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Old 05-31-2018, 02:04 PM
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Very nice! Very nice indeed. Is that Imola or Crimson Red?
It's a 2013. Melbourne red. It's loaded. Have already secured the exhaust flaps open and added lower restriction air filters. Deciding on a tune and depending on the result might add meth. It's my wife's daily driver so can't go crazy. She loves it. She got stopped for speeding already, no ticket just warning.
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Did you guys use lowering springs or go coilover. I heard lowering springs aren’t great for your shocks. Thoughts?
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Have had the H&R lowering springs in place for more than 5 years. No problem.
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It's a 2013. Melbourne red. It's loaded. Have already secured the exhaust flaps open and added lower restriction air filters. Deciding on a tune and depending on the result might add meth. It's my wife's daily driver so can't go crazy. She loves it. She got stopped for speeding already, no ticket just warning.
That red... reminds me of the cinnabar red of the E30 in the late 80s.

More pix please. It looks stunning!
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That red... reminds me of the cinnabar red of the E30 in the late 80s.

More pix please. It looks stunning!
I agree. Very good looking truck. And does kind of remind of cinnabarot. More pics indeed.
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Wrapped my cracking interior wood grain trim pieces with 3M 1080 Scotchprint Matte Gray Aluminum Vinyl Wrap. A few before and after pics below.
How’s the Bluetooth fm module working for you? Is the phone volume loud and clear enough?
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Fabricated new right rear brake "pipe"



Cross section of my flare with new iso bubble flare tool vs factory. Pretty darn close. The tool was $23 from Amazon but it needed some significant help to make the tool usable. I made a video.

It's pretty bad that I see a lot of "just use a double flare" or "cut out the rust and use a compression fitting". The entire pipe was made of rust. Time to replace!

I'm hoping I'll be able to clean and paint wife's brake lines so I can avoid re fabricating hers. Darn I just remembered I need to buy 20 or so single use rivets to put my trim and wheel well back on.
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Awesome job!
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Somehow I forgot to mention that it was a hundred fifty bucks to buy the official brake lines from Amazon but it was only $37 for the parts and $22-23 for the tool. $60 total. You still have to bend the pipe either way. Cheap HF bender did a fine job. The is a special pliers for bending the tight radius . I might get that to do the left rear brake line there are a couple of bands that are really tight
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