In an effort to become more involved in the forum, I decided to start a thread to track my 'build' as well as have a base I can always come back to. My name is Steve and I am a full time student in NJ. I own a 2005 ABP AT TL. I bought the car in July 2014 with 80k after owning a 2000 Taurus for four years.
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This was my Taurus, nicknamed the CliTaurus. My biology teacher really liked that one. Aside from purely visual mods and maintenance, the only thing I did was remove the intake silencer. Modding the Taurus didn't interest me nor did I see any sense in spending more money on it.
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This is my TL the day I brought it home. I really like taking pictures from this angle if you couldn't tell. The first thing to be done was maintenance, including new Cooper CS5 tires all around, an oil change and other minor things. After that, I bought a roof rack from a friend to hold my snowboard in the winter.
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I can always appreciate a good rack. I also took off the fron plate because I liked the look without it. (Still haven't been hassled for it in NJ :wish:) The only downside is the screw hole the dealer put there. It's on my to-do list. When the weather got cold, it revealed squeaky power steering rings. I decided to undertake the the ordeal myself.
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Like I said, "ordeal." Still being rather new to maintenance in general, and that none of my friends wanted to help. I spilled power steering fluid freaking everywhere. In order to get all the fluid out I decided to remove the front bumper. While I was in there I removed the vibration softener and intake silencer. For better or worse, at least I taught myself how to remove the bumper. :tomato:
When the holidays came around I decided to have a little fun.
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For just a power inverter and string of lights, I got a lot of laughs and thumbs up. Since then, all has been rather quiet while I'm focusing on schoolwork. I do have a set of STech springs that I am waiting to install over spring break. Hopefully more mods are to follow after tax returns and I sell my overpriced textbooks back.
That seems like a long enough first post. I really want to thank H23Accord for answering what seems like an endless stream of questions since I came to the forum. There really is a lot of knowledge on here and I can't wait to continue learning. Please feel free to leave comments, suggestions or any input really.
Bonus Taurus Video (there is sound so turn down/off your volume): http://bit.ly/1wO98Wx
This was my Taurus, nicknamed the CliTaurus. My biology teacher really liked that one. Aside from purely visual mods and maintenance, the only thing I did was remove the intake silencer. Modding the Taurus didn't interest me nor did I see any sense in spending more money on it.
This is my TL the day I brought it home. I really like taking pictures from this angle if you couldn't tell. The first thing to be done was maintenance, including new Cooper CS5 tires all around, an oil change and other minor things. After that, I bought a roof rack from a friend to hold my snowboard in the winter.
I can always appreciate a good rack. I also took off the fron plate because I liked the look without it. (Still haven't been hassled for it in NJ :wish:) The only downside is the screw hole the dealer put there. It's on my to-do list. When the weather got cold, it revealed squeaky power steering rings. I decided to undertake the the ordeal myself.
Like I said, "ordeal." Still being rather new to maintenance in general, and that none of my friends wanted to help. I spilled power steering fluid freaking everywhere. In order to get all the fluid out I decided to remove the front bumper. While I was in there I removed the vibration softener and intake silencer. For better or worse, at least I taught myself how to remove the bumper. :tomato:
When the holidays came around I decided to have a little fun.
For just a power inverter and string of lights, I got a lot of laughs and thumbs up. Since then, all has been rather quiet while I'm focusing on schoolwork. I do have a set of STech springs that I am waiting to install over spring break. Hopefully more mods are to follow after tax returns and I sell my overpriced textbooks back.
That seems like a long enough first post. I really want to thank H23Accord for answering what seems like an endless stream of questions since I came to the forum. There really is a lot of knowledge on here and I can't wait to continue learning. Please feel free to leave comments, suggestions or any input really.
Bonus Taurus Video (there is sound so turn down/off your volume): http://bit.ly/1wO98Wx