So I checked my mileage on the car last night: 32.4 mpg in mixed driving!

Got my new tires on this weekend:

Been thinking about lifting the van to complete the look. I have the rear figured out, I plan to add a leaf to up my spring rate and add 2" lift blocks. The front is where my issue comes in. I’m thinking on making strut spacers for the top of the strut to lift the nose, problem I’m seeing is the sway bar.

First up was this great little lowered Mazda 5 mini:

While the wife was sick. Stayed home with the kids yesterday to get them off to school. Once they were gone I went out to work on the van some more.

Weather getting colder and talk of snow this week/weekend, I decided it was time to get my free winter setup installed (Dad found them with a free sign on side of road, 75% tread on 5x100 wheels).

So the car developed a decent oil leak last week. I figured it was just a front crank seal, so I picked up the parts and set into it on Saturday.

Jet black with a little silver flake. I absolutely love how they turned out. Here’s hoping the tire guy doesn’t F$#% them up!

But Oppo is life:

Got a little further on body work:

Getting new tires next week, so I figured I better get my wheels off and get them refinished. I picked up a can of this:

Started filling last night:

Did a little something last night:

Looked at that Taco we discussed.

Got the van back last night, shiny new duals installed:

IMO when driving a vehicle, it is important to have as much information as possible. That of course left me disappointed with the car’s factory gauge cluster: