So what did you do to your SHO today!?

[FrankK]

Thanks man. The front is done. I tried to get it as close to stock ride height as possible and ended up dropping it only 1/4". I'm pretty happy with that. I'm guessing the factory shocks were so worn out, it lowered itself because these coilovers are supposed to be lower than stock at full ride height. My initial adjustments raised it an inch.

After I finish the back, I may adjust the front down a little more. I just want it to be drivable without bottoming out on every driveway. I played with the dampening settings and I really like that. Bouncing the front end manually, I can tell a huge difference from the softest and hardest settings. I'm sure I'll find a setting that I prefer when it's finished. That was my main goal for this project.

Today, I filled the transmission fluid and had a really close call. With the front wheels back on, I did the normal procedures for fresh tranny fluid (run through each gear to work the fluid in), but I forgot the normal procedures for installing new brake pads. So....while it was backed into my garage, with my foot on the brake, I clicked it to R and the car proceeded to reverse. Luckily I put it back in P before it did much damage. I only hit my dogs' food/water bowls. I won't forget that again!

So, with the brakes pumped, I did the normal stuff for the tranny and filled it. I noticed a metal grinding noise from the front right wheel. I think the old pads have damaged the rotor. I tried to remove the brake caliper so I can have it machined, but somebody gave it too many uggas. I can't get it off with a socket wrench or my impact. So I hit them with PB Blaster. Hopefully they'll come loose later tonight.

While the air box is off, why not clean the air filter? And the only thing left to do is coolant and RDU. I'll do the RDU when the back is lifted, so I drained the coolant and realized I only have 3 quarts of yellow Motorcraft left. I'll grab more coolant tomorrow and burp / fill it. I'm tired. That's enough for this weekend. This car better run like new when I'm finished!

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There is a small bolt holding the rotor to the axel. Did you remove it?

 

[Joshw0000]

There is a small bolt holding the rotor to the axel. Did you remove it?

No, it's not there. The only thing keeping it on is the brake caliper.

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[LilCop2002]

Damn, dude. That's how I felt when I did my suspension... walk away and give yourself a day or two and you'll be back on it before you know it.

Mine rides and brakes quite well for its age... but given the amount of money dumped into the brakes and suspension it better.

 

[Joshw0000]

Damn, dude. That's how I felt when I did my suspension... walk away and give yourself a day or two and you'll be back on it before you know it.

Mine rides and brakes quite well for its age... but given the amount of money dumped into the brakes and suspension it better.

I did walk away and give myself some time to research. And I think my brake problem isn't the brakes / rotors at all. It looks like I accidentally bent the back plate in where it was barely touching the rotor. I still have the front end up and wheels off, so I spun the rotors by hand and they had a rubbing noise. I pushed the back guard outwards some all the way around and spun the rotor again. No rub. I won't know for sure until I drop and drive it again, but I think that was my issue.

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[SHO-moco]

Arguably one of the Quickest, Cheapest, and most rewarding upgrades I have made to the car lol. I dont know if the newer versions were different but if you own a 2010 likely through 2012 you might know what you are SEEING here

 

[RickyRecon]

Recently got rid of the chrome, and added the hot pipes to go with the noisemaker delete. 3M gloss black vinyl wrap on the trim, but the grill is painted. I left the letters on the fender badges chrome at first, but over time I liked it less and less until it had to go, so I ended up painting those also.

Looks so much better to me. I’d never messed with vinyl wrap before, so it’s far from perfect, but I learned some things and expect better results when it inevitably needs redone.

 

[SM105K]

Recently got rid of the chrome, and added the hot pipes to go with the noisemaker delete. 3M gloss black vinyl wrap on the trim, but the grill is painted. I left the letters on the fender badges chrome at first, but over time I liked it less and less until it had to go, so I ended up painting those also.

Looks so much better to me. I’d never messed with vinyl wrap before, so it’s far from perfect, but I learned some things and expect better results when it inevitably needs redone.

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Looks great, tint the tail lights.

 

[Zpak]

Recently got rid of the chrome, and added the hot pipes to go with the noisemaker delete. 3M gloss black vinyl wrap on the trim, but the grill is painted. I left the letters on the fender badges chrome at first, but over time I liked it less and less until it had to go, so I ended up painting those also.

Looks so much better to me. I’d never messed with vinyl wrap before, so it’s far from perfect, but I learned some things and expect better results when it inevitably needs redone.

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The way it should have come from the factory.

 

[RickyRecon]

Looks great, tint the tail lights.

Thanks man, and already got some on the way. I went with the lighter “smoked” look since I’m also doing the headlights after a restore. Figure I can always go darker on the tail lights if I want to

 

[SM105K]

Thanks man, and already got some on the way. I went with the lighter “smoked” look since I’m also doing the headlights after a restore. Figure I can always go darker on the tail lights if I want to

When I owned a SHO, I had my tail lights professionally painted to make it look smoked. It really came out amazing. Semper Fi.

 

[Joshw0000]

A little more coilover adjustements today. Pretty close to level now. I should finish tomorrow.

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[Joshw0000]

My NavTool order was delivered today. Let's see if we can add Android Auto to Sync 1.

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[SM105K]

My NavTool order was delivered today. Let's see if we can add Android Auto to Sync 1.View attachment 96069

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I am interested to see if it will work. ...

 

[Joshw0000]

I am interested to see if it will work. ...

I've talked to others on a FB group who say it works. And NavTool claims it does. I plan to start the install after work.

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[Joshw0000]

I am interested to see if it will work. ...

Success!!







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[Joshw0000]

Anyone know the size / part # of these screws? I need to replace about 4 of them lol.

They're the bolts that hold the stereo and all of the trim in

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[Texas Marauder]

This should be what you are looking for:

 

[SHO-moco]

Success!!

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So how well does this work? Is this just phone mirroring or are you able to use the cars touchscreen to make selections and whatnot. I have not heard of this company or this mod being done on the original sync systems. Still not even sure if my car is considered having sync or sync 1. Pretty early 2010 my car.

 

[kryptto]

Anyone know the size / part # of these screws? I need to replace about 4 of them lol.

They're the bolts that hold the stereo and all of the trim inView attachment 96076

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i bought extra as I dropped them at times into. the open cavity...

 

[Joshw0000]

So how well does this work? Is this just phone mirroring or are you able to use the cars touchscreen to make selections and whatnot. I have not heard of this company or this mod being done on the original sync systems. Still not even sure if my car is considered having sync or sync 1. Pretty early 2010 my car.

Basically, it's a box that plugs into your radio (not head unit). I say that because there's a YT video showing them plugging it into the head unit and I had to contact tech support when mine didn't work because I had it plugged into the head unit. I guess they made a change over the years.

When you first receive it, you'll have to connect it to a computer and load the software for your car. Then unplug some factory wires on the radio, plug this in front on them, reinstall, and mount this box. I mounted mine beside the glove box so I can access it in the future if needed.

You can set it to launch Android Auto first, or go to the default radio, or remember the last position and boot to that. To switch between the factory radio and Android Auto (or Apple Car Play), just hold the top right of the screen for a few seconds.

I used it for the first time (driving) this morning. I take my kids to 2 different schools, and come back home to work. I navigate to all 3 stops in case of traffic / wrecks. It's important to note that this device uses your factory radio's audio. So, for example when you're navigating or playing Spotify, you must have the radio on the correct settings to play it. I.e. on the 2010 - 2012 (maybe others), you have to go to Media to enable playing music from your phone. Then you can open other screens.

So I turned on Media in the factory radio, held the top right for a few seconds to get to Android Auto, opened Maps and started navigating to the first school, and clicked Play in Spotify for Music. Just like other Android Auto, I can toggle back and forth to either app or split screen them. We have an electric gate that can be controlled with Smart Life. I have that app enabled in Android Auto so I was able to open the gate with the radio this morning.

So far, I think it was worth what I paid and the 3 weeks it took them to ship it. This is the cheapest option I've found to enable Android Auto for my car and it keeps the clean factory look. I priced out ~$1,000 to replace the head unit and buy all of the accessories needed to keep most factory options working. NavTool is an extension of the stock radio, so everything works as it did before. My backup camera worked fine and I have the option to wire several others. It has 4 plug ins, so you could potentially have cameras on every corner of the car.

This is wireless Android Auto / Car Play. I don't have to plug my phone up for it to work. So far everything seems to work just like a wired Android Auto would. They advertised that you can watch YouTube, etc on your screen. I'm still trying to figure out how to make that work. Also, this morning the unit would hear me say "Hey Google" but when I told it to navigate to another location, it acted like it didn't hear me. The same thing happened when it read my text message and asked if I wanted to respond. It couldn't hear me telling it "no" and kept asking. I need to trouble shoot that to see why it isn't hearing my response.

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