Shop forgot to put valve caps on when they swapped my wheels so I got these for laughs haha.

 

Changed oil , tranny fluid and cabin filter. all 3 were dirty! 26,000 miles on the odometer and the tranny fluid was already brown. I have owned it 13 months

 

That's what you said about the HP's.

I've never heard good things about the Ziex 512.

 

On the altimax, I only dug as far as the tire type.


On these tires, which are actually Ohtsu FP6000's (Falken DC'd and sold to Ohtsu I think), I actually searched via tire size on the web.


Apparently the 50,55, and 60 series of these tires are pretty reasonable. EDIT I found a Miata website doing a short review of them. a set of 205/55/15s were used on a set of 7.5 wide rims with decent results


I definitely learned my lesson. Dont believe the hype or overall reviews, dig into specific sizes!


This bit into my wallet, but I do feel a lot better with these tires. Not spongy, quiet, and very smooth.

I guess this is the continuation of the phrase "Shit Happens"

 

 

2012 1.5 GD
Had it retrofitted with
FXR 3.0 bixenon projectors
and DRL lights

 

Did this today. PlastiDip of course. Just seeing how I like it. May do the whole car.

 

LOL, looks good! join the dark, err light side.

 

Ha thanks. Has a cop car vibe goin on at the moment.

 

Finally hit 70k in my 09 CBP today

 

I'm at 108k in my 09 ha. The first owner put almost 70k on it just 2 years though.

 

Wow and I thought I drove a lot with 50000km on the clock at 2 years. Well maybe I'll catch up a bit on my trip to Cali this summer. :d

 

new tires feel great!

New exhaust! 2" catback with 2" cherrybomb glasspack, and a Thrush Turbo 2" offset.

Sounds pretty good, and I found a shop who did excellent work for only $225. They do lower prices because they take your old piping and scrap it

 

Do you have pics and/or sound clip of this system?

 

no. I will hopefully have one this weekend as my buddy is going bonkers since he just bought a GoPro 3+ or whatever

 

You just spent $225 on your exhaust but you don't even have a crappy phone camera?

 

My phone works plenty fine.

Im not going to do a exhaust clip or video. My buddy said he wants to do it. If it doesnt happen, probably not gonna be a clip ever.

 

Took my new '13 FIT Sport w/ navigation to the shop that always installs my hand controls 70 miles north of my city. Car got 42mpg@75mph. The car was surprisingly quiet. No road noise. Just a little wind swirling.

 

^Nice job, I can't break 40mpg on my roads

I should do this to my front bumper to protect it from the damn rock chips

 

I did the exact same setup on a 1.5L a long time ago I will say I was impressed with the sound. It was deepish, not ricey at all. I got the Thrush Turbo for free but was pleasantly surprised.