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  1. Spawne32

    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CapriRacer</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: zrxkawboy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yikes, that's a tough call! I'd be inclined to say that...
  2. Spawne32

    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rolla07</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think you will be fine. Are you confident the bump stop will prevent it from occuring again? If so you are all set, otherwise id consider rolling your fenders..i have run into...
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    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: raytseng</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The failure that you're going to experience will be a blowout as compared to small puncture that leaves the carcass of the tire on. This will be a much higher potential for...
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    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sciphi</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Eep. Replace it as soon as it's feasible. Or have a AAA card and charged cell phone handy in case something happens. SS/SC or SS/TC? </div></div> have both of those <img...
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    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Vern_in_IL</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would put that tire on the back, so when it does blow out you won't loose steering control. ...and the last picture.... That wire(ABS?) route needs changed, the sheath is...
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    how screwed am I here....

    it was a bump stop issue that i had overlooked with the wider tires, my first set of springs instructed to cut the stops. <a href="http://hostthenpost.org" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hostthenpost.org/uploads/8cb1aa6e2d7a0347aff3e82e483ad095.jpg" class="post-image" alt="" /></a>...
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    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chris142</div><div class="ubbcode-body">they are not into the cord are they? we used to use a baseball bat and roll that lip so that the tires clear </div></div> Not even close to the cord, what you see in the pic is...
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    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tires are inexpensive, safety first especially at highway speeds. </div></div> I know, which is why i was adamant about getting onto some REAL tires rather than the...
  9. Spawne32

    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hollow</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'd replace that tire. </div></div> ugh, killin me here lol alright guess ill have to get it replaced next paycheck
  10. Spawne32

    how screwed am I here....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: lawman1909</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well it does take away some of the tires "beef". As you can see in the photo, where the tire has been stripped is actually lower than what the actual "bald" level would be at so...
  11. Spawne32

    how screwed am I here....

    So i went ahead and put a set of 235/40/18 18x8 Enkei EKM3 wheels on my car, which is a bit wider from the stock 205/50/17 17x7" wheels that it came with. Not realizing that the cut down bump stops per the directions from eibach on my first set of lowering springs would cause me any issues, I...
  12. Spawne32

    Royal Purple

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Spawne32</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The only reason RP changed their off the shelf lineup to the...
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    Royal Purple

    The only reason RP changed their off the shelf lineup to the API SN certification is because of growing pressure fro the gov and car manufacturers to conform to the new EPA standards. An off the shelf oil that is only rated SL on a car in 2011-2012 that is under a factory warranty presents...
  14. Spawne32

    royal purple new formula?

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 209paulc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've been a RP user for ten years I can care less about dexos1 and it meeting GM spec. HPS sounds more like what I've been using and the new SN is selling for the same price and...
  15. Spawne32

    Royal Purple

    mobil 1 is a sponsor of the formula 1 cars, you really think they are using off the shelf grade oil in a 19,000rpm formula 1 race motor that holds those rpm's for extended periods of time? I dont think so lol probably the most absurd thing ive ever heard.
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    Royal purple HPS test video

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tig1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here is XMs answer to these kind of test. <a href="http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Car_Care/AskMobil/Oil_Film_Strength.aspx"...
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    Royal Purple

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ben99GT</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="video-container"><iframe frameborder="0" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ne7ayhPVVYY" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div></div> im...
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    Royal Purple

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tinmanSC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The test they show is actually kinda silly. The lubricity tester is an odd machine. a measure of bearing wear is kinda odd, considering most engine oils don't have much extreme...
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    Bad RP experience/changing back to Mobil 1

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MetalSlug</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Back when I own a mustang, I put in RP for tranny and rear end, 1k miles later it having problem shifting, I take to ford and they drain the tranny and it look like water. I...
  20. Spawne32

    Shell Nitrogen Enriched, and its boiling point

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gathermewool</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Spawne32</div><div class="ubbcode-body">its a MAP based speed desnity tuned, so its set to...
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