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lol sorry 255 35 18

loxxrider wrote:better no?

very much

hmm maybe ill paint them this week. I just gotta figure out the best way to go about that. I have a friend that did it pretty successfully on his M3.

OH, and I have a neighbor that can airbrush like no other person I have ever seen on this planet. He can spray whatever I want!!! (and make it perfect/OEM looking)

:woowoo:

Just got some cool new tools. I got a craftsman 1/2" air impact, 3/4 and 18mm impact sockets, a tire filler thing with gauge, etc. Also had to buy a tire plug set as I found a nail in one of the rear tires. No wonder it wouldn't hold air haha. Holds it plenty well now!

All things to make my life easier when working on cars (this car)

Also I am about to order two new front tires for my new wheels. They are 225 40 18. Best part is they are $77 a piece lol. Nexen tires, look them up. They are pretty decent. Everyone that uses them seems to think they are a great deal considering they almost compete with tires more than double their price. They are a super performance summer tire or something like that.

here's what they look like



I was also quoted $98 a piece for the rear 255 35 18's.



Still hoping the brake lines and wheel bearings get here thursday, and some speakers should be here today

:woowoo: :woowoo: its like christmas tons of parts coming in!!!

Looks very meaty, I like it!!! And what have you got going on for exhaust, and do you have any clips of how it sounds?? That looks pretty meaty too! :wink:

I love "The Shocker" sticker

2 in the goo 1 in the poo. :-D

lol for the record...take the shocker for what you will. I just like it cuz it reminds me of a fun time in the VW world. I got it from a friend on the 'tex that I did some favors for.

-tbar- The exhaust is 3" from the turbo back. One flex pipe, then a v-band, then just a single straight thru (have no idea what brand) muffler. I don't have sound clips yet, but I will asap. It sounds very authoritative! Oh, and I angled it like that on purpose. We could have had it come out straight...but I always just had a dirty thought in my head of giving the car just that little touch of JDM flair. It reminds me of a supra, 240, rx7, etc. setup. Its subtle...but I think cool. Quite a few people have thought it was almost OEM...and thats totally my style. Subtle...but a hint that there's something going on there.

I got some pics from tonight...with the TAILS RED!!!! OMG they look amazing. I mean they look like they came straight from the factory. I'll get detailed pics when its light out. In the night shots they look a little dark, but MAN you should see them in the day. If anyone wants the same thing done, my neighbor is more than happy to do it for you. He isn't cheap, but damn did he do a SPECTACULAR JOB. Pics will speak for themselves.

let me first just say our cars were REALLY dirty lol...we didn't intend to do a shoot tonight, but we had like an hour or two to dick around before going to see Transformers 2 (which was awesome) so we stopped in and took these.

These were just kinda a test to see what we want to do with these cars soon in a legit shoot. Again, the lights aren't as dark as they appear here. I'll get day shots tomorrow. They look so effing amazing.

















here is a shot of my old car that I took here...its what I intend to do with these cars when they are washed and my wheels are on all 4 corners lol



also, I am pulling my fenders for SURE (or just rolling). It will just set off the stance of this car like crazy. Wow I never thought I'd be going for looks on this car but its fun as hell!


oh and I don't like this pic...but you all have waited long enough for a side shot lol...so here's one...kinda

so are those your stock 200 tailights tinted red and dark??






they look siiiiiickkkkkkk

yeah they are. I'll go out and snap some in the daytime. Much less dark looking. Seriously if anyone wants this done let me know. Its not the cheapest...but they are super super nice when done.

MAN that looks SWEET!!!

I also love the way your exhaust is angled and stuff, came out perfect!

I need to get my flares and wheels on BAD now after seeing yours!!

All it needs it so TUCK those rears!!!! omg would be so awesome lol

Here are the new components for the front of the car. I don't really have a good plan yet for them, but I'll lay out something tentative.

Midbasses in the door panels, tweeters up on the dash. I need to rewire an unknown amount of the car with good speaker wire. I sure hope it isn't much. Crossovers mounted in the doors. I'll figure out a way to mount the tweets...thats not a big deal at all. The midbasses are however.

They need to be sealed to sound any good, and that seems to mean that I'll have to make some custom enclosures out of fiberglass or something. I don't know how much airspace they need though. I'll have to post up on an audio forum to find out what people think. Whatever I do, I want it to fit behind the stock panels without modification. I can actually sit the whole woofer right under the window reg if I wanted to and it would clear the window when it comes down. So I have plenty of room to cut into the metal frame of the door if I need clearance. Its just a matter of brushing up on my fiberglass skills unless I figure out/you guys suggest something different.

Pics



tried to fit them into the bose housing...not happening lol



I had no idea what was in the doors before...but I figured they'd at least be bigger than what I'd seen in the dash before. No chance. They weren't even sealed in the pods. No wonder they sounded like poo. (for sale if anyone wants)

The new ones kinda dwarf them

loxxrider wrote:All it needs it so TUCK those rears!!!! omg would be so awesome lol

yea c'mon already 8)

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Wooo got the first one (speaker pod mod) finally done. The second will take much less time since I wont be guessing what I have to do.

Its not pretty, but it gets the job done. It will not be seen lol. I threw it on my home theater setup just for shits and ran some bass mechanik just to get the low low stuff and start pumpin some air. I found a couple of leaks this way (actually from holes in the wooden ring I made and where the wires come thru the box), and I siliconed them all up just now. In the morning I will hook it all up in the car and see what she can do! I'll be interested to hear how it sounds ported vs unported.


btw I had to mount it at an angle like that (logo not straight up and down) due to space constraints.




also received word that a package is waiting for me for pickup on monday from Mr. Black. Finally my MAT sensor issue will be taken care of and I'll be ready to tune!!! (and have launch control again MUAHAHAHAHAHH! )

Should also receive tires monday and brake parts should have been here this past week (not Apikol's fault). The shipping company is just being lame. Sooo maybe things will go as planned this week and I can have a tuned car with brakes, the most badass SQ sound system I've had, and new tires! Oh, and all four wheels mounted finally. I wont have to look like a slob with 2 different wheels on the car lol.


AND I got my own air compressor! I believe its a 20 gal or so. It will run the air tools I have all day just fine. :woowoo: I feel like a baller with all of this stuff, but all of it isn't really costing me much of anything except the brake stuff lol. Don't be fooled! I only make minimum wage! :-D

Oh my....

I finalized the driver's side setup today (save for fitting the door panel). Made sure EVERYTHING was sealed up completely.

I then fired it up and was impressed...but I knew something was amiss. It sounded good, but when I went to crank it up it started to sound distorted. I knew it was hardly being put through its paces though. (This is what you call clipping correct?) I then realized that I forgot to wire it bridged to the 500.4.

Once it was bridged, I turned that sucker up without once hearing any kind of distortion. It was super punchy and extended into the lows quite well. Its the RSD experience that I once had in my old car



The only problem is that with the car on, while receiving audio to the Hx-D10 thru the cd-changer that is in the car, I get some kind of ground interference. Not from any of the other inputs though. Unfortunately my Hx-D10 is very, very picky about which CD's it will read so I am forced to use the CD-changer a lot. As soon as I get my ipod put back together that will be a non-issue

Wow, another good day for the Audi.

I picked up my newly repaired ECU. I have launch control back yesssssssssssssss! haha. Its fun too because its on a toggle...AND its connected to the e-brake, so in order for it to work you have to have the toggle on and the e-brake not on the floor. To disengage it just drop the e-brake and you are off.

I should be tuning it on Friday. Also got tires! AND I got brake lines and new wheel bearings. So now everything is ready to go. Now I just need a new can of Pentosin :(

so are you running a staggered tire/ wheel set up?

Yep. Rolling diameter difference is .24% so they are just fine with the tranny.

These are not for a track setup. I will get different wheels for when I want to track the car that don't use adapters but still fit the brakes under there.

I will probably still go staggered offset, but not necessarily staggered width on whatever those are. I just can't help liking the look!

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bad stuff

for the past few times I have driven the car it has been stumbling every once in a while. Maybe once every time I take it out. Well three times now it has stalled, but restarted right away.

Just a minute ago I was on the way to the gym and it stumbled followed by a stall a few seconds later. I cranked it multiple times and nothing. Popped the hood just for shits and couldn't really find anything amiss.

I waited for a few more minutes and then tried to start again, and this time upon cranking it started getting faster after a second (indicative of a little firing action) and as I kept cranking for a few more seconds, it came to life.

The first thing I noticed as it came back was that my launch control was gone...it is constantly on whether i have the toggle switch on or off and whether the e-brake is up or down. I sure hope this isn't another burned board. I can't see why it would be though. Its just getting ground!

The only thing I can think of that might be bothering the ECU is that I've been hearing a pretty significant ground loop through my speakers whenever the car is on. This was happening before I ever installed the new components. You can hear it ONLY when the car is either at idle, accelerating, or cruising. On decel it goes away...speed of clicking increases with RPM too. Power for the coils does run alongside the speaker wires...

hmm now I'm thinking fuel pump.

Tomorrow I am going to take it out and reproduce the problem with a light hooked up to the fp relay or just listen to see if the pump cuts out when this happens. Can anyone tell me where the fp relay is? I haven't researched yet, but as always I put this kind of thing out there just in case someone can get back to me first.

If its a fuel pump, then its upgrade time baby haha. If its just the relay then great. If its neither then I am just confused and frustrated. One reason I have to believe that the fp is going is that its quite loud on prime especially and its definitely very audible when running normally. I have had people ask me if I had an exhaust leak or something but really its just the fp lol.

Both (SEM) ecu's that I have do this, so its not an issue with the ECU. If the fp thing doesnt work out then I can try it back on stock ecu to see if the problem goes away. I really doubt that though.

just bumping this up so I can get help ASAP.

I am thinking more and more that its a fuel pump. I don't want to spend that kind of money right now though.