And in rolls the SaaBeeru ... by Bradcr

7 minute(s) of a 145 minute read

No updates for a bit, just been trying to dial in my suspension and interior for dealing with my new job. Here's today's shot, there are also two 5 gallon kegs behind the cases:

Random suggestion from someone on Saab92x.com- told me to check out the 9-3 keyhole plugs since I have a black car:  

They fit and pop out easy with a screwdriver if needed, so here you go, lock deletes: 

1-24-2014

Feeling a little Punny today:

2-16-2014

Little updates, but I have some: took a screw to the sidewall of one of my Icebears. Fortunately, the Firestone I had check it out was overloaded on Blizzaks and I scored a new set for only $300! Best, and most surprising thing about these is that they are shockingly quiet, nice change and I'll be looking for some quiet summers as well: 

 Next up I finally made the jump from an iPhone 4S to 5S, which meant the joy of losing all connectivity with my Avic with the move away from the 30 Pin connector. Only nice thing is an HDMI cable means I'm compatible if I jump to a different phone, and I now have full time video out regardless of jailbreak tweaks. Still it's not the cleanest setup; here's what my console was like before: 

 It ran over $100 to grab all these cables and an Red/White/Yellow RCA, but this was the only way to make it work (or with any composite input system): 

 I wound up doing the hidden lighter socket mod to get full power to everything, and this is what I wound up with in the end, plus the addition of finally installing what should have come from the factory, back seat cupholders: 

3-26-2014

So yeah, I have been working on my car, just dealing with lots of little annoying maintenance and repair stuff. Accidentally hit a foot deep puddle in the dark that ripped off my front lip and took out my bumper repair. Oil pressure gauge died. Put in Uncle Scotty's cocktail, tracked down a crapload of rattles, changed the diff fluid, and as I type I'm getting corner balancing done since I just put on these: 

 I did deal with a couple of cosmetic issues as well, in particular dealing with some wheel damage from my earlier brake fluid leak. I simply sanded down the rims in the corners: 

 Then hit with a touch up I used, allowed to dry, then buffed with some 3000 grit pads. Not perfect, but far better than black marks: 

  Annoying part is doing it 5 times to get the paint to lay flat. I may try dipping the wheels in different colors anyway, I'm liking the dark painted ones I've seen. Next area to tackle are the flaps I did that more and more are looking to me more like 'mud flaps' and less like 'splash guards'. Plus the weather has them very, very grey. First I cut them down from this: 

 To this: 

 Here is the cleaned up front flap: 

 Worked with plastic polish and black tint wax: 

 Sprayed with 3M Paint Defender: 

 Allowed to dry, put black wax on top of that, and I'm pretty close to paint matching now; worth celebrating with a little STI touch: 

4-20-2014

Little crap, over and over, need to get back to work on this car... Amazon suggested the $7 LED pack, surprisingly came with labeled packaging and a few spares to boot:

Old look:

New, nothing unique but surprised it can be had for so cheap:

Starting to nab some parts to better match the blue sleeves on the intercooler piping:

Last but not least, a longer term project engine, 114k miles EJ205, needs a rebuild, but no metal flakes in the system. It will take time, but I've got it, and I've got the opportunity to offset some shop labor on a built motor now:

Finally nabbed a few pics in better weather too: