Originally Posted by jsaredwings

mine has rust on those spots as well, put it on before winter and then the car went into storage. maybe 1500 miles on it since install. the difference is spacing i commented about earlier is gone. im guessing the springs in the plate are a bit weaker than the stock ones and at the time is just wasnt equal, after driving it around it rechecked and it was fine. i believe once the RPM's get off idle it levels out.

**on a side not the pulley just to the left of the SC pulley is starting to make a higher pitched noise, a squirt of WD40 on the backside and it goes away immediately. time to replace that pulley? looks fine but at idle with the windows down it bugs me