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norcalfocus01 · Jul 11, 2012

I saw that you posted/bumped this thread and I was WTF your having a baby today. Then I saw the picture ans was like awesome!

Congrats Rich!

Houdini · Jul 11, 2012

that's awesome dude. Congrats.

Z63R · Jul 12, 2012

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CoRngratz!

He's a healthy lil' dewd!

:thumbup:

Redwake · Jul 12, 2012

Thanks.. All is well he's a good baby not fussy.

These 'dad beds' at the hospital are torture though.

Redwake · Jul 14, 2012

We are home now all is well.

Transmission is in I drove it briefly its shifting noticeably firmer even without changing the shift pressure.

Car sits at the body shop now still waiting on insurance.

Nickgt40 · Jul 14, 2012

Congrats on the kiddo!

arty:

Now get fixed already!!!

SVT3658 · Jul 14, 2012

Congrats on the kid! And that sucks about the damage man. But if it makes you feel better, the centercaps are on their way to you!

Redwake · Jul 20, 2012

Repairs approved today.. Not totaled... I know the body shop owner and he knows im a computer geek so he is also going to roll my fenders for me in exchange for about 1-2 hours work on his computer.

Get my car back in a week :banana:

Just in time for me to shake it down before driving to the stick for that 'Drive ST' event.

Edit: rental is a Mazda 6.. Liked these cars now I've driven one... Not so much

Body roll and the tranny slips more than the one I just removed from my focus. Only driven for 15 min so far.. It is better than riding the bus.

Redwake · Jul 21, 2012

SVT3658 said:
Congrats on the kid! And that sucks about the damage man. But if it makes you feel better, the centercaps are on their way to you!

Got them.. Cars still in the body shop so I haven't got to try them Yet but sizing against the oe if there is a fitment problem I believe I can solve by removing the spring ring for installation and re-installing the ring after the cap is on the wheel.

Nickgt40 said:
Now get fixed already!!!

Referring to my car or deez nuts? :lol:

Redwake · Jul 31, 2012

Got my car back fender looks great but they ****ed up my wheels :bang:

Seriously wtf how hard is it. Why wouldn't you tell your boss so it could be fixed before the customer got there.

Yea side wall sidewall is missing from my tires that have less than 100 miles on them. How do you even do that in one ****ing spot like that.

norcalfocus01 · Jul 31, 2012

Looks like they dropped them on the face of the wheel.

Redwake · Jul 31, 2012

On a rock? It took a chunk of sidewall out.

I guess I'll live with the sidewall but they are re-doing all 4 wheels next week at their cost.

In the alignment shop now getting measurements cuz my rears are rubbing pretty good. Probably going to get camber arms who's selling some?

Fronts I was worried about and surprisingly haven't been a problem yet... He is correcting a toe problem up front is all.

wagonguy00 · Jul 31, 2012

Sucks to see that man, did you say something when you picked them up?

Almost looks like they took your tire off and caused the damage, cause the scratch goes really close to the seam of the tire?

Redwake · Jul 31, 2012

Sooo.. Alignment shop.. I already have 2.5 degrees of natural camber.

I'm not trying to get silly camber blots arent going to solve my rubbing. I know coils and more low will but I'm not ready for that. So.. I'm wondering if any one has used air lift bags to stiffen the suspension?

These things: http://www.jcwhitney.com/2000-2007-.../air-lift-1000-air-spring/p3038428d620y2000-2007j1.jcwx?year=2000&filterid=g169

Temporary solve while I get funding sorted out for the next batch of mods.

wagonguy00 · Jul 31, 2012

Redwake said:
Sooo.. Alignment shop..

Ah forgot about how they put the mirrors on the rim.

Still, that's F'ed up.

Redwake · Aug 1, 2012

That's not what did it.. The tires are new so I was planning on getting an allignment before this all happened. Only to find I'm in spec with exception to camber.

One of the body guys messed the wheels up without question. He's trying to say they didn't do the 3rd but he is taking care of it anyways. The 3rd I even have a picture of and a statement from an agent saying there is no damage so it's interesting which wheel he picked. At any rate it's getting taken care of he is an honest guy. Just tired of having **** go wrong with my car I just dumped a significant amount of cash in it I just want to enjoy it for a while now.

back to the million Dollar question. Will those load/air bags do any good? If they truly add 1000 lbs of capacity that should stiffen my rear enough so that it doesn't rub crossing un-even intersections etc.

He says they rolled the fenders but it doesn't look like it the lip is still in the way.

So ramble ramble. I'm thinking these bags plus camber bolts and bending the inner lips back will solve. Agree? Feedback?

cmmike1 · Aug 1, 2012

you would need a way to fill the bags and keep them regulated. a lot of other expenses involved to get those to work. you might have more success with the bolts and bending the fender lips maybe a light roll.

Redwake · Aug 1, 2012

They leak?

Nickgt40 · Aug 1, 2012

You need to make sure you tow specs are correct.

BTW, "in spec" doesn't mean **** on the focus. You need to make sure you run exactly 0 degrees of tow per corner in the rear and between 0 and 1/16th tow in for the front.

Redwake · Aug 5, 2012

Update: running roughly 3.3 degrees of camber in the rears after camber kit.

Beat the crap out of my lips.. Tires pretty much never rub now. Still think overload bags would be good for a car full of kids but not an immediate requirement.

Put stock wheels back on so new ones could be repaired

Went to drive st event and got yelled at :lol:

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