I might wanna check it out... Have to talk to the "Boss"

 

One of the guys from Milwaukee gave me a link to a company that has type-S rotors but thanks on bhalf of all the non TYPE-S guys.

 

Looks nice man those grills in silver would make it look sharp.

 

Count me in. Lets cruise together call me.

 

Let me know if you guys decide to do the Ricer Killer meet on monday. I get off work at 1, we could do a little pre-meet thing beforehand, I'd be willing to take the drive down.

 

Thanks man . I'll pass on those silver lower grills, I have ideas on a new headlight set-up and I think that the stock black lower grills would flow nicely with it.

 

I'm going, we should meet at jorge's and then meet joe. I work in rosevile and I don't want to drive home to lakeville then back up to brooklyn "dark"

 

Let me know what you guys decide.

 

Sounds good to me. I told Joe that I was going it is cool with me if you guys come over.

 

I can just meet you guys at Jorge's as well. I'm only a few blocks away at work so I can just head there when i get off.

 

Let me know what time you guys decide to meet up and I'll adjust my schedule accordingly.

 

I will be at home about 4:15 PM. You guys are welcome to come over once I am Home. Or call me I might get home earlier than that time.

 

thanks alot jorge! i wish i could make it on monday but i sadly have to work.

 

Jorge, could you pm me your address so I know where to go if I end up going?

 

Jorge, I need your address too. See you guys tomorrow! I get off work at 430. Can I wash my car at your place jorge?

 

Pineapple...brake job looks great! I ordered the same setup tonite....finally. Do you think you could show/help me how to install them? I'd like to re-paint the calipers black as well, they could use a little sprucing up.

I've been out of the loop here for a while...changed jobs and took my demon offspring on vacation.

 

Ya, Just hope we don't have to drill those screws out of the rotors. That SUCKED!!!!! We can get everything done at once. Let me know when they come in and we can figure out a day to get them done.

 

Did you have to drill out the screws on your existing rotors to get them off? Oh man, that would suck. I'll let you know when mine arrive. What does your weekend look like? I think Fri nite or Sunday would work best but beggers cannot be choosers so let me know what would work for you.

 

When did you order them?

there are 2 screws that are in the rotor to hold them on while they go down the assembly line. Mine were rusted in and I had to drill them out.

 

Hey Evil_Pineapple, I know that you barely just put those new drilled/slotted rotors on. But what do you think of them, pro's & con's wise? Any input would be greatly appreciated. I'm still debating over if I should order these or just save & pick up the power slot slotted rotors down the road.

 

I ordered them last nite, I would think that they'd be here Thursday or Friday.

 

Well I want to be as honest with you fellas that I can be. Ill say this about the rotors... For the price, they are good. They look good, they stop the car. You get 4 rotors with pads. You can get a StopTech package from excelerate for $440 bucks. If you have the means... why not go for the top of the line or at least higher up. IMO, though, unless your actually going to be using these brakes for what they are made for (Driving over 100MPH) then why spend that much. To me, $145 bucks is good enough. I got them more for the look than for racing.

The only thing I have notice with the rotors is there is kind of a clicking noise with the rear passenger side. Its kind of like something is rubbing against the holes on the rotor. I thought at first that it was my tranny or something but I put the car up on jack stands and let the front wheels spin, there was no sound. When I lifted the passenger rear wheel and spun the wheel by hand I could here it. I popped the wheel off and turned it again and heard it. I took the caliper off and removed the pads and the sound went away. I visually inspected the rotor and the pads and couldn't see anything weird. Im gonna check it out again here soon and ill let you guys know what I find.


I hooked up rico651 up with the same set of rotors and pads and haven't heard anything from him about ay problems and he says he loves them. I would say get them. I might have a defective rotor or something but I cant say for sure until I have more time to do a better check.


Ok, Would you be able to leave your car with me on friday during the day? PM me your number man, Ill txt you... thats easier for me

 

How'd the meet go last night guys.

 

Yo Nate it was great had a good time. I did not look in our thread until tonight sorry dude. Evil called me and I gave him my address. Next time call me i will get back to you. The meet was great lots of nice car and other things. I is on next Monday I think I will be going again and WBA to probably.

 

It was cool, there were some nice cars and some REALLY bad ones... like a 300Z with both mufflers almost dragging on the ground...

 

Evil...I was reading the entire brakemotive thread about the rotors and pads and a few people brought up the clicking noise you are referring to. Brakemotive said that clicking noise is common on rotors that are cross-drilled and will go away once they break-in a little.

I had the same issue when I bought cross-drilled & slotted rotors for my old Lincoln LS...it went away eventually. I recall having a "woosh" sound all the time when I got on the brakes as well due to the holes and slots. Kind of annoying at first and made me think there was something wrong with my car but I got used to it.

 

Ya i read about that too. well I only hear it when im not on the throttle so its not sooooo bad. Im just glad it wasnt my tranny!!!

 

has anyone here ever seafoamed their engine? i've heard of seafoaming the gas tank...but i've never heard of seafoaming the engine.

when should a person change out the spark plugs? i'm currently at 67,000 miles.

 

I did both of the things you asked about when I owned my Type-S at about 50,000 miles. The manual say 100,000 miles for spark plugs but I noticed a 1-2 MPG increase after I put in the new ones and rotated the coils. Both of your questions have a DIY step by step guide in the 3G TL section of this website just search and you'll find it.

 

Takata 18,

Is that you I saw in White Bear Lake this morning on Otter Lake Rd at about 7:30am? (8/4/2011)

 

Thanks for your honest input Evil_pineapple .

 

[QUOTE=Hat_Trick2007;13140386]Takata 18,

Is that you I saw in White Bear Lake this morning on Otter Lake Rd at about 7:30am? (8/4/2011)[/QUOT

Yes that's my usual road to work. Hey were have you beenwe have had acouple of meets and you have not showed up. We went to RiceKiller meet last Monday. It was cool. We might this Monday.

 

We should plan our next meet. We should do it somewhere we could Grill and hang out. for a while.

 

It's all depending on you Jorge. You said you were gone a lot in august. I'm good whenever just as long as it's two weeks in advance.

 

Takata,

I have been MIA as I have been traveling a ton for work and busy with all of the kids activities. I would love to attend the next meet

 

Evil Pineapple....got my rotors and pads yesterday. I'm pretty pumped to see what these things look like when we're done. What time do you want to start on Sunday?



Took my car in to Buerkle yesterday to get my tranny, brake and coolant changed out along with an oil change...$330...yuck. They gave me a 2012 TL as a loaner. I have to say, the 4G's are starting to grow on me...slowly, very slowly. I wish they could take the interior of a 2012 and put it into a 3G body... that would be pimp.

 

Well, why dont you come to my place around 9am. That way we got plenty of time to work on it. Just in case we run into some issues.






Could have gotten all that done yourself. Ive changed coolant myself in every car Ive ever had... Brake fluid takes a while but it saves you money!

 

Eh, next time...I didn't want to monopolize all of your time.

 

Wassup every one is pretty quiet lately. I went to the Monday night killerrice meet last night. Good time more cars than the last one.

 

nothing interesting to say. Im gonna be helping Nate (thefatcat) install his drilled/slotted rotors on Sunday... You guys gonna go to ricekiller again this coming Monday?