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Alex last won the day on February 19
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Yeah I'm going a bit OCD with this car. I go so far to clean and apply a spray-on ceramic underneath the car ever year. I did replace the kick panel because it's common for sand to gather in the 'S2000' logo and scratch it up if you don't care for it. This plastic piece alone was $400... So far in the winter I have: - New Koyorad radiator - New kick panels - New exhaust - New under bracing - Copper anti-sieze on all underchassis bolts - Replaced all the clips (very satisfying because the fender liners, etc. become super secure) - New Recaro PP in the driver side - Replaced access clips/plugs in the cabin - Coolant/oil drain and refill. - Adjusted handbrake tension - Replaced brake/clutch fluid Just ordered ID1050x injectors and have a new fuel pump carrier and Warlbro 255LPH ready to install - stock injectors are on the way out and I am very not comfortable hitting 97% duty cycle beyond 8k RPM. Then, new bushings and mounts all-around are the next order of business along with a new waterpump and Fluidampr crank pulley. I want this to be in as good of condition as possible. I have rather unrealistic standards too I have been debating if long-term I want to go stand-alone ECU (Haltech, for example) with a custom screen instead of the OEM dash.... but thats for later.
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Uh oh..... Well, had to remove basically the entire front end to properly secure the lower front rad hose but at least it's done properly now.
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Also for fun, this is how the engine bay looked when I first got the car:
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New Koyorad installed and coolant flushed. Now just need to start it finally for spring this year to make sure all it is all working.
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New front X brace and diff brace in, and changed the oil at the same time. Only need to replace the radiator and install the stiffened brake pedal then my winter upgrades will be complete.
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Installed the Legalis R today, was actually a lot easier than I thought. Still need to do some of the braces underneath, but that's for another day. It shaves off around 4-5kg, and should sound oem+ Old exhaust out Side by side In it goes... Installed
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Million mile WRX when?
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Finally got the exhaust! Now to struggle to remove the stock exhaust, can't wait
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Honestly - not that much. Seat+rail is like 12-15kg total. The stock seat+rail is ~16-17kg. These were very difficult to install, as is expected with near zero space around them. I couldn't torque it, so just did guduntite. These are more comfortable, look nicer, easier to clean+maintain, and most importantly actually hold you in. Wish it didn't have 'RECARO' in big letters, but of all the name brand bucket seats at least their name/logo is all right. Yes, thanks. My exhaust actually just arrived, so I need to go pick it up. I'll do exhaust -> spoon subframe and trans braces -> koyo rad. Replacing the oil somewhere in between there.
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Got a passenger seat to match. Still got lots more to install....
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I switched from MX Blues to Kailh box jades after trying pretty much every single clicky switch I could readily find. I think they're the best clicky switch next to the Kailh box Navys, the MX Blues feel flimsy and plastic-y in comparison - and less uniform pressure across a wide range of keys. I think the wider stem shape does help with that uniform feel to the keycap as well. edit - also in that wide array of switch testing, I really liked the Gateron oil kings or whatever they're called. Never been a huge fan of linear switches but those are neat.
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apple insider Microsoft to overtake Apple as most valuable company
Alex replied to UltraMega's topic in Journalism & Entertainment
I feel like you might've not dealt with the 'enterprise-grade' support MS provides. It's... great lol. AWS/GCP provides a million times better support, but AWS costs an arm and a leg and doesnt have an M365 competitor. M365 licensing is awful for pretty much everyone in the chain, and the CSP program sucks to support and their ever-changing Ts&Cs make life needlessly complex. I just want a competitor so that it isnt like 99.9% of people using MS's product stack so that they'd be forced to not take as many horrible risks with their software releases and support models because they know that people can't really go anywhere else. -
apple insider Microsoft to overtake Apple as most valuable company
Alex replied to UltraMega's topic in Journalism & Entertainment
I'd be up for a proper competition from google for a business ecosphere, MS frankly sucks at it and we all know it. -
Alex started following Microsoft to overtake Apple as most valuable company and OLED Experiences - 2 years in
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All of those are just terrible for judging quality. 1) HDR only works on Chrome 2) YouTube demolishes the quality/bit-rate. What I do to 'wow' people who haven't experienced proper OLED before is use some of these videos: 4K Media | Free Ultra-HD / HDR / HLG / Dolby Vision 4K Video Demos & Samples 4KMEDIA.ORG Uncompressed 4K demos,4K samples, and 4K trailers, to show off your new ultra-HD (2160p) HDR/HLG/Dolby Vision television or monitor.
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apple insider Microsoft to overtake Apple as most valuable company
Alex replied to UltraMega's topic in Journalism & Entertainment
Ew. Microsoft's entire product lineup has been getting considerably worse since around 3-4 years ago.