Something Swedish that isn't a Volvo

[chompsticks]

color change wouldn't be bad. I might suggest something a little more pastel and pearl if your paint isn't flat. Love the Saab!

[JRodigan]

color change wouldn't be bad. I might suggest something a little more pastel and pearl if your paint isn't flat. Love the Saab!

Thanks man! I'm probably going to end up sticking with Gold for this season, since I only ran these wheels for half the season last year. Might change it for next year though. Might actually change the wheels for next year.

[JRodigan]

Finally a worthwhile update!

Coils went on:
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Wheels made a comeback:
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After some fuckery with the front sway bar endlinks, and a bunch of delays because life got in the way, I rolled the car out of the shop last night at about 11:00 PM.
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This morning I put on some rare-ish LED Side Markers.
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Then I washed it and took some iPhone pictures.
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Then this evening, I installed the front lip.
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I love how it looks straight on.
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I'm a hand away from the ground.
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I'm so excited about the whole thing. The D2s ride amazingly, and it looks great. The rear coils are maxed out where they are, so I just made the fronts match. I may consider going up to 18's to fill the little remaining gap. But for now, I'm so stoked to finally have it on coilovers. I've been waiting YEARS for this!

[reiernumans]

The D2's are amazing, a friend of mine has a set on his wagon and I loved the ride!

Car's looking good man! Aero side skirts and painted rear lip and maybe some different wheels and you're golden!

[JRodigan]

The D2's are amazing, a friend of mine has a set on his wagon and I loved the ride!

Car's looking good man! Aero side skirts and painted rear lip and maybe some different wheels and you're golden!

Thanks man! Side skirts should be going on later today. And probably painting the rear lip sometime this week.

[JRodigan]

Better picture of the lip in the day time.
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(Yest I need to polish the lights)

Pulled off the stock side skirts and went on to put on the Aero ones. The difference in profile is pretty noticeable when you put them side by side.

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Once I pulled off the drivers side, I found the beginnings of the dreaded Saab 9-5 "Dog leg rust."
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Ground it back to bare metal:
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and painted it:
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Then the Aero Skirts went on.
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Still need to paint the rear valance to complete the Aero transformation.
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The car is really coming along nicely now! I'm really excited to debut it at Water by the Bridge in a couple weeks!

[reiernumans]

I love this color so much. My dad used to have a Polar White 08 wagon.

[JRodigan]

I love this color so much. My dad used to have a Polar White 08 wagon.

A Polar White 2006+ 9-5 Wagon will be my next 9-5.

[DutchieSaxo]

i don't know why but i find it hard to like modern saabs
there's something about the overall styling that keeps throwing me off,

with that in mind i've got to say that yours seems way better then most., although it could use a 2"drop.
might be the wheels and the aero kit, but i'm really liking it.

keep it up

[JRodigan]

i don't know why but i find it hard to like modern saabs
there's something about the overall styling that keeps throwing me off,

with that in mind i've got to say that yours seems way better then most., although it could use a 2"drop.
might be the wheels and the aero kit, but i'm really liking it.

keep it up

Thanks! I'm glad that this car can maybe change some minds about Saabs.

[JRodigan]

Previous photos have been misleading. Sits a lot nicer when it is on flat, even ground.

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Also hit a huge dip in the highway and totally ruined the alignment. lol Hopefully getting that sorted tomorrow.

[19birel]

Loving your project man, very OEM+!

[JRodigan]

Aero transformation is complete. The valance was too hard to take off without breaking it. So tape and newspaper it was!

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I have an appointment to get my alignment done on Friday. Once that's done I can drive it without destroying my tires (front toe is way out) I'll go take some real photos of it!

[JRodigan]

Couple quick snaps I got today.

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[JRodigan]

I'm new to this whole coilover thing... Probably should have tightened those. Explains my alignment though. hahaha