Bigtim

Has anyone else experienced a strong smell of antifreeze in the engine bay after the car has been running??


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Newman

no. sounds like you may have a leak? check if your coolant level is being drained over time.

Bigtim

Getting the calipers done today.


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Bigtim

Fronts are done!!


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icculus09

Looking good!

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Bigtim

Finally got the taillights I always wanted I'll post them up at night later.


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russiankid

For future reference, it is not a good idea to let the caliper hang by the brake line.

Bigtim

Thanks did not even think about that when I was doing it


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criminaltc

Big Tim, you never said anything more about your antifreeze smell. Any resolution? There's another guy on here that had that and used water wetter and crashed his cooling system all together apparently, and he said he was getting the smell beforehand, so maybe it's related.

Bigtim

Well when I went for my 5k checkup i told them to look at it and they said it was normal but I'm still getting that smell after running the car for awhile current mileage being 10,700 I've checked all the lines and constantly checked the level of antifreeze and nothing's wrong but I still get the smell....


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Bigtim

The smell is stronger the longer I drive the car like if I go somewhere and do 30 minuets of driving it's not bad but if you compare that to an hour or more of driving it's a lot stronger


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criminaltc

Ouch. I don't think I could live with that. This sounds exactly like this other dude. Something must be going on...

Bigtim

Very puzzling I'll keep checking it and if it ever gets worse I'll talk to the guys at my local dealership again.


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jayden007

love it, looking good. can i ask where did you purchase the spec d tailights? and i read somewhere that the 2012-2013 models only have one reverese light?

Bigtim

I actually bought them used from a guy on Facebook In a group called (tc2 parts for sale) I got them at a steal for only $145 with shipping only thing wrong is I need to redo the weather seals but that's not a big deal. Also these ones both reverse lights work.


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jayden007

that is steal for those lights. I cant seem to find any websites that sells them for the 2012 model

Bigtim

I don't think it matters what year cause these ones I got, on the box it says there for 11-12 and I have a 13, also check out that group on Facebook I've seen some killer deals on used stuff that's practically brand new. (TC2 parts for sale)


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jayden007

thats what i figured to. i just joined the group thx for the tip mate

scionchicop

Yep, you'll find some good stuff on there. KidJ and I are the admins.

Bigtim

So I was waxing my car and I started with my hood, after waxing it with cleaner wax I noticed it still had a very rough feel to it not that desired smooth feel after you wax a car, so my dad looked at it and took some deglosser and as he wiped it with the rag this pinkish red stuff started to show on the towel, now after feeling all the panels on my car almost all the paint on the top side of the car feels rough( after using the deglosser the paint felt smooth) does anyone know what could have caused this ??


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