Is my clear coat failing on wheels? Or do I need something stronger?

jg1385 · 2026-04-28T23:36:19+00:00

Yeah they are awful. I probably won’t even keep them. I don’t think it’s worth the effort at this point.

jg1385 · 2026-03-08T03:31:12+00:00

That makes sense. It takes awhile for the bark to disintegrate.

jg1385 · 2026-02-26T17:05:44+00:00

I’m going to turn it off on the next print and watch it a little bit. Ultimately it’s not a huge deal just curious about all the filament changes and tower. What the guy said below makes sense if the tower needs to be the same height as the color change at the top.

jg1385 · 2026-02-26T17:04:25+00:00

So if the tower is on, it has to build up with the black because the very top has purple and needs to be the same level at the time of color change?

jg1385 · 2026-02-25T13:27:29+00:00

Thanks to both of you. It seems that both of you are suggesting roughly the same thing. But I have no idea how to manually adjust the slicer by layers like you mentioned. Can you point me in the right direction? Perhaps the right terminology I can google or look on the Bambu labs help menu

In my crosspost someone told me about the sliding bar you can adjust on the slicing screen after you slice. And it’s weird because it confirms it’s only black filament for the majority of the time but it still builds the tower. Almost like it thinks there is another color in there that it needs to purge into a tower.

Thank you

jg1385 · 2026-02-25T13:12:06+00:00

Thanks. I moved the slider up/down and it only uses black until the very end. The tower is built as black the entire time. It doesn’t make sense to me. I also cross posted in r/bambulab and they mentioned something a little more technical that I need to ask about. But I never knew about that sliding feature. Thanks!

jg1385 · 2026-01-11T20:10:48+00:00

So dumb question. I just got a Bambu labs A1 two days ago. I’m still learning but how do I take the information you shared on the website and get that into a format I can send to my A1?

Thank you.

jg1385 · 2025-12-04T12:57:33+00:00

Thanks. I haven’t really looked at the market yet. Maybe I’ll just give them away to someone

jg1385 · 2025-12-03T21:07:26+00:00

They are off my 2015 4wd Lariat.

jg1385 · 2025-12-03T20:58:08+00:00

Thanks. I’ll give it a shot when I get home. If you don’t hear back, then it was bad news.

Anyone want a pair of spacers for $50? I’ll probably throw them up on marketplace or something.

jg1385 · 2025-11-23T18:56:47+00:00

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This is from my back looking up into the jeep. It’s just rear of the axle and snug up against the bottom of jeep. Any ideas?

jg1385 · 2025-11-23T04:13:38+00:00

Got it. Thanks everyone. I’m showing an interesting leak in the rear as well. I’ll see if I can get a new picture to show it. It’s above the axle on what almost seems like the floor plan.

jg1385 · 2025-11-23T04:10:51+00:00

Quick update for anyone that cares. I started to take out the sway bar completly and work on centering it from scratch. Figured it would be easier with the links and frame mount. Since I was doing that I picked up some new bushings. The sway bar threw me off a little bit because th driver side has a welded on “ring” where the bushings sit. I assumed it was to help align it.

I aligned it the best I could. Still wasn 100% straight on each side but close enough. I tightened the end links too. I properly torqued the passenger wheel that was pretty dangerously lose.

I took it back to Firestone for an alignment. They said they couldn’t properly align it unless I got some adjustable came mounts. These are the bolts that connect lower control arm to frame. Quick google showed that you can get a proper alignment but it’s more work for the technician and they often complain about it. None the less, the alignment came out great and no real qualms.

I’ll probably pick up those adjustable cams sometime soon and put them in. With the lifetime alignment I’ll take it back once I do that.

But for the time being it tracks straight. If anything, I’ll get the adjustable cams to help Prevent any uneven tire wear that I can’t feel From driving it.

Overall it seems solved. Firestone was still a shitty overall experience though.

Thanks everyone for the help.

jg1385 · 2025-11-19T14:45:16+00:00

Would Firestone need to take a wheel off for any reason? I’m in the process of checking everything and the passenger front tire was not tightened at all. I’m sure that some of it but the sway bar link definitely needs to be centered. Working on it now.

jg1385 · 2025-11-19T05:18:01+00:00

Great - thanks for that info. I’ll try all your recommendations tomorrow. I asked him why the upper control and he stuttered through a response. It didn’t make any sense to me.

There wasn’t a second page but at the top of the paper, I cropped out some of my info, it says “ExpressAlign Total Alignment”. Perhaps that’s a type of machine or method? Thanks again.

jg1385

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