WRX update – going well so far. Stickers have been taken off – with the exception of the little waving dinosaur on the back window. The kids love it, so he can stay for a little longer. It got it’s first oil change and clean bill of health from my mechanic. Next up the stereo has to go in. I’ve got nearly everything to install, just waiting on a new power wire as the one which came from the MINI is far too short. Can’t wait to get the SAT radio installed. FM is killing me slowly. Friday the visor is getting tinted.
Jeep update – Going well as well! Shannons new wheels and tires are all mounted up and installed. Looks fantastic rolling around on 33×12.5’s. Amazing how much a properly spaced out set of wheels/tires can affect the look of a vehicle. Sadly had to do the rear brakes last week. Damn thing was down to metal on metal. Friday the front doors are being tinted along side my Subaru. Should really finish off the look – for now at least.
Thruxton – is coming along too. I finally got my exhaust (Tec Tracker 2>1) and it sounds amazing with the baffle out. Too bad I have to ride all week with the baffle in as it requires a tune so that it won’t lean out too much. So baffle till Saturday at which point I will be getting up and in line at Sturges for a first-come-first-serve appointment. With any luck by 10am Saturday the baffle will be out and the noise will be at full song!@. Only real issue I have is a slight miss-fire like symptom which I believe is due to the air-injection removal. I’ve read that the new tune I am getting will sometime sort that stuff out. Not a lot of faith in that, but it’s gotta be done anyways. Failing that, I’ll book it in to be checked out. I’m guessing ive got some sort of air leak.
Beetle update – hasn’t moved in about a month 🙁 Between the the new daily driver and riding as much as possible the Bug simply hasn’t gotten much love. It doesn’t help that the last couple times I drove it – the engine was having some issues. I am 3-4 years over due for replacing the carbs. The stocker that’s on the car now just doesn’t make for an easy ride. Constantly bogging down and stalling if you don’t pay attention. I still intend on getting my damned bumpers installed this summer and then hopefully over the winter I can seriously look for a nice dual-carb setup to get the old girl back in ship shape. Hopefully replace/rebuild the starter and upgrade the exhaust too.
Normal blog update coming soon. Just thought I’d give myself an garage update to look back on. Handy to have IMO