Daddy Fat Sacs Build Thread
haha yea missed that....on a side note...the 105 compund is an absolute B*TCH to use in this FL heat! Have the car in the garage and could only get 2 passes before it completely dried 
will either have to try it at night or wait until winter...... #WARMWEATHERPROBLEMS
will either have to try it at night or wait until winter...... #WARMWEATHERPROBLEMS
Nice list of detail products too !
Well had a blow out yesterday....rear passenger tire is completely shredded. Steel wires poking out of the Michelin PSS...I have to say...I've only had them on for about 10 months now and somewhere around 7k miles....I am running -2 camber but toe has always been in spec. I am extremely disappointed to say the least and will NEVER buy Michelin's again! I looked at my rear drivers side and same thing...steel wires poking through!
I picked up a set of 275/30 Dunlop sp sport maxx gt's.....im not happy at all going with the 275 as its more stretched then I prefer, but fig I could run less neg camber and see how that goes. So only time will tell.
and for those that didnt the pic before in the other thread...here ya go
Well that wear is evenly slanted all the way to the end, doesn't seem abnormal for running higher camber but the amount of miles it took to get that wear seems accelerated for sure.
Hopefully w/ a little less camber you'll have better results.
Hopefully w/ a little less camber you'll have better results.
Ok found my print out from back in Oct as well as the one from last weekend, cant for the life of me find the one from a few months back. With that said, I was wrong, my rear camber was -3 and I am running -2 upfront. So I can see the wear on the tire as such, but again not it completely blowing out in 5k miles.
From October 2014
6/21/15
From October 2014
6/21/15
That sounds pretty typical of tires running camber -3 or more, you've got the whole load of the powered rear of your car centered on about a third of your tires' contact patch. Once the tread gets down to a certain point below the wear bars it really wears fast. Just be glad you kept your car under control and nothing else happened.
Ok found my print out from back in Oct as well as the one from last weekend, cant for the life of me find the one from a few months back. With that said, I was wrong, my rear camber was -3 and I am running -2 upfront. So I can see the wear on the tire as such, but again not it completely blowing out in 5k miles.
There's your answer, Daddy. 5K miles seems just about right.
I still dont feel 5k is right...but its neither here nor there anymore
Hey OP... I had my car re-aligned yesterday, and in order to bring toe into spec, one of the rear wheels ended up with a -2.7* camber. It's quite visibly tilted into the car, more so than the -1.5* camber on the other side... which is actually about +.3 to +.5 too vertical for my preference. So now I have a pair of SPC rear camber arms in shipment, have to pay for installation of these parts, and do this alignment thing all over again. Grrrrr.
I suppose the difference in your situation and what happened to me yesterday, was that when I saw the spec sheet, I nearly had a cow. The Technician, Service Manager and I must have talked for 20 minutes. And then when I eyeballed the wheel at -2.7* camber, it was like a flashing billboard of wrongness. All I was seeing in my head was your destroyed tire, LOL.
My point being, stuff happens. It's easy to say, "Don't beat yourself up too much." But then here I am at the early stages of a similar situation, and I'm beating myself up.
It's quite visibly tilted into the car, more so than the -1.5* camber on the other side... which is actually about +.3 to +.5 too vertical for my preference. So now I have a pair of SPC rear camber arms in shipment, have to pay for installation of these parts, and do this alignment thing all over again. Grrrrr.I suppose the difference in your situation and what happened to me yesterday, was that when I saw the spec sheet, I nearly had a cow. The Technician, Service Manager and I must have talked for 20 minutes. And then when I eyeballed the wheel at -2.7* camber, it was like a flashing billboard of wrongness. All I was seeing in my head was your destroyed tire, LOL.
My point being, stuff happens. It's easy to say, "Don't beat yourself up too much." But then here I am at the early stages of a similar situation, and I'm beating myself up.
well its been roughly 6 months or so since an update....which isn't much....was debating on trading in the car or selling out right to purchase either a 2013+ M5 or a S4 but decided against it for numerous reasons at the moment. I have been thirsting for a 6mt sports sedan forever now....all that said....I just detailed her this afternoon and the thing is everytime I do so...I end up falling back in love with my car again so I'll take that as a sign for now. On the agenda for 2016 is first and foremost a tune....since adding the FI RHFC I know I'm either running too lean or too rich.
I also plan on painting the headlights and possibly adding demon eyes and maybe a version of ironman or something to spruce it up, still uncertain ATM.
Still more to come so stay tuned....
I also plan on painting the headlights and possibly adding demon eyes and maybe a version of ironman or something to spruce it up, still uncertain ATM.
Still more to come so stay tuned....
Well believe its over due....haven't been on here a whole lot due to a job promotion. But I believe most have seen or heard about my incident with the wife ripping off my front sport lip
I went from this the weekend before:
To this in less than a week:
I finally got around to taking of the remaining pieces and tape....she is now lonely and plain like all the other G's
I went from this the weekend before:
To this in less than a week:
I finally got around to taking of the remaining pieces and tape....she is now lonely and plain like all the other G's
