My Saturday v. Another Bird Strike :(

[Tekknikal]

Lets see

-up at 6 something
-did about half a dozen runs on N Shore/West, back..
-another bird strike while on north shore :mad:
-no car damage! bird (kinda) flew away (surprisingly) :cool:
-passed by sprint a couple times.. saw people lining of for the palm pre (no line at 740...but 10+ people at 8)
-got my re070r tires in :bowdown:

off to get these tires changed...

will have pics , hopefully these tires can be changed here, if not, will have to try to cut them off the wheel.. if that doesnt work, will have to send them all off island................

hopefully ill be breaking in new tires tomorrow...keeping fingers crossed.. :fingersx:

[VIZuki]

Kan takes really good care at changing tires..he's the only one a partnah of mine goes to to change out his carbon fiber rims with new shoes...check him out if you want...lucky ass up at 6 on a saturday when no one is out driving...not the same as the week day still people out 6....

[StreetRX7]

Good luck Sir..!!

[Tekknikal]

^^thanks

JUST got in... noise you heard was godzilla landing back on the ground :bowdown:

tires went on, but not without some issues. mainly , they were HARD as hell to get on. i usually (really, only) go to kahn..esp for cars i care about (gtr, s2k, wifey car etc)... i took one tire+wheel down so he could see how it would work. after 30min-hr + his machine working at full + three man using all their force, the tire finally came off :eek3:

but some tricks were learned and by the end it only took a couple people to do it...

wear patterns look consistent with too much toe more than anything else. i will review the results with nissan when i send the car up in a couple months. and at that time it looks like im going to go a little more conservative on the toe, but will stay within the race spec alignment. camber seems ok.

tonight i might break them in but ill probably rest and do it tomorrow. will wash the car down tomorrow too. so glad to be back on the road with it...

pics coming ...

[StreetRX7]

Yeh bai!! happy to hear.. lol.. wooohooo

[VIZuki]

Kan takes care of his customers...thats the only man I go too.

[Tekknikal]

ok now that ive gotten some rest,, picture time

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1060.jpg
one of the new tires getting rolled out for transport to the shop

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1063.jpg
a wheel, tire and replacement, on their way to the shop

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1067.jpg
kahn going straight to work, deflating the old tires and at the same time safely dismounting the tire pressure sensor (tpms) ... if you have a car with tpms installed its very important to have it dismounted when the tire gets deflated. if you dont, you can damage (destroy) the sensors when the tire itself gets dismounted.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1076.jpg
a difficult step: once the tire is deflated you have to get the sidewall to pop up over the edge of the wheel. on tires like these its hard to do because the tires were designed to never leave the wheel. so, among other things the sidewalls are stiff, thick and are reinforced. thats how you can drive on them with zero pressure. but it makes this step difficult. at the end of the day, some clever use of tools + half a dozen hands seemed to do the trick...

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1078.jpg
early on in the development of the gtr, some of project management wondered why the team wanted to use runflats, if it wasnt a waste of money. to prove the point, the team drilled holes in each tire and took one of executives who held such an opinion out for some hot laps.
above = the bottom of the tire is getting pulled over the wheel. it's not a cakewalk, but far easier than getting the first sidewall over the rim.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1069.jpg
all of the oem tires that went into production for the gtr are runflat. dunlop all season, bridgestone snow, bridgestone summer, and dunlop summer. above = two of the old potenzas. although one looks smaller than 20", its only an illusion. they're both really the same diameter.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1079.jpg
the inside of the top of the wheel. the little grooves run around the wheel and actually mate to a similar design put into the lip of the tires. this is done so that when the tires are inflated they lock onto the wheel and won't slip. this prevents the tire from slipping on the wheel under extreme conditions (track use). it also means that once the tire is mounted, you can't turn it. so, you have to line up your yellow dot close to the tpms valve stem before you inflate.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1084.jpg
the bottom of the wheel, same feature. some drag wheels/slicks are setup so you put in screws. this is actually the same concept.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1085.jpg
cleaning the wheel

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1086.jpg
nissan strongly suggests that any gtr tire that gets dismounted be discarded. technically, you cant dismount a tire even to fix a flat. most tire shops are skeptical on that and think the suggestion might really be to just have people buy more tires. on the flip side, if under warranty tires need to be changed- the dealer will buy new ones instead of dismounting the old ones, and will do so at nissan's cost. nissan says the force used to dismount these tires is so great, the tires would be damaged.

for what its worth, nissan also warned, in 2007, that some may have to cut their tires off their wheels. luckily, that didn't turn out to be the case today.

well thats the end of the walk through....

tomorrow morning is break in :bowdown:

[®åfìê]

ok now that ive gotten some rest,, picture time

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1060.jpg
one of the new tires getting rolled out for transport to the shop

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1063.jpg
a wheel, tire and replacement, on their way to the shop

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1067.jpg
kahn going straight to work, deflating the old tires and at the same time safely dismounting the tire pressure sensor (tpms) ... if you have a car with tpms installed its very important to have it dismounted when the tire gets deflated. if you dont, you can damage (destroy) the sensors when the tire itself gets dismounted.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1076.jpg
a difficult step: once the tire is deflated you have to get the sidewall to pop up over the edge of the wheel. on tires like these its hard to do because the tires were designed to never leave the wheel. so, among other things the sidewalls are stiff, thick and are reinforced. thats how you can drive on them with zero pressure. but it makes this step difficult. at the end of the day, some clever use of tools + half a dozen hands seemed to do the trick...

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1078.jpg
early on in the development of the gtr, some of project management wondered why the team wanted to use runflats, if it wasnt a waste of money. to prove the point, the team drilled holes in each tire and took one of executives who held such an opinion out for some hot laps.
above = the bottom of the tire is getting pulled over the wheel. it's not a cakewalk, but far easier than getting the first sidewall over the rim.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1069.jpg
all of the oem tires that went into production for the gtr are runflat. dunlop all season, bridgestone snow, bridgestone summer, and dunlop summer. above = two of the old potenzas. although one looks smaller than 20", its only an illusion. they're both really the same diameter.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1079.jpg
the inside of the top of the wheel. the little grooves run around the wheel and actually mate to a similar design put into the lip of the tires. this is done so that when the tires are inflated they lock onto the wheel and won't slip. this prevents the tire from slipping on the wheel under extreme conditions (track use). it also means that once the tire is mounted, you can't turn it. so, you have to line up your yellow dot close to the tpms valve stem before you inflate.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1084.jpg
the bottom of the wheel, same feature. some drag wheels/slicks are setup so you put in screws. this is actually the same concept.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1085.jpg
cleaning the wheel

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/tekknikal/GT-R/IMG_1086.jpg
nissan strongly suggests that any gtr tire that gets dismounted be discarded. technically, you cant dismount a tire even to fix a flat. most tire shops are skeptical on that and think the suggestion might really be to just have people buy more tires. on the flip side, if under warranty tires need to be changed- the dealer will buy new ones instead of dismounting the old ones, and will do so at nissan's cost. nissan says the force used to dismount these tires is so great, the tires would be damaged.

for what its worth, nissan also warned, in 2007, that some may have to cut their tires off their wheels. luckily, that didn't turn out to be the case today.

well thats the end of the walk through....

tomorrow morning is break in :bowdown:

yow dav u ain playing them tires bin worn ou, i guess u really being puttin rubber 2 burn, btw i saw these 4 tires line up in vi cargo when i went earlier this week i played nosey an looked to see who name were on them u came to mind but i saw a lady name i believe :dunno: overall they look great but try lert them last longer whenever i have to change 4tires i wanna sell rims an shit

[Tekknikal]

yow dav u ain playing them tires bin worn ou, i guess u really being puttin rubber 2 burn, btw i saw these 4 tires line up in vi cargo when i went earlier this week i played nosey an looked to see who name were on them u came to mind but i saw a lady name i believe :dunno: overall they look great but try lert them last longer whenever i have to change 4tires i wanna sell rims an shit

lol ... nah these tires came in through the post office.. maybe if you saw tires that look like this they were 17s for an sti? :dunno: the tread looks the same. the compound is different and they arent runflat... but if you just see the tread pattern from a distance it would look the same

for tire life yes it was real short.. i think part of it is the track alignment, part of it is the roads, some is how the alignment has changed a little with driving.. but most of it is probably my driving.

the funny thing is, i hear that im afraid of the car and dont ever really drive it :stickpoke:

anyway, i feel you on the buying rims w/ each tire change :rofl: i feel the same way....

[Honda Power]

I'm pretty sure that buying 4 oem rims is equivalent to buying a used car.:crazy:lol

[De O]

lol ... nah these tires came in through the post office.. maybe if you saw tires that look like this they were 17s for an sti? :dunno: the tread looks the same. the compound is different and they arent runflat... but if you just see the tread pattern from a distance it would look the same

for tire life yes it was real short.. i think part of it is the track alignment, part of it is the roads, some is how the alignment has changed a little with driving.. but most of it is probably my driving.

the funny thing is, i hear that im afraid of the car and dont ever really drive it :stickpoke:

anyway, i feel you on the buying rims w/ each tire change :rofl: i feel the same way....

:thinking: :hahano:

[Tekknikal]

yep.. not that any of those people who say that are on the road... or if they are, are ever in their cars.. but well you know how it goes...

anyway the latest is, tires are on, car feels good. did north shore a couple times, went west... kahn's balance was on the money.. at least to 100 ish

gave the wapa guys a demo display to about 100 lol.. short shifting ..didnt want to exceed 1/2g,,, so far so good. tires smell really funny but seem to be griping well. by next week ill be at 100% for sure, if not later today...

[Tekknikal]

also had a VERY close call with a HUGE bird. had me ducking in the car :rofl: :rofl: i missed or if we connected it was only a feather.. so everyone's ok...

[VIZuki]

Kan balances...he must have just started..always told people he didn't hmmm

[Tekknikal]

he's been balancing for at least 4 years....

[Tekknikal]

so in a thread on nagtroc, they were talking about Gs pulled. some of the guys that track were posting their numbers.. 1.75G (on r compound).. another said his passenger saw 1.50G on the street. i think the 1.50G was on r compound.. not sure.. but either way, damn. that's a lot... thought i was doing pretty good playing around at 1.0, i have quite a ways to go :rofl: we'll see what these tires can do. hope to be fully broken in by next weekend :fingersx:

[92vr4]

Kan balances...he must have just started..always told people he didn't hmmm

he's been balancing for at least four years....

Lol

[DomesticChiney]

They seem a bit wider.... did you go wider?

[freddie_vi]

Lets see

-up at 6 something
-did about half a dozen runs on N Shore/West, back..
-another bird strike while on north shore :mad:
-no car damage! bird (kinda) flew away (surprisingly) :cool:
-passed by sprint a couple times.. saw people lining of for the palm pre (no line at 740...but 10+ people at 8)-got my re070r tires in :bowdown:

off to get these tires changed...

will have pics , hopefully these tires can be changed here, if not, will have to try to cut them off the wheel.. if that doesnt work, will have to send them all off island................

hopefully ill be breaking in new tires tomorrow...keeping fingers crossed.. :fingersx:
i was #22 by 8:30am..lol

[Tekknikal]

update

tirerack says 500mi to break in :ugh: dont know how true that is for tires like these :dunno:

we're at +100mi now, 0.7G is holding good, could feel better but im also running too many psi by 10-20%

will see how it goes by weekend. will probably make a few runs and drop the pressures slowly between runs and see how it feels

also tomorrow will be ordering another goodie... for the car.. cant wait

after that, will be ordering some tools....

[VIZuki]

also had a VERY close call with a HUGE bird. had me ducking in the car :rofl: :rofl: i missed or if we connected it was only a feather.. so everyone's ok...
well thanks for spiting one of use..lol coming back from riding north shore and south shore on my bike I was about 2 miles from home..everything looked good felt good adrenaline started to come down..then as I pasted Reliable Rentals doing about 55 60 mph these two birds one a pigeon one an egrid flew past me..and at the last minute all I could do was looks straight down at the tank.....wack!!!!! felt like someone threw a waterballon nothing but feathers all around:rofl: looked back to see if anyone saw what had happened but I guess not cause not they where more watching me ride..anyways went back to see if it was still alive and it wasn't I guess I knocked it the fuck out but it was quick no pain to him...or her:dunno: had I not bowed my head and hit it head on might have left my neck a bit sore...hmm guess even bikes can hit birds..never happened before but the end result can be worst...

[StreetRX7]

well thanks for spiting one of use..lol coming back from riding north shore and south shore on my bike I was about 2 miles from home..everything looked good felt good adrenaline started to come down..then as I pasted Reliable Rentals doing about 55 60 mph these two birds one a pigeon one an egrid flew past me..and at the last minute all I could do was looks straight down at the tank.....wack!!!!! felt like someone threw a waterballon nothing but feathers all around:rofl: looked back to see if anyone saw what had happened but I guess not cause not they where more watching me ride..anyways went back to see if it was still alive and it wasn't I guess I knocked it the fuck out but it was quick no pain to him...or her:dunno: had I not bowed my head and hit it head on might have left my neck a bit sore...hmm guess even bikes can hit birds..never happened before but the end result can be worst...


Hmmmm yeh especially those dove always gets hit by my truck.. lol..