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    Quote Originally Posted by Fummins View Post
    In what, the car, truck or sxs? Car is still a little knocky I'll live with it. The truck has a random miss fire that may eventually cause it to mysteriously burst into flames one day, and surprisingly the Teryx runs good.
    The Mirage, you've mentioned it's not great performance wise. Was wondering if you got any ideas to improve performance?



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    You might have difficulty with aftermarket brake shoes. I sure did. If you're going to DIY, probably best to just get the OEM shoes from Mitsubishi. They probably fit. The 2014/15 Mirage rear brakes have unique self adjusters that frankly don't have much range to them and make the job harder to do. Also, the rear brake drums have the hub built into them - a really poor design IMO. I haven't priced a brake job from a pro since the late 80s so I have no clue what they charge for one now - got to be a pretty penny.

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    The rear drums are easy to get off. You untighten the nut, remove it, and the drum just slides off. Yes, it would be nice if the drum was a separate part from the hub but that would have cost more. When you put the drum back on you just torque the nut back down to the proper specs. The bearing is a sealed double row ball bearing. Probably good for the life of the car. No seals or grease is ever needed.
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    hubby put new hub caps on the mirage for me today MUCH better than the oem hub caps. Name:  NewPassCU.jpg
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    check 'em out in my garage

    I like 'em!!!

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    MUCH better than the oem hub caps, right?
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    I like your hubcaps. Nice!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrsray View Post
    hubby put new hub caps on the mirage for me today MUCH better than the oem hub caps.
    I know I'm picking a nit here but..............those aren't hub caps, they're wheel covers. Not many cars these days have hub caps except some police cruisers and classic 50s cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fummins View Post
    Mechanic breaks fuel pump-says it was like that lol.
    Which is why I only trust the same mechanic - me ! I know for certain when he f***s up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thx1138guy View Post
    I know I'm picking a nit here but..............those aren't hub caps, they're wheel covers. Not many cars these days have hub caps except some police cruisers and classic 50s cars.
    Most of the world mixes up the two terms, but you are correct.

    This was a thread where a member made his own hubcaps for his Mirage. Technically, hubcaps cover the lug nuts in the center of the wheel, & wheel covers cover the entire wheel (rim).

    I learned about the terms "dog dish" & "baby moon" hubcaps in the thread below, too!

    https://mirageforum.com/forum/showth...ter-caps/page3

    If you have any interest in what he came up with for custom hubcaps, check out posts #24 & #28.

    He also added chrome trim rings.

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    So I checked out the thread Mark just mentioned and got even more saddened by "more" incorrect terminology. Some were calling hub caps 'center caps' which are entirely different. Center caps cover only the axle nut - not the entire hub.

    I guess I'm just going to have to get used to this sort of thing since the compound word - it's - is so often misused it has become commonplace to use its and it's interchangeably, why???? Because people have become dumber since the 1960s? I suspect it's because no one actually cares.
    Last edited by thx1138guy; 09-24-2020 at 11:27 PM.

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    Fummins,

    I was referring to hubcaps on cars in light of the fact that the Mirage is a car (well, sort of).

    I've never owned a truck so hadn't considered hubcaps being used on them.



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