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 Post subject: Following Raz's example - s70 to-do list!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:47 pm 
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but...I'm gonna do one further and throw in a timeline!! ooohhh!!!

1. Windshield. Probably sometime around May or shortly after...when they have the streets a little more swept.

2. Endlinks (already have)...installation hopefully around May/June/early summer ;).

3. Struts. decisions decisions, be it bilsteins or konis, its going to be expensive...this one I'm shooting for August...ish.

4. Headlights - love of god...give me lights that let me see in the dark! Probably mid-late summer (July-September). I'm being a brat and waiting for feedback on that light buy that was a few months ago...see how much of a difference they make...

5. DEAR GOD SOUND! new head unit...maybe next spring...April-May...give me time to shop around...I'm not doing this myself, I'm leaving it to the pros. (and no, not best buy!) I know I have a speaker that cuts out randomly but I'm hoping thats just a wiring issue...and I'm hoping that it is a problem that can be fixed...but that I'm not so afraid to check.

6. Now lets get a little aesthetically pleasing. These will come when they come...if I get the extra bucks for the turn lights, I go for it. Tinting...I'm not running in to get...but who knows. Maybe another thing for next summer?
Tinting - not going limo...that's too dark...but the back windows are getting some sort of shading
Clear turn indicator thingys (aren't I technical?)

7. By the time I get all this done..timing belt and a bunch of other things will need love...but I'm being a brat and considering the general expected maintenance a bit separate

Leave this to say that I'm not going too insane on anything...cause 1. she's my daily driver. I can't really have her out of commission for weeks on end while I'm doing something crazy, and 2. aside from the cosmetics, most of the things I plan to do to my car are 'shit got broke so now I'm upgrading it as opposed to simply fixing it' so...yeah. If it aint broke, I don't fix it.

Thoughts? Opinions?

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:10 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Sounds realistic Kat.
I will add another option for shocks.
As you know I am also looking at replacing mine in the spring, the general consensus is that Bilsteins and Koni Yellow are on the stiff side, many say "bone jarring". I have been researching a new Koni shock that is getting rave reviews from magazines, reviewers and general enthusiasts, the Koni FSD, they are pricey but it is the option I am considering at the moment.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:12 pm 
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How painful are we looking?

and again - when you do the shocks on yours, let me come lend a hand :)

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:20 pm 
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oh...

http://www.koni-na.com/fsd.cfm?x=49&y=14

...that still really doesnt tell me a lot...

hmm...Ian, am I going to have to pick your brain when I next see you?

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:06 pm 
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If you want help deciding sound items, please talk to me.
I can also find you awesome prices and do the install.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:53 pm 
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thanks andy, you're awesome!!!

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:46 pm 
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Looks like a nice list. I would show you mine for the truck but you would think im nuts!! oh wait...n/m

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:36 pm 
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well Tyler, me calling you nuts would be pot calling the kettle black.

we all know i'm a lil crazy.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:11 pm 
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WHOOT!!!!! my insurance just went down $40/month!!!!! OH HELLS YEAH!!!!

ergo, some of these may get fast tracked ;)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:26 pm 
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Great to do list !

I too need a new windshield 8)


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:45 pm 
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hahahaha they go quickly in this town it seems

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