5 noob questions (no laughing plz)

[sonicvybe]

1. When they talk about rim...lip size...is that how far in the rim spokes are inset into the wheel..so it looks like is more under the car? instead of on the outside edge of the wheel...

2. What is involved in a "brake check/tune up" as advertised by most service stations...and can i DIY...?

3. Explain why you burn out your clutch if you dont press it in all the way?

4. What is the point in a battery Tie Down?

5. What is wheel spacer offset inset?

 

[TegSox]

4. It holds the battery down, you don't want your battery to move right? Or are you asking what's the purpose of aftermarket battery tie downs? They look better than stock, that's about it. :what:

 

[Kuchtaboy]

3. Your clutch is like a giant piece of sand paper that rides next to your flywheel. It can be safely be engaged ( clutch out) or disengaged (clutch in) and everywhere in between is bad if you keep it in that spot.

Your clutch is connected to your transmission, then connected to the tires.
Your flywheel to your engine.
Your transmission is always spinning when you are moving, whether the car is in gear or not.

When you "ride" the clutch, or have it slightly pushed in, you have that sandpaper not fully against the flywheel and it starts to slip on your flywheel. as you stay in that spot, it starts to take off bits of sand that hold the clutch in place when it is engaged, and can cause your clutch to slip later on when you are trying to load the engine.

So when you don't have the clutch fully in or out it can cause it to start to wearing down prematurely.

this = bad.

 

[obd1kenobi]

2. Checking brake pads and the spec on the rotors, seeing if they can be turned or need to be replace.
Change brakes and getting the car a tune up yes you can DIY

 

[B18TEG]

1. yes the rim lip is the outside pizza pan looking cylinder, usually very shiny (chrome or polished aluminum), as fwd cars, with + offset ( how far away the mounting oint is from the center of the rim. .. positive= towards road, negative = towards the car) our rims can have usually a max of 2" of lip. so the 2" is from the outer most point on the rim to the point where the rim spoke ends.... .can differ with some models as rim design is very different amongst style and manufacturer

 

[B18TEG]

covered offset above . . spacers add offset so that you rim does not scrape your suspension and also are used to correct how the rim sits on the hub; and some spacers are actually used to convert from 4 lug to 5 lu or 5 lug to 6 lug

 

[teg9five]

4. It holds the battery down, you don't want your battery to move right? Or are you asking what's the purpose of aftermarket battery tie downs? They look better than stock, that's about it. :what:

and more specifically (which im very suprised you werent lol) its a safety issue most importantly. if you dont have one you wont (or at least shouldnt) pass inspection. and also vibration will drain the power out of your battery. if its held in place it wont be jumping all around as youre going down the road. which in return... allows you to not have to hook up jumper cables later on down the road lol

 

[sonicvybe]

nicenicenice...thankyou so much everyone...ok i like this Lip thing...and the clutch one makes sense now...

i always been riding the clutch in the last 2 months of learning to drive stick cause i figured i cud change gears faster if i kept it hovering half an inch lower than the spot where it seemed to engage...So now I will start pushing it in all the way.

as for the lip thing..its everyones dream for some nice ass rims...i want a set with max lip possible...so ill get a set later maybe even try my hands on a lug conversion if i get a chance.

ill check out brakes after xmas when i install new some new coilovers

 

[JimmyRos.]

and he has a jdm front...... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Kuchtaboy]

i always been riding the clutch in the last 2 months of learning to drive stick cause i figured i cud change gears faster if i kept it hovering half an inch lower than the spot where it seemed to engage...So now I will start pushing it in all the way.

lol, don't worry about it. I think its something that everyone does when they first learn how to drive stick. Another thing about saving your transmission that i didn't know when i started driving was NOT keeping the clutch pressed in when you are at a stop. The best thing to do is have your car in neutral and the clutch out.

You can wreck your throw out bearing by having the clutch pressed in when you are stopped and the engine running. It goes along with riding your clutch i guess. Just remembered it cause my girlfriend was doing it today and i told her, so i figured I'd tell you.

 

[TegSox]

That's what I was getting at when I said "you don't wan't it to move, right?" teg9five, safety thing. But good point, pointing out that it also keeps it from getting killed from vibration. Just seemed like a dumb question to me, didn't need getting into that much. What the point of a battery tie down? come on. What's the point of steering wheel? lol :lol: That's why I asked if he's asking about aftermarket tie downs. It seems more reasonable that he'd be asking if an aftermarket tie down is any better than the stock one, as in, is there any point in getting an aftermarket one.

 

[sonicvybe]

Just remembered it cause my girlfriend was doing it today and i told her, so i figured I'd tell you.

oh shit that was u beside me today? ....lol

Yea i was just wanderin if aftermarket tie down was any different from stock. It didnt really occur to me that a lot of replacement parts are just lighter than stock, and some add-ons provide less vibration - but i wud prolly put that lighter parts and vibration dampening at the end of my wishlist...firstly basic mods.

im still 100% stock right now...till xmas

 

[Kuchtaboy]

oh shit that was u beside me today? ....lol

no, that was my girlfriend and I. And we still smoked you. lol

 

[spikehairboy]

3. Your clutch is like a giant piece of sand paper that rides next to your flywheel. It can be safely be engaged ( clutch out) or disengaged (clutch in) and everywhere in between is bad if you keep it in that spot.

you telling this guy that slipping the clutch is bad?

 

[sonicvybe]

suppose i had a racing clutch..dont people who race 'slip' the clutch all the time? sometimes i feel i need to engage a gear really fast so i hang right over where it seems to engage...then let go far enough to disengage fully.,,,

if i take my foot off the clutch all together...there is about an inch..i can press in and out...and it doesnt seem to do anything as far as engaging a gear...so i assume something needs tightening up / adjusting...

but there is like a engage disengage area...which is rather small...if u are hovering there...and trying to reach the top of the next gear after gearing up...u wont get there..cuz the clutch is still semi-engaged...

anyone?