Recent content by Billy high

As I headed south on hwy 75 a little while ago, I saw a black XLR heading north. Only the second one I've seen since buying my silver one. The other one I saw was on i70 in Kansas. I haven't been on the forums much because my car has been perfect! I bought factory shocks from Rock Auto. I've...

It's so funny, Ian. We did compress the shocks, and in our case we used a tie down strap, hooked the hooks in the bottom mounting holes and gently ran the strap over the top, leaving the rubber cap in place. The rears we used three big zip ties strung together... The rears were done today...

Ps. Decided to leave the ride height alone...

Yep, I think I replied on the shock thread... Great minds think alike. The old battery was so dead it couldn't be tested, after being charged on the tender all night, and once I opened the car, my big charger. New battery, all's well! Front shocks done too.

So, in regards to the shocks; we (my brother and I) installed the front ones today. It's a fairly difficult job, but we handled it with no problems. The old right front one was completely shot. It was where the clunking was coming from. All in all it went well. We're going to do the rears in...

Thanks, Ian. Yep, first thing this morning I tried it. Still dead. I had my battery tender plugged in all night. It has terminals attached to the battery terminal clamp nuts. I did use the key, opened it up as you described (I've read most of the owners manual, and look stuff up in it) Took the...

Hi, do you still have the grill lens covers? I could use both... Thanks

Yep, battery. Took the battery out. Hooked up jumper cables. Barely touched the ground, lights came on, horn honked, good enough for me.

Thanks, Ian. No message up to now. I have a different problem now, started a new topic. Car is dead. Header is "battery?"

The lights were "flickering" and the horn was giving tiny honks, quickly. Don't know how else to describe it. I'll probably go get a new battery, it shows charged, but other threads say it's sensitive to battery condition. Meanwhile, nothing is more important than yard work, so I won't get to...

I got home around midnight. As noted on another thread, I planned on installing new shocks today. I was going to put the shocks in the trunk, but when I went in the garage, the car was dead. The window would "twitch" but the door wouldn't open. I plugged in the battery tender and went to bed...

I appreciate ALL the advice on this issue. I believe it was in one of the first few pages on this thread, somebody said simulators work 50% of the time. I'd have to go look, but frankly I'm tired.. I'll know more tomorrow, I'll report here when the job is done re the 80 mph limit. Do you think...

Thanks, Ian. I am new to the car and the forum. I adore my car, it is a silver 2004 also. I'm going to run with the mag ride shocks and hope for the best. I appreciate LTS's warning re the suspension module, but I guess I'll just hope it holds up. I don't understand the controversy regarding...

Rock auto has the correct mag ride shocks. $1500 or so with shipping. They're waiting for me at home. (Trucker) My feeling was; put the correct shocks on, don't want to mess with "shock simulators" that are reported to work 50% of the time. Keep the car original, etc. Just my thinking, what I...

Speaking for myself, I appreciate these posts... My owners manual is missing, the previous owner copied most if it, I assume off the net. Some sections are missing (section 1.) I read what I have and saw no mention of indexing the windows, saw something about it in another thread, looked and...