A few things happened over the 'winter' break. In Alabama, that's maybe 2 weeks of cold with intermittent warm days.
Cut a new wind screen, had it tinted on one side and PPF on the other. Hopefully this will allow cleaning without worry of scratching. So far, it's worked well and I've cleaned it a couple of time. The tint also reduces the nighttime glare from other vehicles.
Installed the new radiator support. Installing the hood with the DF DSUZ nuts is a lot harder now. Have to be careful when removing/installing the hood as the nuts like to catch the splitter. It holds much better than the fender bands I had installed. I still use these just for extra hold and that racer boy look. To be honest, I just don't want visible holes in the hood and splitter from removing them
Swapped the burned out Dominator incandescent bulbs for a set of red LED bulbs. When only parking lights are on, it glows red but is completely washed out when the headlights come on.
Any one have one of the dominator lights apart that they can see the bulb size on the running light (not main headlight)? I can pull mine apart but was hoping someone had theirs easily available and apart that they could just pull the bulb size from. Mine are blown and need replacing ,maybe with...
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Installed a new rack this weekend and DF rack limiter kit. The old rack had a dead spot at the center area, this one is very tight. Also, the inner tie rod ends were worn out, they would just flop around. The new rack has tight inner tie rods. While doing this, I slotted the rear damper upper mount holes to the knuckle (just the top one). Camber in the rear is now at -0.5 degrees on both sides. Started with -2.5 (right) and -2.0 (left). Haven't driven at highway speeds but a quick drive down the street everything feels much tighter. Steering response has greatly improved. There is no slop in the steering response that was there even at low speeds. Still running 0 degrees toe in the front and 0.5mm toe in for the rear. I think I goofed on the last alignment and had everything at toe out but cannot find my old measurements to verify. This would explain why the tires wore out so quickly, along with the extreme rear camber. Rookie mistake but it happens. I may remove the front wheel spacers, still debating this one.
Projects
Make rear camber adjustableTinted windscreenInstall new radiator supportDeal with splitter/rad support bolt- Clean Laminova cores
Snout bearing- Cruise Control still intermittent
Rack 'dead spot', potentially rebuild.- Tires (again)
