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Chances are good I won't pull them off and weigh them for a while, but they're slightly less thick than the no-name rotors I had installed before. Having held them both I don't think there's a significant difference in weight, but if anything it's on the lighter side.
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05-24-2018, 06:35 PM
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They are iron rotors that are plated with aluminum/zinc. Not aluminum coated with zinc.
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05-24-2018, 10:27 PM
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They are iron rotors that are plated with aluminum/zinc. Not aluminum coated with zinc.
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That makes much better sense, given the heat and stress. I thought the 10 lbs I saw for a similar seeming Bosch rotor was a bit heavy for aluminium & zinc!
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07-02-2018, 07:40 AM
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Installed some new creature comforts.
8" sub hidden in some dead space in the rear:
Infinity Kappa speakers all around. These are a lot more efficient, so I was able to delete my amplifier.
Honda CR-Z seats:
Ever wonder what the inside of a seat looks like? I pulled them apart for cleaning and removed the airbags and what appeared to be a controller for heating the passenger seat. They were still probably twice as heavy as the Insight's seats.
The new seats weren't quite drop-in replacements, and required that I make adapters.
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07-02-2018, 07:43 AM
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Windshield wipers had been making a "clunk clunk" for the last few months. Pulled things apart and found one of the plastic bushings (?) had broken apart, and the rod was bouncing around a bit whenever I turned them on.
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07-02-2018, 10:11 AM
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Seats look great. I couldn't bring myself to double seat weight in a G1 Insight, myself!
Did you replace the wiper mechanism bushing? Where'd you get the bits?
I had a bunch of worn ones in the MPGiata (so worn, one would sometimes pop off the ball). I filled it with epoxy and dremeled out the socket.  |
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07-02-2018, 10:16 AM
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Seats look great. I couldn't bring myself to double seat weight in a G1 Insight, myself!
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The added weight is a bummer, but my back thanks me. It feels like riding in an entirely different car now.
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I ordered the entire arm from G1 Parts. I think it was ~$20? Replacement took ~10 minutes. |
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07-02-2018, 12:11 PM
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Looks good!
I'm sure those seats will make it a lot more enjoyable to drive, even though they'll probably rob you of a quarter mile a gallon
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I've read there is a 0w16 hitting Walmart soon, so next change I may try that.
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08-09-2019, 07:39 AM
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anyone have uoa results with the 0w-16 stuff?
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Unfortunately (or fortunately) I swapped my engine with a different one before getting around to trying 0w16.
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