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I’m not sure when they became commonplace but it’s a late model thing. My ‘07 has one.
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I’m not sure when they became commonplace but it’s a late model thing. My ‘07 has one.
YezusLX
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I wonder if it is used/required in conjunction with the air pump system later developed for emissions. Carbon does help mitigate fumes and helps to skirt cafe standards leveled by California. I believe the "Nader" Corvair was amongst the first to try adding carbon/charcoal in its system in an effort to avoid its ultimate demise by congress and the environmentalist back in the day.
Did you get the kit that has the flex pipe, muffler, and resonator? How long did it take you to put it on? I'm about to order from rock auto, I see 273 for the whole kit with clamp and gaskets, but an extra 100 for shipping
Just muffler and resonator, thought about the flex pipe but mine was in good enough shape not to replace it. Came with muffler clamp for resonator and one gasket for muffler, bought and extra gasket as the muffler needs two. Start to finish took about an hour and a half. I did buy new bolts and springs. My shipping was only 65.
Caretaker
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New exhaust showed up today. Old one had taken a beating on the last trail run. Decided to do a cat back system. Northeastern brand from eBay. Nice mandrel bends and stainless steel, very quiet. Came with all the hangers, bolts, and gaskets. Fit and finish great.
I have the same exhaust, looks like of good quality, and no drone at idle like my stock exhaust had.
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You can pop it into the overhead console in place of the factory mic location. Its really easy to get into that console. I did that seen here: BT45 TOY Install - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/bt45-toy-install.1234989/post-13533045
Or alongside it as @YezusLX mentioned, which might be clearer.
Replaced my raggedy steering wheel. I really thought I'd dislike the mismatched materials a lot more, but I barely notice.
That looks good, just eat some cheetos and drive around, soon it'll look the same shade
I installed mine over a year ago. I am completely in love with it - it is the best steering wheel feel of all the cars I have ever had!
We're used to our german cars thicc steering wheels, gotta have that girth.
After I had installed the front bumper and winch I adjusted the torsion bars due to front end droop. Dropped it off to get an alignment and received a call from them, the rear brake line popped. This is not good. Firestone seems less than enthused to work on it, need to talk to one of their mechanics in the morning for an estimate. If they don't bend me over the barrel I might have them do it. I am running out of time before COTR and worried I can't get this thing where it needs to be in time. SMH
Water pump, timing belt, fan bracket, oil change, surface shield for the frame and underbody. 212,700 miles. Old timing belt was in great condition. Gates water pump had multiple leaks. Too long 12mm we’re loose. O rings were leaking. Fan bracket looked original and had a crunchy bearing.
Did you go with OEM timing belt, idlers, WP and seals? Or Aisin parts? Or?
+1 how did you make those cuts? Super clean. jigsaw free hand? Thanks for the photos, i'm going to try putting one together too
Is there DIY roof rack thread? Maybe i need to search more
I changed out the hydraulic suspension fluid. Fun little project and now it's all pink.
If you zoom in on the pics it does look like a jig saw was used. You can get bits for a router that work on aluminum or basically any carbide bit for wood works, with some jigs and straight edges/fences you could basically achieve a redneck cnc. For long straight cuts you could do a drop cut on a table saw or plunge with a circular saw and a straight edge. Load as hell and throws shards so wear you PPE!
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