gmsgltr Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 agreed^ i love the back end shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted March 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Thanks guys! I would recommend painted flaps to almost any color V70! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck W Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 9:55 AM, tuner4life said: The car looks great and thanks for that shot. Going to add one of those to my list of attachments to buy for the power-washer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andzey Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 48 minutes ago, Chuck W said: The car looks great and thanks for that shot. Going to add one of those to my list of attachments to buy for the power-washer. How it's called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_Dub Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 15 minutes ago, Andzey said: How it's called? Car bidet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted March 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Haha! It can probably be called many things, but here is a link to a similar one I found on Amazon.. https://www.amazon.com/BE-PRESSURE-85-400-062-Undercarriage-Cleaner/dp/B0065OYYQQ/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=power+washer+undercarriage&qid=1553629247&s=gateway&sr=8-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted April 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) So anyone with an AWD should know what these are. I lose about 1 per winter. These are shields that go right in front of the fuel tank in front of the back wheels. Go through a big puddle or some slush at speed and it rips them right off. Being low doesn't help the situation Well Saturday morning I did it again. this also left the track for the fuel lines dangling. Luckily the shield was retrieved unbroken from the side of the road and able to be re-used. These are held on my 3 small coarse thread studs on the bottom of the car and some crappy sheet metal speed nuts. It doesn't take much to rip them off. This is the 3rd time for this cover and the studs were getting kind of crusty. I had enough! So I cut the studs out and drilled some holes in the floor and installed riv-nuts. Now I can install the shields with m6x1.0 bolts and they should never get ripped off again.. Here are the old coarse thread studs I removed: Riv-nut tool: Niv-nuts installed: And shield re-installed: Edited April 1, 2019 by tuner4life 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeacock Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 @tuner4life Did you drill out the old ones? If so how far did you go in? I guess it's not always going to go into anything on the back side if there was already the rust stud there. I've got a riv nut tool I should buy some more corrosion resistant inserts and do this myself for the front heat shield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted April 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 I just broke the studs off with some pliers. The studs weren't rusty to the point that they were going to fall off, just rusty enough that the threads were useless. I bent them back and forth a few times and they popped off leaving a small hole. I just enlarged that hole to fit the threaded inserts. You can't drill in very far because you will hit the carpet. There is nothing above to hit besides carpet. These riv-nuts are just mounted in the sheet metal. They are a copper/brass type of material so they shouldn't corrode too bad. You could put some sealer around the hole if you wanted, I did not bother although I did put some anti-sieze on the threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_Dub Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 4:50 AM, tuner4life said: Needs more 3” downpipe! 😉 When are putting that bad boy in?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted April 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 9 hours ago, B_Dub said: Needs more 3” downpipe! 😉 When are putting that bad boy in?? Hopefully this summer! Too many projects in progress right now to pull this car off the road. The old one still works ok for now, just rattles at idle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted April 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 On 2/1/2019 at 3:53 PM, Andzey said: @tuner4life how are your yother rear toe ends doing in winter? those dust guards are still holding,aint uniballs rusted? Update on this. The heim joints are holding up just fine under the Sealsit boots, But there is a pretty severe creak coming from the outer joints. They are a little weird as they are just an inner sleeve inside of a nylon or derlin bushing. I pulled them off and put some grease on the surfaces, but the noise came back after the first rain.. I might see if I can get replacement ends.. I might just drill a tiny hole all the way through the bushing and install a grease zerk so that I can service them regularly.. Not sure yet.. Also to note, it had been almost a year and 1 winter of daily use before they has issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andzey Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 that white bushing seems to be teflon or something else from ptfe family? if so, it could live on as a dry lubricant without any additional grease. maybe the inner sleeve should be made of inox or phosphor bronze? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner4life Posted April 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 If I remember right, those ends are a piece that Yother orders in, and then has to do some machining to enlarge the bore. I'm living with it for now, but at some point this summer I'll pull it apart and find a fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icrashcars Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/15/2019 at 7:59 AM, tuner4life said: Update on this. The heim joints are holding up just fine under the Sealsit boots, But there is a pretty severe creak coming from the outer joints. They are a little weird as they are just an inner sleeve inside of a nylon or derlin bushing. I pulled them off and put some grease on the surfaces, but the noise came back after the first rain.. I might see if I can get replacement ends.. I might just drill a tiny hole all the way through the bushing and install a grease zerk so that I can service them regularly.. Not sure yet.. Also to note, it had been almost a year and 1 winter of daily use before they has issues. Sorry, haven't read through your entire post yet, but Im looking for adjustable rear toe-bars. Where did you get these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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