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2007 V70R, Making New England Soccer Moms Swoon Since '04


JOHN_CENA

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Wow, no updates since last year...
So
I removed the Nuvi pop up nav I fabricated, I decided I wanted a center dash speaker more than the "OEM look" nav. Waze Navigation > just regular nav

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Wednesday I took off my front EST lip to be painted, my rattle can paint job didnt fare too well with this winters abuse
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Also, due to PennDOTs awesome response time to repairing new potholes (or lack thereof) I bent the hell out of one of my Hayakus. still holds air though, just need to run it for about 1 more month untill enough salt is washed off the roads so I can put my new wheels on:
Bent Hayaku:
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Summer / Fall 2015 wheel:
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You may recognize them as Brandons old wheels, because they are
They are a staggered setup, 19 x 8.5 front, 19 x 9.5 rear. I decided to go with 245/40/19 up front, 265/35/19 out rear. it makes the overall diameter very close to one another, about 1.5% difference.
Which brings me to today. I was on the fence about buying the rear VST V70 brace, but since I am a metal fabricator by trade, I said screw that $200 price and made one myself!
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All stainless construction, weighs about 4 lbs
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I gotta clean up the brackets, but theyre super strong!
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Impressions: Rear side hop is reduced a ton. There is a section of road in Stroudsburg with a really crappy patch of pavement that used to make the car super skittish when braking over the imperfections in the road, with the rear bar installed, its reduced a good 80%, it feels much better.
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I know it's Romanian but its a direct movie quote and its relevant

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