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Old 10-27-2025, 09:28 PM   #239
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Yep. Car did need an alignment. God damn local roads are killing my settings overtime.

Went to -2.5 on front with -1.5 on the rear. With very limited toe on the rear too. Tires seem to like this setting a little more and the car is more stable on straight line. Now I just need to reset the suspension to a more winter-friendly setting.
What tires are you in again?
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Old 10-27-2025, 11:51 PM   #240
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What tires are you in again?
A052s. They need a lot of camber. Given the issues Im running with my daily tires wearing out, I might have to switch to Bridgestones.
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Old 10-28-2025, 12:10 AM   #241
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A052s. They need a lot of camber. Given the issues Im running with my daily tires wearing out, I might have to switch to Bridgestones.
Ah I see what you mean now. I thought you didn't want to run too much camber lol. What's limiting your camber then? I would think you would want 3.5+? Sorry haven't been following your build recently...
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Old 10-28-2025, 12:17 AM   #242
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Ah I see what you mean now. I thought you didn't want to run too much camber lol. What's limiting your camber then? I would think you would want 3.5+? Sorry haven't been following your build recently...
I was running -3.5 during the season. But since it is my daily car it was eating at the inner rubber. I could go to -4 or more but that would absolutely feel horrible whenever putting the all seasons back on and would eat them away.

I went to -2.5 for the winter since there is no need for the old camber and the AS tires feel relatively better when driving.
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I was running -3.5 during the season. But since it is my daily car it was eating at the inner rubber. I could go to -4 or more but that would absolutely feel horrible whenever putting the all seasons back on and would eat them away.

I went to -2.5 for the winter since there is no need for the old camber and the AS tires feel relatively better when driving.
Oooooohhhhh, I'm dumb lol. Ok yeah good luck with that, I don't daily my FRS most of the time. I have found that regular tire rotations seem to keep the tread decent since I'm *only 2.3 in back. I've got a set of General AS-05 before they were discontinued and they seem pretty happy at 3.8 up front. Again, probably only 1-2k miles on them.

...I guess that doesn't really help pointing to a discontinued tire though...
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Old 11-03-2025, 01:59 PM   #244
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Accessory belt replaced at 72,600 miles. Belt is Gates Micro-V.

Didn't snap or anything, I just noticed cracks at the tracks here and there.
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73,000 Miles. Oil changed by dealership. Too cold to work on the car lol.
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The autocross bug is hitting hard, and is not even 2026 yet.....
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The autocross bug is hitting hard, and is not even 2026 yet.....
No better time to get a new helmet! Break it in before the season, or do ice racing over here
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Since I am still on the stock header and didn't feel like dealing with rusted header/front pipe bolts I let my local dealer install my motor motors... Might be worth just getting a quote from shop/dealer as it wasn't that much.
Completely unrelated question. Are you actually in Ireland. Feel free to PM. Im heading there for a vacation in the next months, rather hear from a local on recommendations lol.
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Completely unrelated question. Are you actually in Ireland. Feel free to PM. Im heading there for a vacation in the next months, rather hear from a local on recommendations lol.
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STi Transmission mount acquired. Now I need the LSD ones.
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STi Transmission mount acquired. Now I need the LSD ones.
I need someone to convince me that I'm never going to install the sti diff mounts sitting in my garage and that I'll just get poly bushings if the stock ones die (running whiteline inserts right now).
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I need someone to convince me that I'm never going to install the sti diff mounts sitting in my garage and that I'll just get poly bushings if the stock ones die (running whiteline inserts right now).
You're probably never going to install the sti diff mounts sitting in your garage. Just get poly bushings if they go. Hahaha.
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