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Heck man Philly is the city of brotherly love & their streets are paved with gold.

 

I am not in the shitty city of Philth-a-delphia. I am in the burbs.

Philly still has some cobble stone streets in the Old City sections.

4x4 trucks even drive slow on them.

 

You guys do know those are cars at the show and not Teddy’s car.

Teddy owns a MINI R52 and his car is not in the pictures.

 

Sweet!

Did you get to meet Dr. Who?

 

Can't tell, as the tires are the Blizzaks and the S has not been driven a lot since I was at MAG. I figure it's about time for the rears, since at one time they were yours!

 

No warranty on used parts. I will take them back for a $150 restocking fee.

 

Since I no longer track my S and since my time at MOTD is getting shorter [age both ways...car AND driver will do that], what front and rear struts are recommended?

I'm open to suggestions.

 

These...

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Looks like there's a new and improved version.
G1, G2 and G3

 

Hmmmm, priced differently, each gen.

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Replaced the right headlight today and aimed it.
It was an easy swap.
New Osram Xenarc Night Breaker Laser D1S bulbs, too.
I was going to swap my old headlight's xenon control module
into the new headlight assembly, but low and behold the headlight
part has been superceded and now only takes a module with an
oval gasket instead of the old one with the square gasket.
Any searches for the original headlight 63122754794 (right
bi-xenon with white lens) brings up the newer part
63127270026, so you really can't get the old style one anymore
anyway. I had to order a new module for another $200+,
but they gave me free overnight shipping. I guess I can use
the old module in the left headlight if that one ever fails.

The new Osram bulbs are brighter (by at least 1/2 stop by light
meter measuring the hot spot up close and about 5 feet away,
and slightly bluer. There's a very faint blue coating on the bulb
and I estimate the color is definitely slightly more than 4200K
but also less than 5000K. Probably about 4500K.
That's good in my book.

While I had the old headlight out, I could see what was wrong with
my right foglight which was loose in its mount and I was able to snap
it back in securely. The original owner or his lackeys must have been
heavy handed with replacing bulbs somewhere along the way for the
headlight projector mount to break and the foglight to be partially out
of its mount.

Also drained the OCC, topped off the oil which was 1/3 qt low, and refilled
the washer fluid. I'm glad the R55 holds more washer fluid than my R50 did.
I was always filling that up.

 

I don't care if your mother did have you tested...she went to a quack that couldn't tell an OCD from a psychopath

 

Now you will have better karma without that LXM badge on your car.

 

I like that. When did y'all come up with the new design?