I inadvertantly bought my wife a new car

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I will not be driving my AWD Audi this winter. Hope this helps.

Weak sauce.

 

[Outlaw]

Not putting snow miles on your A/4wd vehicle is like not having sex with your girlfriend so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend."

I said the same thing until I've got a five year old truck that's rusting out already. I wish I would've parked it and found something else.

 

[Lead Pipe]

I said the same thing until I've got a five year old truck that's rusting out already. I wish I would've parked it and found something else.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Lead Pipe is right

 

[syP]

Weak sauce.

Keep my miles low, homie

 

[boostedguy05]

Keep it fresh for the next guy, homie

 

[Outlaw]

Lead Pipe is right

Creepin' L5P Denali's now.

 

[syP]

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[Dasfinc]

Welp, got the immediate issues sorted on the Jeep, and have a MOUNTIAN if parts for it, but that’s a project for another day!

Finally got the garage clean enough to fit........ my wife’s cars....

 

[Dasfinc]

Started working on the jeep finally; the head at the minimum has been rebuilt or tanked on this thing, it's VASTLY too clean for 270K miles, there's just no way.

The Mountain of parts:
Rear Plate Cover plastic (Done)
Rear Hatch Struts (Done)
Fuel Filler Neck Hose
Fuel Filler Vent Hose
Rear Leaf Spring Pack
Rear Shackles
Rear Endlinks
Rear Bump Stops
Rear Shocks
Rear Flag Bolts
Front Shocks
Upper Ball Joints
Lower Ball Joints
Front Axle U-Joints
Plugs (Done)
Wires (Done)
Cap (Done)
Rotor (Done)
Valve Cover Gasket (Done)
Valve Cover Grommets (Done)
Water Neck (Done)
Water Neck Gasket (Done)
T-stat (Done)
Oil Change
Upper Radiator Hose (Done)
Heater Core Hoses (Done)
Serpentine (Done)
Driver front Door Catch and Pin (Done)
Tensioner pulley (Done)

(1.5 lift):
Lift shackles
Coil spacer

 

[Dasfinc]

Finished all the tune-up stuff today, runs VASTLY smoother, and the oil change should help further.

Hope to start tackling the suspension next weekend.

 

[Dasfinc]

Got a booty like Pow:

Looks like a bit of a dumpster fire because I have some trim and bumper bits removed, but I'm working on cosmetics another day.

Updated Mountain of parts status
Fuel Filler Neck Hose (Done)
Fuel Filler Vent Hose (Done)
Rear Leaf Spring Pack (Done)
Rear Shackles (Done)
Rear Bump Stops
Rear Shocks
Rear Flag Bolts
Brake Lines
Front Shocks (Done)
Upper Ball Joints (Done)
Lower Ball Joints (Done)
Front Axle U-Joints (Done)
Oil Change (Done)
(1.5 lift, ended up being closer to 2/3inches.....):
Lift shackles (Done)
Coil spacer (Done)
Clock Spring (Done)
Turn Signal Switch (Done)

Going to do Bar-Pin Eliminators front and rear, and replace the front coils with real lift coils to just have a matching front-rear stance.

 

[Dasfinc]

Finished up a few more repairs, and finally caved and bought a decent sized air compressor so I can run an impact hammer to knock out the old broken studs for the rear shocks.

Picking up a welder soon so we can try tackling some more rust repairs as a learning experience.