Inspection time

The morning after I got back, I (justifiably) started the morning lazy in bed. A little extra sleep is justified after the previous day's activities. But I can't sleep for long.. If I don't get to the DMV and get the paperwork finished on this buy, it'll probably be a week before I can.

I feel bad for the lady behind the counter.. I haven't made it easy. I need to register a car, renew 2 other plates, transfer my personal plates on to the newly registered car, and obtain replacement plates for the old one. We were both plenty confused, but we got through it. Here's hoping all the paperwork goes through correct.. I won't know until the title and new plates show up on my doorstep.

With all my paperwork done, the car is now officially mine! Hooray!

I got a call from a friend who wanted to meet for lunch.. what the heck, no real plans to day anyway. and head downtown for some grub. I couldn't help but snap a pic..

[caption id="attachment_90" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A beautiful sunny morning in Minnesota spring.[/caption]

After a tasty lunch, I decided it would be good to head over to Jeff the Alignment Guy and see if there was any hope of sliding on to the lift for a quick inspection. Upon arrival I learn He's booked solid, but tells me if I can convince the next guy to wait, I can slide it on. Thankfully, most of Jeff's customers are like me, massive gear heads. So, when I explained the situation, and that I swore I would take no more than 10 minutes, they agreed and I was on the lift.

It only took a few minutes to run through the basics. Right away I went for the rear suspension. The SPC camber arms I'd spotted earlier was correct, and I was able to identify the coil overs as Stance brand (ugh), model unknown. Everything is looking good until I realized there's no lower arm. It's been replaced with an aftermarket piece with hiem joints to adjust toe. Damn. I'm going to have to get some stock replacement ones to stay legal. Add those to the list.

Moving forward, I find out the exhaust is a true dual setup. This sucks for me, as I was hoping for an after market y-pipe that would be modifiable to use with a much lighter single exit exhaust. Damn. Oh, and one of the clamps is missing. Small exhaust leak would explain some of the drone I heard on the way back.

Finally moving all the way forward, i found it's missing an under tray. Yet another item to add to the list.

Wrapping up, I roll off the lift in 1o min as promised, and wished Jeff and his customer thanks, and a good day.