Driving on the way to work this morning became part of an impromptu mini caravan of HHRs for a couple of miles. Two silver & my Imperial Blue.

 

Quite a few years ago I had that happen but there were 5 or 6 of us... I thought it was a meet & greet cruse I wasn't invited to...

 

Got my order in from RockAuto. Had already cleaned the throttle body last evening.

 

watched the odometer hit 140,000 when driving back from the airport.

saw an old delorean too, so bonus!

 

 

This was yesterday I washed all three cars and got the Z waxed. I am going to get the HHRs waxed today after I get back from Cads and Coffee

 

Today , changing the rear springs, the stock 18 hole steelies have a 42mm offset, while the WV rally’s have a 35 mm offset and with the new quarter panels there is contact.
I don’t want to cut or grind on the fresh sheet metal , so I’ll install the taller springs that came in my original Canuck Motorsports lowering kit.






Today is also 4 years since my bypass surgery for my heart artery issues. I’m still nuts as ever, my friend Dan’s wife , Linda came over and reminded me to wait till Dan came over to change out the springs. It’s nice that she reminds me not to get into deep, before I get into medical distress.
Tire rub on drivers side rear



Tire run on passenger side rear

 

Blue- Congrats on the 4 year mark..

Rubbing in this case is NOT racing.

Got to do my service & filters changed & etc. Next is the lil womans Mopar.

 

Well after a while and a short rain delay, Dan and I got the rear coils swapped out.
The old ones installed in 2012, are 1 inch shorter, but the ride heights aren’t that much different. We took a ride to Fort Erie for ice cream, 4 adults and no bottom out, fender rubs or rough bouncy ride.




Old springs, 26 1/8 ish



Old spring out 10 inches height



New springs 10 3/4 inches



Yes we didn’t forget the brake line bracket nuts



We only removed the lower shock bolts, reinstalled them and torqued to 92 ft/lbs



New springs installed.



Kinda sorta got a picture of my shoulder and the fender lip rub, sprayed that with Rust Check for now, in case of further rubbing.



26 3/4 inches, 1/2 inch higher.

 

Did the 137k oil change and a wash. Received running boards via UPS, got them Plasti-Dipped. Need to install, but first a trip to Missouri to visit family.