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Holy smokes installed megan resonated test pipes! Snapped one bolt. Megan uses oem hardware so on install stripped out threads on new pipes. So I bored out the threads and used a normal nUT and bolt. Imo oem hardware sucks but I understand why they user it.
Last edited by nizmo_0385; Mar 14, 2015 at 02:08 PM.
First run of the year and first run as a 10-year-old. (sorry for the facebook video, friend posted)
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Last edited by zswickliffe; Mar 14, 2015 at 02:40 PM.
Thanks, Mistuh Sparco. To say I like the car would be an understatement. To answer your question, this "suspension comparo" might answer the question to some degree.
There's other differences and things that took me a little while to get used to but overall, it's all good.
Today was the first engine bay detail since I purchased the car in December. Boy did it need it. There was every bit of 39k worth of dirt and sand in there.
I started by jacking the car up to access the headlight housing through the (pulled back) fender liner to swap out the marker lamps with some leftover pure white LED's I had.
When I was in there, I noticed the fender liner was falling down and missing a plastic body hardware fastener on each side, allowing dirt and the like to find it's way into the engine compartment...
This is the point where my OCD gets the best of me. A simple marker lamp swap turns into a several hour simple green and vinyl protectant fueled detailing frenzy.
So then begins the process of putting the car on stands, booting up the air compressor, taking off the wheels, fender liners, all weatherstripping, strut bar (which I found was only finger tight), engine cover(s), battery and master cylinder covers, etc.
The whole bay and hood underside had a Simple Green bath, every previously removed piece was cleaned individually, all gunk was cleaned out of weatherstripping with toothbrushes and chased with compressed air, wadding cloth polished the Injen pipes, fender liner fasteners replaced, and the strut bar torqued to spec.
I have to say it's probably about 90%, down to each individual fan blade. It got dark so I didn't get to get really picky about the underside of the bay, but this will hold me over until I can hit it again when doing my brake job.
Sorry for the crappy pictures. It was a lot darker than the pictures make it seem.
edit: Daytime pics:
Anyone who loves detailing or is trying to learn new techniques should check out AMMO NYC on Youtube. The guy's name is Larry and also has a show called DRIVE Clean on the DRIVE network on YT. He offers a lot of great tips and also sells products on his website.
