Megan the Merlot M edition

[Senor_Taylor]

Small update. Pulled the head unit out and rewired the harness with shrink tubing instead of the wire nuts he had on there. Much improved speaker quality from the Sony speakers I put in. I wired up the power antenna and put a fuse in the connector in the trunk to find out what exactly was wrong. Turned out that the plastic lead that is fed through the motor had exploded, so I ordered another one. It only took me an hour to take the antenna out, pull the motor, take the motor apart and clean the bits of plastic out, then put it back in, realize I left a piece of plastic out, pull it, clean it, put it back in, and finally feed the new antenna in. The radio quality is now way better than I ever imagined it was supposed to be and the full stereo system is functioning as it should. Very happy. I also used some PlastiX on my back window to clear it up. That stuff works very well.



Just for Scott, I grabbed a few oil filters from the dealership and slipped one on for him. I'll leave the Rotella in there, though.

The car is approaching 110,000 miles and it's running very well and is a pleasure to drive. Next on my list of things is tires and suspension. The shocks have had it. I took it on a spirited cruise after working on my friend's Miata and I hit the bump stops too many times to be okay. The same day as said cruise, another 95 M cruised past my house, so I hopped in my car and chased after him. Turns out he bought his his for $500 and has been "fixing it up", including new paint (from Maaco, ew), new seats, new door cards, and various bits. It's definitely not an "M edition" anymore, and he even realized that his badges where on the wrong way when he saw mine. Pretty interesting that I'd never seen one of these before, then there is one less than 5 miles from me on my road.

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A guy I work with is a photographer and a car guy, so he asked if he could shoot my car. I'm going to try to find time to clay bar it and rewax it before the shoot, but we'll see. Pics coming soon.