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[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

275/40 17s and they have to be Z rated.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

You drive a GT?

I thought you had the non-GT version...

And if I'm right, why in the heck does the car have to have Z-rated tires under it?

I feel your pain, though.

Gossamer calls for 205/40-17s.

That's the size that plus-sizing from the OEM 14s calls for.

Seemingly there is no such creature as an inexpensive 40-series 17 no matter how tall the tire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

You drive a GT?I thought you had the non-GT version...

And if I'm right, why in the heck does the car have to have Z-rated tires under it?

I feel your pain, though.

Gossamer calls for 205/40-17s.

That's the size that plus-sizing from the OEM 14s calls for.

Seemingly there is no such creature as an inexpensive 40-series 17 no matter how tall the tire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Mine is a Bullitt.....which is a limited GT. It has to be Z rated because I never know when I might feel the urge to get her over 150 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

bastardo //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Well - seeing the FS-Fog Lights thread reminded me of something I ran across the other day that I found rather interesting.

I have fog/driving lights on my car which I put there. Said lights call for a size H3 55w bulb.

Well, one of them went out the other day and as I cannot freggin' stand a light of any kind to be out on my car (that's another story for another day...) I decided to see about replacing the bulb.

So - I head on down to Advance Auto parts because (a) that's the closest parts house to where I live and (b) I didn't figure there would be too much of a price difference from one store to the next when comparing Advance, Auto Zone, Pep Boys, NAPA, etc.

Upon wandering into my local AAP and heading back to the aisle that contains the aftermarket lighting and related accessories I find that the only size H3 they apparently carry has a pricetag of $8.49 stuck on it! WTF?!? 9 bux for a freggin light bulb? Well - I look a bit more closely at it and find that the bulb is coated...looks something similar to the Sylvania SilverStar bulbs.

Irritated that the bulb is going to cost that much but resigning myself to paying that much anyway because I'm already there and do not feel like driving halfway across town from where I was to the next nearest parts store I go ahead and walk up to the counter to present the cashier with this light bulb and my bankcard.

So he rings up this bulb and then, with a very puzzled look on his face, asks me for my phone number.

"Why do you need my phone number for me to buy a light bulb for my fog light?"

"Umm....sir, apparently those bulbs come with a lifetime warranty. Quite frankly I've never seen anything like it - a lifetime warranty on a light bulb? Weird."

"Lifetime warranty you said?"

"Yes sir," says the cashier.

"Hold on just a tick," I tell him.

So I go back to the aisle where they were and picked up a second one. I figured if they're gonna be silly enough to offer a lifetime warranty on bulbs I may as well go ahead and fork over the scratch for a pair of them and never have to buy fog light bulbs again - ever! Especially when considering the vast majority of aftermarket add-on driving lights use an H3 bulb....so even if I change the lights themselves I'll still never have to buy bulbs for them!

So - moral of the story - if your car has driving/fog lights that call for an H3 55w bulb head on down to Advance Auto if your locale has them. 9 bux for an H3 bulb sounds expensive at first...until you factor in it being the last $$$ you'll ever need to spend on one. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Little do they know that you'll hold them to that warranty for all times!!!!!

They count on bastards like me who will never go back for the warranted replacements //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Little do they know that you'll hold them to that warranty for all times!!!!!
They count on bastards like me who will never go back for the warranted replacements //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Midas Muffler & Brakes here locally (I do not know if it used to happen nationwide so I'll say locally) used to have an unconditional lifetime warranty (parts and labor!) brakes package.

I made sure to ask them were there any conditions along with the lifetime warranty (but not telling them why I wanted to know) and I got told there were no conditions whatsoever outside of you paying for the work to be done. I read through the warranty paperwork quickly to make certain there were no conditions like I was being told and then proceeded to have them put their lifetime warrantied brake pads on the front of my car and brake shoes on the rear and while I was there I had the rotors and drums turned since it was offered in the cost of the service.

Little did they know that the summer of 1991 right after I graduated high school I became interested in the SCCA's Solo II class of racing. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I ran in H-Stock class (factory 4cyl, no larger than 2.0L displacement, FWD) with an '86 Toyota Celica.

Midas was getting to replace my brakes about every 3-5 weeks *snicker* Apparently a full weekend of parking lot racing through cones is very hard on non racing-spec brakes...

They got to the point to where if the service manager saw that little red POS coming he went ahead and pulled the appropriate parts before I ever walked in the building! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Hell, YES I make the most of lifetime warranties. You gonna be silly enough to offer it? I'm going to be smart enough to take full advantage of it! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

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[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

yo.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Yo, Joe!

".....and now you know.

And knowing is half the battle!"

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Man.

Fuck this vow. Im going to keep doing me.

 

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[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Crazy world we're livin' in.

 

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