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Yeah guys, I park nose up so I always leave the parking brake on. I'll keep that in mind but you'd think you'd feel the car move at least a little in that case. I even revved it up to 3k and let it out in reverse and it died.

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Ive had them ice up pretty bad before

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I'd love if that were the solution, Dave. One of those propane heaters (or just waiting a few weeks) is better than many things that crossed my mind. :D

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any easy way to test would be to disengage the parking brake and see if it roles on its own :D

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I obviously had it off before I tried to move the car. I'm willing to entertain that the pads may have frozen themselves to the rotors. I thought that was what you were suggesting. You'd think the motor would be able to overcome that, though.

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This really does sound like something is frozen. I've had this *type* of thing happen a few times after playing in the snow. Something is frozen up pretty good, and I have to give it a fair amount of gas (3-4,000 rpm) to crawl out of it. Hopefully thats all it is.

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A few winters ago when Scheides, Matt D, myself, and a few others took a man-weekend up north it was really cold and snowing hard. The entire car iced over and after sitting for 2 days in a cold garage the tires froze to the concrete and the brakes were packed solid with ice. Long story short, it took some high RPM clutch dumping to get everything broken loose.

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HAHAAH I forgot about that! Yea even letting it warm up for like 15 mins wasnt enough, had to basically rev to 3000+ and do a little mini launch (in reverse) out of your parents garage.

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This one creeps me out because it doesn't move at all. Normally when you try to move a car with the parking brake on it'll lurch or squat. Nothing here.

I suppose I should pull the back wheels and give the rotor a couple taps with a mallet. That'll make sure the tire isn't frozen on the ground and maybe free it up a bit.

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When my car sat outside overnight this past Saturday and all day Sunday it was literally frozen in place. I had to rev it to about 6k and dump the clutch to break it free. This was in reverse as well.

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Wish i had been there to see that!!

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Well, glad I'm not the only one. lol. I'd be afraid to dump it like that...it's in a parking ramp so that could end poorly.

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I finally had time to break the car free this afternoon...all four calipers were frozen.

My new jack isn't working and the Rexpeed hood dampener borked my hood real good...there's now over a 2" gap from bending the hood. I'll try to find some money for a CBD hood in the Spring.

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That sucks. Did that freeze up and refuse to collapse for the hood to close?

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At least you can blame the hood strut thing on the weather. if it was a prop, you would only have yourself to slap.

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Yup. It was slightly tweaked already from when I shut the hood a little too fast over the Summer. It's a lost cause now. I will just need to sell a few things and order one of those Carbon By Design hoods from MAP.

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not such a bad thing to have to upgrade :)

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Those Rexpeed dampers are a joke, a few guys down here have them and it feels like I have to hang off the hood to get them to close.

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Yup, I have the hood to prove it now.

http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/benthood.jpg

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Just ordered a CBD hood from MAP to fix the problem in the last photo. I debated about going with carbon on the under side but went with fiberglass instead...just isn't worth another $175 to me.

I'm going to have them ship it to RS and have them install it for me. I don't have a good way to dispose of the OEM hood so I'll let them scrap it.

http://www.carbonbydesign.com/prodim...10/evohood.jpg

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Hmmm, looking forward to seeing that actually on your car. Plan to leave it carbon or paint it?

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Carbon. I'll be installing an APR splitter in the Spring. That combined with the obnoxious wing should make for a decent ricer package.

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Hell yea, great rice package ;)

Keep the hood or sell it for scrap or something. Aluminum is worth money.

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Yeah, definitely would have value at a recycler. Think of all the aluminum cans it would take to equal 22 lbs (or whatever it is)! The little plastic vent pieces might have worth too, seems like a lot of people chip the paint on the center scoop so you could probably sell yours pretty easily if it's in nice shape.

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Buying a truck to haul it to a recycling place would really cut into the profits, though. If someone wants to pick it up at RS when the new hood comes in, then knock yourself out.

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This is going to look great with your carbon vent setup as well. Is the uv protection pretty good on this bad boy?

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pretty good lookin' hood. What's the weight difference between the stocker and the cf hood?

IIRC, when we went to throw away about 9-10ish pounds of aluminum cans, we got back roughly $20. Not bad I guess.

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I'd guess it's the same. The full carbon hoods are around 2lbs lighter and I went with fiberglass on the under side.

I figure it's enough for RS to not charge me for disposal. :)

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I'll be selling the Rexpeed hood vents since they are for the stock hood. I have a set of the vents for behind the wheels but I haven't installed them. It'll probably be 'too much' for me. Wing, hood, lip will probably be enough carbon.

I'm not sure regarding UV. The CBD hoods are nearly flawless in quality...they really put Seibon, Rexpeed, and others to shame. It's because autos are a side-gig since they make most of their money making wings for planes and that sort of thing.

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Good to hear since Rexpeed's UV protection is a joke (as is Seibon's fitment).

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I ordered an SSP undertray today. Shipping ended up making it a bit expensive but it certainly looks like a nice piece.

http://www.sspperformance.com/produc...s/DSC_0010.jpg

I decided to go with that and stick with the Aero front lip this Summer. I'll know by the end of the season if I need more downforce up front and will switch it up if required.

I'm thinking about selling the DS2500 brake pads that I bought and ordering a set of Carbotech instead. Other road course guys have been happy with the XP10/XP8 combination.

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Looks like a nice peice. I want an aftermarket undertray for my car before next winter.

Did your hood show up yet?

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No, I have MAP checking on that. The estimate was 2-3 weeks to ship so hopefully it is shipping today or has shipped.

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I decided to order the Carbotech brake pads. I also picked up one of the Beatrush rear tow hooks--that's mostly bling but I did have to remove the stock rear hook to install the SX exhaust.

http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...11/towhook.jpg

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Well maybe I'll have to buy your other brake pads (I think you have some DS2500's or something right?), getting close to that time.

So why the switch though? Are these more aggressive? Better for track where as your others are more street with some track?

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Yeah, a brand new set of DS2500s. I'd take $275 for them...they are listed around $340 most places.

The Carbotech XP10 is an HPDE pad...it's borderline for street use and I'm expecting them to be noisy.

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I'll let you know about the pads, gonna check my stock ones out. No changing unless its needed :)

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I have a bunch of crap to sell on EvoXforums so they'll be listed when I get ambitious enough.

My stock pads are still fine but I'll be driving too hard for them this season. I held back on the throttle due to fueling problems last year but there won't be any of that nonsense now.

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AMS is having a decent "Tax return sale" right now. I ordered their brake ducts. I'm waiting for MAP to get me a quote on the Girodisc 2-piece front and one-piece rear rotors. I'll either order them from MAP or direct.

I paid the road course fee for Proving Grounds last night. The guy running the event confirmed that ride-alongs are permitted. Not sure who will be coming with me, I've invited a couple people from EvoXforums.

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Wow nice. I wish I could afford the ballin 2 piece rotors. Guys have been known to actually pick up power on the dyno with those because of the massive loss in rotational weight.