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You used the upper trim, which on Titanium trim level has a reflector? If it's the same location, that is where I installed an LED strobe light. I'd like to see the installation and how you aimed the camera. Another good reason not to use the bumper is that someone will hit it. People tend to tap bumpers when they park. My aftermarket camera is on the trim piece above the license plate. From that location, the aftermarket camera offers a great view. Much better than I expected for a $10 or $20 camera from Amazon. Amazon has a lot of cameras, really low pricing, and free shipping.

Your food is in the cooler. Your toilet is on top of the cooler. That just sounds like something very bad will happen.

I'm glad that you bring an informed point of view. It all makes as lot more sense. Big wheel. Small wheel. Equal turning. After all, they're both just as round. That tire size effect on turn radius has been hotly debated for years. Online. In real life. Almost as controversial as motor oil. A lot of people insist that size of the tire has nothing to do with turn radius. Yet, everyone with a lift and bigger tires will tell you that their turn radius circle got bigger. It's just like with motor oil.....you just keep doing what you're doing. Because no matter what anyone else says, when I drive the car, it's a larger turn radius circle and those u-turns aren't possible anymore. We could also touch on whether bigger tires get better mileage.......another hot topic. I was beginning to wonder if it's just perception. Sort of like driving a cab over axle truck. When you are sitting over the front axle, it feels like the truck is making tighter turns and turning on a dime. People also have perceptions of the cabover design being unsafe, since you're right up front with nothing protecting you. Despite the evidence that with conventional trucks, the engine gets pushed through the firewall, and that will kill the driver, not protect the driver.

With a lift kit, the truck has wider wheels with different backspacing, taller and wider tires, a different scrub radius under the tire.....but full lock steering is the same because the kit is engineered to allow for turning without rubbing.

How does that cap remove? Turn counter-clockwise? Push down & turn? Pull up and it should pop off?

For many years, most of the guys I knew used paint mix buckets. Drain into a pint mix bucket, so that you can actually see how much came out. Use a piece of blue painters tape on the outside of the bucket to mark the level. Pour the used fluid into your recycling container. Fill the bucket up to the line you just marked. Then funnel the fluid from the bucket. You will have refilled with exactly what came out. Assuming that you don't have any leaks, and that your fluid level is correct, you should be fine. You're looking for 4.7 quarts. So a 5 quart may be a little small. Go up to 10 quarts.

My solution is to use UniJacks. Buy four of them. Your car will be perfectly supported, with all 4 jack points at the same height. With a maximum lift height of 21 inches, you should have plenty of room to crawl under, safely, and do everything that you want to do. https://www.etrailer.com/Tools/Powerbuilt/ALL620471.html Powerbuilt Unijack Bottle Jack with Built-In Jack Stand - 21" Lift - 6,000 lbs Item # ALL620471 (11 Reviews) Retail:$121.90 Our Price: $88.25 Orders above $99 qualify for FREE SHIPPING The only thing that I have to add to that would be, remove the breather cap and break the torque on the indicator plug first. Make sure that you can add fluid back in, before you drain anything out. You don't want to drain the fluid first, only to find out later that the fill port cap or indicator plug is stuck.

Notice that I don't have an information center. That's why I have an Amazon Fire 7" mounted in front of my AM/FM only, no SYNC radio. They might as well have sold me a car with a record player in the dashboard.

I think it's completely possible to add the plumbing in the back of a Transit Connect. Nothing's perfect......but what a lifesaver. Especially since most Harley guys are not young men. I pity the old lady who has to drive the mobile toilet at the back of the pack. Better than hauling Honey Buckets with a pickup truck.

If I can dream for anything, that is to convert my van into a rolling bathroom. A toilet wherever I go. I could sleep outdoors under the stars. I can cook over an open fire. That's what camping is about right? But the luxury of a rolling toilet on road trips would be out of sight. I could make my girlfriend drive it, and follow me as I ride my Harley. I would be the envy of every MC.

Doc Hoy

High 5 Welcome to The Party How is that even possible? Who did you buy it from?

Engine should be idling. Transmission should be in park.

It looks like 3.2 quarts.

The bigger the tire, the wider the turn radius. 35" tires really messed up my truck's turn radius. I can't make u-turns anywhere in The City. Can't wait to hear how well your tires do in snow. In my part of the country, there is no snow. And when I drive up to snow, there is always a requirement for traction control devices. I know the difference between snow chains, and no chains. But I've never bought snow tires, since the police will still require chains on 2WD. With my limited snow driving experience, it feels like chains on handled better than AWD with M+S tires.

It doesn't look like it is enough of a difference to do anything bad that will effect driveability. The real difference is in being stuck, and not being stuck. Have you actually found yourself in a spot where you knew OEM would not have worked? Did you ever get stuck anywhere with OEM tires?

You could fill up the wheel wells with bigger tires in the back. But it wouldn't help you with performance in any way. More aggressive tread in the front may help, if you can find it. You could try calculating different rim & tire size combinations to see what would work. Ideally, you want to stay close to OEM specs so that you are not too far from what the computer's revolutions per mile are. With the 2.5 liter engine, you're not going to be able to add any power. But better tread could give better traction, and better stopping. But if you are only doing it because you like the way it looks, then make yourself happy. For me, the math is not in my favor.

Very nice. High 5.

That just means that not everyone is getting 27 MPG. A lot of factors. Weight, idle time, short trips, stop & go traffic, driving style, fuel mix, air conditioning...... but nobody expects 16 - 17. It didn't get better after 2 years and 20,000 miles.

I'm with you on that one. I bought this vehicle because of the 7 seats. But I don't know about sleeping in the back with a cat litter box. Sorry. Just not for me. Same way I don't bring food into the bathroom.