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"Tuner" lugs/bolts should be readily available from most tire shops.

 

In my area, Discount/American Tire has the Tuner style lugs in stock or can get them in 1/2 of a day from the warehouse. I would do that before messing with sending the wheels back.

Don

 

Yes get some tuner lugs. I had to buy some to fit my Panasports on my Miata. McGard is a great brand.

 

Filled up with 93, washed the windshield and had a nice, but too short, drive around with the sunroof open.

 

I just wiped of the wax I put on my car yesterday.
I love my garage and working from home.

 

How do you feel about that AEM intake? I had heard some disturbing reports that the plastic part above the turbo sometimes melts. This unit is one of my considerations. That and the M7 one.

 

Does their stuff just suck?

 

I've had the AEM installed since the first of the year, and at the risk of jinxing myself, I'll say it has performed admirably. This includes MOTD and 8-9K assorted miles (very few of them in-town driving) since installing. I am thinking about the WMW turbo wrap sometime in the future though.

 

I replaced a burned out H7 high-beam bulb on the passenger side. I was totally blown away in how easy it was to simply pop the bulb out and push the new one back in.

Last year when I replaced the bulb on the driver side, I was stupid enough to actually meticulously popped off the 3 clips, not realizing they were simply spring clips, putting the new bulb in and then very carefully remounting the 3 spring clips back on. I was dreading having to repeat the process. Lesson learned to check the various youtube videos first.

Now I can think about getting Silverstars or something brighter.

 

Drove it to work & God gave it a shower.

 

Thanks for the heads up. That doesn't get in the way of a strut bar does it?

 

^^^ I could have used you at my house yesterday.... Two glass panes were busted out of the side entrance door.... They didn't gain entry because all of our doors double lock with a deadbolts.... One of the windows on the back of the house had the screen removed in an attempt.... and again no entry..... Grrrrrrrr

 

Thieves..... A pox on them! :mad5:

Glad they didn't get in your place Chuck.

 

It's apparently a "thing" going around the neighborhood....

All I could do was have the police do an "incident" report and pay to have the glass replaced...

 

Nooo! Want to borrow one of my German Shepherds? :ihih:

 

Started off going over to Discount Tire for a tire flip & rotation. Scratched that, because they were understaffed & over whelmed. Monday morning I'll try again, a bit earlier me thinks.

Plan B was clean Babs Skooby the clubster. Nice cool day for that, squeaky clean. The biggest & best-est job was putting Dave O's secret trim sauce on the grey faded trim. Looks like new again. Thanks for the recipe Dave.

 

Nooo... Riverside Raceway was in California though.

 

Love it!

 

What is the story behind the Qvale plate?

A tribute to the man that did so much for for the import car industry on the west coast?