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Here's my spring plans before the plates go back on, and inspected.

Currently sitting at 123,513 Miles.

Suspension
- KONI Yellow + Eibach Pro Kit
- 14.5mm Upper, 5mm Spring Pads (Rear)
- Rouge Engineering Rear Shock Mounts Save yourself a few bucks and instead get Lemforder or Meyle shock mounts and some OE reinforcement plates, drive the studs out of the mounts and pop them into the reinforcement plates instead (I put a tack weld on each one JIC, shouldn't cost you more than $10 at a welding shop), BAM! You just got their shock mounts for less than half the price.
- Strut Mount Reinforcement Plates

Maintenance
- Spark Plugs (NGK)
- Transmission Filter, ATF Fluid Flush
- Oil Filter, Fluid Flush
- Fuel Filter Replacement (Wouldnt be surprised if its from 04/01/00, will find out)
- BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/SI just took these off my car, I did not like them. Not great wet, even worse snow, performance and noisy, wore quickly too. I only put these on because a buddy had won a set as a contingency prize autocrossing and he wasn't going to use them

Retrofits/Mods
- M3 Cluster + Adaptation Module (Shift Lights, Gear Indicator, and Oil Temp will be functional)
- LCM 4.0 (Triple Blink/BFD)
- M3 Leather Steering Wheel
- Angel Eyes, Low Beam Xenon's
- Front Strut Bar - garagistic

If I get some free time in the summer I will retrofit;
- Rear Fog Lights
- Front Fog Lights
- Reverse Camera for EONON Head Unit

You can do the reverse camera with a wireless unit, I used one initially and the quality was decent but I got a bum unit that crapped out fairly early and I replaced it with a wired one and ran the wire required for the rear fogs while I was there (it's as easy to pull two wires as it is pulling one), but pulling wires into the hatch is a royal PITA. Personally, I still haven't made the connection at the LCM to get my rear fogs operational and that was over a year ago. Think really hard how much you want those rear fogs.

 

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On other note;

To Do List:
- Bi-Xenon HID Projector Retrofit Kit
- Angel Eyes
- M3 Cluster Install + Module to get the shift lights/oil temp to work, and the gear indicator because automatic.
- 4.0 LCM
- Get new tires mounted
- Get Alignment

There's a guy in the lighting section of the classifieds with a dyn Euro 4.0 LCM for $75, which is a pretty good deal IMO.

 

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There's a guy in the lighting section of the classifieds with a dyn Euro 4.0 LCM for $75, which is a pretty good deal IMO.

https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=1263203

 

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Thank you! Ill find a plate sometime next year, thats when ill retrofit all my fogs and such.

That one already has the Euro faceplate, that's what makes it such a good deal!

I paid $80 for an NA 4.0 LCM and then another ~$45 IIRC to get that faceplate with rear fog switch but without headlight leveling knob.

 

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Already have a 4.0 LCM

Fine then. Lol


I misunderstood your post.

 

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Looks great!

 

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One of these days I'll put my Orion V2s back in, I did like the look. Have been planning a quad xenon setup so had been kind of waiting until I got on that. Already have most of the parts on hand.

 

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I just can't justify the price tag of the Orion V2's. When the AngelEyeGuys stuff is pretty HQ and a pretty decent price for what he offers. Anywho; Im sure that will look killer!

I wouldn't have bought them if I hadn't stumbled across a never installed set that a Guy was selling on craigslist after his car was wrecked. Got them for $40.

I had them on for ~2 years before my accident that prompted all the paint work, haven't gotten around to transferring them to my new headlight housings.

 

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I'm not a fan of the most common LED tails for the wagon, but I dig those! Nice!

(Running the rear fogs is indeed a PITA)

 

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Man I don't have any room to talk about lunacy since I also knew that it was going to be a PITA and did it anyway!

I did mine since I was running a cable for a backup camera and it was just as easy to pull two wires as it was to pull one.

 

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Did you do it during your interior swap?

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No, I did it before.
I actually still haven't swapped the two big pieces of hatch trim, I've still got the beige pieces that I dyed as I still have a little bit of work to do on the black parts that I've since managed to scrounge before I can install them.

 

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I was thinking while you were swapping the carpet would have been a good time.

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It would have been sure, but it's not actually that intrusive through that part of the car, just run it up the pass. door sills. Was super easy there even with carpet in. The PITA part is running it through the hatch.

 

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Ah! I thought you never finished yours, but that's rad! I don't think there's many wagon owners who have attempted this, Maybe just a few?

I've done everything but connect it at the LCM. I did such a good job of putting the terminals that I bought where they wouldn't get lost that I have no idea where they are and I'm too stubborn to buy more knowing that they're here somewhere!

 

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Hmmm. Will be interesting to see what happens there with the BFD.

 

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Lumbar support is a meh feature. Have it and never use it.

nice work on the seats! Rough about the bumper

I'd wished that I'd had it last June when I drove from Charlotte to Oregon and pulled some stretches as long as 19 hours straight behind the wheel. I was better off than I would have been in any other car that I've owned and was able to make a lot of adjustments to help me move pressure spots around and stay comfortable, but the lower back would start screaming after a while.

I'm adding it, but you're right in that 90% of the time you probably wouldn't miss it.

 

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19hours?!? How in the lord did you do that!

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There were a couple of very long days. I would like to do it again with more time available and enjoy the trip more, but this was about maximizing my time with my family while there so really had to make my days on the road count.
It helped that I had an air mattress in the back so all I had to do was find a rest area and crawl back there and crash out for a few hours. Saved all the time eaten up in finding a room, checking in, carrying bags in, then back out in the morning...

 

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You should also grab the side skirts, LH/RH brake ducts, and center air duct.

Awesome find!

The side skirts definitely, but RealOEM suggests that the M Tech I uses the same ducts as the preface bumper?

I don't have any experience there, but unless I'm reading it wrong they're only different for S716, M Tech II, but no separate numbers for S715, M Tech I.

 

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Idler pulley went poof, which made the belt snap.

That's the only thing besides fuel issues that's put mine on a rollback.

Ah wait - there was that stupid failed radiator hose. Was a Rein too!

 

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Fuel pump soft fail - was able to drive it home on side streets but would not run at freeway speed
Starter - had been cranking slow, thought it was battery issue. Crapped out in my garage.
Serpentine idler - repaired where it broke
Upper rad hose sheared the spigot off the radiator connector - rollback
Replacement fuel pump soft fail - rollback, but was able to start it once I got home and go splash gas into it and that kept it going until a VDO unit was able to get here from FCP
Fuel line from filter to rail rubbed against steering shaft and holed - rollback

The second fuel pump and rad hose were totally weird occurrences.
This car has been one of the best cars that I've had as far as not leaving me stranded, and I didn't think twice about driving it cross country last summer.

 

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