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Snow what is that? I would have to drive 2 or 3 hours to get in snow in the winter time. Besides my car hasn't been in the rain before.

 

Just try to stay away from all the wild fires in California.

 

+1 Stay safe.

 

Ignoramus platatius here... Meaning?

I did not even have the Meth on

Thanks...

 

Were I live all I have to worry about is smoke. It's hard to burn pavement.

 

Thank you! Funny thing is that now with Pro exhaust, CAI, NM PM, I don't think on these Mountain Rds I would want the car any faster. With NM wheel control arms and the big pair I feel as the suspension and handling are already not up to part with the power. On tracks should be a different ball game.

Stay well, Ara

 

Yeah, I have a full custom suspension.

 

Congratulations on your 25th anniversary.

 

It's really nice when problems are easily corrected.

 

Looks great !!

 

Very sharp and unique !!

 

My other half is an AP at the high school near my house. I made friends with the auto shop teacher and he let me use a lift for a couple of hours to tinker around my car to find the rattles/clunks I've been hearing. Found nothing in the front aside from my recently replaced tie rod ends clunking when I'd wiggle them up and down. The rears, however, are a different story. The top of the struts where they mount into that upper spring retainer thingy, there are these foam/rubber/plastic bushings. I stuck a bar under each tire and lifted them up and down and there's about maybe an inch of travel. Could the distance between the bottom of the threads on the strut post and the seat below them be longer than OE spec? Thinking I'll need to replace the whole upper assembly to get rid of that travel. Are they supposed to move "freely" up and down about an inch like they are? The circled part in the picture below is where the movement is.

 

Very nicely done.