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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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Check the radiator coolant, power steering and all other things people have posted. WELCOME to the forums!
Old Mar 10, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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This forum is really good i am so glad that i joined. All my questions answered very quickly. I should've joined earlier i had a s281 supercharged version had 110k miles so i just sold a month ago but i took it mechanic for everything and cost me alot.

@1SLO85: i checked the coolant it was low and i added some more. Will check the Power Steering fluid toay.

@kugzgt: yea i will look up jl or pioneer? How many watts you say?
Old Mar 10, 2011 | 05:08 PM
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it depends on what the wattage is on you're subs, but to be honest if i were you i would just go to wallyworld and pick up the pioneer 760w
its cheap and sounds decent. i rock it in my 4runner with no problems.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:23 PM
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Guys, another question..

I got a text from the guy i got the car from that the car tires has nitrogen in them? Now, do i have to put nitrogen in them too or regular air is fine. I was actually going to put some air in couple of days.

Thank you all
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 10:44 PM
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yep interested to know as well... what is the difference between nitrogen and regular air???
Old Mar 17, 2011 | 01:36 AM
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Found this on google. pretty much same thing i guess

Most tires are filled with compressed air, which when dry consists of about 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent other gases by volume. Water vapor (humidity) can make up as much as 5 percent of the volume of air under worst-case conditions. Filling your tires with nitrogen mainly does two things: it eliminates moisture, and it replaces skinny oxygen molecules with fat nitrogen molecules, reducing the rate at which compressed gas diffuses through porous tire walls. That means, theoretically at least, that a tire filled with nitrogen retains optimal pressure longer, leading to more uniform tire wear and better gas mileage. The commonly quoted figure is that tires inflated to 32 psi get 3 percent better mileage than at 24 psi.
Old Mar 17, 2011 | 04:09 AM
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Nitrogen is a crock. They argue that nitrogen filled tires don't gain/lose pressure due to tire temperature. It's bs. A vehicle with a live tire pressure monitoring system will show you that pressure will change +-10% due to temperature during a pre delivery road test.

Theres practically no possible way to get out every bit of oxygen in your tires. In there's 99.5% nitrogen in your tires it will make any positive attribute to the nitrogen null and void because that half percent of oxygen will expand and contract. If one had 100% nitrogen in his tires he would see virtually no change in tire pressure.


It sounds cool and was a huge fad a few years ago.
Old Mar 17, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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I am going to order MGW shifter tonight.. What you guys think? i read alot of reviews on google and they were all good...Opinions?

Thank you all really appreciate your answers..
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 09:17 AM
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Now another question i did research on this forum about the orange regular shifter and the race grey shifter of mgw. This is my daily driver i am not going to race or anything i would like to set my elbow on the arm rest and change gears. What do you guys recommend i also read that the race silver shifter is only 1/2' inch shorter so thats not that much either. Which one is better? thank you very much
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 10:11 AM
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The length is the difference. Get the orange one if you have short arms.



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