What did you do with your Reatta today.

[Top Down]

Here is a video on cleaning tail lights.   

 

[TripleC321]

19 hours ago, Top Down said:

Here is a video on cleaning tail lights.   

 

Does this also work for the front corner lights?

[DAVES89]

Advance Auto has a special going on brake calipers. I bought one each right and left front calipers for $45.00 delivered. That includes a $3.00 and $5.00 core which I cannot take advantage of because I am going to store them until needed.

[DAVES89]

Today I put on the Red in the last 16 years 215,000 miles of my own on top of the 111,000 that were on it when I bought it. So I am up to 326,000 miles. My Reatta has treated me well. I am on the second engine [bought by me] and the third transmission [last one bought by me] but surprisingly other then that I am on the 4th rack and pinion it has been pretty straight forward on repairs. Brake pads/rotors, wheel bearings, tie rods, ball joints, struts, fuel filters, radiators, water pumps, harmonic balancer/ crank sensor and ABS sensor leads.  But the "silver boxes" have served me well as have the IPC and CRT. Interior I did the dash [twice], seats [once]  carpet, visors, ceiling head liner, and drivers inner door panel. It also has been painted with an after market sunroof installed.

 Total cost invested with purchase price? Less then $25,000. I spent over $65,000 on cars for my wife in the same time frame and had repairs and replacement parts in her car bringing the total even higher. 

I know there are more smaller parts I bought for the Red, but overall I am very happy with my car and glad I bought a Reatta and hope it continues to serve me well.

[Top Down]

Dave, how about the fuel pump, power windows, power antenna, and headlight motors .............?    Those items never last ...............

[DAVES89]

10 hours ago, Top Down said:

Dave, how about the fuel pump, power windows, power antenna, and headlight motors .............?    Those items never last ...............

I got about 200,000 miles on the first fuel pump and then twice since then. Headlight motors never, the lift kits once. I did have to do the stops a couple of times. Power antenna also was twice. I swapped out the Magnavox coil pack years ago and the Delco failed me once.  

[DAVES89]

About 80,000 miles ago I did the Eldorado rear brake swap. About two weeks ago I got some grinding coming from the rear wheels and figured it was time for rear brakes. So to be sure I ordered rear calipers from Advance Auto [in case the caliper plunger wouldn't retract] and already had  rear rotors and pads in my parts bin. Went to Kendalls to also do a brake flush. Discovered that a pad had delaminated and had disappeared leaving me only the mounting plate. But as long as I was there did pads, both rotors and am keeping one caliper as both rear calipers were in good working order [both sides use the same caliper as one is mounted on the front of the wheel, the other on the back]. As there was about half the pad remaining I probably wouldn't of had to do the brakes at all at 80,000 miles except for the failure of that one pad. Long life due to mostly highway miles and that the front brakes does most of the stopping. And the front pads and rotors were done about a month ago.