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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 03:33 AM
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I been a good boy last month and actually saved some money

Now Im thinking about doing another mini-project.

What do you guys think I should do next?
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 04:43 AM
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Lowered with snow tires on 16" steel wheels would be wrong on so many counts.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 04:48 AM
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LOL, I said mini-project.

Im in FL, other than snow flurries with iced roads (last winter) it havent snowed here in about 25 years. Not even sure if they sell snow tires here. If they do.. I wouldnt even begin to understand why.

BTW, My nissan 240sx (lowered 4" with full Origin body kit) had 15s w/snow tires on it couple years back when i went up to SC.. It def looked.. well odd?
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 06:57 AM
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Roman, can you summarize the work you've done to this point?
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Roman, can you summarize the work you've done to this point?
LED HID ML CAM NAV WAX TINT

some other stuff
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 09:34 AM
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Just brainstorming here.. I don't think there are full pictorial DIYs for coolant change, differential oil replacement, pre-2004 ML nav override switch, LED door sill install, front and rear rotor replacement, air to non-air suspension conversion, spark plug change, fuel injector change, throttle body cleaning, fuel cap gasket change, sunroof track lubrication, the little lights inside the coin tray/suspension/ECT/height switches... maybe even wiper blades?
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 09:39 AM
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I haven't seen one of these cars with a continental spare tire kit...
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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DVD in the headrests
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by StanVanDam
Just brainstorming here..
coolant change, differential oil replacement, spark plug change, fuel injector change, throttle body cleaning, fuel cap gasket change,my car has full 90k service done 4k ago

pre-2004 ML nav override switch. that is in one of my write ups

LED door sill install, custom made by you or ordered online?

front and rear rotor replacement, i will be doing that soon my front are warped

air to non-air suspension conversion, def not a small project

sunroof track lubrication, ill look that up when i get a chance

the little lights inside the coin tray/suspension/ECT/height switches... done in one of my write ups

maybe even wiper blades? how hard can that be? ill do it when mine go out
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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i know alot of peeps want the fog light rewire. may be you can do that
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 10:07 PM
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I vote rotors, one of mine is warped as well.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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I did my front rotors abt 5k ago.

Was really a piece of cake. Didn't have time to take any pictures.
Few pointers though:
- As the repair manual states, you have to replace the caliper bolts with new ones.
- Remember to get a 8mm (if I recall correctly) bolt to get the rotor off if it is stucked. There is a small hole for the bolt in the rotor. You can try the bolt on the new rotor to
get the right size.
- Have a piece of rope to hang the rotor up when you get it off. I used the upper wishbone to tie the rope to.
- I used C-clamps and the old pads to push the pistons in.
- I had to remove abt. 20cc of break fluid after pusing the pistons in

Otherwise it is almost like pad replace.
I suppose the rear rotors are more tricky due to the parking break.

So I vote rear rotors.
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by DDLexus
DVD in the headrests
i dont have that much money to spend, bc TVs needs somekind of player and thats more $. prob about $500-700 for a dicent install

Originally Posted by REV-01
i know alot of peeps want the fog light rewire. may be you can do that
what do you mean by the fog light rewire?

Originally Posted by FinnLS
I suppose the rear rotors are more tricky due to the parking break.
not true, in 70% of the cars is just an extra cable that goes to the caliper.
on about 20% it is a second brake (drum) on the inside of the rotor
and on about 1% it is a second caliper on the rotor

by the looks of it, its just a cable that goes to the LS430 rear calipers (see next post)
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 03:04 AM
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 07:42 AM
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How about headlight tint? smoke or opaque vinyl.
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