The Story of SKETCHI - 05 ZHP Sedan

[slater]

I've heard many married men say happy wife equals happy life

those are truthful words!!

you need to make sure the vehicle that carries your loved ones is reliable and safe.

[Vas]

Man, you've been replacing a lot of parts lately


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I know But the thing is alot of the stuff is not preventative maintenance. It is stuff that needs to be done since the previous owner just did not care.


Example: The rear brakes on the car. When I was doing suspension work, I noticed the brake clips that are on the calipers were installed wrong. So I installed it correctly on both sides. Then got a weird noise from the rear of the car. Came to find out, that the brake pads got worn at an angle due to the clip being installed wrong.

So now the pads are not making full contact with the face of the rotor.

Yeah... and STILL no updates on his own car.

What do you mean? I just did an oil change on it. :P

I've heard many married men say happy wife equals happy life

True and also knowing that the wife is not going to call me and say the car needs to be towed because something broke.

[danewilson77]

That "anti-rust" coating is very temporary, BTW... the braking surface will still rust when it gets wet.

Of course. The coating is for non wear portions.

S7 Edge, out

[Vas]

New tires got delivered yesterday. Getting them mounted today and a state inspection.

[Vas]

New tires mounted and VA state inspection passed.

Car is at 140,100.

Brake rebuild up next.

[Vas]

Front tire

[Sockethead]

Tread pattern is definitely different than the last generation of that tire.

[Vas]

Pretty different for sure. How long have they lasted for you?

Conti dw lasted 17k lol. It's nice to have new tires. Wife says the car is soo quite now.

Plus the tires feel stiffer right away as far as the sidewall. Not mushy like the conti.

[Sockethead]

I'm not sure... they were on my wife's 135 before she got Michelins. They've been on my car for maybe two years now? I haven't driven much in the last two years though. The back ones will be done soon due to negative camber

[rkneeshaw]

I've been very happy with the stoptech street pads, but make sure you bed them. They need a bedding process. I went through a set of rotors because I was thinking they woudln't need it and that caused the rotors to "warp" (pad material transferred unevenly). Do ten 60-5mph stops on the verge of lockup and then make sure you do plenty of cooldown driving. Might only need to do that full process once or twice. You'll know when you get a light grey hue across the rotor surface.

Plus the tires feel stiffer right away as far as the sidewall. Not mushy like the conti.

I can't believe I drove for so long on those mushy conti DW's. I'll never go back. I love the new Michelin PSS. After you break in those Hankooks a bit let us know how you like them.