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Actually, the Goodyears are probably not made in the USA. I was at Discount Tire today waiting on a wheel balance, and to kill time I went around to all of their tires on display and looked at the "MADE IN..." stamp. Almost every tire, including many of the Goodyears, was made outside the US...

I also get a creaking sound from the brakes just before I come to a complete stop. I'm hoping some of these issues go away after getting some more mileage on them.

McGards +1

I just installed the HB519F.682 and HB478F.605 on my son's '06 2.3L, along with new Centric premium rotors. I'm not impressed with the braking. I bedded them in according to the directions, but it feels like the rears aren't grabbing much. I even though maybe I still had an air bubble, so I...

I just threw up in my mouth a little...

I don't believe it's an equivalent. The pulley design and mounting washer changed. I actually tried the Dayco part - worked OK for about 5K miles, but the noise is back.

Also, see this link directly from Denso... http://www.globaldenso.com/en/products/aftermarket/plug/basic_knowledge/installation/index.html The info in the above two posts should really be stickied somewhere. Many of us are so used to using anti-seize (myself included, being an old-timer) that...

Do NOT use anti-seive on spark plugs with silver coating! I tried to find a pic of new IVT22s, but no luck. Do IVT22s have copper threads, or are they plated shiny silver like most are nowadays? If plated, anti-seize is NOT meant to be used. Since reading this document, I never use anti-seize...

If you don't want to spend too much, just go KYB G2's on the rear shocks. I just replaced my son's OEM rears with those on his 3s. I also replaced his springs with my OEM MS3 springs ;) He'll be happy to be a little lower now... I have the Koni Yellows on my Speed, and like them fine. They're...

Must have $45,000 worth of decals on it...

What he said ;)

Looks great! My son has a 3s in Sunlight Silver - I like that color almost as much as Cosmic Blue ;)

Yeah, it sucks big time (but in a good way). With your setup, I'd go Blue+2, or Blue+1. I'm running blue+1 with similar mods - runs great.

I think he meant that actual miles on the vehicle will be less than what the odo reports at 36K/60K.

Ummm... I think there's a reason why Ken said PM me instead of posting a price.

LOL - my Dad had a brain fart and put 87 in his diesel van once on a trip home from Florida to Wisconsin. Needless to say, his trip was extended a couple days.

Glad you made it back OK. Thank you for your service. My son's over there right now with the 3/7, with 5 months to go.

Go to Gallery->Video on the web page linked to in the 1st post. There's 50 seconds of pure sex!

Finally got that sumbitch off - I ended up sticking a pry bar (with a nail claw on the end) onto the end of a box-end wrench from above and whacking it pretty hard about 10 times with a mallet. 20ft-lb my ass... I suspect that when my engine replacement was done, the tech decided to save time...

Thanks for the advice, albeit post-completion :) My biggest problem was probably not having a long enough 14mm - I actually pulled so hard on that thing I must have tweaked some nerves in my hand - three of my fingers went numb. My fingertips are still numb today. The good news is, it fixed...