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Old 05-16-2016, 03:32 AM   #14281
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Old 05-16-2016, 04:02 AM   #14282
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Another #trackdaybro. Going into this weekend I had three new things to try out: (1) my new trailer / corn cart; (2) a brand new set of Dunlop Direzza Z2 Star Specs; and (3) my new harnesses.



Trailer was great (once it had some weight on it). Tires were great. Harnesses were great. Had a lot of good sessions. In fact, I shaved 5 whole seconds off my best lap time from last month. Here's the lap in question:



But not everything was sunshine and roses. On the morning of day 2 I noticed my left rear tire was significantly lower than the others. I pull it off to have a look:



My brand new tire had a nail in it.

And somewhere along the line, my windshield decided it couldn't even. No obvious rock chips, no impact, nothing. It just broke.



But yeah. Good weekend.
(excuse the "paint"job and hope you dont mind me taking your pic for editing)



in the circle, i can see what looks like 2 or 3 little stone chips, and the arrow points to what looks like a weird paint defect or something.

other than that, good news is that you had fun
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Old 05-16-2016, 05:30 AM   #14283
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Old 05-16-2016, 05:57 AM   #14284
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(excuse the "paint"job and hope you dont mind me taking your pic for editing)



in the circle, i can see what looks like 2 or 3 little stone chips, and the arrow points to what looks like a weird paint defect or something.

other than that, good news is that you had fun
i haven't looked at it too closely but you might be right. that paint defect was preexisting, though. i got halfway through fixing a rock chip and got lazy.
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Old 05-16-2016, 05:34 PM   #14286
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Longboard you say?

You stand corrected.

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i haven't looked at it too closely but you might be right. that paint defect was preexisting, though. i got halfway through fixing a rock chip and got lazy.
Hope you can get it fixed soon mate. The paint chip might be from the same stone trying to kill you lol
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Old 05-17-2016, 05:20 PM   #14289
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Took it out of the storage now that Wisconsin weather is getting nice!
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Took it out of the storage now that Wisconsin weather is getting nice!

Damn, that's too pretty....put it back!
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Making the necessary wiring changes inside the light to get to work the way I wanted (no F1 blinkity blink while braking, just a simple triangle brake light, thank you very much) was a bit of a challenge, but thanks to my USCG Electronics training and sick soldering skills, Success!
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Old 05-18-2016, 10:55 AM   #14292
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And swapped the USB/AUX port for an OBD2 on/off pilot switch, because awesome.

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