Well I’ve had the car for a couple months.
In that time I’ve done the rear struts, used some amazon prime choice auto specials. Changed what I’m pretty sure was the original plugs, replaced oil pressure switch(DOD works as it should now)
The hood that was on it was fairly road rashed up. Picked up one from a pick and pull for $40, was even the same color surprisingly. It’s got some light hail damage, but eons better than what was on it. Swiped the headlights out of the same car, one happened to be a TYC replacement.
Had another go at tinting windows. What a hassle, oh how I forgot the joys. I tried some of that static cling stuff, it is garbage. Won’t ever use that again, you couldn’t see out the back window at all. And what could be seen was just blurry as all flock chops. I put some 20% adhesive backed stuff on the back window, figured out a slick way to shrink the tint to the window profile. I left the static cling on the side windows for now, most likely come spring I’ll deal with it
Than I got bored, out came the sawsall and the mufflers fell off. Strange how that works eh
I left the cat/resonator in place, reused the stock tailpipes. It’s got a pretty deep rumble to it, doesn’t seem to drone to bad. I’m happy with the lack of mufflers, the wife on the other hand isn’t
After getting the DOD working and a new set of plugs in it, it increased the mileage a fair bit. Seems to be the same or if not better than the 3.5 v6 was in the 2010.
Overall I’m fairly happy with that pile of parts, and I enjoy it more than the 2010. But most of the enjoyment is prob the new pipes more than anything
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