The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) III

onzedge · 01-04-2013, 03:39 PM

Pintsize725 · 01-04-2013, 03:41 PM

So that clicking/skipping feeling in the tires when you turn the wheel to the extreme left or right on a cold day is normal right?

kenchan · 01-04-2013, 03:41 PM

mr.alcheng - yep, as mr.zman mentioned, jpy88.12 is the exchange rate. yen is finally weakening...was 78-79 for the longest time. we need that at around JPY150 to revive japan. then i think more kids will want to buy cars again and put more spark in the jdm car modding industry again.

from what i read, kids aren't buying the ft86's... which the car industry was hoping for. middle-aged men in their 40-50's are buying them. wtf...

onzedge · 01-04-2013, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

So that clicking/skipping feeling in the tires when you turn the wheel to the extreme left or right on a cold day is normal right?

Do you have spacers?

Pintsize725 · 01-04-2013, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Do you have spacers?

Nope.

onzedge · 01-04-2013, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

mr.alcheng - yep, as mr.zman mentioned, jpy88.12 is the exchange rate. yen is finally weakening...was 78-79 for the longest time. we need that at around JPY150 to revive japan. then i think more kids will want to buy cars again and put more spark in the jdm car modding industry again.

from what i read, kids aren't buying the ft86's... which the car industry was hoping for. middle-aged men in their 40-50's are buying them. wtf...

I saw another Sciotabaru the other day. I was uninspired.

onzedge · 01-04-2013, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Nope.

I get weird noises when I am turning and have the wheel all the way to lock. I am usure as to the source and do not worry about it.

XwChriswX · 01-04-2013, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

So that clicking/skipping feeling in the tires when you turn the wheel to the extreme left or right on a cold day is normal right?

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Originally Posted by onzedge

I get weird noises when I am turning and have the wheel all the way to lock. I am usure as to the source and do not worry about it.

It does the same thing to me up here when I'm pulling out of the driveway. It's just the angle of turn overpowering the direction the car is pointed. Nothing to worry about.

If you can feel the car vibrating as you do it though, it might be a tire rubbing a fender liner... Simple fix for that, don't go all the way to the L/R.

Pintsize725 · 01-04-2013, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

I get weird noises when I am turning and have the wheel all the way to lock. I am usure as to the source and do not worry about it.

Wonder if it just had to do with the cold. Started the noise as soon as I started turning to reverse and then back the opposite way. I'll monitor it.

XwChriswX · 01-04-2013, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Wonder if it just had to do with the cold. Started the noise as soon as I started turning to reverse and then back the opposite way. I'll monitor it.

It can be, or if your front tread is really worn down could affect it.

Pintsize725 · 01-04-2013, 03:54 PM

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It can be, or if your front tread is really worn down could affect it.

Front was read at 7/32 about two months ago. No way it could rub with stock size either. I'm kinda

kenchan · 01-04-2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

I saw another Sciotabaru the other day. I was uninspired.

mr.onzedge- yah, that car needs to be dropped and run wide 18's. but by then it will loose the nimbleness.

kenchan · 01-04-2013, 03:57 PM

ive not had to turn my Z full lock, but usually it's not recommended on any car.

if the steering wheel fell off though, that could be an issue...

XwChriswX · 01-04-2013, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Front was read at 7/32 about two months ago. No way it could rub with stock size either. I'm kinda

Then it's the same thing as mine do up here, just because it's cold.

It's the same as understeer on a race track. The cars momentum is overpowering the angle of attack of the wheels. Not a malfunction.

GaleForce · 01-04-2013, 04:06 PM

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Thank you.

I am stressing out over one of our developers who has been assigned to this project I am leading -- everything I have given her so far is "not in her bailiwick". Hmmm...

How is your day?

That's a dream job. Pass the buck

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That's a good idea.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	ive not had to turn my Z full lock, but usually it's not recommended on any car. if the steering wheel fell off though, that could be an issue...