Continuing the armrest rejuvenation tooling in a USB power outlet into the lower rear console. Pretty self explanatory.

 

Changed my rear brake rotors, pads, , line and bled brakes.

 

Fixed my side marker light!


Got the bulbs and then thought my inadeptness was the cause of one of the wires breaking off.
Turns out the old bulb was still good and one of the wires just became embrittled and opened up.

Found these pigtails on eBay for $10 per pair:


"Universal Pigtail Wire Female Socket W5W Harness Side Marker Light Plug"
Took a lot of cross-referencing... I think the key search connection was VW Passats.

Anyway, it fits snug and I finally got with the times and used the butt connectors with the waterproof heat shrink, instead of the free ones from work that gave me carpal tunnel.
Also got to try out my new butane soldering iron / micro-torch from Harbor Freight.
Worked like a charm.

 

Wrapped up a month in BC with a 16 hour drive back to Utah.

 

Any word, any hope:-)

 

Drove from MD to LI, New York this weekend, total of 650 miles were put on. The CTTS performed flawlessly at legal speeds. Got to the belt pkway around 11 pm with no stand still traffic but heavy volume with EVERYONE believing they were on some racetrack...lol....for that last hour of the ride it was one hand on horn, full attention mode and head on a swivel. NY drivers r a special bunch...lol... Saw tons or pcars over the two days but not one 957 CTTS or any 957 variant, lots of high end BMWs, Audis, etc.. all running in the high rpm range.

 

Sounds fun, until the horn part.

 

nope, none 😟

 

When everyone is driving like this at night, yah need ya horn..

 

Looks like KC... lots of VIPs rolling slow in their personal left lane.

 

I thought I had successful taught everyone how to back into the parking spot, then realized the Tesla charging port is on the rear corner...

 

lol, I bet they were thinking you were trying to be like them...

 

So done quite a few things on my 08 GTS. 138k miles on it now.

2022

• Feb- replace the roof liner that was sagging.
• engine motor mounts

2023

• Feb 2023 Changed out the front suspension (Upper control arms, lower control arms, tie rods etc...mevotech supreme)
• Feb 2023 Rebuilt/refresh the front air suspension and top mounts

June 2004

• Changed the headlight with the new Matrix LED aftermarket headlights

Aug 2024- maintenance items

• Spark Plugs
• Serpentine belts
• Water pump
• Thermostat
• Expansion tank
• Starter
• AOS
• Purge Valve
• Vacuum Pump
• Battery (H9)
• clean intake valves
• recharge the AC system
• Clean drain plugs
• Changed oil (liquid molygen)
• Changed side light bulbs
• Put Xtrons stereo unit in for carplay/AA

 

Where did you find the AOS? Is it an OEM?

 

@Richard Flores How do you like the LED headlights?