What did you do to your Mark VIII today?

Finally bought a sheet of mdf for my 18's. Surprisingly, the kid cut my wood almost perfectly. So that's getting built this weekend.
 
chris2523 said:
bilstien shocks, stock ride height in the rear.
with the rear bilstiens i can't sit low enough to rub even if i vent all the air out.
but even with the stock shocks, it only rubbed a little til i pulled out the little black fender edge, that cured 90% of it.
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where was rub,on the inside or outside? im planning on 18x19 rear 18x9 up front i know 36mm backspacing is the norm for these but ith my coilovers with 1" drop ive got plenty of room with a 27" tall 255 55 16.the 295 40's are the same height which is what i was planning on as the rears have a 'deep dish' look but will not extend past fender.275 40--10" tread 4.3" sidewall,295 40 11.6" tread 4.6"side if my math is right.

Finally bought a sheet of mdf for my 18's. Surprisingly, the kid cut my wood almost perfectly. So that's getting built this weekend.__________________wish i was there to help with your sub box love doin that stuff.! some build pics! whats going in? how much power?
 
the1andonlygr81 said:
where was rub,on the inside or outside? im planning on 18x19 rear 18x9 up front i know 36mm backspacing is the norm for these but ith my coilovers with 1" drop ive got plenty of room with a 27" tall 255 55 16.the 295 40's are the same height which is what i was planning on as the rears have a 'deep dish' look but will not extend past fender.275 40--10" tread 4.3" sidewall,295 40 11.6" tread 4.6"side if my math is right.
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outside. against the fender.
 
Did an ABS code scan, looks like i need a drivers side ABS sensor. brakes are acting very strange.
 
Got my new blend door actuator in! Previous owners suck - the guy tried, somehow, to fix the split by shoving some styrofoam there!
 
Rotated my tires yesterday. Greased my upper ball joints (didn't make much difference with the p/s though since the boot is cracked to heck), sway bar links, and tie rod ends. Sprayed the front and rear air springs with silicone spray. Found a couple of pinhole leaks on my d/s rear springs:(. Silicone lubed all the rubber bushings in the front and rear suspension. Even with all the greasing and silicone spray, I still have a metallic scraping sound coming from my front p/s. It sounds like it's coming from behind the brake. It's not the upper ball joint. I don't think it's the lower ball joint since the grease boot is intact. It sounds like the brake dust shield is scraping against something, but I can't figure out what. It's a sheet metal type sound. I just can't figure it out. It's driving me in-frakkin-sane!!!!
 
My box is halfway done. I finished all the cuts, made the frame and cut the double baffle. Still have to sandwich the baffles together, cut up a few braces and secure both the top and bottom.


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It look's small cause it is. Built to JL spec @ 1.75cf per.
 
thaywood said:
Rotated my tires yesterday. Greased my upper ball joints (didn't make much difference with the p/s though since the boot is cracked to heck), sway bar links, and tie rod ends. Sprayed the front and rear air springs with silicone spray. Found a couple of pinhole leaks on my d/s rear springs:(. Silicone lubed all the rubber bushings in the front and rear suspension. Even with all the greasing and silicone spray, I still have a metallic scraping sound coming from my front p/s. It sounds like it's coming from behind the brake. It's not the upper ball joint. I don't think it's the lower ball joint since the grease boot is intact. It sounds like the brake dust shield is scraping against something, but I can't figure out what. It's a sheet metal type sound. I just can't figure it out. It's driving me in-frakkin-sane!!!!
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Is the rotor shield making contact with the rotor or anything? Last time I was doing my front end I bent mine and did't realize it till I had the tires on and test spun them to make sure everything was right, It wasn't so at least I was able to fix it without having to jack the car back up.
 
sbcaprice305 said:
It look's small cause it is. Built to JL spec @ 1.75cf per.
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Quick question, where are you planing to put the box in your trunk? Reason I ask is cause I had a similar dual 18's in my Eldorado way back when and after a lot of trial and error found mounting them at the back worked best.

Made the trunk useless but got rid of all the standing waves canceling all of the output on me. Same deal with my 13w7 facing backwards on my trunk now.
 
Tbh i'm not sure. My initial idea was that it would be in the back seat. From seeing it come together I might beable to fit it in the trunk. Either way i'll prob take it out after a couple month's because I'll either want my trunk or backseat back. :)
 
Last few days I've noticed a faint oil-burning smell inside the car. I look underneath and see some oil on the driver side catalytic converter shell but not sure where it's coming from??
 
I think the oil pressure sending unit may have been the source of my oil leak:) After installing the new one, I smelled oil yesterday for a while, but I haven't smelled any this morning. I'm hoping that it was just burning off what had leaked out prior to installing the new one. Crosses fingers...
 
Heard you should wrap some teflon tape around the threads when replaceing said unit.. Not sure if you did that or not.
 
FWIW, a famous oil leak for ANY 4.6L engine is around that oil adapter gasket; I've changed dozens at the shop. They are under $10 at any parts store (Fel-Pro 70415) and look like this:
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As a matter of fact, I've got two of these at the house! lol
 
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