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  1. fill the plug spot with brake fluid and keep doing this for a few days then try tightning them then loosing them thats what i had to do

     

    Now there's a new idea... never heard of that one before... where'd that come from?

  2. tires will fluctuate 1-2 psi for every 10 degrees of air temperature change

     

    Fill a baloon 1/2 full of air and put it in the freezer, it will shrivle up, put the same baloon outside on a hot day and it will expand.

  3. I know that in BC there is a law about them, but not in the rest of canada.

     

    The X-Trail was available with a package that came with 2 lights mounted in the roof rack, if the vehicle was sold in BC there was a delete, or cover that needed to be put on them before they were allowed to be sold.

     

    Don't know about laws in your area.

  4. You should install camber bolts anyways, because if you've got it apart, it's not a big deal to put them in. If you don't, put it all together, then try to align it, find out you need them, you have to take all the alignment stuff off, take the front end apart, and put them in anyways. You might as well have put them in the first place to save the agravation.

     

    My rears were very tricky to install.

     

    I did it without removing the bumpstops.

     

    I disconnected the rear shocks, and the rear swaybar. The swaybar gave me another 2-3 inches of drop.

     

    The rear flex hose was at it's max droop, any more and it would have torn the hose. If I had disconnected the hose I probably could have gotten a little more room, but I didn't want to chance breaking bolts or lines.

     

    I ended up having to compress my rear springs, and then installing them compressed, then releasing them once they were in place.

  5. Actually, to me, the AFTER Photo looks like its pretty raked (not level). just an observation. hope my lift turns out well too!

     

    There is about a 1" difference between the front and rear, however a lot of the different look in the pic could be because there's a little bit of a slope in the parking lot.

  6. I have not, for the same reason's as you stated.

     

    I carry liability only on my vehicles, as I didn't pay a lot for them in the first place.

     

    If someone hits me, and it's not my fault, insurance will cover the repairs even without collision insurance coverage

     

    If I hit someone and it's my fault, I'm not making a claim, and will try my best to have the other person not call insurance either, just pay to have their vehicle repaired (but I have body shop connections)

     

    As far as theft, I will do whatever I can to make sure my stuff cannot be taken. When I mount a winch on the truck, I'm going to mig weld the bolts so they can't be un-bolted, same as any lights, bumper, etc...

     

    When it comes to insurance, it better be worth your while to make a claim. In my business, I see so many people call their insurance for small dings and scrapes on their cars, pay $300/$500/$1000 deductables, when a lot of the time, I could have repaired it for what they paid for a deductable, or close to it. Now they've got a claim against their record, and even though a lot of companies forgive the 1st one, as soon as they have a 2nd one, they pay 10x over for that repair in increased premiums.

  7. I am sure you already know this... but I thought I'd throw it out... :coffee!:

    are you sure the ride wouldn't have evened out after driving it a little? It sits higher when first installed then settles out.

     

    It may settle eventually, and with a bumper and winch too, but it wouldn't have driven very well the way it was. I may have to install the spacers afterwards.

  8. So, 7 hours later, almost busting a finger, and almost throwing a strut across the shop...... it's in...

     

    I knew AC lifts were inconsistant, but I knew there was something wrong..

     

    Got the whole front put together, and man did it look high.. figured it was because the back wasnt done, so put the back together. Something still didn't look right:

     

    Before:

     

    DSCN1065.JPG

     

    After:

     

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    Thats right... 4 inches

     

    The back

     

    Before:

     

    DSCN1066.JPG

     

    After:

     

    DSCN1083.JPG

     

    Thats right... 2 inches..

     

    The front was sitting higher than the back now:

     

    DSCN1084.JPG

     

    I had to take the whole front apart again and remove the spacers to bring it back to level again:

     

    Front final:

     

    DSCN1085.JPG

     

    Rear final:

     

    DSCN1086.JPG

     

    Final alignment:

     

    DSCN1089.JPG

     

    Before:

     

    DSCN1008.JPG

     

    After:

     

    DSCN1092.JPG

  9. Now what about the odometer?

     

    The bigger the tire, the longer it takes for 1 revolution. Your speedo/odometer will actually read lower than your actual speed, therefore your odometer will accumulate slower that it actually should.

     

    Never really a big deal for most people, it's the other way around that would cause issues.

     

     

    I agree with the GPS idea, that's what I did, or you could use

     

    http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

     

    It will tell you the % off your new tires are, so just add that. I found using GPS that when I was going 100kph by speedo, I was actually running at 110kph.

     

    So I know now that if I'm on the highway, keep it around 90-95kph and I should be fine.

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