Add some rubbing alcohol in there makes it a lot easier

 

FYI, drain plug already received and sent out to a forum member...

 

Junkyard trip was a success. Total spent? 21.22

 

YESTERDAY

Removed the Winter shift **** and spun on my Summer ****. Solid titanium is so much nicer than plastic... heavier, with a fantastic feel in a brushed finish.


TODAY

In the process of removing my duckfeet & snows for my Vossens & Summer tires. Always a chore, because I use spacers in the winter that have to come off. On top of which, there are 3 different socket designs between the spacers, the OEM lugnuts, and the summer lugnuts. It can make for a long afternoon, and I'm half done right now.

I'm also replacing the original headlight bulbs with new bulbs. It's a little awkward, having never done this before. But the process is pretty straight forward; just peel back the wheel liner for access. I've got one side done, and now I'm taking an old-man break.

An-n-n-nd... I'm done. Ow, my back.

Took the car for a drive, and so very happy to have my summers back on. The car is much, much better with wide performance summers rather than the narrow snows.

 

I hate spacers. Took me way longer than it should have to get my Z1 hub centrics off a few months ago.




Great deal!




Today I'm sick, and the weather has been trash here for the last 4 days. Snow, cold, rain. My goal was to make it to our Wisconsin Car Enthusiast Club season opener on Sunday but now that it's supposed to snow I guess I don't need to beat myself up over not making it.

 

Nah, I've been doing this dance twice a year for the last five years, and I've got the process down pretty efficiently now.

Since I'm on a roll with this car stuff, I'm going to go change the oil in the wife's Subaru now.

 

Sure enough, Blizzard like conditions. Even saw the salt trucks out lol. I think I would have sat this one out anyway.

 

Had a wrap shop install gloss black vinyl over the chrome

 

^^^
Man, that's simply beautiful. Wish I could tint in NY.

 

Thank you!!!

The black trim makes the tint look darker than it actually is

 

Looks great! Where did you get your wheels done at?

 

Cutting Edge Powder Coating in Houston

 

Curious as to why you want with all-season tires? It doesn't get cold enough here to warrant that choice. Besides, high-performance summer tires are actually better in rain than all-season. Both Tire Rack and the Engineering Explained Youtube channel show that.

 

I just realized what it was that seemed missing, Vibrant. You don't have the OEM mudflaps.

My rotors are original and getting old, too. Not quite like your fronts, but getting there. This is going to be my last year with these brakes.

 

Yeah, there will probably a bunch of excess tape on there after removal. You can scrape the larger chunks off with a plastic razor blade and then use Goo Gone or Isopropyl alcohol to get the excess adhesive off. And then I highly recommend doing a final cleanup with Clean Solve to properly prep the surface and remove any oils before installing the new lip.