The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebaggery

[SlimKlim]

Finished up the little things today. Got the exhaust on, changed the oil and mounted the wheels.





I also stuck some heat tape and weatherstripping on my heat shield and put a new air filter on.



Then took her to try for an inspection sticker, apparently the fuckwits that failed me for the exhaust leak and "disconnected brake wear sensor" that I'm 80% sure they plucked out of the caliper also failed it for "suspension" and didn't tell me about it, at least that I can remember. I have no idea what they failed but the shop I took it to today said it was probably the tires rubbing, I had it on my friend's 245s then so it's a decent guess, the new tires hit the fender liner at full lock and rub a bit in the rear.

The steering wheel is also cockeyed from replacing the column, so the plan is to put her back on jacks tomorrow, attempt to straighten the rack, throw Jake's skinny wheels on it and pray they don't find another reason to fail it. If I can get it passed, I'll put my wheels back on and pay a visit to my shop to see if we can roll the fenders and fix the rubbing issue, then I guess I'll order a 5 or 10mm spacer so the front doesn't rub at full lock. :dunno:

Its was still nice to get her out of her cage for a few minutes: