$250 ?maybe nowhereWhere can we find it for $250????
Son of a biscuit that looks good!! Love those wheels. Very jealous.The list o’ stuff from yesterday;
Changed my oil and went with Mobil 1 Full Synthetic 5w30 and the FL500S filter. Originally I’d ordered pennzoil ultra platinum but one the jugs was damaged in shipping. So I audibled out of that and went Mobil 1. More on the oil in another post...
Changed the trans fluid to the BG Synchroshift II. Easy process. I got the kit from @Optimum Performance with the trans and diff fluid.
Changed the diff fluid to the BG 75-140
Swapped out the stock clutch line for the Steeda braided line. This plus the new fluid makes driving and shifting much smoother.
And finally got the Velgen VF5’s mounted! Wrapped in Nitto NT555 G2’s 275/35 and 305/35. They look awesome!
Thank you sir!Son of a biscuit that looks good!! Love those wheels. Very jealous.
Thank you! I appreciate it!Agreed, solid choice on the rims. They look awesome.
Nice, I was there yesterdayTook a run up to Concord today
Oh no!! Little bit of touch up paint to fix that easilyThe bad: I scratched a chunk of paint off my front bumper cover.
The ugly: I nearly ruined a new wheel that I bought as a spare, too.
Long day on the road and got home late. I pulled the car back out of the garage to unload it and put the new wheel box in the empty garage bay. After I was done putting everything that was in the car away, I hopped back in and pulled her back in the garage. I remembered the box sitting in front of the car right about the time I heard the crunch...
Pulled her back far enough to unstick the box that was wedged between the splitter on the Mustang and the door of my old Plymouth that I have on skates off to the side. Decided to go to bed and check for damage in the morning - no point getting pissed off before going to sleep.
It's worth noting that this particular wheel had lived an adventurous life before I picked it up @ LMR on Friday - I suspect this may have been one that UPS lost on the way to another forum member, but LMR packs the hell out of these things and it was perfect inside the damaged box:
Oops by clair_davis, on Flickr
The box was substantially more damaged after my little brain fart:
Oops by clair_davis, on Flickr
It looks like both an old iron intake manifold and one of the car skates pushed through the box. Dammit.
Oops by clair_davis, on Flickr
I hope i didn't damage the new wheel that managed to survive who knows what until it got to me. Crap... not looking good...
Oops by clair_davis, on Flickr
Whew... perfect. Thankfully didn't damage my primary wheels either. That was my nightmare situation, that both the spare and a mounted wheel would be damaged, but it looks like I got lucky.
Oops by clair_davis, on Flickr
The little black spot is the place where the paint got rubbed off the bumper - about 1/4" across, so a pretty good chunk. That will fix with some touch-up paint and some buffing. A push-in fastener from the inner wheelwell also popped out, but it went right back in. All in all, penalty I'm willing to accept for being a numbskull and not paying attention.
Oh, and for what it's worth, you CAN fit 4 19x11 wheels in boxes in your S550, plus a 19x10 in a banged-up box, PLUS a carry-on sized suitcase PLUS a backpack. It's tight, but it works. 3 wheels in the back seat, one in the trunk, and one in the passenger seat. What a great car! And thanks to LMR who stayed late to meet me at their new shop and helped me load everything up. Great guys @ LMR!