I've heard. You don't want to powdercoat the face while it's still on the wheels. I dont think they can get around the fasteners.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by AlwaysinBoost

photos from Sunday are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytigr...7624476390017/

Thanks for the link...

My car in the first pic!

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:32 AM

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He's not going to be doing that!

Are you his official spokesperson now?

This just in, any attempts contacting Marc must go threw Chu first!

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:33 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AlwaysinBoost

photos from Sunday are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytigr...7624476390017/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytigr...7624476390017/

do i see a bit of trail braking?

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by grillpt

Are you his official spokesperson now?

This just in, any attempts contacting Marc must go threw Chu first!

No, but I have a great memory, and he said several weeks back when we were all talking car setup and power....fool!

Last edited by chu; Jul 28, 2010 at 08:42 AM.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:40 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grillpt

Are you his official spokesperson now?

This just in, any attempts contacting Marc must go threw Chu first!

never say never... who knows whats going to happen over the winter

Quote:

Originally Posted by evremonde

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytigr...7624476390017/

do i see a bit of trail braking?

lil' bit... I was trying to copy what Dave was doing when driving my car.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:43 AM

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never say never... who knows whats going to happen over the winter

lil' bit... I was trying to copy what Dave was doing when driving my car.

Never say never, but say goodbye to autox....

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:47 AM

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hey man, you never know... maybe someone will want a co-driver with a set of CCW's & A6's for next season... just sayin'.

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:53 AM

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Where do you guys go road racing at? I am going to start going in the Civic

Hope you guys dont mind. Im just like really all into it now. Plus I got to see the Compass 360 Civic's that Skunk2 does and im like stuck on this **** now.

Rick

Jul 28, 2010 | 08:54 AM

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Let me know when your going so I can go check it out. I've never done that once before.