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Dexman PE PMP
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I use one of those all-in-one cut/strip/crimp tools. It handles most of what I need, but when I find some of those crappy connectors I bust out my vice grip pliers.
MetsFan
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I replaced the battery in my Bimmer yesterday. Man, what a pain in the ass. It took me half an hour just to take the old battery out and put the new one in. The hole it goes in just fits the battery and the wires and distribution panel are all in the way. At least I saved $200.
jeb6294
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Truck's got replaced a couple weeks ago when I took it in. They've got a special diesel service that changes the oil and does a bunch of that other diesel specific stuff so the good news, the labor was basically $0 because it was thrown in with the rest of the work they did. Bad news, had to buy two batteries cause it's a diesel.
MetsFan
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Free labor is always good. I just took the Touareg in for the 40K service and they quoted me $450, which included changing the air filter and cabin filter. I asked how much it would be if I removed those two and she said $130. Sold. I bought the two filters on Amazon for around $50 and will be installing them myself.
I was at a job site today where they require all kinds of information from you, including car make, model, license plate #, etc. The guy asked me what the make was and I said BMW. He says, "oh, nice car". It reminded me of this picture:
I was at a job site today where they require all kinds of information from you, including car make, model, license plate #, etc. The guy asked me what the make was and I said BMW. He says, "oh, nice car". It reminded me of this picture:
Dexman PE PMP
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MetsFan
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Ha, that's pretty funny. I have a black one. Although if I were to buy a new one, blue would be at the top of my list.
jeb6294
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Oh, believe me...it wasn't free. There was enough other stuff going on that they were able to throw the new batteries in under one umbrella. If I'd just been there for an oil change and they told me I needed new batteries, I would have done it myself.
Road Guy
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so finally opened my box from crutchfield, no instructions, check my email, no instructions, call them Saturday morning, they said they were sorry but they didn't have a custom install sheet for the 2015 Jeep Wrangler? (Wtf) but that they would be happy to work me through it over the phone.. ughh no thanks... sending it back to them today.. what a waste of fucking time..
snickerd3
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bummer RG.
Road Guy
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Im just going to have one of those car audio places install one, Its about the same $$ I just got pissed when they all want $100 to install my satellite radio receiver into the new radio (it literally just plugs in) so I will do the normal installation and then take the dash apart and install the sat radio thing myself like last time
MetsFan
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That sucks man
jeb6294
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That doesn't sound like Crutchfield...usually they are pretty on top of things.
Spent the weekend putting my exhaust on the truck. Getting the old one out was the worst part...all the sensors and hangers were up high where they were hard to get to. It ended up being easier to unbolt the hanger brackets from the frame and take it out that way. The new exhaust is a lot less "stuff" so it only had to put one bracket back in anyway. Only other hiccup was when the hanger had broken on one of the new pieces of pipe. Fortunately it was the very last piece that curves around to the side of the truck and dumps the exhaust behind the back tire and lets you show off the giant 6" shiny exhaust tip. A lot of diesel guys will run an exhaust dump...bringing the pipe over the rear axle and then just letting it dump straight towards the ground...so mine is running that way right now. Flo Pro is going to send a new pipe, but I'm kinda liking the sound and the stealth the way it is now so I might just leave it.
The thing sounds unreal now. I've had Mustangs and an I-6 Jeep with a straight pipe but nothing close to this. If you stomp on the gas it is a deep un-godly roar mixed with huge amounts of turbo whistle.
Spent the weekend putting my exhaust on the truck. Getting the old one out was the worst part...all the sensors and hangers were up high where they were hard to get to. It ended up being easier to unbolt the hanger brackets from the frame and take it out that way. The new exhaust is a lot less "stuff" so it only had to put one bracket back in anyway. Only other hiccup was when the hanger had broken on one of the new pieces of pipe. Fortunately it was the very last piece that curves around to the side of the truck and dumps the exhaust behind the back tire and lets you show off the giant 6" shiny exhaust tip. A lot of diesel guys will run an exhaust dump...bringing the pipe over the rear axle and then just letting it dump straight towards the ground...so mine is running that way right now. Flo Pro is going to send a new pipe, but I'm kinda liking the sound and the stealth the way it is now so I might just leave it.
The thing sounds unreal now. I've had Mustangs and an I-6 Jeep with a straight pipe but nothing close to this. If you stomp on the gas it is a deep un-godly roar mixed with huge amounts of turbo whistle.
knight1fox3
Jedi MASTER & Friend of Capt. Solo
Not too bad looking actually. And comes in "OJ-white" already I see. :lmao:
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
The only complaint I would have are the "external" hinges on the door. Those are always the first thing to rust out on Jeeps and there's no way to protect them.
