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Old 01-24-2015, 11:02 AM   #30 (permalink)
Eastwood
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Originally Posted by ME_Andy View Post
I redid my grill block recently. Went a bit more aggressive and used some peelable caulk so I can take it off at any time.

I also pulled the OnStar fuse. It's a 10A fuse in the box by the driver's left knee. That's pretty big! 10A*12V means that OnStar is potentially pulling 120Watts, which is maybe even more than the headlights.

Can't say I noticed any difference after pulling the fuse, plus now there's no possibility of being tracked via GPS.
That lower block looks really nice! Also, that sounds like a pretty cool idea on the fuse. Easy to do too. I wonder what other fuses we could do without.

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Originally Posted by jedi_sol View Post
Leaving a 1-2" gap between the muffler and coroplast should be fine.

I have coroplast lying right against on the exhaust of my Subaru STi, the coroplast is slightly melted away.

Coroplast has a higher melting temperature than typical car exhausts.
Yep, jedi_sol has it right. If it's okay next to his exhaust on the 2.5L Turbo Aero STI, it will certainly be fine on our little 1.4L Turbos with a small gap.
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