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  1. 03-20-2018, 10:57 AM #12631
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    Went to get an inspection sticker today. Figured I'd test the hazard lights before going to make sure I didn't have any bulbs out, and when I pressed the button it pushed into the faceplate. I was able to fix it by disassembling the faceplate and then wedging some rolled up shop towel behind the button and the metal back plate. It seems to be a poor design with just two plastic pedestals that the button screws into that had snapped off. At least I found the problem before I left rather than the inspector discovering it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LDM View Post
    Went to get an inspection sticker today. Figured I'd test the hazard lights before going to make sure I didn't have any bulbs out, and when I pressed the button it pushed into the faceplate. I was able to fix it by disassembling the faceplate and then wedging some rolled up shop towel behind the button and the metal back plate. It seems to be a poor design with just two plastic pedestals that the button screws into that had snapped off. At least I found the problem before I left rather than the inspector discovering it.
    VERY common! When I bought mine it was broken and the PO scratched it so I replaced it with a good take off unit.

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  3. 03-22-2018, 11:16 AM #12633
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    Warmed up the garage, have the old wheel off. Transferring the trim and switches. Should be good to go in a few hours.

    Update: Good to go. Swapping out the wheel using the directions CP posted was a piece of cake.
    Even though he no longer participates, his contributions continue to help.

    Greatly missed.....
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    things are not what they appear to be.....

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  4. 03-22-2018, 05:08 PM #12634
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  5. 03-24-2018, 01:10 PM #12635
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    Picked up a used SLP spoiler today. Needs some minor body work, but nothing that can't be fixed. So now each of my G8's will have an SLP spoiler on them.
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  6. 03-25-2018, 11:45 AM #12636
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    Made a circa 2009 phone charger / aux for my iPhone. The struggle not having technology from today.


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  7. 03-25-2018, 01:02 PM #12637
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    Quote Originally Posted by bhunter0830 View Post


    Made a circa 2009 phone charger / aux for my iPhone. The struggle not having technology from today.


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    ingenuity at its best!
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    Shop prep. Backed her out of the shop, scrubbed wheel wells, then cleaned the shop: sweep, scrubbed concrete w deck brush and Simple Green, then mop. Going to be sitting or laying under the G8 a lot in the near future.
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    I broke the bolt for my front right lower control arm on the body side. Yep, that's what i did to my car today. lol
    Anybody know the size of said bolt by chance? looks to be a 12mm x 2.0 thread, but i do not know the length, and it is stretched, and in 2 pieces, so don't know exact length.
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  10. 03-29-2018, 06:07 AM #12640
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    Quote Originally Posted by viperh2000 View Post
    I broke the bolt for my front right lower control arm on the body side. Yep, that's what i did to my car today. lol
    Anybody know the size of said bolt by chance? looks to be a 12mm x 2.0 thread, but i do not know the length, and it is stretched, and in 2 pieces, so don't know exact length.
    You may try and contact Rob at wretched motorsports unless someone on here has one lying around.
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    Originally Posted by TonyKarter
    Anyone who has ever worked on a car has been in your position, and sitting cross-legged on a concrete floor with a dim shop light is its own kind of hell... Chalk it up as one of the rites of passage.
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