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Old 03-02-2010, 12:00 AM
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Hey Gilber,

Let us know how you like those HD Bilsteins.

Back in the day the HD's were usually recommeded for track use; the Touring for street. Ride might be a bit harsh, but if you want ultimate performance...
 
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Old 03-02-2010, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by gdog
Hey Gilber,

Let us know how you like those HD Bilsteins.

Back in the day the HD's were usually recommeded for track use; the Touring for street. Ride might be a bit harsh, but if you want ultimate performance...
Oh yeah, I'm well aware that they'll be stiff. But I want a positive feeling ride, and talking to people who track volvos, they said that they could blow the TCs out in a week. I may not be tracking the car, but you can bet that I'll be taking turns pretty quick with this set up.
 
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:04 PM
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The guy who's finishing my wheels for me sent me some updates on them. I guess there's only a couple more coats of base and then we'll probably end having to do clear in my parking garage.

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Old 03-02-2010, 10:23 PM
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Looking good!!!!!
 
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Old 03-02-2010, 11:45 PM
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Sick!
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by gilber33
The driver's side plug is right in front of the radiator plugged into a blank socket. If you get on the ground and look straight at the radiator through that middle bumper cover opening, you should see it on the far right (towards the driver side). If you have that one, the other one is tucked up in between the washer fluid tank and the bumper support. It's also plugged into a blank socket and clipped on the inside of the fender/bumper support up inside. You really have reach up to feel it and you cannot see either of them from the top.

HOLD UP.

DUDE. I just found my foglight wiring "ne" Boy am I an idiot. But I found the passenger side, but wheres the right one? Am I mistake that the Ambient Air temperature sensor is the blank fog light plug? I can't find my driverside one. EFF ME.
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 06:02 PM
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Where did you find the passenger one?

Gilber33...you promised pictures of where the plug was.
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 08:30 PM
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If it was prewired it is usually clipped to the bottom of the washer fluid bottle.
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by boxpin
Where did you find the passenger one?

Gilber33...you promised pictures of where the plug was.
Your right. As promised, here are pics.

Originally Posted by tech
If it was prewired it is usually clipped to the bottom of the washer fluid bottle.
Yeah, mine was clipped to the bumper support right between the support and the washer fluid tank.

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That help some?
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 10:42 PM
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Wait, wait.... wait! That's the ambient air temperate sensor! Right...?
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 06:37 AM
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No, the black part to that is just a blank plug that the gray part plugs into. So you unplug the gray plug and bingo, there's a fog light plug. I unplugged the driver's side and compared it to the plugs that were left in my fog lights, and they're the exact same. I can take pictures of these plugs compared to the plugs left in my fog lights if you want. I didn't compare the passenger side one yet, but it's the EXACT same as the driver's side, so I assume it's a fog plug. Also has the same color wires as the driver's side plug: green/brown-ish orange-ish and black.
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 08:28 AM
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I had high hopes but this confirms it, I am not prewired. Thanks for the pictures.
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 09:43 AM
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Sorry to hear that, that's weird that you're not, I thought you would be before I was.
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 10:13 AM
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I swear it was ambient air because the plugs are actually metal!
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 10:27 AM
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Which part is metal? The gray part is plastic.
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 11:23 AM
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perhaps it does need to be clarified. The focal point of the picture is the ambient temp sensor that displays the outside temperature in the cabin. I did not see the Fog plug either so I skipped over that picture. Is there another plug in that picture that we are not seeing Gilber33? Because that picture is the temp sensor.

This is mine:

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Old 03-04-2010, 11:33 AM
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Are you sure that's the ambient temp sensor? Because I removed it from the blank and it is identical to the fog light plugs. Same shape, color, and holes, also same colored wires. When I get home I will take a fog down there and see if it plugs in, but that plug is also identical to the other plug that was tucked up by the fluid tank. Unless there's a different plug that's tucked away somewhere else on the driver's side, but both plugs right there are identical to the plugs that came with my fogs.
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 11:39 AM
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Nevermind, it looks like that one is the ambient air temp. Oh well, that just means the driver's side is in a different location since I have the passenger side one. Silly me. At least I know I'm wired for them.
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 11:58 AM
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Interested in what you find for the passenger side...let us know.

(since you know now, dont plug your fog into the plug. )
 
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Old 03-04-2010, 12:26 PM
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Well, the pics are of the passenger side, it plugs into the fog light perfectly fine, I just checked. But I don't know where to look for the driver's side now. Boxpin, you should check if you have a plug there or not.
 


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