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Old 02-03-2019, 03:22 PM   #2641 (permalink)
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Driving home late last night from a concert ~80 miles away. Patchy fog, mostly deserted rural backroads. After passing a total of about a dozen deer on the side of the road, I woke my wife up with a loud, "Sonofabitch!" followed by three rapid thumps. "What was that?" "A possum."

Cursory inspection this morning revealed no apparent damage despite me dead-centering him. He wasn't that big, and I think he might have gone possum-dead when he saw me coming and lowered himself a bit. When I spotted him he was moving but not quickly. Thank goodness he wasn't any bigger than he was.
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Driving home late last night from a concert ~80 miles away. Patchy fog, mostly deserted rural backroads. After passing a total of about a dozen deer on the side of the road, I woke my wife up with a loud, "Sonofabitch!" followed by three rapid thumps. "What was that?" "A possum."

Cursory inspection this morning revealed no apparent damage despite me dead-centering him. He wasn't that big, and I think he might have gone possum-dead when he saw me coming and lowered himself a bit. When I spotted him he was moving but not quickly. Thank goodness he wasn't any bigger than he was.
I've run over some road kill a while back. The SOB broke both O2 sensor plugs by the tranny. I got the plugs zip-tied and taped together now.

You might want to take a good look under the car. If he left any fur and skin on your exhaust. You'll smell it for a couple of days until it burns off.
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Driving home late last night from a concert ~80 miles away. Patchy fog, mostly deserted rural backroads. After passing a total of about a dozen deer on the side of the road, I woke my wife up with a loud, "Sonofabitch!" followed by three rapid thumps. "What was that?" "A possum."

Cursory inspection this morning revealed no apparent damage despite me dead-centering him. He wasn't that big, and I think he might have gone possum-dead when he saw me coming and lowered himself a bit. When I spotted him he was moving but not quickly. Thank goodness he wasn't any bigger than he was.
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I've run over some road kill a while back. The SOB broke both O2 sensor plugs by the tranny. I got the plugs zip-tied and taped together now.

You might want to take a good look under the car. If he left any fur and skin on your exhaust. You'll smell it for a couple of days until it burns off.
Cheap tool to help clean undercarriage

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What are you smoking? That won't fit under the Z. The wheels are too tall. That thing is for cleaning off the pavement.
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Nothing too exciting, but I installed new side markers since the ring around the edge on the originals were a little worn and ratty-looking. Funny how swapping out such a small thing makes the car look better.

I also installed a new cabin air filter. Not difficult, just time consuming. Changing the filter on the Highlander literally takes two minutes, if that, and there are zero screws to remove.
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Measuring and mounting templates for tracspec vents.
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Measuring and mounting templates for tracspec vents.

Won’t those basically be just for show?
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Won’t those basically be just for show?
I dont think so.
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The vents WORK! 85F sitting in traffic. Oil and engine temps stayed put. Running 85 mph for hours on end, down to ZDayZ and back. Oil temps never got 170F, and engine temps at 185F.
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I dont think so.
Yay! Trackspec!

I thought the best position was right behind the radiator. I remember a bunch of string tests of here years back. Can’t argue with results though.
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I thought the best position was right behind the radiator. I remember a bunch of string tests of here years back. Can’t argue with results though.
There are 3 vents, The big one in the middle he is not showing.
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When I had the seibon TS style hood you could see the heat rolling out when stopped. Dropped temps about 8* vs oem hood if I remember correctly.
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There are 3 vents, The big one in the middle he is not showing.
I don’t have the middle one. But normally there is three pieces to the set, like spooler noted.
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I thought the best position was right behind the radiator. I remember a bunch of string tests of here years back. Can’t argue with results though.
Look at Bobby's Z right above on this page. He has the 3 vents.
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I've run over some road kill a while back. The SOB broke both O2 sensor plugs by the tranny. I got the plugs zip-tied and taped together now.

You might want to take a good look under the car. If he left any fur and skin on your exhaust. You'll smell it for a couple of days until it burns off.
I was out last night and hit a cougar.
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I was out last night and hit a cougar.
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I would back up again and hit it multiple times.







That's not a cougar. That's a trophy wife, or a gold digger.
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