What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Spike]

Escort dome light, finally. First successful application for a Festiva.

It's nice having a light in the darn car. :p

[Prafeston]

The red sport interior is rare and you could probably sell it pretty easy. I'm guessing you might already have PMs with people inquiring!

[avitsefdrof]

Navdoc.....Not a big fan of the restripe stuff...i like the seperate head rests and yes the holy ones are cool, but hard to find, these were hard enough to come across/I got lucky....I've got someone asking for the red stripe stuff already...not sure if its rare or not.
I love this little car. Take care...Mark

[Oren09]

Even wear from shoulder to shoulder. Fronts round, naturally, but back tires after 20,000 miles wear even across, so it's apparent a bit of over inflation is OK. If your mounting skinnies on fatties you'll probably upset the shoulder. Cheap tires that are less ply, they may balloon on the center I'm not sure, possibly if fatties on skinnies as the center will rise outward. . I stay at least 3ply on face if I over inflate a fuzz.

Trucks 8/10 ply, trailers 16/18 ply on sides.
But all I run is 8bolt/FF...... So it's basically a set standard in my book.

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I run about 40PSI front and 38PSI rear on my Stivas. Never had funny wear due to inflation.

I run my truck tires (265/75R16 BFG All Terrain) at 70PSI and get a hint of center wear on the rears. Rotation cures that.

[Miah]

pulled the pan off my jy auto & found black fluid & a metalflake covered magnet. Back to square 1.

[jason_]

tires don't wear funny with that psi

Even wear from shoulder to shoulder. Fronts round, naturally, but back tires after 20,000 miles wear even across, so it's apparent a bit of over inflation is OK. If your mounting skinnies on fatties you'll probably upset the shoulder. Cheap tires that are less ply, they may balloon on the center I'm not sure, possibly if fatties on skinnies as the center will rise outward. . I stay at least 3ply on face if I over inflate a fuzz.

Trucks 8/10 ply, trailers 16/18 ply on sides.
But all I run is 8bolt/FF...... So it's basically a set standard in my book.

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[1chrisapple]

Hehe. I'm crazy.

I run 50 or so on these stamped @40.

Turns so much easier on pavement. I do a lot of parking lot driving, 50-60 times I'll Park. No power steering, every psi helps.

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tires don't wear funny with that psi

[navdoc101]

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Navdoc....it did happen....not real attractive with the two materials....but thats an easy fix. You likey?

LOL, I like the Backs with the holey headrest. Now swap the same cushions in. You don't like the red stripes? I always thought the Sort interior was rare.

[avitsefdrof]

new seats 005.jpgFinished my LX interior install.....so happy with it......

--new seats 009.jpgSpike....yep...thats my GL red stripe interior......who wants my left overs? Just let me know. I don't want the red stripe stuff....here is the complete install. Eventually I'll have these recovered with freshy new material.

[rmoltis]

I also dialed my fuel pressure down to 39 from 40lbs.

On the long drive to madness
I noticed when floored it would bog slightly

So the drop in 1lb
Helped lean things out a bit.
Now at wot it doesn't go too rich.
At least that's what my butt dyno says.

[jason_]

Hehe. I'm crazy.

I run 50 or so on these stamped @40.

Turns so much easier on pavement. I do a lot of parking lot driving, 50-60 times I'll Park. No power steering, every psi helps.

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[Spike]

^I had tires with 44psi max, I had filled to 40. Went for an oil change at.. I think Midas.. and they told me my tires were 'way over-filled' and 'dangerous'.

I lol'd so much.

[rmoltis]

Went out today and started pulling out of my parking spot and within 15ft of slow accelleration.
I noticed something was wrong.
Something was "holding the car back" from moving forward freely/efficiently.

So I stopped and hopped out and my left rear tire was flat.
These tires maybe have 8,000mi.

I kick my tires about once or twice a week to make sure they are inflated.

So I reparked my car
And took the corolla to the parts store.
Picked up a tire repair kit.

Drove back and got my aspire.
Drove it at almost idle to the gas station at the end of the block on my street.
The tire had partial pressure so it wasn't fully flat.

Jacked it up by the air station
filled the tire so when the screw was removed
the tire wouldn't lose all of its pressure and lose its bead.
Because the tires are slightly stretched.

Removed the screw.
Reamed the hole with the tire reamer.
Got the patch needle threaded with the tire patch.
Goobered it with rubber cement and applied/installed the patch.

Problem solved.


But on a side note I found the culprit of a lack of high mpgs.

As I went to reinflate my tires for the first time since I bought them.
I found the max pressure and it was 44psi.

And the tire store when I bought them told me the max was 35 so I though 32 would be fine.

But they were just idiots I guess.

So I went ahead and reinflated all my tires to 40psi
And now everything feels solid.
And rolling resistance has been reduced.
As well as it takes less throttle to get up to speed again.

I should be in the mid 30-40mpgs now that that little variable has been fixed.
Moral of the story is.
Don't trust the workers at the tire shops.
They are not very good at reading a tire apparantly.

[kumalaba]

^:thumbs_up:

[Charlie1717]

Said goodbye to the Xr2 today. Gomez is on his way back to Ohio with her. Glad it's going to a good home!