NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[Clipdat]

Not sure what "steer ahead" means, but maybe that's that particular machine's name for the steering wheel centering.

It's not a huge deal, it's just kindof one of those little things that bothers you.

I'm more concerned/annoyed that somehow my alignment is off after only 4 months/1k miles.

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

What's the "steer ahead" spec?

Here's the sheet from the first alignment I had done on the FR-S:


They had corrected the steer ahead spec to 0* and that centered the steering wheel.


I'm having the same issue as you with the Yaris. Car tracks straight, but the steering wheel is slightly pointed to the right. I'll see if I can have an alignment done next week or so, so that I can finally order those wheels and tires. haha

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Not sure what "steer ahead" means, but maybe that's that particular machine's name for the steering wheel centering.

It's not a huge deal, it's just kindof one of those little things that bothers you.

I'm more concerned/annoyed that somehow my alignment is off after only 4 months/1k miles.

I'm assuming it's steering wheel center as well. Lol.

If you've hit a pot hole or road defect hard enough, it can mess with the alignment, especially if they forgot to torque everything down on the last alignment.

I just scheduled my Yaris for an alignment next week.

[SoNotCool]

TGImF


........ Meet tonight in San Ramon @ T4 starts at 830 ..... come one come all

[Kaotic Lazagna]

le sigh...it's my Sunday.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

le sigh...it's my Sunday.

My Wednesday :/

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by spike021

My Wednesday :/

[Clipdat]

@finch1750 Martin Jones looks like shit.

Edit: 1 down, 15 to go!

[spike021]

Finally chose my custom license plate word and ordered it! \o/

Thanks to @Clipdat for the help with decision-making.

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

@finch1750 Martin Jones looks like shit.

Edit: 1 down, 15 to go!

Hahahaha. I love it. Arent the playoffs great? Im not getting my hopes up cuz i dont think id survive the fucking stress levels of last year

[My Key]

Finally installed my second mod

[spike021]

Originally Posted by My Key

Finally installed my second mod

Eye see you

[Clipdat]

Well that is somewhat disappointing. When I ordered the TRD aero stabilizing trunk cover from FT86SpeedFactory, it was listed as "In Stock". However, after I ordered it, the page said "Ships from Factory".

I inquired about this and this was the response:

"This is on order from Japan, so it will be delivered to us, then we will ship it out to you. At this time, I do not have an exact ETA due to it coming from overseas. "

I'm unsure of how/why it changed from being "In Stock" to needing to be ordered from Japan. Lame.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Well that is somewhat disappointing. When I ordered the TRD aero stabilizing trunk cover from FT86SpeedFactory, it was listed as "In Stock". However, after I ordered it, the page said "Ships from Factory".

I inquired about this and this was the response:

"This is on order from Japan, so it will be delivered to us, then we will ship it out to you. At this time, I do not have an exact ETA due to it coming from overseas. "

I'm unsure of how/why it changed from being "In Stock" to needing to be ordered from Japan. Lame.

Same thing happened to me with the 949racing wheels with the vendor one of you guys suggested to me. Not sure why vendors do that when the product is not in stock and would ship from the manufacturer.

[Clipdat]

I guess I could push the issue and get frustrated, but not a lot of good it would do at this point. If it's coming from Japan, it's coming from Japan. But, it would certainly be nice if they kept an accurate stock status on the item's page.

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Same thing happened to me with the 949racing wheels with the vendor one of you guys suggested to me. Not sure why vendors do that when the product is not in stock and would ship from the manufacturer.