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narly_charley
#211
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 29, 2019 - 9:24 AM) *
>I forgot to post these up....
.....And right now it's on jack stands in the garage waiting for the new tires to be mounted.


What tires did you go with?
2000 GT-S 6 SPD...SOLD!
Bitter
#213
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 29, 2019 - 3:37 PM) *
>Zestino Tires

Sounds like a brand of pizza rolls.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
Box
#214
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QUOTE (Bitter @ Apr 29, 2019 - 3:38 PM) *
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 29, 2019 - 3:37 PM) *
>Zestino Tires

Sounds like a brand of pizza rolls.

laugh.gif It does. laugh.gif

>>>>Zestino >>>>Pizza >>>>Rolls!>>>>
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
Bitter
#215
I'm so getting bamnef from the next meet!
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
navseal345
#217
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QUOTE (Bitter @ Apr 29, 2019 - 3:38 PM) *
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 29, 2019 - 3:37 PM) *
>Zestino Tires

Sounds like a brand of pizza rolls.


Probably going to last as long as pizza rolls. One bite & gone.
Bitter
#218
Ok but seriously, they look like a knock off of the Dunlop Z2/Z3 tread pattern with a little lower tread wear. What's the deal? Just cheap and sticky?
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
Box
#219
From what I can gather with a few minutes of Googling, they're a Japanese company that outsources and has their tires made in China. Personally I'd stick with Federal for low price range tires, brother just put on 595RS-R on the BMW and they have no problem with 500 horsepower and work surprisingly well in the rain though nothing too torrential has happened yet. The 595RPM on the Genesis were also quite good so far. Yes the Federals are made in Taiwan, but by a Taiwanese company and so far they've surpassed expectations. Will find out long term use on the BMW now that the Genesis is being sold, but being they're the second most extreme street tire behind the 595RS-RR I'll be surprised if he gets 20K with rotating them and yes I finally managed to talk him into a square setup.

Hopefully the Zestino tires are ok, the Chinese are more than capable it's just a matter of what they're being told to make that's always the issue...
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
bloodMoney
#220
Zestinos come highly recommended from from the local tuning shop. They use them on both their grip cars and their drift cars.

As this car is not going to see more than 3000mi/yr, I'm not really concerned about it. I know for a fact that they will be better than the 10 year old Riken Raptors that are on the wheels now.

Plus we need to consider that despite the fact that they outsource to China, they are still a Japanese company with Japanese quality standards.... I don't mind being the guinea pig for this group, knowing the customers that have run these in past years and been happy with them.

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: Apr 30, 2019 - 8:08 AM
~bloodMoney
narly_charley
#221
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 30, 2019 - 8:08 AM) *
>they are still a Japanese company with Japanese quality standards....


Japanese products suck, and that includes automobiles.






You know I kid... smile.gif ha!
2000 GT-S 6 SPD...SOLD!
Bitter
#222
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 30, 2019 - 8:08 AM) *
>Zestinos come highly recommended from from the local tuning shop. They use them on both their grip cars and their drift cars.

As this car is not going to see more than 3000mi/yr, I'm not really concerned about it. I know for a fact that they will be better than the 10 year old Riken Raptors that are on the wheels now.

Plus we need to consider that despite the fact that they outsource to China, they are still a Japanese company with Japanese quality standards.... I don't mind being the guinea pig for this group, knowing the customers that have run these in past years and been happy with them.

It'll be a worthy experiment.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
Box
#223
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Apr 30, 2019 - 8:08 AM) *
>Plus we need to consider that despite the fact that they outsource to China, they are still a Japanese company with Japanese quality standards.... I don't mind being the guinea pig for this group, knowing the customers that have run these in past years and been happy with them.

That doesn't mean anything, Japanese electronics made in China or elsewhere don't hold a candle to Japanese electronics made in Japan. Of course you also have the price discrepancy so they should withhold higher quality for the higher priced equipment, but a company that's making everything in China may not have that but that's up to them. Like I said hopefully they turn out well.

This post has been edited by Box: Apr 30, 2019 - 2:56 PM
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
Bitter
#224
A lot of it comes down to QC, there's plenty of things made in China with strict QC that are great products. These tires could be one, Chris will find out and let us know. In the mean time I'll be bringing some marinara dipping sauce for his Zestino tires.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
Box
#225
Indeed, hopefully this is an instance of the outsourcing company specifying a high quality product. It'd be nice to have more inexpensive tires, note not cheap, out there.

Mmmm zesty Zestinos.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
Box
#226
Like the difference in quality between Federals that're Taiwanese made by a Taiwanese company are night and day over the Ohtsu which are a subsidiary of Japanese company Falken and are made in Indonesia or China. Yet the FP8000 are supposed to be an exact copy of an older Falken design.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
bloodMoney
#227
No pics for this update, but the wheels are back on the car.

I've also replaced the cluster bulbs with LEDs since one of the three were out.

Auxito LED

There are hot spots, but at least I can see all my gauges at night.

Finally, I pulled the fuel sender to try and see why my gauge wasn't working. Turns out the entire sender had come off of the bracket and was sitting the in bottom of the tank. After wrestling the sender up with a magnet, I soldered the connections back together and I seem to have a working gauge again.

Although, It appears that the drive to and from Starved Rock for the midwest meet used 3/4 tank of fuel. I certainly hope that's not the case, as it was only a 200 mi. round trip.... Maybe it had something to do with my foot magically getting heavier everytime Luke gets next to me....

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: May 8, 2019 - 11:11 AM
~bloodMoney
Bitter
#228
Starved Rock is minimum 1/2 tank for me, it was only 1/4 tank when I went in other cars.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
richee3
#229
That’s similar fuel economy to what we’re getting.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
bloodMoney
#230
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 8, 2019 - 1:23 PM) *
>That’s similar fuel economy to what we’re getting.


Really? Damn... I thought I was tweaking, that's why I kept asking you about how long it took to come up.
~bloodMoney
Box
#231
The GT-Four is a performance car, if you wanted economy should've gotten the ST. tongue.gif
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
enderswift
#232
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 8, 2019 - 12:07 PM) *
>No pics for this update, but the wheels are back on the car.

I've also replaced the cluster bulbs with LEDs since one of the three were out.

Auxito LED

There are hot spots, but at least I can see all my gauges at night.

Finally, I pulled the fuel sender to try and see why my gauge wasn't working. Turns out the entire sender had come off of the bracket and was sitting the in bottom of the tank. After wrestling the sender up with a magnet, I soldered the connections back together and I seem to have a working gauge again.

Although, It appears that the drive to and from Starved Rock for the midwest meet used 3/4 tank of fuel. I certainly hope that's not the case, as it was only a 200 mi. round trip.... Maybe it had something to do with my foot magically getting heavier everytime Luke gets next to me....


Im glad I have that effect; and I dont think either of us will ever change lol



This post has been edited by enderswift: May 8, 2019 - 11:13 PM
Bitter
#233
Chris, those LED's are not so suited for small spaces if you're running them at full brightness. Especially with the 'canbus' resistors getting hot on those things. I'd suggest something more like...the Diode Dynamics HP3. It comes in colors, Amber or Green would look nice for a classic Toyota look and feel. They're well diffused to help prevent hot spots.

http://images.diodedynamics.com/mazda/miat...gauge_green.jpg

This post has been edited by Bitter: May 8, 2019 - 11:24 PM
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
Box
#234
Isn't the green an overlay on the gauges? So I'd say green, plus the green is kinda cool these days as now it's all blinding LCD displays. I personally like amber though, really easy on the eyes.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
narly_charley
#235
The green lights in Toyota's is definitely classic.
2000 GT-S 6 SPD...SOLD!
bloodMoney
#236
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QUOTE (Box @ May 8, 2019 - 3:42 PM) *
>The GT-Four is a performance car, if you wanted economy should've gotten the ST. tongue.gif


Big talk from someone who doesn't even own one... tongue.gif

Plus, I think I'm just used to getting 400 mi/tank with the LS.

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QUOTE (enderswift @ May 8, 2019 - 10:48 PM) *
>Im glad I have that effect; and I dont think either of us will ever change lol


This worries me for when we get on track together…. lol

I like the white gauges. I’m planning on getting the Endworks cluster bezel, and some crisp white gauges will look great behind it. Maybe if these burn out, I'll try the diode dynamics. The photo does look pretty uniform.

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: May 9, 2019 - 7:30 AM
~bloodMoney
Box
#237
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 9, 2019 - 7:29 AM) *
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QUOTE (Box @ May 8, 2019 - 3:42 PM) *
>The GT-Four is a performance car, if you wanted economy should've gotten the ST. tongue.gif


Big talk from someone who doesn't even own one... tongue.gif

Plus, I think I'm just used to getting 400 mi/tank with the LS.

I used to own a ST and now I own something not economy minded at all, so I think my comment is valid. tongue.gif Hey find me an Iris Pearl GT-Four and I'll sell a kidney to make it happen.

For whatever it's worth the ST185 was rated at 19/24 originally, so as long as you're near that I'd think it's all kosher.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
richee3
#238
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 8, 2019 - 2:24 PM) *
>Really? Damn... I thought I was tweaking, that's why I kept asking you about how long it took to come up.

Yup, we’re getting about 250 miles to a tank. Less if Brigette drives it more.

For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
CDUB
#239
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QUOTE (bloodMoney @ May 8, 2019 - 12:07 PM) *
>No pics for this update, but the wheels are back on the car.

I've also replaced the cluster bulbs with LEDs since one of the three were out.

Auxito LED

There are hot spots, but at least I can see all my gauges at night.

Finally, I pulled the fuel sender to try and see why my gauge wasn't working. Turns out the entire sender had come off of the bracket and was sitting the in bottom of the tank. After wrestling the sender up with a magnet, I soldered the connections back together and I seem to have a working gauge again.

Although, It appears that the drive to and from Starved Rock for the midwest meet used 3/4 tank of fuel. I certainly hope that's not the case, as it was only a 200 mi. round trip.... Maybe it had something to do with my foot magically getting heavier everytime Luke gets next to me....



Any chance you remember how many/type of bulbs are in the GT4 Cluster. The lighting guide just says :
"Guage Cluster - 194 (Larger Bulbs) and 74 (Smaller Bulbs)"

Im not sure how accurate that info actually is.

navseal345
#240
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QUOTE (richee3 @ May 9, 2019 - 2:04 PM) *
>For scientific reasons, I would like to know the outcome of driving near Luke on the highway.


You enjoy it more than the car does. And gas mileage may suffer.
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