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[sjmcarz]

phunktified, on 15 January 2012 - 04:33 PM, said:

hey man, funny I was just thinking of updating this today... winter mode was supposed to be my explorer but I ended up scrapping it finally right after the october snowstorm due to leaky brakes/hard lines, failed power steering, gas leak, etc.. so then I was going to get some snows for one of the three sets of 15's I had laying around .. but after I got these wheels for 200 I lost motivation to spend 300+ on more rubber and then ended up getting laid off from work right before thanksgiving to boot so ... no winter mode :-)
Just going to stay home and be warm if its nasty out ... I ended up selling all three sets of 15's on craigslist over past few weeks to make some room in the shed.. and according to my records after I sold the original set from this car that brought the total $ invested back to just under a grand

also recently installed a 98 cluster w/ info computer (and working odometer - fancy!), popped in a 96 turbo ecu I got off ebay for 40 bucks .. which pepped her up quite a bit .. I also have another 16T turbo lying around I'm debating putting in .. will prob just hold out until I can get in there and do some more stage 0 stuff, still want to do the T-Belt and all that but everything looks good as it sits .. car also got a few other odds and ends from the S70 I'm parting out, new roof strips, oem charcoal rubber mats, also added charcoal suede R door cards and painted the speaker covers black to add some more contrast to the interior ..

anyways, post not complete w/o crappy cell pic

Are those Neptunes on your 98 V70? Any spacers/longer bolts required?

[Vagabond]

Dope. I still have to do my T belt.

We need top arrange a play date for the kids.

[phunktified]

sjmcarz, on 15 January 2012 - 05:35 PM, said:

Are those Neptunes on your 98 V70? Any spacers/longer bolts required?

yes they are, they mount up fine with hubcentric rings.. not currently using spacers but they're on my want list, tires are 225/45 and rub the front fender liners quite a bit at or close to full lock ...want to go with 5mm front and 15mm back before lowering at all... hoping to collect some suspension parts for the springtime, I did rear shocks a short while back but still waiting on front end rebuild ..

Vagabond, on 15 January 2012 - 05:41 PM, said:

Dope. I still have to do my T belt.

We need top arrange a play date for the kids.

sounds good, I have all the time in the world for the kids now but too cold to do very much ..

Edited by phunktified, 15 January 2012 - 05:44 PM.

[sjmcarz]

I thought so. I may have access to a set of Neptunes and it got me thinking. Looks nice, kind of like Pegs but six spokes.

Here is my recent $750. score, needs an engine and a bunch of other stuff. I picked up a 85,000 mile 2002 LPT engine for $480. to swap in.