Back in 2008 I got short ride in a R53 with 300whp, lets just say I was very happy to experience that!
Today, picked up a new front bumper cover, dropped that and a new grille surround ring at the painter. Will install all that after next track days in a couple of weeks. Stopped by the exhaust shop and talked with the man about rebuilding my Milltek rear section, that was mangled in the crash. Cans and hangars are OK, but the pipe isn't. He's ordering pipe and will probably work on it next week or the week after. Received latches I plan to use on the front panel of the bikini top. Waiting on some more hardware that should be here tomorrow. May make a lot of progress on the prototype this weekend... Received more compact, paddock-friendly jack stands for the track box. My Scangauge II developed a defect in the display, after 8 years. I opened it up and determined that the display is easily replaceable. Contacted LinearLogic and asked if I could buy a replacement display to fix it, since it was 5 years out of the 3 year warranty. "Oh no, just send it to us and we'll repair it"... Really? So I put it in a box and sent it, priority mail, across the country. Exactly 7 days after I sent it, this arrived via priority mail: Replaced display, front case shell (because a couple of the screws were stripped, AND upgraded to current firmware. And included a new manual and quick-start guide to match the new firmware. So it's like having a brand new unit. FREE. Did I mention, it's 5 years out of warranty? Yeah. GREAT customer service.
I have toyed with that idea, but it's uber overkill for my application. It's interesting where they put them, not at the corners, and not at the jack points. Because, balance. I opted to make it easier to hit the jack points, got tired of having to look under the car to be sure every time, and still almost missing them... These and a couple of VIR track outlines are the only non-OEM vinyl on my car.
It's not just scuffed. Most of the clips that hold the grille are broken, which is why I'm replacing it. Otherwise I'd just paint it. But I'll probably toss it in the attic, in case I ever need it and can't get a new one. I can fab brackets to hold the grille, if it ever comes to that.
Got my custom length Whiteline front end links, so I had a little fun with cinder blocks. Easiest way to adjust the swaybar end links I've found. Lowered the car on the lift until the weight of the front wheels was fully on the blocks, with the lift a few mm below the jack pads. adjust end link length until no load on swaybar. Lift car, move blocks to the back tires, lower and repeat. Then raise the car back up and lock down all the locknuts. Done. Super fast and easy. And the car rides MUCH better with the pre-load gone. Noticeably less harsh. Huge improvement. No, I wouldn't trust my life just to blocks stacked that way. The lift had my back.
Just don't use blocks standing on end and get under the car, without other support. Blocks arranged the proper way would be fine.