hexotic

I have a 9 litre evacuator pump. Ordered the drain with a hose nipple. Should be able to just suck it out quickly if I need to speed things up. Bought it when I needed to suck oil out of my dipstick hole lol... long story.

Epiphany

I had a Genesis sedan which had the oil filter in a cartridge on the top of the engine. That with the fluid evacuator I had made amazing oil changes. I could do the whole thing fully standing up.

hexotic

Ha, yes! I use it when I change the oil on my friends 1.8 TSI Jetta. Same idea, just undo the cartridge.flush the drain plug every other change still though.

KImChee

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Updated pic of clock in some darkness

sidestepca

Installed camber kit, 8pc kit, was a lot of work. Alignment coming in a few days, G’s at the shop. Rotors, brakes putting on next week

hexotic

Was sick and tired of having to boost the car every time temp dropped below -10C. Splurged a bit, got an Optima Yellow top.

2GoRNot2G

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Nice upgrade with the Optima battery, Andy. I just wish the Optima batteries still had the same reliability as when they first came out. The first two Optima batteries I used back around 2005 (one yellow top and one red top) both lasted me over 10 years in two different vehicles, but since then I haven't had an Optima battery last me more than a few years. Not sure if this has anything to do with them moving production from the United States to Mexico when they were acquired by Johnson Controls, but I have had better luck with Braille batteries in recent years.

On another note, I forgot how nice your cold air intake/heat shields turned out! You did a really nice job on that!

hexotic

Yeah, I've heard the quality has suffered, but I figure it's still a good option. My last one was an AGM battery, and ended up lasting under two years.

And yeah, every time I open the hood, I admire it lol. Thanks for the kind words as always.

CubanDre

^ Those clamps on the intakes are a really nice touch. Just missing a blue cap for your washer fluid!

hexotic

Old photo, it's no longer missing 😁

PNW_IPL

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Oil pressure guage and sunroof grommet repair.

OldG2NewG

Are those custom? They look great!

Rochester

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Phase2Motortrend aluminum hose clamps.

https://www.phase2motortrend.com/category-s/205.htm

deep0542

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Not a mod yet- but yesterday I pulled the trigger on a new FI cat back. 18” resonators, 2.5” piping.

Been agonizing over catback choices for the last 4 months; specifically between FI, Motordyne, and Ark (especially with their year end). In the end chose FI for the impeccable build quality and fitment- as I wanted to avoid having a flex pipe that would get trashed in the Ohio winters.

Now the waiting game begins!

OldG2NewG

Picked up a sport bumper