had the H/E installed today... :)
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had the H/E installed today... :)
original opening of the box (so sweet)
then I pulled it out (no ding on Steve, the Post Office goofed on this!)
the aluminum tab was kinked down, and peanuts into the brass... fortunately it was all surface stuff - straightened the bracket and carefully pulled out the peanuts
this H/E is HUGE - they mounted the oil cooler below the H/E so it's pushing down a bit on the front lip...
my tech David (who by the way is a great guy and works on lots of AMGs) said he was impressed with the cooler, and was going to mention FT-P to his other customers - he was blown away at the price for the quality.
Now I just have to figure out how to make the lip look a little less swollen
then I pulled it out (no ding on Steve, the Post Office goofed on this!)
the aluminum tab was kinked down, and peanuts into the brass... fortunately it was all surface stuff - straightened the bracket and carefully pulled out the peanuts
this H/E is HUGE - they mounted the oil cooler below the H/E so it's pushing down a bit on the front lip...
my tech David (who by the way is a great guy and works on lots of AMGs) said he was impressed with the cooler, and was going to mention FT-P to his other customers - he was blown away at the price for the quality.
Now I just have to figure out how to make the lip look a little less swollen
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~$200 plus change; also confirmed my suspicions that the car had been tapped in the front drivers side as the headlight has 2 broken tabs gotta wait for that motor to die to replace that one - stinkin $1,200 each!
and yes, just ONE MORE THING to get... want to start logging, just too much other stuff going on...
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oh LOL - I was thinking 'duct' to channel the air 
haha - true! I hope to figure something out - almost has a Miata look to it currently LOL
haha - true! I hope to figure something out - almost has a Miata look to it currently LOL
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True, there's that and then there's the fact that the underside of the lip makes more contact with the pavement than any other part of the car aside from tires so your oil cooler could potentially take alot of impact or at least vibration.
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did you leave the car with them and came to find that they installed the tranny cooler that way , or were you with them knowing that ? Did they notify you ahead of time about the lip and you approved ? ..I would have hit the ceiling if I had to pay for an install like that ! Sorry ..
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did you leave the car with them and came to find that they installed the tranny cooler that way , or were you with them knowing that ? Did they notify you ahead of time about the lip and you approved ? ..I would have hit the ceiling if I had to pay for an install like that ! Sorry ..
I think they left the air baffle on the cooler which adds to the bulk - I'm going to pull the undertray and see how it's attached...
