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Old Aug 17, 2011 | 11:40 AM
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It will stay on til you hit 60mph.
so free ways are a nono?
 
Old Aug 17, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Tong213
so free ways are a nono?
Lol pretty sure they're just effing with you
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 10:31 AM
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Took a picture of a really cool mileage readout that i got today
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 10:34 AM
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Took a picture of a really cool mileage readout that i got today
I think I got that one for mine some where. You need to catch up dude! I'm at 16.5k probably at 17k by the end of the weekend.
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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I think I got that one for mine some where. You need to catch up dude! I'm at 16.5k probably at 17k by the end of the weekend.
haha i like keeping my miles low, i plan to keep this car for awhile!
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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haha i like keeping my miles low, i plan to keep this car for awhile!
I hear ya. I'm starting to loose hope for a boost kit like the GD's have. So I may be moving to a faster platform not long after I pay it off.
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 11:36 AM
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I just hit 6969. It was the first time I had checked the odometer in a while too.
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 11:39 AM
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I just hit 6969. It was the first time I had checked the odometer in a while too.
Alright! Giggity giggity! Lol
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by malraux
I just hit 6969. It was the first time I had checked the odometer in a while too.
Difficult in a Fit but not impossible
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Jamy
Lol pretty sure they're just effing with you
yeah i know... but i wold like to know anyways haha

6969! now go 696969
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 12:02 PM
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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Frame it!!!
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Installed a Curt hitch. Having the car six feet in the air made it a whole lot easier! Now to pop panels and hook up the light kit.
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 03:56 PM
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D'oh! Accidentally posted this in the GD thread.

Not exactly today, but it's been a while since I posted anything. Last weekend I fitted some new wheels (Konig Retracks 15x7 40mm) and installed my Tiger Tuning/KMR Lower tie-end bar, which I have since scraped all to hell.







Also, a friend drew this for me, starting with the model from the Facebook game Car Town:

 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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I think I got that one for mine some where. You need to catch up dude! I'm at 16.5k probably at 17k by the end of the weekend.
It took the the first year to put 20k on my car... and then only five weeks to add another 10k.

I'm am close to 32k now.
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Tong213
so yesterday i put on my wing

now i am always checking if its stable or not, checking if the bolts will loosen and fall off

can someone reassure me?
Looks good!

I made the mistake of installing mine in the dead of winter, so the 3M tape never fully bonded and has since come loose. It still acts like a pad to prevent the spoiler from rubbing the roof, and there's some adhesion left in the middle, I think. Every once in a while I give it a gentle wiggle, and if it moves I check the bolts. They start to loosen every once in a while, so I tighten them back up and give it a while. I'm thinking about taking it off, prepping the area, and adding some fresh 3M foam tape, but I hate playing with those bolts more than necessary.

I've gone through the touchless wash with the high speed turbine air driers plenty of times, and that hasn't been enough to rip the wing off, even when it was already a tad loose, so I'd say you're fine.
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Goobers
It took the the first year to put 20k on my car... and then only five weeks to add another 10k.

I'm am close to 32k now.
Hey Goobs, looks like you're back home now... Man, no more road trip adventure posts... Wow 10k road trip!
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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Hey Goobs, looks like you're back home now... Man, no more road trip adventure posts... Wow 10k road trip!
Yeah, I've been home since about 6 am Tuesday morning... went right back to work later that evening.

Of course, my sister dropped a bit of a bombshell on me. She, her husband and kids are all moving back to an apartment (so that their kids are residentially qualified to go to a school near there). While I will be have three new roommates in the house! @.@!

edit: suddenly feels like I'm in an episode of Big Brother.
 

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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Socialvegetable
Looks good!

I made the mistake of installing mine in the dead of winter, so the 3M tape never fully bonded and has since come loose. It still acts like a pad to prevent the spoiler from rubbing the roof, and there's some adhesion left in the middle, I think. Every once in a while I give it a gentle wiggle, and if it moves I check the bolts. They start to loosen every once in a while, so I tighten them back up and give it a while. I'm thinking about taking it off, prepping the area, and adding some fresh 3M foam tape, but I hate playing with those bolts more than necessary.

I've gone through the touchless wash with the high speed turbine air driers plenty of times, and that hasn't been enough to rip the wing off, even when it was already a tad loose, so I'd say you're fine.
Next time you have the bolts off, throw some Thread Lock on there. It'll keep the bolts from coming loose.

~SB
 
Old Aug 18, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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painted the upper lip of the grill as well as that guard thing on top of it

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