In this thread I'll be documenting the steps I take to get the new "black car" up to snuff, i.e. swapping all the "go fast" goodies from the white car, getting the car all cleaned up, and fixing all the little problems that often accompany higher mileage used cars.
Item 1
There is a light on on the dashboard. It's a red circle with some lines on either side of it. I suspect this may be that it needs new brake liner wear indicators as the pads supposedly got very low before recently being replaced. Can anyone confirm? I've got a picture of it, but don't have a USB cable to pull it off the camera.
Item 2
The seller told me she's gotten an intermittent ABS light on the dash. I hadn't....until this morning. Made a moderately brisk stop from about 60-65 mph to stop for a redlight. After stopping, the light came on. Yellow "ABS" light illuminated just to the left of the above-mentioned red circle light. Keep in mind the stop was not nearly hard enough to engage the ABS, but it was harder than average. Thoughts? I plan to check the Bentley on this to troubleshoot it. This is one item that kind of concerns me as it could be costly and troublesome to repair, as I understand it.
Item 3
Planning on starting the transfer of goodies from car to car this weekend: h**** (<< are you freaking kidding me????), springs/shocks, bars, CAI, cat-back, shifter, lap belt, stereo, and I may pull out the Conforti chip and limited slip, depending on whom I end up selling the car to. A friend or acquaintance will likely get this stuff. A stranger won't.
The white car will get the black car's sport package suspension bits and the fresher of the stock parts I've got around (still have some stock parts from the white car).
Item 4
Appearance. Right now, Billy Bryson is looking to get one of the detailers at his work to quote a full-on detailing of the paint on the car. It's been neglected for the last year or so of it's life living under the care of a hippy artist chick who lived in an old house near downtown Austin with no garage and a bunch of trees. It'll polish up well, I'm sure, but I don't know how much it'll cost me yet.
I also need to replace the steering wheel (torn leather), the shifter knob (torn leather), and there's a tear near a seam on the driver's side seat. I think it can be fixed affordably. If not, it'll get the super glue treatment. The passenger's door panel is fully "bubbled" and eventually I'll replace it ($170 new via mail order). Other than that, I plan on removing the grey on the lower skirts and I'll talk with Billy about painting the lower grey areas on the front and rear bumpers to make it look like a '96+ model (like the white car does).
That's it for now. More soon. If anyone has any comments on items 1 and 2, let me know!
T
Item 1
There is a light on on the dashboard. It's a red circle with some lines on either side of it. I suspect this may be that it needs new brake liner wear indicators as the pads supposedly got very low before recently being replaced. Can anyone confirm? I've got a picture of it, but don't have a USB cable to pull it off the camera.
Item 2
The seller told me she's gotten an intermittent ABS light on the dash. I hadn't....until this morning. Made a moderately brisk stop from about 60-65 mph to stop for a redlight. After stopping, the light came on. Yellow "ABS" light illuminated just to the left of the above-mentioned red circle light. Keep in mind the stop was not nearly hard enough to engage the ABS, but it was harder than average. Thoughts? I plan to check the Bentley on this to troubleshoot it. This is one item that kind of concerns me as it could be costly and troublesome to repair, as I understand it.
Item 3
Planning on starting the transfer of goodies from car to car this weekend: h**** (<< are you freaking kidding me????), springs/shocks, bars, CAI, cat-back, shifter, lap belt, stereo, and I may pull out the Conforti chip and limited slip, depending on whom I end up selling the car to. A friend or acquaintance will likely get this stuff. A stranger won't.
The white car will get the black car's sport package suspension bits and the fresher of the stock parts I've got around (still have some stock parts from the white car).
Item 4
Appearance. Right now, Billy Bryson is looking to get one of the detailers at his work to quote a full-on detailing of the paint on the car. It's been neglected for the last year or so of it's life living under the care of a hippy artist chick who lived in an old house near downtown Austin with no garage and a bunch of trees. It'll polish up well, I'm sure, but I don't know how much it'll cost me yet.
I also need to replace the steering wheel (torn leather), the shifter knob (torn leather), and there's a tear near a seam on the driver's side seat. I think it can be fixed affordably. If not, it'll get the super glue treatment. The passenger's door panel is fully "bubbled" and eventually I'll replace it ($170 new via mail order). Other than that, I plan on removing the grey on the lower skirts and I'll talk with Billy about painting the lower grey areas on the front and rear bumpers to make it look like a '96+ model (like the white car does).
That's it for now. More soon. If anyone has any comments on items 1 and 2, let me know!
T
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