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So... I ordered my brakes...
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:57 am
by LaureltheQueen
Well, sort of. The dealership had oodles of rotors in stock, so I grabbed a pair of front rotors, and talked to Jamie, apparently EBC makes a ceramic red pad for the T legs, so I figured I'd at least try it out, it's a new formulation, and she has nothing but good things to say about them(she IS sponsored by them though). I'll give you my opinion of them as soon as they come in. She got the pads ordered the morning of Monday the 9th, as we spoke on friday, after her supplier had gone home, and I still haven't recieved them, she's emailed the guy(EBC supplier) and hasnt heard back, but apparently he sent them out. I wouldnt be so anxious about getting those pads and rotors onto my car, but my old pads no longer exist. This happened monday morning on my way to work, it's now just the shims rubbing against the rotors. Now this wouldnt be a big deal, if I had my pads, but at this point, my car hasnt moved in over a week, and I'm getting a bit antsy. I've been driving my roommate's base model automatic RSX with a spoiler(tasteful, but big, gets attention) which is killing me slowly. I long for my kidney jarring suspension, my side hugging wrx seats, my mp3 player, the sound of my turbo spooling up on cold mornings, and torque, but most of all, I miss the all wheel drive, being able to get the back end to come loose or at least squeal a bit around corners. This is turning into a sappy "I miss my subaru" post, but oh well. I DO!!!! I havent been able to think of anything other than what my next mod is, and how it'll look, and what it'll do for the driving experience. I think i'm going crazy.
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:01 am
by evolutionmovement
See if you can ghet the rotors cryo-treated locally for cheap - they'll last forever.
Steve
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:02 am
by Yukonart
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:06 am
by LaureltheQueen
i dont know of any places that do cryo treating locally.
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:10 am
by evolutionmovement
Eh, you probably don't need them anyway with the way you girls drive.
Steve
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:11 am
by LaureltheQueen
........
die.
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:22 am
by Yukonart
Ouch.
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:35 am
by LaureltheQueen
hey, at least i've got boost.

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:38 am
by THAWA
ouch, you hit him right where it counts, in the internal combusition chamber.
note: if noone finds this as funny as me dont ask why i find this so funny.
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:31 pm
by vrg3
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:00 pm
by LaureltheQueen
found out about onecryo about an hour after installing my rotors/pads. Orting's about an hour and a half away.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 4:44 pm
by tris91ricer
IIRC, josh has a link on his website of vendors, and i think a list of his mods includes cryo treating... ask him, but yeah, orting might work.. just be careful out there... hehe.
you'll be on the road soon.
-=tristan
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:14 am
by LaureltheQueen
arrrr!!!!!! I'm so frustrated. When I pulled off my wheel to do my brakes, i found out that my passenger side cv boot blew up!!!!
Bad things happen in 3's. One to go....
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:24 am
by THAWA
aww

any idea when it happened? or how?
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:27 am
by entirelyturbo
www.cvaxles.com Takes about a half-hour

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:20 am
by LaureltheQueen
I think the car got angry that she wasnt getting any attention the week and a half that I wasnt driving it, and slit her wrists.
I can get remanned axles from subaru for a hundred bucks a pop, and have my friend do it, I dont like doing cv joints
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:32 am
by LaureltheQueen
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:54 am
by THAWA
you should invest in gloves

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:15 am
by ultrasonic
THAWA wrote:you should invest in gloves :)
a big box of disposable latex gloves.
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:28 am
by Yukonart
When I showed up with supplies and to take pictures, she way wearing my gloves. Guess it wasn't h4Rdc0R3 enough, so off they came.

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:18 pm
by eastbaysubaru
Latex gloves suck anyways. You should find a big box of nitrile gloves. They're a thousand times more durable.
-Brian
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:09 pm
by BAC5.2
Did you get BLACK EBC rotors? Woah!
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:37 am
by LaureltheQueen
the sides and hub part of my OEM rotors are painted.
I dont really like using gloves, because all pairs of mechanics gloves are a bit big on me, so i lose feeling, and rubber gloves make my hands sweat