Oh whoops, nope I just wrote it wrong. It's an 05 XR. No S :?. But it does have AWD haha. AWD models are terrible He has had a lot of trouble with the rear diff on it; seals and stuff. I think he had the dealer disconnect it..? He doesn't even know how to change his own oil, so I'm not sure I can t...

runningslow wrote:

archerb05 wrote: I don't know if that makes sense, but I plan on removing the receiver and denting the muffler with a rubber mallet to gain that 1/2" of clearance to remove that silly rattle.

Exactly what I did.

Excellent! Good to know that'll work haha.

Oh whoops, nope I just wrote it wrong. It's an 05 XR. No S . But it does have AWD haha.

Glad to be of service! Hope that you can get yours looking good! Never thought of using rubbing compound haha. Tho, the rubbing compound that I have is red in color. Would that stain the lenses I wonder? So far the refurbish is holding up well, but we'll see how it looks after a winter of nasty salt...

Thanks all for the warm welcome! I've owned 8 cars in my 14 short years of driving, and I've gotta say, I've never owned a car that I wanted to modify as much as this one! Probably a function of the fact that I actually have a little bit of spending money for the first time in my life, and the fact ...

I forgot to mention the radio! The middle of the three lights was the only one that worked, which as you all know, is super annoying. Fortunately, this awesome community led me to the solution! I replaced all three bulbs (I definitely need to work on my soldering abilities), and decided to try my ha...

Back in June the Wife and I decided it was time to unload our '98 Honda Passport in the midst of its spiral downward. Loved it for the snow (when the 4wd was working, which wasn't very often), but the continuous repairs, hard to find parts ($$$), and soul-crushing 14 mpg made it hard to justify. Bac...