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Old Nov 2, 2020 | 09:00 AM
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KeithTexas
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From: Austin
Default Re: (1st Post) Bought 2007 Crossfire

Welcome to the Crossfire forum! Your car looks great.
Other things to think about:
1. Try to read the date on the battery. Crossfires are very sensitive to battery voltage. Read Pizzaguy's instructions on safely changing the battery or charging your battery. Or PM me if you can't find that.
2. Maybe think about the steering damper. I changed mine at 74K five months ago and could feel the difference.
3. I also changed my spark plugs and wires at 74K. It probably wasn't necessary but I wanted to put the Needswings performance plugs and wires on.
4. Your tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) light is probably on...or has a piece of tape over the light. There's a lot of discussion going on about the difficulty in getting replacement sensors to sync. I like the inexpensive external tire pressure monitoring system that uses the screw-on valve caps. It doesn't seem to change the tire balance but even so, I had them balance my new tires in August with the little external valve caps in place. The external TPMS lets me see the actual tire pressure numbers at all times. I'm a worrier about some things and not having a spare makes me think about the tires a lot.
5. I recently installed an oil catch can (Needswings version). There's debate about the value of those oil catch cans. You can read about it yourself. I went back-and-forth about it for a while and just finally figured that I would do my own experiment using a good quality catch can like the Needswings version.
6. The hood support is very easy to replace. Do it for your own safety. (I still prop the hood with an extra wooden dowel just to be extra careful when working under the hood.)
7. Read up on the symptoms for the Relay Control Module (RCM). You might want to have a spare one.
8. Read up on the symptoms for the Crankshaft Position Sensor (CPS). You might want to have a spare one.
9. Check in on the forum site often. The folks here are pure genius. You will learn more than you ever expect searching and reading these experts' posts.
10. Have fun driving it!
 

Last edited by KeithTexas; Nov 2, 2020 at 09:04 AM.
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