Thanks!

Did an oil change today, swapped out to Valvoline VR1 race oil, since I can pick it up locally instead of ordering online. Also flushed the brake fluid and moved the trunk opener out to the license plate area. Already had a hole drilled from the cabin from when I had my laser shifters installed.

Secured the door pulls and relocated trunk release outside of car. Using zip ties for handles, for now.

Bought some little rubberized clamps from Lowe's, powdercoated them satin black and used factory holes for anchors:
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anchored this one down inside and have it just sticking out the back license plate hole. I was going to have it on the inside, right behind my drivers seat, but with the wing, it requires pulling on it while simultaneously lifting the hatch, and the car doesn't lock anymore anyways.
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Looks nice, Mike!

Mike, do you have any advice or tips on how to go about removing the electric locks from the car?

I can't find a safe way to unlock and open the door in one pull so I'm going to remove the lockers.

I don't recall it being too hard. The drivers side was a little difficult, had to unbolt the lock mechanism and the door handle to remove the cables connecting them. the passenger side was just the lock mechanism, then I cut all the wires going into the door and removed them. Didn't do anything with the trunk mechanism, but it doesn't work now because of the wire removal in the drivers door.

Cool was able to remove the locking mechanism and handle. Gave me a great excuse to use my new cordless impact.

Can I ask why you cut the harness instead of just unhooking it from the car (big connector on the side inside the hinge area) and pulling it out?

Also took out the dampener and removed the cable spool and supporting hardware. Used a cabling ferrule to permanently attach the two cables. Good pound there.

I'll post completed photos to my build thread if you wanna see how I did the linkages and whatnot. Prolly tomorrow or Wednesday I'll finish.
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How to you unplug this harness? I've looked at for awhile and can't figure it out. It's different from your typical harness. Must come unplugged fron the iside of the cab.

I didn't look far enough in to see the harness, just took the easy route with wire cutters.

Grab the textured piece at the very top and pull out and down like a giant power switch.

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Here's some crappy photos.

Note that after you do this, you need to seal the hole to keep water out. If you still have your dash out, just remove the matching connector from the inside of the car and tape over the hole.

I thought that had something to do with it.

The first time I couldn't get the harness to release from the inside for it had no clip lock to release and pull from. Thanks, repped.

Cool. Just can't stress enough tho, don't leave that hole open. Water will get on live contacts inside the connector, or if you remove it, directly down into your fuse box or onto your ECU/BCM depending on which side of the car you're talking about. :D

I have this stuff called aqua seal we use at work. Works great for this. Then I'll seal it up with a small bracket. I have sevaral holes to covor know with the heater core gone.

Sweet. Post pics of what you do with the giant blower inlet hole. Still trying to figure out what to do with that myself rofl.

(Or are you leaving the cowling intact? I removed mine, great ventilation out of the back of the hood now)

I removed the cowling also

me too!

Heater core next? It's a chore though.

I think I'm good as is

um... so... porsche? :stirthepot:

yep, just brought it home.

:pics:

its dark out, but here is one:
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and I just ordered these in 22" for it
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Very nice! :tup:

Pretty pretty.

excellent sir! i've always been surprised at how well those things drive. i'm sure the newer, lighter ones are even more impressive. now, for bigger turbos... :stirthepot:

Ooooo....give us a good review. This is one of the SUV the gf is looking at getting in the near future for some odd reason she thinks we will need to transport little people around or something.

taking a road trip today in it. Atlanta -> New Orleans -> Biloxi -> Atlanta. Should give us plenty of seat time to see how it all works. Really love it so far.
I hated my Expedition from the day after I bought it home when I found out they didn't make a lowering kit for it, even though it was listed.

How much TQ does the new ride have?

Grats on the new Tow Beast.

We're actually looking at a Touareg TDI

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sweet cayenne... I'm kinda ticked they didn't bring the big diesel to the states... been wondering how the smaller displacement diesel would do with towing 6-8k lbs... let us know! :)

I talked to three guys with S and GTS at the track and they loved the way theirs tows. I'm sure with the torque, it will do just fine. Just drove to new Orleans. 515 miles at average speed of 75 and 29.5 mpg!

I think the biturbo v8 diesel is coming in 2014

i know the GTS was by far my favorite Cayenne I drove... i hear the panamera GTS is pretty awesome too

I'll be the first in line! :tup:

vinyl window protection and it looks cool while trailering
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That is so cool Mike

thanks, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it done before.

haha! Awesome!

Mike you have to leave that in during a track day sometime too.. I want people to go "WTF was that a dog" as you pass them