My BEAMS baby

No, it's from a Toyota. Could be a Corolla or Avensis, afaik those are 5x100.

 

Yesterday we swapped the two front wheels as my girlfriend's dad suggested (the tires are not fixed direction). On the way home the car was going slightly left instead of right, so it looks like it's not a suspension problem. The wheels are balanced, I double checked them before this season, so I don't really understand what's the cause. Did one tire wear asymmetrically? I put 0.2 bar more pressure into the left front wheel and now it's about right.

 

I ran into a great deal today on eBay! My momo superturismo pedals were great, but sadly after some years the grip pieces on my clutch pedal wore off completely and it's very slippery, especially if my shoes are wet. Since I cannot buy the grip pieces separately, I was searching for another set, but all other momo sets were just too pricey, until now! I just bought a set of these for 33USD including shipping:

 

Well, three weeks have passed and I didn't receive the pedals yet. More bad news is, that the seller disappeared from ebay, it's no longer a valid account. Will this be my first bad experience with ebay?

 

Thanks I have more plans as well, will do them one by one.

I'll wait for the end of the week, and will start a "didn't receive issue" on eBay customer support.

 

Update:
I have gone through the eBay issue process, and since I could not contact the seller (I even wrote to him to his paypal address, and also found the online shop and tried to contact them there as well) eBay gave me a full refund.

Although this was my first time not getting a paid item on eBay, it turned out well and they truly protect the buyer.

 

I just wanted to thank everyone who voted for me for ROTM july.


Updates:
- Last week we were on holiday, and on some other journeys. Some trips we had with four people, and trunk packed full. Rear arches were so close to the tires, I could not fit my finger in. But there was no rubbing at all, even though we were going on some quite bad roads as well. And I quite liked the look! So I decided to install my Eibach springs to the rears as well, along with a pair of rear spring insulators, the lower part of the current ones are worn and ugly. I did 665km total, with a 7.6 liter average consumption, I'm totally satisfied given the fact of the plus weight

- Car was doing well on the journeys, and with my new exhaust (oem spec Bosal ST162 center part + rear muffler) it was very confortable. Still, I miss a bit of sporty sound so it can be that my ever changing exhaust layout will be modded again. I think I'll put back the rear muffler only, that way it will have some more sound but won't be that loud as before. And there is an other thing, the current muffler makes an awful rattling sound while it's not on operating temperature. Don't ask why, I don't get it either, but after like 5km the rattling goes away, but if I stop for 10mins and the rear muffler cools down, it starts over. Strange.

- An other project is my long overdue front seats renewing. I was searching for an other set a lot this year too, but given up totally. I wanted them to be made before our holiday, but the company who I want to give them to is full of work until august, so next week I'll try again.

- I'm also searching for a container shipping company here, who would bring me a set of new axles and a remanufactured steering rack from the US, those things are ridiculously cheap over there, compared to our prices. Once the seats are done, I'll ask them a price offer.

 

I see. Yes, I've heard that this happens sometimes, but as long as I can compensate it with 0.2 bar difference, it's not worth a new pair of tires for me

 

Yesterday my brother made some photos with his semi-pro camera, here is a selection of them:

First of all, The fly

 

Thanks, I'll let him know

Tyres - no we don't, I guess I just have wait too, to let them wear a bit.
Pedals - thanks, but I don't feel the oem rubber that comfortable. It's extra slippery when wet, and extra grippy when my shoes are started to dry.
Spacers - 25mm on the back, none on the front.
Injectors - there was some discussions about this on the beams forum, some say that they are 340cc and others sware they are 360cc.

 

Hm, strange, as I imagine, they injector sizes should grow with the engine generations