its in ur head

 

Hey guys I'm new to this forum. I just recently purchased a 2004 g35 coupe and I had terrible gas mileage. Soon after I had a misfire in cylinder 1 and I went ahead and did a completely full tuneup with Bosch spark plugs and K&N air filter. After that I thought id get good gas mileage but on my full tank I am getting about 11-13 MPG. From full to completely E. Is there any suggestions or anything that y'all know of that I can do or replace that would give me better gas mileage? And I live in Texas so start up doesn't take much mileage it's not cold! And I've also been driving it like a grandma just to see if Id get any better mileage but absolutely nothing changed. So if there is a solution of any ideas y'all can help me with id really appreciate it! Thank you guys!

 

What about it?

 

Okay I took my G to the mechanic to get the front sway bar looked at and he said to remove the hotchkis swaybar and install a new oem one with oem bushings, but he said the endlinks were fine. what do you guys think should I just remove hotchkis and go oem or just buy new hotchkis bushings and new endlinks? (hotchkis bar is very loose and making alot of clunky noises and steers too much atm)

Thanks!

 

It was probably just a windy day.

 

Some mechanics are all about OEM and feel like "it was engineered for that car specifically, so its gotta be the best option." That's bullsh!t. There are nothing but great things said about the hotchkis sways. Do you have the swaybar bushings greased well?

If they aren't greased well enough they can make noises.

 

The previous owner had installed them, so I am not sure. But the mechanic showed me and shook the sway bar it was moving all over the place, he said the end links were fine. I believe the bushings are destroyed I am going to check tomorrow and lift the car. If its the bushings then any non-lithium grease and any 35 mm polyurethane bushing will work, correct?

 

Yeah. You could probably find some rubber ones too. they should make less noise because they aren't as hard. To what degree that would affect performance, I don't know. Probably not noticeably tho.

 

Does anyone know what bulb is in the glove box of an 03 G35 Coupe and the vanity mirrors?

 

It's all in your owners manual, just take a look and you'll find your answer. My vanity mirror is a 1.32 watt, but I have an '06.

 

Hey I have been trying to fix the clunking sound at the front of my car for awhile now and also my steering wheel overturns when I turn it in any direction and I have to move it back to straight because it does not straighten it self out, I have Hotchkis sway bars front & rear (1st gen no stopper) and I know that the sway bar is causing the clunking, I have changed the endlinks and re greased the sway bushings. But the sound still consists and the steering is still the same, should I just remove the hotchkis and put an oem front sway bar on? and can I leave the rear sway bar hotchkis with a front oem?

 

^Its probably just the bushings for the sway bar. Mine does not have the stoppers either and it has never made a clunking noise.

 

I do not think the old owner ever greased them so they may be destroyed, do you know what kind of bushings I need? will any brand do?

 

I would reach out to Hotchkis directly and ask about ordering new ones. They're usually pretty good about that sort of thing. http://www.hotchkis.net/contact.html

 

What stiffness settings are you on and are you using oem endlinks?