03-04-2022, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: SA, TX
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Originally Posted by X5chemist
Installed new front rearward control arms. Wow, the ride height is higher. Steering shake under heavy braking is gone. Full weight was on before tightening. However, I did once side then the other. The steering is off by a fraction. I'm not sure if I caused by tightening one side at a time. Tomorrow, I'll loosen both sides under full weight, then tighten them down again. One at time might have caused the shift. Remaining items: outer tie rods, struts, shafts, and anti sway bar links. Only the struts remain to be ordered.
Out of curiosity, I filled up for the trip out of town. 40 miles one way. It was the only the second out of town trip for it. I've owned it over a year now. MPG maxed out 23.7 and it was still climbing. The range was over 523 miles. I had not seen it above 500 miles until after installing new plugs and coils.
After completing front and rear suspension fixes, full four axle shaft swap, front shaft spacer install, oil pan gasket replacement, and coolant hose replacement it will be long road trip worthy. Goal, make a1000 mile trip as soon as it's ready!
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Nice work. A fresh suspension makes these things feel so good. A 500 mile range is good with gas prices doing what they are doing. 
How is your battery drain/no sleep situ going? Does that dash camera run while parked? Ours on the F15 does and if we don't remember to unplug it after 2 days of being parked we'll get a battery discharge warning.
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Originally Posted by wpoll
I simply remembered that it was a recent thread from a fellow antipodean... ! 
For the last couple of years I also have had the iDrive launcher installed on my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S7) for S&Gs - works well although I don't actually use it as the main launcher (it's a bit fiddly on a 4" screen!). |
I have some questions as I try to get the thing set up to my liking. Will post a new thread on it at some point. Currently it doesn't boot up exactly the way I would want with the iBus and some controls aren't functioning. New toys always require a learning curve.
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Last edited by crystalworks; 03-04-2022 at 12:41 PM.
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