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DukeTrout

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  1. I had a piece of rebar go through my tire and the barrel of the wheel back in the spring. I need to either offload these really nice wheels or get a single replacement.
  2. Any reason one couldn’t install a second illumination level roller switch on the other side of the mirror control to act as a HID level switch? It’s probably just a indexed potentiometer like the ILL switch.
  3. How do I tell if my JDM headlights are pre-facelift or post-facelift?
  4. Loving the latest updates, UD. How are you liking the JDM FLSD? I wouldn't necessarily crack the trans for just the LSD, but I can tell my 5th gear synchros are starting to go. If I have the trans open anyway for service, might as well add a LSD...
  5. Good illustration here: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/new-2007-drl-hid-help-42292p2.html Post #67. It was a long time ago, but I still remember that it was a p.i.t.a. I think part of the key is to push in the wire (opposite of pulling it out) THEN disengage the tab.
  6. It has a tab locking it in place. You have to go into the tab area with a VERY tiny flathead screwdriver, release the tab, then pull the wire. It takes effort and patience.
  7. The pump is only in play during startup and certain other fuel-rich times. If your emissions testing is like ours, it's done once the car is already warmed up, and the air pump shouldn't affect anything.
  8. I foresee a whole thread on programming messages into the startup text. e.g. KICK|A$$
  9. For 07+ models, instead of pulling the whole white plug, you only should pull the blue & black wire from the white plug.
  10. Probably you used the technique for 05+06 cars, which is to pull the whole white connector. For 07-09 Legacies, the correct procedure is to pull JUST the blue & black wire from the white housing, then plug the white connector back in.
  11. Not 07. That's for 05 & 06. For 07 it changed to just the blue-and-black wire.
  12. In for the settled stance with the H-tech front/Pinks rear pictures. Could this be the cure for saggy butt syndrome?
  13. Rallitek may be running a special on them right now.
  14. And it's the blue-and-black wire. That's the only one you need to d/c. You probably want to cover it with something, just in case. Then plug the white connector back in.
  15. Mine work just fine (07) on flash (pull) or steady (push). Did you pull the whole white connector or just the blue-and-black wire.
  16. Either 08 is different than 07 or you nicked another wire while you were down there.
  17. For 07 and later, you use a different procedure. You only need to unplug the blue-and-black wire from the white plug, as described a couple of posts up. Then you get to keep your fogs and hi-beams.
  18. That may be part of it, ehsnils. Our OBXT oversteers on ice/snow, but that may be because we use studded tires in winter and on the mountain.
  19. jazzy - I've driven the 05 OBXT on just about every low- to no-traction surface available and the only mods I have are different 17" x 7" wheels and studded winter tires. I've never detected this wiggle you describe. Heck, there's more wiggle at speed on dry roads than I've noticed on ice or snow. Maybe it comes down to that - whoever is noticing the wiggle simply needs to slow the heck down.
  20. You might have better traction on the lake. With a thin layer of ice over the road, the surface is inflexible. On the lake, the slight flexion of the ice as the wheel passes over it might increase the contact patch and improve the traction. Maybe.
  21. Bold emphasis mine. These statements are right on. I drive hundreds of hours on snow and ice. Unlike Michigan (where I grew up, and learned to drive on snow), the roads I drive in Oregon are never straight. They are all curves. In the OBXT, I'm the one doing all the passing. The only modifications I have on it are Dean Wintercat studded tires and a second set of 17 x 7 wheels to mount them on. On sweeping curves, I never have a problem with the rear stepping out. On tighter turns, SLOW DOWN BEFORE the turn, then feed throttle on the way out. You'll get some oversteer, but it is nice and predictable (not to mention, rather fun). If you're getting passed on the highway with a truly icy surface, please let the idiots go the speed they want to crash at. Stay safe. If you think you really have some kind of problem, get your alignment checked. It's not the design of the car, dude.
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