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No s! Score!! No doubt about it, if mine ever goes to car heaven, I'll get another 5.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! What an great community! FWIW, I went with the Akebono ceramics, which are supposedly the OE anyways. Night and day difference with the old PoweStop. Now there's more control over breaking - smooth slowing down and bitey for sudden stops. Silent and no...

No reason you can't shop their website, use their fit guide, and then order that stuff local. I did that. Crurchfields Master guides are just a nice to have for anyone that's never done a radio/speaker upgrade before. Update the speakers alone is the biggest improvement for the lowest cost, the...

@DavidR8 NP, glad that's all it was!

Sounds like worth cleaning the MAF (mass airflow sensor). You can do it easy, with a screwdriver and a spray can of MAF cleaner. YouTube has clips for how-to.

If it's high milage the AC belt would be my guess before the AC pressure switch. But the repeatability feels contradictory to just those parts as unreliable or bad, so maybe it's a hold out in the computer after too many fails. Also the temp sensor down by the cabin filter, if that's...

+1 for "Nope! No cover."

I see @negusm beat me to it, the AC compressor and belt is down low. The splash shield also line up to protect the oil filter carrier, help with aerodynamics and a little bit with road noise.

Forget anything Firestone has said or is selling. Just use a Royal Purple or Techron fuel additive from your local auto store.

Front speakers are easy as any car, get that inner liner off (screws on the inner handle and bottom of the inner pocket) and the rest is push pins and lift up and off... in a nutshell. Those lower speaker mounts are classic 5x7 with a hard plastic bracket that protects from window water above...

Ditto. Also the designers are gonna have allowed for the full range of air mass required across the full RPM range, and the onboard computer controls the air precisely. Changing the filter to one with less filtering/lower resistance isn't going to net more air into the chambers.. but it will be...

My service manual (for '07) has the plug tightening torque listed as... 10-14 N.m { 1.1-1.4 kgf.m, 8-10 ft.lb } Still getting 20 ish city and 34+ highway. OE plugs, 90k miles, use royal purple for cleaner, and always full synthetic oil for the regular changes IME, more mileage is about...

Well it had 15 years and 85k on it and never cleaned before, and we have nasty pollen levels every year. It was enough build up it was reading 13°F off and would even have the car stall at min rpm in 4th. It'd always had fresh OE filters. The throttle body was relatively a lot cleaner.. so the...

That's a lot of clutch work! MAF sensor is always worth a clean anytime you're in that neck o' the woods. Does a lot for rough idling. I've even had my 5 conk out driving down the road at low rpm in top gear from gunked up MAF. Now I'm a little fanatic about them.

If my 07 was close to 200k miles, I'd be interested!

Sure sounds like camber/alignment issue. Worn shocks could be playing a part too, OE I got ~80k out of the fronts, and from long trip with very heavy loads ~35k on the rears.

Another weird noise, vibrations, pop the hood story... An hour into a 9hr drive on interstates, I noticed a hammering noise, along with vibrations in pedals, steering wheel. Pulled over, popped the hood, and expected to see the sepentine belt fraying, or a mount failed, but found nothing weird...

Did my '07 HU upgrade in '09 so hadn't looked into this... but I'm surprised to see iDatalink says it supports all that functionality! I get asking first, not wanting to risk it as it's turn into a $1000 pet project. As the kits usually leave the existing button/wheel A/C controls you'll be in...

Gotta watch for the spacing behind! Crutchfield isn't super reliable these days but their matching database usually knows if shallow are needed or extra large magnets can be installed. I just put full range 3-way 6x8 all-around when I upgraded and it worked out very well. The idea that is rears...