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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 03:56 PM
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Default Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?

Rotated my tires today! Saw something that triggered a memory of forum posts about the rear sway bar mounting points cracking/failing, so I snapped a couple of pictures to post in the suspension forum. Cleaned up the rims and the hub mounting points (where the rims match up to the hub). Inspected the rotors, all clean, bright, and no scratches/grooves on any inside/outside surfaces. Verified the SUPER low amount of brake dust anywhere (from the 4 wheel 'centric posi-quiet' ceramic pads mod I did back in Feb 2012), did an overall look-see to feel good about how the undercarriage has been holding up and didn't find anything that jumped out at me to be concerned with. Took my time and tried to be extra careful putting her up on 4 jack stands (sure wish there were a few more easily identified hard points so the car jack could be used to lift and then easily place a jack stand without worrying about something shifting/sliding off them). The jacking points do move some and the underside running board just doesn't look good to rig up for supporting the car (remember you can't jack and use the jacking point to support at the same time). I always have the car shift this or that way (jacking it up) when the wheels come off the concrete pad (yes its a 20x25' level pad I work on). As it is I use the frame at the point where the front two thin cross-members pass near the rear inner side of the front wheels, and in the rear I block a jack stand each side where the round ribbed mounts are (each side of the rear bell housing). So, she's good for another 6000 (or so) miles until rotation again. I am thinking a new set of tires and the TPMS mod will occure before that 6000 gets here though.
 
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