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Also, I will be adding 19" Apex SM-10s, 305mm in the rear, 285mm up front when all is done here.

Hey folks! I've done a lot of jobs on cars over the years, but not a lot of suspension work. I added Eibach lowering springs on my Mazdaspeed 3, didn't understand I needed major alignment, and ruined some tires over it. Not my finest moment. Admitting ignorance, I have several suspension...

Story time: My dad drove a Ford Festiva in the nineties, and was the car I learned stick on when I turned 16. He pulled up in front of a 7-11 once, and a bunch of dudes started laughing and asked what lawnmower he robbed to power that thing. "Not at all", he said with his British accent, "I...

A risk for sure. At least they didn't screw up gloss black.

Yessir. It's lived up to my expectations so far.

Louverrrrrs, and a "Dark Horse" spoiler....

So while we wait for the new amp, today I did some "New Jersey" mods, as I describe them to my Bahston wife and downstate brother, those sweet, sweet upgrades that look fast but probably make you slow lol. Mods in question are a "Dark Horse" spoiler from Auto Addicts, and Bakkdraft louvers from...

More trouble on the audio front... after some damp signal after getting everything hooked up finally, I figured out Friday morning that the speaker outs to my LC2i had the wrong polarity (Ford speakers, the basic 25W ones, aren't labelled and blades are the same. Once corrected, bass came...

I have a whole bunch of parts I'll be getting for my Birthday in a few weeks, and will be installing all summer: Pedders Coilovers, Steeda Stop the Hop kit, louvers, a Dark Horse spoiler, Apex SM-10s wrapped in Continental rubber, MGW Short Shifter, BMR Motor Mounts, and a Kooks Catback Exhaust...

Seriously. Changed my oil over weekend for first time, what a PITA...

Recycled factoids are teh best

The exploit, when it comes, will drip through a social crack somewhere I bet rather than be brute-forced. Likely Ford will be tolerant of it if not wholly behind it somehow, for all reasons mentioned. Kind of like getting the VHS copy of a movie after a year in theaters, like back in the Dark...

Crushing disappointment. After a rough day at work, and with the amp rack built, today we found out that we didn't account for the metal rings the rear seats attach to when they're propped up. The enclosure's 15" of clearance is 1 inch too many because of this, and won't fit. Sad panda...

I've actually marveled at how much noise it rejects. When I cold start now, I hear the car, but it's only when I open the door that I realize just how loud the cold start is. The trunk now feels like an echo chamber, but we're still slotting the amp rack. We actually just completed our sound...

Gotta dust off my Ender 3...

All I know is I'm still waiting for the P4 card to be cracked...

We love our Uniden R8. Hardwire mirror tap was a breeze compared to the Camaro and using a wiring harness tap. Uniden R8 has the classic V1 directional now, with all the functionality my old GPS-based Escort Passport had. Really, really love this unit... Only downside is wife loves it so...

Explain.

Oh snap, almost forgot that Adrian over at Tint King hooked us up. Got 5% everywhere it's legal here in NY. Could have done windows, but apparently there have been crackdowns. We love our windshield strip though. State law is 6", which is almost 1/3 of our windshield. Wife says it makes her...

Today was a big day. With 1,300 miles on her, Maude got her first oil change to flush out any "break-in" voodoo. Seems anachronistic now, but this is the way. Let her drain out fully over about 20 minutes with the oil at about 130F. Swapped out the filter with a Purolator Boss PBL 22500, and...