Recent content by FlashJim

Jason, your useless post about a useless post is almost as useless as my useless post about your useless post about his useless post.

Post them if you can. I'd love to see them.

I'm running OEM, but both of those wheels are nice.

I was rockin' the Ody, thank you very much! :) Yeah, we were ready to get away from the minivan and the CX-9 was just what the doctor ordered. I smile every time I see it in the driveway. I smile more when I can con my wife into letting me drive it!

That's the truth! Thanks fxpthl. Where in TX did you live? I was just in you neck of the woods in May. I couldn't believe how cold it was! The food trucks at OC Fair were fantastic.

Have you considered the Dayton RS225-4 from Parts Express? The adapter you make for it could space it out enough to shoehorn it into the door. Specifications: Power handling: 80 watts RMS/120 watts max VCdia: 1.5" Le: 0.56 mH Impedance: 4 ohms Re: 2.9 ohms Frequency range: 35-2,000...

This might help. 2008 CX-9 Service Manual

Eh, it happens. :) I hope they don't say something along the lines of "it only comes as a complete kit". Keep us posted.

I'm researching it, but haven't found anything definite yet. The Miata guys use a Ford color for their wheels. I have no idea how close it is to ours.

The clearcoat on my '99 GMC Sierra has let loose over the past month. Big chunks flip up and fly over the cab while I'm driving. The first time I saw it I thought I hit a bird. :) The Texas sun is evil on paint.

I love Meguiars Gold Class. I used the liquid with great results. I haven't heard of any problems with NXT, but I'm going to research it.

In my opinion, wash, clay, and wax immediately. Claying being essential due to rail dust and general garbage in the paint. I personally just recently washed, clayed and waxed with Meguiar's NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0. I need to wash the CX-9 again today. No clay or waxing. Here's a decent...

Looking forward to seeing the pic! Thanks for going to the trouble, jessecamp.

APR28, I just saw this. Did you find out anything? My guess is they are together. My Honda Odyssey had them together and it was super easy to replace.

Keep in mind that it's commonly thought that this type of accessory potentially does more harm in an accident than good by transfering the front hit straight to the unibody. It could take a stronger hit to deploy your airbags as well as change the way the front end and engine react in an...