Recent content by msbriggs

I'm interested in flipping the mudflaps around, but have two concerns: 1. I'm leasing my Leaf. Can the mudflaps be attached on the front without doing any damage that would affect the end of lease transfer? 2. Has anyone who has done this, or who simply doesn't have mudflaps on, noticed more...

How do you manage to average 6 mi/kWh? Have you done some of the aeromods?

A thread I was reading over the weekend got me to thinking, and I tested something out that others might find interesting. In the thread, it was asserted that if you press slightly on the accelerator, such that you are not decelerating and not accelerating, that the car is essentially in...

I shifted to Yokohoma Avid Ascends, which is a LRR tire. I made the shift because I put on some 17" take-off wheels from a Nissan Juke (got them from the Nissan dealership for $50 each!). Last summer, my efficiency was generally 4.7-5.0 M/kWh with my type of driving (40-50 mph mostly). Right now...

Tires are sold, and about to be sent out to their new home....

Here's a picture of one of them in the basement. The picture is kind of dark unfortunately. You can still see the original sticker on the tires.

We just switched my daughter's car seat over from the Latch system to the seat belt, since she's too heavy now for the Latch system. The problem is we can't get out right enough with the belt. It seems like the problem is that the seat belt stalk has a lot of wiggle room in it, so no matter how...

I put snow tires on my OEM 16" rims about 2 months after getting the car (a very late 2013 model year that I got in late 2014), and just bought some 17" rims to put summer tires on - so I'm selling the four original Ecopias. They have less than 2,000 miles on them. The car has less than 5,000...

Here's a question - if I got some Nissan 17" Juke take-offs, how much could I sell my practically new Ecopias for? (the ones that came on the car, which have 1,000 miles on them)

Well this puts a crimp in my plans - I just discovered that the OEM Leaf Sensors (which I just bought off of ebay) will apparently *NOT* fit the Anzio Turn wheels I was in the process of ordering. Ugh. Ok.... that changes things....

For those of you that have put Juke wheels on - how much of a hit to efficiency did you take compared to the OEM wheels? I'm trying to decide on summer wheels right now, between some 16" Anzio Turns with the OEM Ecopia tires versus trying to find a set of Juke take-off wheels with original...

Thanks! I hasn't considered the possibility of getting used Nissan tpms sensors, that looks like a great option (assuming they aren't so old that the batteries are getting low). Could there be any issues with them not during in aftermarket wheels? Or so they all use the same size thread? My...

From one of the local places I'm looking at Anzio Vision or Anzio Light 16" wheels, which would be ~$500 including mounting the original tires, balancing, and installing TPMS sensors that I provide (which I'd rather do, since they sell theirs for $60 each). Both of those Anzio wheels are in the...

Thanks for the replies everyone. I've updated my profile to include location - Dover, NH, where there seems to be very little available as far as used wheels on Craigslist or ebay. Actually, there are quite a few "mudder" wheels and tires available on Craigslist around here. :roll: The only...

I put snow tires on my OEM steel wheels, and want to find some 16" alloys to put the OEM tires on for spring/summer/fall. But, this is turning out to be a little more difficult than expected. The issue of brake caliper clearance is making it seem like I couldn't just pick some wheels online that...