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03-09-2015, 04:43 PM | #24 |
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Nice.
I went with the Rho-Plate and just installed it this weekend, looks like it's a very similar design principle to that one, except the Rho uses only 3 attachments to the plate holder not 4. Still, solid. I know some people are like just put the plate on the center, the side look of the tow mounts look weird, whatever. I love the clean front end look, and I can always remove the plate holder for photos and maintain that clean look.
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This is the first car I've mounted the front plate off-center. I'm not a huge fan of off-center license plates, but I really didn't want to drill the bumper anywhere. This one is very easy to remove when I don't want/need to run the front plate. |
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03-09-2015, 11:04 PM | #26 |
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When I upgrade my bumper I'm getting that release.
Congrats on your wagon. In the past 2yrs I've fallen in love with them and will definitely get one in the future. |
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03-12-2015, 11:10 AM | #27 |
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Congrats and welcome to the F31 club. The ferric wheels look great on the white.
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It was an overcast day so I removed the roof rack, cleaned up the car, and took some photos:
As previously mentioned, I can take the roof rack off fully assembled and hang it on the garage wall. This makes removal and installation quick and easy: |
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03-16-2015, 08:16 AM | #31 |
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Absolutely LOVE the F31, looks great in white
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I kind of wish VMR V706s came in 18s though. The 19s look fantastic, but I'm concerned about harsher ride quality due to the lower profile tires. Once the stock tires wear out I may consider replacing the wheels (because I'll be buying new tires at that point anyway). I've been a bit of a "wheel whore" with my previous cars. Sometimes I'd have 4 sets of wheels and tires at a time. Summer set, winter set, track set, stock set. As for the suspension, I'm going to leave it stock. Lower certainly looks better than stock, but I like the ride quality and handling of the stock DHP setup currently on the car. |
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Some photos from this morning.
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Thumbs up dude, gotta love wagons. Welcome to the F31 club!
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Here is a neat (and cheap) way to display digital gauges in your car. I used it in my Subaru for a number of years and it also works well with my BMW.
I'm using the Android Torque application ($5 app) along with an ELM327 Bluetooth OBDII adapter ($25 adapter) and of course my Android phone (Galaxy S5). The Torque application allows you to create digital gauges of the MANY parameters that your ECU sees. It also allows you to data-log the ECU for tuning purposes. You can also check and clear CELs with it. It's a very useful tool for $5. The adapter: The adapter plugged in: Displaying digital gauges (a very small sample of the gauge types/gauge themes/parameters): Here's the setup form the Subaru: |
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I dropped by Katie's Cars and Coffee this morning (Great Falls, VA). Awesome bunch of cars as usual. I parked next to a white CTS V wagon and an M5.
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