Thank you! Great thread!bootymac wrote:http://www.kizashiclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=427SamirD wrote:Hey, who did this on their Kizashi?!? Pics please!joshuac2651 wrote:...I definitely want to do it the way the guy who baked his headlight housing; best way I've seen thus far.
What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?
-
glorybound4
- Posts: 29
- Joined: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:43 pm
- Location: Altoona Pa.
The Pennsylvania road salt ate into the caliper where the pads are mounted and the pads hung up against the rotor. I filed ,wire brushed,and lubed them. I think the car must of sat unused for a time. It's a 2010 with 33,000. I bought it last month.It should be fine now that it's being driven.
2010 kazashi SLS AWD
2012 SX4 Crossover
2008 SX4 Crossover
2006 XL-7
2012 SX4 Crossover
2008 SX4 Crossover
2006 XL-7
Wow, that's super-low mileage. You would have actually been under factory warranty for a while if it was a 2011.glorybound4 wrote:The Pennsylvania road salt ate into the caliper where the pads are mounted and the pads hung up against the rotor. I filed ,wire brushed,and lubed them. I think the car must of sat unused for a time. It's a 2010 with 33,000. I bought it last month.It should be fine now that it's being driven.
Good to know about the road salt. Ours is a 2011 and was well taken care of, but the salt in MKE is all over the place, so it's something I'll watch for. Thank you!
Seriously flogged it today, seeing it hold 6000 rpms when accelerating on the highway. It was odd to see the rpms just dead steady there, as I'd expect it to upshift sooner, but it definitely takes off when pushed.
The handling is pretty crisp too considering I still have the snow tires on. It doesn't take a lot for them to lose traction and I was still pulling some decent Gs on some sharp city turns.
My wife has mentioned that the temperature probably won't drop now, and that it should be okay to put on the regular wheels with the Bridgestones. I tend to agree with her, and need to wax the sport wheels and get them ready for mounting. It's still going to piss me off to see that one damaged wheel--hence why I've been putting it off.
The handling is pretty crisp too considering I still have the snow tires on. It doesn't take a lot for them to lose traction and I was still pulling some decent Gs on some sharp city turns.
My wife has mentioned that the temperature probably won't drop now, and that it should be okay to put on the regular wheels with the Bridgestones. I tend to agree with her, and need to wax the sport wheels and get them ready for mounting. It's still going to piss me off to see that one damaged wheel--hence why I've been putting it off.
I rotated the tires front to rear on my 2013 with 6k miles. I also unbolted the calipers and cleaned things up. The pins were moving fine, but the rear pad "ears" had corroded a bit from the winter salt and were very hard to move. I pried the pads out, filed the "ears" down just a touch, cleaned the brackets, and put a touch of antiseize on the edges of the "ears". The fronts were fine, but I cleaned and lubricated them while I was at it.
There had been a bit of grinding from the rear, but that seems to be gone now that things are moving more freely.
There had been a bit of grinding from the rear, but that seems to be gone now that things are moving more freely.
Drove out of town for the weekend. Drove back into town without any headlight bulbs. Looks like the second one blew.
After reading about the rear caliper issue with corrosion, I'm going to carefully inspect ours when changing to the summer Bridgestones.
After experiencing both low-beam bulbs die fairly quickly, I'm wondering how much help a grounding capacitor would help just the stock bulbs from burning out?
Looks like the second one blew.After reading about the rear caliper issue with corrosion, I'm going to carefully inspect ours when changing to the summer Bridgestones.
After experiencing both low-beam bulbs die fairly quickly, I'm wondering how much help a grounding capacitor would help just the stock bulbs from burning out?
Tinted my tails last night. I used plastidip (in case I didnt like it I could peel it off). I used black dip, not the plastidip smoke...the smoke spray comes out gray and looks like gray spray paint. I did 2 coasts of black and 3 coats of plastidip glossifier. Now today the plan is to do those huge orange markers on the front bumper lol.
Dont mind the crappy cell phone pics, once the sun starts to go down so does the quality of the photos lol
Dont mind the crappy cell phone pics, once the sun starts to go down so does the quality of the photos lol
2010 Kizashi "The Daily Driver"
2006 350Z "Because Racecar"
2006 350Z "Because Racecar"
-
nikrahiman
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:56 am
Done window tinting with huper optik all round....
Disabled DRLs. Ordered Osram 65w H7 bulbs off eBay. People have reported that they're genuine but for $6/bulb, who cares!
They are 2100 lumens compared to 1400 for the standard bulbs and ~3100 for HIDs. The extra 10 watts represents a <1 amp increase so there should be no risk to stock wiring or harnesses.
I'll be using them for my high beams as I already have HIDs but they're a decent upgrade for the low beams too
On a Smart car:
They are 2100 lumens compared to 1400 for the standard bulbs and ~3100 for HIDs. The extra 10 watts represents a <1 amp increase so there should be no risk to stock wiring or harnesses.
I'll be using them for my high beams as I already have HIDs but they're a decent upgrade for the low beams too
On a Smart car:
^
Who lives in this kind of neighborhood yet drives a Smart car?
The Osrams look promising. Definitely post photos once you have them installed.
Also, I thought you wanted to keep some form of DRLs. What's the plan since you disabled the factory set-up?
Who lives in this kind of neighborhood yet drives a Smart car?
The Osrams look promising. Definitely post photos once you have them installed.
Also, I thought you wanted to keep some form of DRLs. What's the plan since you disabled the factory set-up?
2025 Mazda CX-50 Preferred Hybrid
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)