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TLC for 143,000 miles?

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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Default TLC for 143,000 miles?

Well my car has no issues. She runs great and has many new mods. But since I have been having a lot of work done I want to throw in some stuff that will help her run as good as possible and prolong the life. I recently did the following....

Full tune-up
Flushed all fluids
Seafoam in the gas tank, crank case, and brake booster
Oil changes are always synthetic


What else can I do for the car? I just feel like it's got a lot of miles and problems are most likely in the near future so any upkeep to help out would be great....
Old Feb 25, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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fuel filter
plugs
wires
coil pack
O2 sensors

keep that thing rolling!

and anything suspension wise?

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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oem fuel filter I assume? I ask because I am probably going to do the same tuneup to my car as its closing in on 100k and the guy who had it before me didn't take good car of it. Before I put some new stuff on I plan on change my spark plugs to nkg iridium spark plugs, msd 8mm wires, seafoam befoer next oil change, and maybe the coil pack with the screamin deamon coil pack.

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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sure, i used a fram fuel filter from wal-mart but i really don't think it matters.
Old Feb 25, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by l_shizzle_l
sure, i used a fram fuel filter from wal-mart but i really don't think it matters.
same here....some think fram is S*** but hey its just a filter
Old Feb 26, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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changing out the fuel filter makes so much of a difference! i remember changing mine at about 100k, it was gnar.
Old Feb 26, 2009 | 07:33 AM
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Alright thanks.
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