tornik550

I have factory xenons and I also have a few different HID kits like the ones you mentioned from ebay. I tried to use the HID kit for my high beams and also tried for the foglights. It looked very nice but it didnt work out well because there was no reasonable place to put the ballast. Since the factory ballast is behind the headlights, there was no room in that area. I tried several different options and nothing worked well. The only option that worked was to put the ballast in the trunk compartment and feed the wires through the hole where you put the tool to remove the headlights. That only worked for the foglights because the wires were not long enough for the hi-beams. When I used the xenon bulbs for the foglights, I could feel a lot of heat over the lense, I decided to take them out immediately. I really didn't want to ruin a good set of litronics.

2000 C2 70k- daily driver

problems-small scratch on hood

seriously- no major problems

I purchased a generic WICLIC antenna off ebay. It was about $20-30. It worked well however when I was doing other work on the car I broke it and purchased a GT5 antenna. If nobody has the adapter, you may want to take a look at ebay and save a few bucks vs. purchasing the overpriced porsche wire.

I had a thread going on rennlist concerning this topic however I can't access it for some reason- sorry to those who have been reading that thread.

I have been playing around with my engine oil trying to get valve tapping to clear. I had a very noisy valve on the passenger side of the engine. Tried 0w40,5w40,half 5w40 and half 15w50. Nothing took the sound away however I can consistently make the sound go away by filling the oil to slightly above full (about 4-5m above line on dipstick). I have also ruled out that the egr valve was causing the noise (first by unhooking the valve and also because the noise comes from the passenger side of the engine).

I realize that overfilling the oil can be a big problem however I have been trying to find information on slightly over filling (4-5mm over the line). The car runs great with the current oil level and also no noise. Is it a huge problem to have the oil overfilled this much. It seems that that 4-5mm wouldn't cause frothing. I am happy now that the tapping has gone away but I would prefer to hurt the engine. Also, why would valve tapping go away when I slightly overfill the engine?

Thanks,

Steve

sorry- typo- second to last line- prefer NOT to hurt the engine. I suppose this was somewhat obvious

I had a thread going on rennlist concerning this topic however I can't access it for some reason- sorry to those who have been reading that thread.

I have been playing around with my engine oil trying to get valve tapping to clear. I had a very noisy valve on the passenger side of the engine. Tried 0w40,5w40,half 5w40 and half 15w50. Nothing took the sound away however I can consistently make the sound go away by filling the oil to slightly above full (about 4-5m above line on dipstick). I have also ruled out that the egr valve was causing the noise (first by unhooking the valve and also because the noise comes from the passenger side of the engine).

I realize that overfilling the oil can be a big problem however I have been trying to find information on slightly over filling (4-5mm over the line). The car runs great with the current oil level and also no noise. Is it a huge problem to have the oil overfilled this much. It seems that that 4-5mm wouldn't cause frothing. I am happy now that the tapping has gone away but I would prefer to hurt the engine. Also, why would valve tapping go away when I slightly overfill the engine?

Thanks,

Steve

I just finished the putting on ROW M030 setup on my car. I did it by myself. I have never done any suspension work before. I was stupid and did not read this thread prior to starting.

Here are some additions that I have:

1- Life is much easier if you use a spring compressor. Compress the springs as much as possible, it makes life better. Spend time compressing the springs correctly- it will pay off.

2- I did not remove the brakes and I had no problems. I payed a lot of attention to whether the lines were being stretched and I did not seem to have any problems.

I am kind of embarrassed to say how long it took me but it took about 6 hours for the fronts, 3 hours for left rear and 20 minutes for the right rear. I thought about things before I started with the right rear and it obviously went much quicker.

Steve