Plaia Performance Pivot

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[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]May 25 2001 at 8:40 AM[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial][/FONT][/FONT]</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<SCRIPT language=Javascript> <!-- var n54_em; n54_em = ""; n54_em = n54_em + "m";n54_em = n54_em + "c";n54_em = n54_em + "c";n54_em = n54_em + "r";n54_em = n54_em + "e";n54_em = n54_em + "a";n54_em = n54_em + "r";n54_em = n54_em + "y";n54_em = n54_em + "@";n54_em = n54_em + "h";n54_em = n54_em + "o";n54_em = n54_em + "t";n54_em = n54_em + "m";n54_em = n54_em + "a";n54_em = n54_em + "i";n54_em = n54_em + "l";n54_em = n54_em + ".";n54_em = n54_em + "c";n54_em = n54_em + "o";n54_em = n54_em + "m"; document.write("Marvin"); // --> </SCRIPT>Marvin <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT> [/FONT]</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=bottom colSpan=3><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=3>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->I signed up/emailed to be on the list for the Plaia Performance Pivots but have never heard from Marc. Does anyone have his correct email address?<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial][/FONT]</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]May 25 2001, 9:24 AM [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px">
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Marvin,
Sorry that you did not get any of the communiques that I sent out on the steering pivots. I must not have had your address correct, though I did not get any bounce backs either. I still have one (1) set available for sale. Get in contact and we can make the arrangements.

MP<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial][/FONT]</TD><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px" vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=left>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Steering Pivots, a project and.....a blatant plug<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial][/FONT]</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]May 25 2001, 3:23 PM [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px">
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->I had orignally planned to do about 20 sets of the Roller Bearing Steering Pivots when I first took out the subscription for them. The response was so great that I more than doubled my original run and am sold out of those. It looks as though there is enough ongoing market for them that Chris Obert of C. Obert & Co. is putting together a run of the pivots and is going to market them. You can contact him at 831 423 0218 and talk about buying a set out of the first run. He will be commissioning the work very soon. He will also be selling blank aluminum discs to replace the phenolic pivots on the rear of '74-'78 X1/9's.

It was a really fun project for me, but an awful lot of work, too. I had this idea a long time ago, and basically did it for myself. By getting a bunch of people together, I was able to get the prices down to a level that is affordable. I am an R&D engineer, so I enjoy the design, testing and organization part of projects, but not the manufacturing production end.

Give Chris a call to get your pivots in the future. He plans to stock them.

Mark Plaia<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial][/FONT]</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]May 25 2001, 6:43 PM [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px">
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->I love the steering on my X now. I've even gone to a 12.5" steering wheel, which would have been awful with the original phenolic discs (it's a daily driver).

Thank you Mark for doing this project! I'm eager to see what you might turn out next!<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial][/FONT]</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]May 26 2001, 12:17 AM [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 45px">
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->I'll add testimony here. The pivots are a wonderful addition. StevenL saw a great improvement, since his stock pivots hadn't been greased since who knows when. I wasn't expecting much improvement on my car, which had freshly greased pivots. Suprise! Mark's pivots still yielded a nice reduction in steering effort, and smoothed out the "feel". Best $30 I ever spent, so I bought two more sets for my other X and 128 projects.
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[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial][/FONT]</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]June 6 2001, 11:44 PM [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px">
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma, Arial]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->They work great. Noticable improvement over perfect originals with recent lubrication . The directions for install were better than you get with most manufactured "of the shelf" car parts.Extremely profesional all the way!<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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