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[Bitter]

1 minute ago, vetali said:

ETA comes and goes, sometimes doesn't get updated for a few days. Then it will get updated for another month. I have had a CR-V waiting on a radar for almost 4 months now. Odyssey waiting on a BCM for a month and a half, Pilot waiting on a TCM for a week with a month ETA, Ridgeline waiting on a smart entry module, plus many more that have taken their cars while waiting for parts. Most those cars except the CR-V are completely dead in the water.

Ouch man, gonna start looking like a junkyard in the backlot huh?

[vetali]

Just now, Bitter said:

Ouch man, gonna start looking like a junkyard in the backlot huh?

It has been. Some idiot had like 5 late 80s accords towed to the shop a few weeks ago. None have batteries, some missing alternators too. Lucky to find one with working doors / hood release. One had locked up rear wheels. One has a blown out tire. All are rusted to shit and some moldy. All of them don't run at all. Manager told him to get them outta here or they are going to impound.

 

With gas prices we really slowed down for customer pay work. Its been a lot of warranty stuff lately. 21 civic came in the other day for an oil change, express tech found the valve cover gasket leaking. Put in an order, ETA is 6 months away.

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, vetali said:

It has been. Some idiot had like 5 late 80s accords towed to the shop a few weeks ago. None have batteries, some missing alternators too. Lucky to find one with working doors / hood release. One had locked up rear wheels. One has a blown out tire. All are rusted to shit and some moldy. All of them don't run at all. Manager told him to get them outta here or they are going to impound.

 

With gas prices we really slowed down for customer pay work. Its been a lot of warranty stuff lately. 21 civic came in the other day for an oil change, express tech found the valve cover gasket leaking. Put in an order, ETA is 6 months away.

I know for some parts GM will make allowances for aftermarket for warranty repairs if genuine parts aren't available, I guess Honda does not do that thankfully. Local dealers were snapping up all the cam actuator assy's for the newer 2.5 in the Malibutt etc back when they were unobtanium last year. We got lucky and got one for a customer car but only because a local supplier likes us and held one back from the dealer order. I'd be kind of upset if I brought my car in for warranty and left with say a Dorman solenoid and not a real GM part. How's warranty work for the customer then? 12/12 on the Dorman part? Is it even still part of 5/60 powertrain then? So sketchy GM.

[vetali]

13 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I know for some parts GM will make allowances for aftermarket for warranty repairs if genuine parts aren't available, I guess Honda does not do that thankfully. Local dealers were snapping up all the cam actuator assy's for the newer 2.5 in the Malibutt etc back when they were unobtanium last year. We got lucky and got one for a customer car but only because a local supplier likes us and held one back from the dealer order. I'd be kind of upset if I brought my car in for warranty and left with say a Dorman solenoid and not a real GM part. How's warranty work for the customer then? 12/12 on the Dorman part? Is it even still part of 5/60 powertrain then? So sketchy GM.

Honda actually does do that. Had to do an aftermarket wheel bearing in a CR-V under warranty due to back order.

[Beef Boss]

Washed up my car and thought I'd post a picture here. Definitely due for some new tires, not to spark any controversy but any recommendations? Runs a 195 r15 not sure a good sidewall height I have a 55 on now and it's a little rough but handles amazing as the proteges do. I have the toyo Extensa on now, but I wasn't ever a fan of em. Any help?

[Bitter]

9 hours ago, vetali said:

Honda actually does do that. Had to do an aftermarket wheel bearing in a CR-V under warranty due to back order.

Feel dirty after?

[Bitter]

8 hours ago, Beef Boss said:

Washed up my car and thought I'd post a picture here. Definitely due for some new tires, not to spark any controversy but any recommendations? Runs a 195 r15 not sure a good sidewall height I have a 55 on now and it's a little rough but handles amazing as the proteges do. I have the toyo Extensa on now, but I wasn't ever a fan of em. Any help?

 

What's the stock size? What width wheels? Year round driver? Comfort or sport preference?

[Beef Boss]

4 hours ago, Bitter said:

What's the stock size? What width wheels? Year round driver? Comfort or sport preference?

I'm honestly not sure the size of the wheel, they're oem wheels, I have a 195 on and it's like perfectly square. It's a year round driver, but I prefer a softer tire material for grip. I was looking at the Yokohama ascend GT tires I found them for 108 near me in a 195/60/R15. I have additional sound deadening material all in that car so road noise and that isn't really a concern.

 

[Bitter]

14 minutes ago, Beef Boss said:

I'm honestly not sure the size of the wheel, they're oem wheels, I have a 195 on and it's like perfectly square. It's a year round driver, but I prefer a softer tire material for grip. I was looking at the Yokohama ascend GT tires I found them for 108 near me in a 195/60/R15. I have additional sound deadening material all in that car so road noise and that isn't really a concern.

 

I really like the Conti DWS, the current iteration is a big step up from the previous versions but I'm not sure it's in your size. If the wheel width allows a "+0” size might be available. Can't stray too far from original diameter since it throws off speedo and odo readings. For +0 you'd be like 205/55R15 maybe, check a tire size calculator to check it's within a couple % of stock. Also that's why you need to know width, might be too wide to safely mount on current wheels. Not a lot of good 15" tires around. Might be worth it to grab a set of 16" wheels used off a later Mazda, pretty sure the 3 wheels fit your car? I'm running 16" 6 wheels on my 626 to clear the 6 front brakes and give me better tire size options, nothing in the original size that's outstanding. 

[DANK_AS_gay]

On 3/11/2022 at 8:27 AM, caraboose said:

Most plug and engine companies recommend no anti size. 

What about high-temp anti-seize? Would that be fine?

[Beef Boss]

6 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I really like the Conti DWS, the current iteration is a big step up from the previous versions but I'm not sure it's in your size. If the wheel width allows a "+0” size might be available. Can't stray too far from original diameter since it throws off speedo and odo readings. For +0 you'd be like 205/55R15 maybe, check a tire size calculator to check it's within a couple % of stock. Also that's why you need to know width, might be too wide to safely mount on current wheels. Not a lot of good 15" tires around. Might be worth it to grab a set of 16" wheels used off a later Mazda, pretty sure the 3 wheels fit your car? I'm running 16" 6 wheels on my 626 to clear the 6 front brakes and give me better tire size options, nothing in the original size that's outstanding. 

Yeah that's the sucky situation I'm in, since my car is four lug. I was hoping to have had switched out to five lug last summer but that didn't work out with some family emergencies lol. I'm definitely going to be switching it sometime, but I can't drive on these tires much longer I don't want to risk an accident or something.

When I do that swap it'll definitely be getting the better brakes from the 6, and an engine swap will be following haha. Just gotta graduate college first

 

[Bitter]

3 minutes ago, Beef Boss said:

Yeah that's the sucky situation I'm in, since my car is four lug. I was hoping to have had switched out to five lug last summer but that didn't work out with some family emergencies lol. I'm definitely going to be switching it sometime, but I can't drive on these tires much longer I don't want to risk an accident or something.

When I do that swap it'll definitely be getting the better brakes from the 6, and an engine swap will be following haha. Just gotta graduate college first

 

I mean in that situation any tire is a good tire lol. Can't be driving around on BAT's.

[JoaoPRSousa]

15 hours ago, Beef Boss said:

Washed up my car and thought I'd post a picture here. Definitely due for some new tires, not to spark any controversy but any recommendations? Runs a 195 r15 not sure a good sidewall height I have a 55 on now and it's a little rough but handles amazing as the proteges do. I have the toyo Extensa on now, but I wasn't ever a fan of em. Any help?

 

My recommendations are Bridgestone Turanza T005, Toyo Proxes CF2, Falken FK510 or Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125. These are the best tires from what I have been reading (only really have experience with the CF2s and those are only on one axle of the car I'm driving, can't really compare them with anything else) for someone who wants a decent midterm between full on performance tire and economy tire. Find whichever you can find that suits your Protege (weight ratings and the lot) and it should be fine.

For my E34, I was considering the Hankooks for example, after being on a limbo between the Bridgestones and the Toyos, because of availability and price. Then again, that still hasn't happened so I can't really talk about them.

 

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Bridgestone/Turanza-T005.htm

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Toyo/Proxes-CF2.htm

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Falken/Azenis-FK510.htm

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Hankook/Ventus-Prime-3-K125.htm

You can also take a look at tests they have in that website and gather some more information still:
https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2022-AMS-Performance-Summer-Tyre-Test.htm

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2022-ADAC-Summer-Tyre-Test---15-Inch.htm

 

And nice car! I love myself small sedans like those.

[bcredeur97]

On 3/17/2022 at 7:19 PM, vetali said:

warranty diag

parts indefinite back order

warranty diag

parts indefinite back order

warranty diag

parts indefinite back order

warranty diag

parts indefinite back order

 

looks like that guy went full @terrytek

 

On 3/17/2022 at 8:30 PM, Bitter said:

We're still bumping into that, or with a particular Hyundai/Kia dealer it's more like we order, back ordered until X day, X day comes, we call them, oh uhhhhhh yeah it's going to be back ordered until Y day (which is exactly as long as the first back order date because they never put the order in).

It’s actually been sort of like this where I work too. If you want to order a server/compute node for anything other than something that’s like $10k+ you can’t get one. One of our customers been waiting over a year… it’s like bruh they already on the next generation of CPU’s bad

 

We’ve been buying used stuff because no one cares anymore but even that stuff is kinda in short supply. Intel 26xx v4’s will only be good for so long…

 

sidenote as I try to keep this car related, did you guys see the crazy crashes at TX2K22? I actually almost went to that event! I went to hot springs, Arkansas and the surrounding areas instead, and stayed at a friends’ Airbnb. Was a cool little trip. Kept asking myself why I live in Louisiana xD 

 

[vetali]

50 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

It’s actually been sort of like this where I work too. If you want to order a server/compute node for anything other than something that’s like $10k+ you can’t get one. One of our customers been waiting over a year… it’s like bruh they already on the next generation of CPU’s bad

 

We’ve been buying used stuff because no one cares anymore but even that stuff is kinda in short supply. Intel 26xx v4’s will only be good for so long…

 

sidenote as I try to keep this car related, did you guys see the crazy crashes at TX2K22? I actually almost went to that event! I went to hot springs, Arkansas and the surrounding areas instead, and stayed at a friends’ Airbnb. Was a cool little trip. Kept asking myself why I live in Louisiana xD 

Thats pretty interesting. The consumer market is starting to cool off aside from DDR5 still crazy.

 

TX2K is always lit. The first 1/4 of that vid makes me think they should just ban GTRs tho lol

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Kept asking myself why I live in Louisiana xD

Can't escape yet can ya?

[terrytek]

On 3/18/2022 at 10:34 AM, Beef Boss said:

Yeah that's the sucky situation I'm in, since my car is four lug. I was hoping to have had switched out to five lug last summer but that didn't work out with some family emergencies lol. I'm definitely going to be switching it sometime, but I can't drive on these tires much longer I don't want to risk an accident or something.

When I do that swap it'll definitely be getting the better brakes from the 6, and an engine swap will be following haha. Just gotta graduate college first

 

well can't you end up swapping in 4 lug miata wheels instead? i think they have 16 as a factory size but i could be wrong 

[Bitter]

Hang in there lil slide boots, you can do it!

[AlwaysFSX]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

Hang in there lil slide boots, you can do it!

All it needs is some touchup paint

[bcredeur97]

7 hours ago, terrytek said:

well can't you end up swapping in 4 lug miata wheels instead? i think they have 16 as a factory size but i could be wrong 

2002-2005 NB’s all had 16’s as an option. 

[Bitter]

 

 

 

[Bitter]

"Make sure you drive it over 40 so you really feel it"

[Obioban]

I'm either making a huge mistake or doing something awesome. Bought an e60 M5 with spun rod bearing. Replacing the crank and two rods, manual swapping it.

 

 

 

 

[Obioban]

Needed a "few" parts for the manual conversion.

 

[caraboose]

On 3/18/2022 at 11:29 AM, DANK_AS_gay said:

What about high-temp anti-seize? Would that be fine?

at that point I'd be inclined to contact the manufacturer of your components... see what they recommend.