SiiRBrooklyn's Progress
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Nice update. Yep the Redstuffs are definitely not "low dust" as they claim. I've gotten a replacement set from EBC as they admitted my first set should be defective, but nope, second set were just as squeaky/dusty as the first.
I assume you're the type to want to keep your wheels fresh/clean. I recommend you switching out to a different set of pads, unless you plan on wiping the wheels down every night. If you leave the dust on for a while, the dust could effectively stain/etch your wheels. I ordered a set of Akebono Pro ACT pads... hopefully I'll get a chance to install them sometime next month.
Oh and I have the 12.8" rotors. I had thought the squealing/dusting might've been related to that, but I'm about 90% sure it's completely due to the pads.
I assume you're the type to want to keep your wheels fresh/clean. I recommend you switching out to a different set of pads, unless you plan on wiping the wheels down every night. If you leave the dust on for a while, the dust could effectively stain/etch your wheels. I ordered a set of Akebono Pro ACT pads... hopefully I'll get a chance to install them sometime next month.
Oh and I have the 12.8" rotors. I had thought the squealing/dusting might've been related to that, but I'm about 90% sure it's completely due to the pads.
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Got new front springs with shorter shocks so now ill be running 18kg all around. Also ordered upper control arms... Ended up sending back my front wheels to rotiform as they didnt clear my calipers which is their fault for not getting the correct measurements so now another 2 weeks or so till i get the front wheels. Aiming for next month to have everything installed fingers crossed.
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Damn, sucks about the wheels. But I guess as long as they're gonna make it right then. I ended up not going with rotiforms. The specs on the wheel I wanted were either too "weak" or too aggressive for me.
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well my ideal specs for wheels were 19x9.5 + 45. I was so close to pulling the trigger on the SPF's but it was either 19x8.5 +35 (too skinny) or 19x10 +40 (too wide) However the wheels I did order are still a little too aggressive for me offset wise, but oh well lol. 19x9.5 +35
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well my ideal specs for wheels were 19x9.5 + 45. I was so close to pulling the trigger on the SPF's but it was either 19x8.5 +35 (too skinny) or 19x10 +40 (too wide) However the wheels I did order are still a little too aggressive for me offset wise, but oh well lol. 19x9.5 +35
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Did a thing last night. Someone quoted me $300 to just open the headlights and i was like hell no lol so decided to do it myself. Took out the amber and buffed the headlights by hand. Came out pretty good im happy with it. Hopefully it sealed good. Got myself some very inexpensive euros lol
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Got the rear wheels put on and got an alignment. These pictures were before the alignment though. As of now im running -7 front camber and -14 rear.
Last edited by SiiRBrooklyn; Oct 24, 2016 at 11:39 PM.
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