What did you do to your V today?
11-07-2018, 01:36 PM
#2342
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Went out yesterday evening to reinstall my back seat, which I had taken out for my October track event and haven't gotten around to reinstalling. Opened the rear passenger door and was delighted to find the lower seat shelf area on the passenger side full of water, apparently due to sunroof drain leakage. 
We've had a ton of rain recently; I suppose it was fortunate I hadn't gotten off my *** to reinstall the back seat yet, because the bottom cushion would've been pretty water-logged!
I'm still not really sure where the water was coming out. The passenger sail panel was very wet, and the headliner directly above the sail panel was wet. But the wet area on the headliner appeared to be due to moisture wicking up from the very wet sail panel, not due to direct leakage. I would think if the sunroof drain hose was loose or had had popped off of the sunroof assembly, the headliner would've been soaked, but it wasn't. The drain hose looked to me like it was a solid piece of tubing when I pulled the sail panel, so I don't know how it could've been leaking onto the sail panel.
Of course, I was investigating in the dark while wearing a headlamp, so it's possible I missed something.
Anyway, I pulled the side trim inside the trunk so I could follow where the drain tube goes to the outside world. When I pulled the plastic hose out of the rubber grommet, I got some amount of water out, so maybe the rubber grommet was clogged up? I ran something through that to ensure it was clear, but for last night I didn't hook the hose back up - I just left the drain hose dumping into a container in the trunk. I want to blow through the hose to ensure it's clear, but I didn't want to do that in the dark when I wouldn't be able to see what was going on at the opposite end as I blew air through it. I'll see if I can get to that after work today. I also made a run to Home Depot last night and picked up some hanging dessicant bags to put in the car to help dehumidify the interior; when I get home from work today I'll open up all the windows to let it air out.
We've had a ton of rain recently; I suppose it was fortunate I hadn't gotten off my *** to reinstall the back seat yet, because the bottom cushion would've been pretty water-logged!I'm still not really sure where the water was coming out. The passenger sail panel was very wet, and the headliner directly above the sail panel was wet. But the wet area on the headliner appeared to be due to moisture wicking up from the very wet sail panel, not due to direct leakage. I would think if the sunroof drain hose was loose or had had popped off of the sunroof assembly, the headliner would've been soaked, but it wasn't. The drain hose looked to me like it was a solid piece of tubing when I pulled the sail panel, so I don't know how it could've been leaking onto the sail panel.
Of course, I was investigating in the dark while wearing a headlamp, so it's possible I missed something.Anyway, I pulled the side trim inside the trunk so I could follow where the drain tube goes to the outside world. When I pulled the plastic hose out of the rubber grommet, I got some amount of water out, so maybe the rubber grommet was clogged up? I ran something through that to ensure it was clear, but for last night I didn't hook the hose back up - I just left the drain hose dumping into a container in the trunk. I want to blow through the hose to ensure it's clear, but I didn't want to do that in the dark when I wouldn't be able to see what was going on at the opposite end as I blew air through it. I'll see if I can get to that after work today. I also made a run to Home Depot last night and picked up some hanging dessicant bags to put in the car to help dehumidify the interior; when I get home from work today I'll open up all the windows to let it air out.
11-11-2018, 06:59 AM
#2346
Finally got off my *** and replaced the stock mount with revshift insert out for the new style creative steel one.
Hopefully it plays better with the UMI mounts than the old style did. It's the same height installed as stock mount with insert.
The old style CS mount was taller and caused alignment issues in my car, which is an oddball.
-Byron
Hopefully it plays better with the UMI mounts than the old style did. It's the same height installed as stock mount with insert.
The old style CS mount was taller and caused alignment issues in my car, which is an oddball.
-Byron
11-12-2018, 11:11 AM
#2352
I could see why a person wouldn’t care for something this low and tight feeling. I’ve only driven it for the 5-minute commute this morning so I’m not completely decided I guess. I’m not planning on taking it out though.
11-12-2018, 10:09 PM
#2353
I think I like them both. My modified stock one was destroying the pivot ball so it was getting pretty terrible. This is better but I’m probably going to get the taller handle for it sooner or later. It’s a little short for my tastes. Definitely more extreme than I had anticipated.
I could see why a person wouldn’t care for something this low and tight feeling. I’ve only driven it for the 5-minute commute this morning so I’m not completely decided I guess. I’m not planning on taking it out though.
-Byron
11-15-2018, 03:54 PM
#2356
theres also a cold weather spec power steering fluid that could help if that pump gets noisy in the cold.
11-17-2018, 09:06 PM
#2360
probably both. What tires do you use? I have some eagle RSAs that I’m just gonna five up on finally. Hard tires just suck on this car. They’ve lasted 40k (rotating with snow tires so maybe more like 25k) and they’re only 2/3 gone probably. I just can’t take it anymore and I’m not as car-poor as I used to be when I decided on a super high mileage tire.
theres also a cold weather spec power steering fluid that could help if that pump gets noisy in the cold.
Sumitomo tour plus are what was on it when I bought it and they have lots of life still. Seeing that harmonic balancer photo reminds me of how mine seems to wobble. ****, I need to change it before it leaves me stranded.