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Old 12-13-2023, 11:13 AM
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installed cold air intake, sounds a bit better and more room under the hood now!

next week I'll be getting my underbody dry ice cleaned, will try to do a before and after pics for you guys too
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installed cold air intake, sounds a bit better and more room under the hood now!

next week I'll be getting my underbody dry ice cleaned, will try to do a before and after pics for you guys too

Is that a 3.0 with 4.6 exhaust (from your signature pic)? I have a 3.0 with 4.6 exhaust and an aFe cold air intake as well. It was a good sound upgrade but I do wish for a teensy bit more noise still! Someday I'll get a wild hair and order some headers or replace the center muffler with an X-pipe.
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Is that a 3.0 with 4.6 exhaust (from your signature pic)? I have a 3.0 with 4.6 exhaust and an aFe cold air intake as well. It was a good sound upgrade but I do wish for a teensy bit more noise still! Someday I'll get a wild hair and order some headers or replace the center muffler with an X-pipe.
you bet it is, yeah mine sounds nice even with the xpipe it's great (no drone and not really noticeable still), I still want to try those 4in round magnaflow mufflers another user back in the day did on here to get that extra rumble
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Is that a 3.0 with 4.6 exhaust (from your signature pic)? I have a 3.0 with 4.6 exhaust and an aFe cold air intake as well. It was a good sound upgrade but I do wish for a teensy bit more noise still! Someday I'll get a wild hair and order some headers or replace the center muffler with an X-pipe.
All you need to do is delete the centre resonator, perfect sound.
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All you need to do is delete the centre resonator, perfect sound.
for the V8's yes, for the 3.0 I don't think it will be any better than xpipe and from my understanding xpipe is better flow for the car
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I spent $100 on a new e-brake boot for my car. Now I have a brand new shifter boot and E-brake boot and the interior is looking great. One thing I really appreciate about this car is that it cleans up really good at 21 years old. The interior just looks really nice still.
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They did a great job on material sourcing!
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So my leaks from being gone....

Rebooting needed on front CV's.

Transmission oil pan gasket leaking.

PS pump connector leaking.

Leak starting to show on reservoir at the seam.


The White Witch definitely has abandonment issues

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They like extreme heat like they like extreme cold


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I took some pictures of the orientation of the spring clips. They're only installed on the driver's side of the rear shade. The first picture is with the clip installed in place with the mounting screw removed, and the second is with the spring clip removed but in the correct orientation, just slid out from underneath the rail toward the center of the vehicle.
So those spring clips sit vertically? Thx for the pics. Edit: Oh I think I see just a small part of the spring just below the hole? I see what looks like another spring clip sitting vertically?

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