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heaps of fun and yes very nice cars but the costs to keep on the road make not so fun knowing at some point its gunna bite. 

lets see it smoking them new bags!  also, the tindows were the right call, just needs some low now ;)

 

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@Raizer is going look at making some links for his au so if they work out I'll get him to make me a set. 

Will wait until the tyres are more worn before they get sacrificed as I'm a tight arse 

I'm aware it'll potientally be expensive for now the comfort is worth it/ it'll be future me problem and when it breaks down I'll have a nice leather seat to nap in 

I felt a bit bad loading this lot into it but wagons are for hauling stuff at the end of the day 

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The weapon of choice for many heavily tattooed Scandinavian women in their late 20s/early 30s.

They're a load-hauling lounge suite, but they sound so good and drive so well - Enjoy!

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12 hours ago, Alfashark said:

The weapon of choice for many heavily tattooed Scandinavian women in their late 20s/early 30s.

They're a load-hauling lounge suite, but they sound so good and drive so well - Enjoy!

Mine didn't come with the Scandinavian option so I'm a bit disappointed there. 

It is a really nice place to be and quite nice to drive (even in Auckland traffic) had it a hour out of town and it's so comfortable for touring 

Secondary de cat and possibly center resonator delete and replace with a x pipe is on the cards. Seems like I've got the quiet taxi spec mufflers as can't even hear it. I don't want it super loud but no point in having a v8 and not being able to hear the exhaust note 

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1 hour ago, chris r said:

Mine didn't come with the Scandinavian option so I'm a bit disappointed there. 

 

Fairly sure you get that option installed any time you can afford it.

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1 hour ago, chris r said:

Long tube headers and a pair of side exit boom tubes is on the cards. Seems like I've got the quiet taxi spec mufflers as can't even hear it. I want it super loud as there's no point in having a v8 and not being able to hear the exhaust note from the next suburb 

 

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1 hour ago, chris r said:

Seems like I've got the quiet taxi spec mufflers as can't even hear it.

Reminds me of when my GP bought a new Monaro back in '02. The boys at church were all "cut the mufflers off so we can hear it" but he wouldn't cos he reckoned it would void the factory warranty.

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Orderd a couple of bits from alix and the courier must have had the waste gate welded shut. 

I ordered a couple of usb charger boards, cup holder and a Bluetooth to 3.5mm aux jack adaptor. The wagon has a factory aux in jack in the glove box and I wanted a clean looking installation. 

Soldered on some wire to the jacks

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Covered the lot in heat shrink. Fished the wire through to the cigarette lighter. Tapped into that and hid the whole lot behind the glove box light 

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And put everything back into the glove box. Yes that's a hardback 4B1 notebook as it'd be rude not to continue with the barry notes and stack of receipts 

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Just been doing daily stuff and wafting along in semi luxury. Failed a wof so as a Mercedes owner means time to buy another car right? 

It's s had a small clunk for a while, I've had a arm in stock but didn't check the ball joint so have ordered it and will do both. Tyres I know, been keeping a eye for a set of 19" wheels that fit slightly better 

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Can't be driving a vehicle with no wof so time for another shit box. 

5 cylinder 4wd turbo sounded like a good idea as a daily 

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Semi kept it in the mercedes family

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Seller is leaving the country so met in a park, looked at the oil, took it for a drive around the block and made a offer. I should take possession after dropping them to the airport 

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Thought maybe exhaust was blocked so I unbolted it

Still slow. 

Spotted a fuel hose that had been replaced with a vacuum hose that had gone to shit as its not diesel rated 

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So I replaced it with another vacuum hose and it'll be future Chris problem 

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I thought possibly some air was getting in through the shit hose and causing the lack of power. 

Nope still slow 

Repco $7 clearance air filter was wrong and the other listings were much more than I wanted to spend 

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Turbo and intercooler had a decent coating of pcv schmutz so I'll find my alix catch can and plumb that in at some point 

Had a moment of excitement after changing the fuel hose 

Thought it was going to run away, pulled the feed line to the injection pump and it turned off thankfully. 

Turns out it had a split vacuum tee to the pump so jammed it back in and it turned off 

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