Well, finished with the oil change about an hour ago and I'm not dead. Took me 2 hours with setting everything up, letting the oil drain for a good 30-45 minutes, and making sure I did everything right... oh, and cleaning up the dealers' mess. I forgot to take a picture of the skid plate, or I would show you guys the nice gigantic mess they left for me.

Either way, new filter's in, 8 new quarts of oil are in, FSS reset, cleaned the skid plate up, and a new crush washer is on.

The car smelled like oil right after I started it up. I don't know if that's normal. I checked the oil level with the dipstick and the FSS indicator- dipstick showed right at the max line, FSS said "o.k.". It only smelled like it for a short time, then a breeze blew in and got rid of the smell. Checked everything for leaks- nothing.

Ramps worked fine. I had my girlfriend there to spot the car when I drove onto them and to brake when I pushed the car back off. I wish I could have jacked the car up on the driver's side, but I figured the only safe way to do that was to roll the car off the ramps and jack it up, which then I would have no way to get the car back on the ramps so I could get the drain plug and skid plate back on. I don't exactly have any jack stands I feel comfortable using to hold up a car I'm getting under right now. I still was able to let it drain until it was dripping only black oil every 3 or 4 seconds. I'd like to think I got most of the sediment and sludge out.

Next project, buying new R1 rotors, Akebono Euro pads, and some super blue brake fluid. The brake system needs a good flush and to be rebuilt.