Sunday the 3rd set of bushings went on the AWR swaybar, the alternator belt was tightened and horn was fixed. So the RX8 is about to be put away for the winter and the P5 will trudge through another crappy weather season.
Side note, I really do appreciate the increased balance (read much less understeer) that the 21.5mm AWR rear sway bar provided when I bought it 2 years ago. But it has some issues;
- The bushings have not lasted very long, now on 3rd set AWR provided this set, and yes, they were properly lubed before each install and not over torqued down.
- The end links rubber doughnut bushings have blown out
- The two ends of the bar had to have about 5" cut off due to the lowered ride height of the car causing the bar's ends to slam the lower suspension arms.
So I wouldn't suggest it unless you have time to keep working on it and don't mind the banging when the bushing blow out and the brackets get bent.
Bought another LED hoodlight kit from the truck forum like I have on my Tacoma and hooked it up on the 323F...............
Filled the passenger side motor mount today. tried to remove the heatshield on exhaust but bolts too rusted in to be pulled, will have to cut the heads. the car rattles badly at launch and bending the heatshield away seemed to fix it.
so now i have both side motor mounts filled with red silicon. front mount is 77dm awr.
installed my replacement set of fogs that came with working bulbs not bad for $60. though i wish he had sent me two fogs that were a little closer in lense condition. one is quite scaled and pitted where the other is brand new looking. wont matter once i get hids in there.
then i ran all the wires to install hids. ran them through the crash bar as i did on the msp but installed two +12v and two relay wires for when i get around to installing the fog hids. become pretty proficient at removing the bumper now heh.
i still have to disable the drls, and modify the fog system to drl fogs. the wiring is a little longer than id have liked but the driver side lighting system is totally buggered.. i had to relay off the passenger side.
Your welcome. The adhesive didn't hold up to heat and leaning on the window working on other stuff so I had to come up with a way to reattach the window to the lid and RIVETS popped into my head and into the air box lid, lol. Was kinda sketchy drilling the holes in the plexiglass as not to crack it but did it in steps and it turned out OK. On a wacky note, used rear derailleur pulley side plate washers on the inside so the pop rivets wouldn't crack the plexiglass when popping them into place. Turned out nice and secure. Only had 6 rivets on hand at the time and thinking I need a 7th in the middle of the front so I will add it later on.You just blew my mind!!!
I've been trying to figure out a good way to fasten my plexiglass to the lid for CAB and been thinking I need a milling machine to cut a step into the plastic. RIVETS!
Thanks a million!