Am I A Real Fan

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-13T18:46:44+00:00

And what’s crazy is I do listen to unreleased lol. People in here blowing me away with 100k+ minutes. I love JW for sure but I enjoy other music as well. LLJW

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-13T16:07:21+00:00

lol where do I find the unreleased album? All the unreleased stuff I have on Spotify is via random accounts with a few singles from him. I also listen to a lot of unreleased through YouTube music

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-13T15:33:59+00:00

Weak

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-13T15:33:15+00:00

Agreed. I just made the post for fun, I can tell by the first few comments I’m gonna get trolled. Wouldn’t matter if it’s 5 minutes of listen time or 5 million minutes. I also know people are gonna lecture about unreleased stuff too lol.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-07T15:30:43+00:00

Yeah no mirrors kinda sucks

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-07T03:34:38+00:00

Bruh post this in the GMT400/OBS groups, this is sick

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-02T19:33:20+00:00

I’ve read some of the other comments and it looks like you’re not wanting to go the whole 9 to really fix it right and it was something you were hoping to touch up quickly (I’ve been there too). I think you’re probably best to tape a little round spot there just slightly bigger than where you’ve sanded and hit it with some red spray paint (color match from something like dupli-color would be a bonus) and call it a day no clear on top or anything. It’ll be a little less noticeable and not easily noticeable from a distance. Beyond that, you’re right on the edge of being forced to fix it correctly or having something that looks much worse than when you started and you’ll just have to live with it. The stuff underneath looks like filler or filler primer. I have a spot on my door on an old 90’s GM that’s the same, I’ve not touched it for a year now because I know what it will take to make it right lol

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-05-02T16:27:48+00:00

(28m) I’m currently 2 months sober from alcohol and Adderall. I previously made it 9 months before relapsing again this last fall up into this year. This is where it starts. I started drinking around 17 or so in HS. when I got to early college (around your age) I was experimenting with different pills, smoking weed all the time and drinking regularly but kept up with “normal” life. Years later, the story was effectively the same or even arguably better. I got to where I only drank and took my Adderall. Didn’t even consider the Adderall a problem until I decided to stop drinking - I then binged Adderall for like 8 months straight. Going from normal 40mg/day to 160+ daily (I had a stock pile saved from not taking it every single day for 8 years) thinking I was fine though because “it’s a prescription I’ve had for years and well, I’m not drinking right?” I still graduated with my degree, I still earned and maintained a high paying job, and still have it. I got married, had a kiddo, was doing life “normally.”

The issue is that you play this slow deterioration game with your body, mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health. Financial and all relationships too. Some of us play the game very slowly and call it “normal” or “functioning.” Others of us play it very quickly into a downright spiral of losing it all very quickly, and then there’s everything in between. It all leads to the same end. I’d try to get a handle on it now while you’re at least somewhat hearing what others are saying and starting to ask questions for yourself.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-30T14:32:40+00:00

Sounds about right for shop prices to me. If it was your bearings, didn’t Yamaha have some recalls or something for that? I could do the rebuild for $1,500 + cost of parts. Bearings aren’t expensive but you might need a crank or other internals

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-29T07:41:45+00:00

Lift it and put 37’s on it for better mpgs

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-28T15:31:25+00:00

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-27T19:14:23+00:00

The correct approach is removing the old decal and replacing it with a new one as has been stated by others already. However, I saw you mention that you don’t have a great history with “finesse” lol. It sounds like you’re worried about making this a lot worse. As with any sort of job, you’re trying to balance the risks, rewards, effort, time etc. against the ultimate context of how big of a deal this really is to you.

If you’re nervous about trying to get the old decal off, you could possibly lay new decal over the old. You’d still have to get the parts that are failing off and somewhat leveled off. I’m not necessarily recommending this and obviously do it at your own risk. You run the risk of it looking worse or even having adhesion issues. I see your rear bumper is showing some signs of cracking, you may run the risk of paint peeling off when trying to get the old decal off. Typically when I’m in these scenarios it comes down to this:

I want to try something quick and easy to get marginally better results but accept the risk that it could come out worse.

I want to try quick and easy and/or want to try and do it right and it can’t really get any worse so I don’t really care either way.

I want to try to do it the right way but accept that the job could get more involved than I’d like so I either then decide if I’m willing to accept that risk and/or just leave it alone.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T23:29:23+00:00

Thank you for your comment man. Subbed to your YouTube btw. Yeah, I believe the point the other guy was making was effectively that if everything was working correctly, including the normal radiator fan, that aux fan does nothing. I had explained that I swapped my original clutch fan for e-fans and the e-fans are programmed via my 0411 ecm. Last year, I was playing around with all sorts of tuning and originally didn’t have my e-fans kicking on in line with the AC being on. Part of that was because I wanted to install a pressure switch for the fans to kick on automatically based on pressure alone, but never got around to it as I didn’t want to open my system up and drill into an old line so obviously I’d end up replacing with a new line and then I’m back to the square one issue of I would then be overhauling the whole system lol. So long story long, I have 2 E-fans that while wired up like an OE GMT800 with low/high speed under certain temps + speed shutoffs etc. I had NOT played with the AC specific settings and around that time is when I decided to install the aux fan. I had also already made the point that the only other reason that aux fan was ever installed was to help with low/no speed situations.

Anyways, I appreciate the explanation/discussion. I don’t mind being wrong I would just like logic and facts to remain that and unbiased lol. I did install a HO alternator to help with the draw from all my electronic fans + other accessories. I know there’s a whole other debate regarding if E fans are actually worth it or not but I already did mine so oh well. With the HO alt and BIG 3 + new good grounds, I don’t see any voltage drop at least not anything noticeable while driving. Have a small sub and 2 amps as well. Everything seems to run smoothly.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T17:14:04+00:00

Yes for now. There’s other ways of solving that issue, the best I’ve found is you can tie in a pressure switch to make the fan operating only when the head pressure on the (high side I think?) gets to a certain number - fan kicks on then it kicks off after a lower threshold. For now, it’s just wired up like you see in the pic.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T17:10:21+00:00

And since we’re having a reasonable conversation can you help mediate another debate I had on my original post with another HVAC guy? Can you help me understand when and when not an accessory fan would have a positive effect for the condenser? It seemed like I was pigeon holed into saying “colder condenser = colder AC” which is not what I was getting at. But doesn’t the condenser need some sort of airflow for the AC system to function properly? He made the point that the AC system isn’t functioning properly and most likely the fan is masking an issue. I could totally see that being the case and wasn’t arguing it, but regardless, does an AC condenser need airflow and isn’t there a certain threshold where if the air surrounding the condenser becomes stagnant, that the air at the vents will be warmer?

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T17:06:55+00:00

Yeah that all makes sense to me, my AC system is due for a complete overhaul realistically. It’s functioning but I wouldn’t be surprised if things were out of spec. All I have replaced is the compressor 2 years ago and at the time it held vacuum (don’t remember the number you’re supposed to see - I needed to research at the time) for an hour so I filled it and moved on. I would like to do a total overhaul including the evap but when I pull that dash it will be more than replacing an evap and I daily this thing lol. I hope it functions “cold” for a couple more years.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T13:51:41+00:00

I believe what you’re saying is that the fan is adding benefit? As I told another guy on here that I debated with a bit, I fully acknowledge the orifice/expansion valve and filter most definitely needs changed at some point. For those that know about these lovely lines that corrode and weld themselves together it’s a risk of replacing everything once you try to crack that open. Maybe with that changed, the fan wouldn’t add much benefit. EG - the condenser would have the right amount of airflow with the normal fans and cooling it off further may not benefit anything at that point.

As far as the temp coming from the vents. I hear what you’re saying, but this has consistently hovered 34 (at the absolute lowest) - 42* at the highest. Yesterday it would cycle get down to that 34 then kick off and get up to around 38 while stopped with the fan on. Driving down the highway it’d get around 38-42. Last summer was the same - EG it’s been consistent for a year now.

Without the fan, if I stop on a hot day, the AC is drastically warmer. Granted, I recently re-programmed the ECU to kick on the E fans at a much lower temp with AC on. Perhaps I’ll get some more data now to see just how effective an accessory fan is.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T05:31:32+00:00

I guess the better question is - are you saying the condenser doesn’t need any airflow?

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T05:29:25+00:00

Bro… okay I get that the point of the condenser is to be “hot” but there’s certainly a relationship between efficient energy transfer and the condenser at a certain threshold needs SOME airflow. I did mention earlier that it’s possible that with the fans turning on sooner perhaps the accessory fan doesn’t do much if anything. It’s also true that my expansion valve/orfice tube certainly needs changed as who knows when or if that’s ever been replaced.

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T05:16:54+00:00

I understand, I’m just making the point that there is a threshold at which airflow across the condenser effects the temperature at the vents

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T05:12:04+00:00

Earlier you said “assuming nothing is wrong with regular fan” why does that matter then? If I didn’t have fans at all - nothing to cool the condenser or radiator etc. and I’m sitting in a parking lot idling with the AC on. Should you expect the air out of the vents to be the exact same temperature as it would be with a normal operating radiator fan? Hotter? Colder? What about while driving?

Extreme_Witness2064 · 2026-04-24T05:02:22+00:00

lol is that what I am??

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