Lets's see.... two weekends ago, Kyle and I swapped out the struts and springs for the coil-overs (of which I'm not totally happy... different story). Picked up car from shop (paid for 3 hours of labor plus tax) to have the brakes check out due to weird noises and to have the struts taken off to change out the spring caps and re-assembled and to re-adjust the height (tuning the suspension). Come to find out my front bearings are a teeny bit loose, so off to Les Schwab I go to inquire since they were the last ones to do my bearings 5 months ago. According to records, they either did just one side (I doubt that) or they replaced the outer bearings on both front sides which I believe is what they ended up doing. Because of how late it was, we decided to try later next week to tighten the axle nuts, then back them off a bit to see if that wouldn't help. Then, I'll get the car aligned.
In the meantime, Friday after work I plan on going to Discount Tire to have the new wheels and tires installed so that I can transport and deliver my current set to Kyle down in Portland. I leave Friday at around 7pm in my truck on that adventure. I wish I could have had the bearings taken care of today as well as the alignment so that my car was ready for the new rubber, but I'm fine with waiting at this point.
On the way down to Portland I'm meeting up with a guy who's selling four Focal speakers pulled from his Dodge truck because he wrecked the truck and took these out before getting rid of the truck. When talking to the wife on the phone, they couldn't tell me if they were 5.25" 3-ways or 6.5" 3-ways, but I'm geting them for $20 total.
Then, I'm stopping at Olympia to buy a 2008 complete exhaust system cat-back off of a Mazda 3 because he upgraded. According to him, it has all of around 800 miles on it. I plan to chop it up and use it to build an exhaust system either for my Mazda B2200 or the RAV-4. With a little luck, I might be able to both with a little extra piping I got. Price? $10
Saturday morning I meet up with Kyle for breakfast and to deliver his wheels and tires. Then, at 10am I meet up with a guy in north Portland to buy a canopy for my truck.... $50
Somewhere in all this I get to hwlp my dad and mom move some furniture to the new house and visit an old college buddy of mine.
I think my oldest son is going to make the trip with me. Should be good times. Planning on coming back by Saturday afternoon. Got to change the oil in the RAV-4 before my oldest son takes it back to college with him.
Yes, I'm that old..... shut up. Okay, I'll stop because I know this isn't all about my GT. Felt good to write it though.
In the meantime, Friday after work I plan on going to Discount Tire to have the new wheels and tires installed so that I can transport and deliver my current set to Kyle down in Portland. I leave Friday at around 7pm in my truck on that adventure. I wish I could have had the bearings taken care of today as well as the alignment so that my car was ready for the new rubber, but I'm fine with waiting at this point.
On the way down to Portland I'm meeting up with a guy who's selling four Focal speakers pulled from his Dodge truck because he wrecked the truck and took these out before getting rid of the truck. When talking to the wife on the phone, they couldn't tell me if they were 5.25" 3-ways or 6.5" 3-ways, but I'm geting them for $20 total.
Then, I'm stopping at Olympia to buy a 2008 complete exhaust system cat-back off of a Mazda 3 because he upgraded. According to him, it has all of around 800 miles on it. I plan to chop it up and use it to build an exhaust system either for my Mazda B2200 or the RAV-4. With a little luck, I might be able to both with a little extra piping I got. Price? $10
Saturday morning I meet up with Kyle for breakfast and to deliver his wheels and tires. Then, at 10am I meet up with a guy in north Portland to buy a canopy for my truck.... $50
Somewhere in all this I get to hwlp my dad and mom move some furniture to the new house and visit an old college buddy of mine.
I think my oldest son is going to make the trip with me. Should be good times. Planning on coming back by Saturday afternoon. Got to change the oil in the RAV-4 before my oldest son takes it back to college with him.
Yes, I'm that old..... shut up. Okay, I'll stop because I know this isn't all about my GT. Felt good to write it though.
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