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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by dangarza,Feb 7 2006, 11:12 AM
XV: You sure like to jack that car up nice and high!
Hehe, I normally don't go that high, but when I take pictures for the DIY threads, it helps to have a bit more clearance for camera angles when underneath the car.
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:33 PM
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Sounds like an improper PDI. Sound like a broken record but: Checkl for spring spacers, The air diverters, that your fluids are topped off, and Check that your body plugs are installed. (Little Oval Rubber Plugs that go into Areas underneath your car - this can become an annoying source of wind noise)
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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Ok, double checked and they are definitely not installed. Looks like i'll have to call the dealer tommorow. What color would the spring spacers be? I doubt they are still in as the ride height looks about right and it doesn't look like i'm in 4x4 mode or anything. As for the tubing, its a very light purple/clear tubing. I took a better look at it tonight, and it's solid, but bendable (i.e., not like the type of tube you'd use to make a beer bong). It's about 2-3 feet long, and pretty thin. Anymore ideas on this part?
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Jo2,Feb 8 2006, 08:58 PM
I took a better look at it tonight, and it's solid, but bendable (i.e., not like the type of tube you'd use to make a beer bong). It's about 2-3 feet long, and pretty thin. Anymore ideas on this part?
You really should try to post a picture of this stuff. We're just guessing here as to what they may be.
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Ok here are some pics of the nice presents left in my trunk:



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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 06:25 AM
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Yes, absolutely, those are the "under-strakes". Just have a look they are indeed not on the car and that those aren't just "extras" by mistake. That blue-ish hose looks like a drain hose. It could be for the air conditioning system to take condensed water away from the in-dash airbox assembly. You'll know for sure next time you use the A/C in humid conditions and you get wet carpet in the passenger footwell. It could also be a drain tube for any one of several rain channels on the car. Get the dealer to attend to this as it will become a warranty issue in the future. You don't want to be messing with this. They'll say it was your fault if something goes wrong.
Or, it could be someone at the factory who accidentally left some of his wine making equipment in your trunk.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by xviper,Feb 9 2006, 07:25 AM
That blue-ish hose looks like a drain hose. It could be for the air conditioning system to take condensed water away from the in-dash airbox assembly. You'll know for sure next time you use the A/C in humid conditions and you get wet carpet in the passenger footwell. It could also be a drain tube for any one of several rain channels on the car. Get the dealer to attend to this as it will become a warranty issue in the future. You don't want to be messing with this. They'll say it was your fault if something goes wrong.
Or, it could be someone at the factory who accidentally left some of his wine making equipment in your trunk.
The problem with the hose is...it's not a hose. Hard to explain, but the ends are capped off. It's solid all the way through, so its not tubing in the traditional sense, it's just shaped that way. Its very flexible, but there is no way to pass anything through the center, unless you cut off the ends, and even then i'm not sure if that would do anything because it looks to be a solid piece, not hollow in the center. Thanks for all the help thus far though.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Jo2,Feb 9 2006, 11:13 AM
The problem with the hose is...it's not a hose. Hard to explain, but the ends are capped off. It's solid all the way through, so its not tubing in the traditional sense, it's just shaped that way. Its very flexible, but there is no way to pass anything through the center, unless you cut off the ends, and even then i'm not sure if that would do anything because it looks to be a solid piece, not hollow in the center. Thanks for all the help thus far though.
I see. I have no idea then. My only guess is that it's used as a "stiffener" to hold the shape of something so it doesn't fold or bend in the wrong way.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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I had those two black pieces on my car and I actually took them off because they scraped when I went over some speed bumps and such (my car is lowered 1").
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