I have the stage 2 minus the shorter throws adapter, but haven’t installed shifter cable bushings yet. Helped a friend install the full shifter into his FL5, also without doing shifter cable bushings, and the initial difference is quite significant in terms of notchiness, but it may be smoother...
Yea, I noticed the Helmholtz made it sag more on that side. I swapped in some poly hangers that have an offset center hole, flipped up on passenger side to counter the weight.
MXP is flanged, valved, 304 stainless, Helmholtz-resonated Apexi copy for $1200
what’s the AWE selling point again? 3 tips?
Biased cause I have it, but it seems like there is not much competition at that price point.
Edit: I also like the Ballade Sports, sacrifice the valve for titanium, and...
Yea I saw @Chilly613 first post about getting the Rexpeeds, thanks for the find! I got the blues so between the two of us we’ve gotten each color.
I would have gotten Suma about a year ago, but when I tried to order off the website, it wouldn’t ship to my state, and they didn’t respond to my...
My FL5 has only been back to the dealer for the steering recall. I put the stock wheels back on specifically for that, then used them all summer. Finally took them off to swap to 18s/all seasons, and just got around to cleaning them up for storage last weekend. Saw a big scrape in the barrel...
For me, I had to forgo the washers on the center bolts between the BAA and the WOT and pull down on the WOT in order to get the threads to catch. It was the rivets on the WOT plate that prevented it laying flat against the BAA, so if possible to reverse these rivets, maybe they would be more...
yea a MagSafe charger works better, something about the magnets aligning the inductors better with the phone battery, causing less resistance.
I found out, before getting one, on a 10-hr road trip.
I actually have yet to install HVI, the AEM filter is clamped to the velocity stack with an AEM sock on it, standing on my dresser haha. I suppose I’m seeing how much if any dust gets past the sock lol. Been running AEM filters (I have two that I alternate) in my tuned Focus ST since 2015.
I do want to add that folks should do their own research after seeing a source like this thread. I was familiar with aFe Power from the Ford world, but not sure I trust the name, quality and testing as much as AEM.
just one example:
Thanks @champ_white_FL5 and @jtlctr for additional investigation, details and pictures! I added the aFe POWER Takeda TF-9007D option to the original post.
The exact 90 degree epdm hangers I bought aren’t showing up on Amazon anymore but they’re really similar to the Honda ones.
the poly 3-hole bushings are Torque Solutions:
https://a.co/d/4gFMlCM