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Ditto. Very creative work, Hexotic. But I suspect it's entirely pointless. On the upside, you're super familiar now with dropping the front bumper, so when the time comes to upgrade your intake, you got this.
So when does the intake manifold get installed?
Well, the bumper was already down for paint, and cutting two pieces of sheet metal isnt really a hassle. If it helps drop temps by 1 degree, cool, if not, whatever lol.
As for the manifold, I'm waiting for a 90 degree -AN fitting for the catch can, and a few Tees for all the hoses. Spark plugs came in today as well, so thats also going in. I figure if I have easy access to them, why not. As soon as the manifold is in, Im booking my tune. Aiming for early August or end of July.
Well, the bumper was already down for paint, and cutting two pieces of sheet metal isnt really a hassle. If it helps drop temps by 1 degree, cool, if not, whatever lol.
Oh hey, I completely understand. And in full disclosure, I would probably do the same thing.
Flushed the coolant and replaced hoses/clamps this weekend and changed the oil.
I switched back to Redline for the oil change after finishing off the rest of the royal purple I had in the garage on the last few oil changes....man, I hate to start another "which oil is best" discussion, but after driving for the past two days, the difference in how much more quiet the engine is with the Redline really is significant especially with me now pushing 164k miles (264k kms), at idle the engine sounds like its not even turned on
Fun news! My G didn't start Monday morning and what I thought was the battery ended up being the starter and I had to get that replaced. Now to chase down my mystery rattle.
I did the first oil change after driving 3.5k in 1 month of ownership, it sits at 49k now.
I switched from conventional to Mobile 1 synthetic. Everything runs much more smoothly now, maybe its placebo.
This G has only seen dealer work until now. So I found out the hard way that my splash guard was stolen by one... And learned a lesson about how poorly the AWD Sedans filter is placed.
While I waited for it to drain I also inspected for paint chips in preparation for compounding and a full detail before winter.
Found quite a few in odd places...
1. The corners of the trunk, not by the lights (like the TSB specifies) but at the bend, were starting to rust. I extended the bumpstops till the trunk can just barely close without slamming it. Hopefully this prevents it in the future.
2. Chips all up the right side of the drivers door seam. No clue how those would have got there. Look like a pain to fix.
3. Big ole chip on the drivers front qt. panel. This will be a tough one to blend, but Dr. Colorchip should work fine.
4. Four inch scratch on the bumper (this was obvious).
5. various rock chips on the hood.
6. Windshield chip, looks alot bigger from the inside.
I also extracted the bolt I broke that held the rear splashguard. Replaced it with a fresh one.
While there I noticed theres a rusted hole in one of my cats... Hopefully it lasts, those are expensive.
Since Im in the NE, I'd like to prepare for the upcoming saltpocolypse. Any fellow rust monkeys want to chime in on prep and care?
Installed the motordyne xyz (y) pipe with resonator in hopes it would eliminate the little bit of rasp I get after installing hfcs. The end result? Absolutely 0% rasp. Wish my setup was just a tad louder but it is a little deeper than stock and obviously I get some. Performance improvement with the higher flow of the hfcs and the y pipe. I'm happy
This G has only seen dealer work until now. So I found out the hard way that my splash guard was stolen by one...
that sucks but on the bright side, it s an opportunity to get an aluminum aftermarket replacement, the plastic OEM ones tend to sag anyways, which is especially problematic on the AWD b/c its lower in that area than the RWD models...
I wonder what a matching blue line would look down the center of one of those 6-spokes? Matching your calipers, maybe a 1/2" strip of vinyl. Or even more subtle against the finish of those wheels, a strip of the same in gloss black, like the car?
You could even eyeball the idea with some tape, or easily photoshop it.
Hmm. I bet you could find someone to cut you the vinyl for the word HEXOTIC in gloss black, down the length of one spoke on one wheel, I'm thinking driver's rear. Odds are, you'd be the only one to ever notice it, which is totally fine and kind of the point.
I wonder what a matching blue line would look down the center of one of those 6-spokes? Matching your calipers, maybe a 1/2" strip of vinyl. Or even more subtle against the finish of those wheels, a strip of the same in gloss black, like the car?
You could even eyeball the idea with some tape, or easily photoshop it.
It looks very ugly and ricey lol.
They originally had the vinyl stickers.
(I find it funny that I have like 4k of camera equipment in the car for work, and I refuse to use it, instead opting for a broken camera on my phone hahaha)
Those stickers are too wide. Either way, you're right they look horrible.
This conversation feels like deja vu.
Yup, we've had it before lol. Either way, Im not too worried about how these wheels look. Im just keeping them for now while I set some money aside and find something I like for the future.
07-09-2018, 07:33 PM
