$750 95 TSi AWD Panda (continued)

[crash89]

Cant see pics from post 10 on...

 

[HaveBlue83]

OKAY!, ALL pictures on this page are now FIXED . No more broken links...finally.

and here's a photo shoot because I love my car



















sexiest power bump evarrrrr


Rolled over 166K this evening!

 

[hahaha38]

The car is looking good man. I like what you did with the emblem.

 

[TheDonDSMAk]

I cant lie i think this sis the best panda i seen on here & dopest Front bumper too

 

[danielsl1999gsx]

Gosh this is sooo clean! i am really considering cutting my bumper now. Keep up the good work!

 

[4cedFed]

Very clean looking, I personally don't like the vent you made in the bumper, but to each his own. Overally regardless of the vent or not, my favorite is still the look of the 2gb Talon.. I wish I was able to find one when I bought my GSX ..

 

[HaveBlue83]

My friend Steven Cole took this @ an indoor garage car meet....he's an amazing Photographer!




and before I forget.....once again....I dyed my headliner black! Rit Dye is great stuff . took me an hour or so, was tedious and fun. if you do this....be prepared to make a mess and have a strained back . i have to cleanup a tiny but from the mirror areas but it wipes right off anything that ISN'T fabric! really cool stuff. I used this on the carpet with great results in some spots.

First coat going on...


fully dyed (trim removed):









I hope to have the A & B pillar covers sprayed the Krylon Ultra-Flat like the kick panels are when it warms up outside. I have found that it really is durable paint and is very resistant. Was recommended to me by a fellow DSMtuner. It's not made in black, so it's going to be sprayed black. Everything else is from a junkyard and OEM black. As long as it's done cleanly it's not ricer! Promise. By now you should see I try my best to do a clean job

 

[HaveBlue83]

these 99 spyder seats SUUUUCK. flat like old pancakes. my ass hurt after 45min rides. shits weak.

I decided, "hey, lemme cram this nice memory foam pillow into my seat bottom and try it out"

so I did:









I didn't secure the rear part on purpose. i wanted that area as puffy as possible as theres only about an inch of foam before you hit metal. wish they made a deeper bucket in that area. 3G's are much better. I cant really fix the side sections, too much work.

in the cold it takes a few min to sink in , but it works much better, molds to my ass. . I dont have back/butt bone pain anymore, so it worked!

Also got another 2ga front emblem that will go on the rear. its i much better condition. its getting the white treatment like the front emblem got. halfway finished so far:





All scraped clean/black touched up, ready for white

 

[HaveBlue83]

haven't done much to the panda recently, been having fun with my rifles

Latest things that I picked up:

-HAFE mani for $200 shipped with EWG flange casted in
-new Precision 39mm WG from extremePSI

working on having a Grimspeed-style EWG flapper door holder made so I dont have to weld the 16G. I'm looking to throw that setup on soon and use the Megan Recirc'd O2 housing as the area to recirc the EWG. The plan is to just cut the recirc tube off and run a pipe to the hole. not a big fan of dumped WG's. pictures soon of the pretty parts

 

[TSITurbo95]

Subscribed! Car looks badass!! Keep up the good work.

 

[HaveBlue83]

okey dokey.....im painting the emblem white and looking at how this EWG is gonna be talking to my Fan Clarence....right now Clarence is losing . gonna have to get a thread going on exactly how ppl made this mani work...I KNOW i have picts of one guy using a 45 deg pipe to tip the EWG up more.

and one of the pretty panda

 

[jpmxrider489]

looks real good. What made you go back to the 2g mani instead of the FP mani?

 

[HaveBlue83]

extreme boost creep from the e316g.

running off of JUST WG pressure I have:

-12psi @ 3-4K
-15-20psi @ 4-5K
-25psi+ into KNOCK at 5.5-6K

if i tie in my GS MBC its 25psi from 3k and knocks quickly.

was gonna do o2 EWG but my buddy convinced me to run it off the runner for better control. its just gonna be harder to install. Will be making a Grimmspeed type flapper door holder as well.

 

[19BLACKGST98]

Love the look of your car. What did you use to make the cut on your bumper so clean? When I cut 2 holes in that area a few years ago it didnt turn out how I had planned. Maybe I can cut the holes a little bigger to clean it up some.

 

[sypherzero]

Looking sick man! One of the best 2G builds on here.

 

[HaveBlue83]

Love the look of your car. What did you use to make the cut on your bumper so clean? When I cut 2 holes in that area a few years ago it didnt turn out how I had planned. Maybe I can cut the holes a little bigger to clean it up some.

dremel. just usete sander orange bit. go WITH the rotation and it cuts smooth.

Looking sick man! One of the best 2G builds on here.

thx man, im still slow .

 

[HaveBlue83]

Will be attempting HAFE manifold install this weekend so I can fit up the EWG and look for dump tube routing until I can get it recirc'd. worst case I just make a quick blockoff plate and do it later. here's some pictures of my ugly DSM until then!

 

[tfaulk21]

i'd love to know whether you made your gauge panel where the vents used to be or bought them, if you bought them where? i've looked everywhere but none have three. only like one with safc fitting or two holes.

 

[19BLACKGST98]

He made it.
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Check out the OPs first post...click the link in that post to get to where he built it.

 

[HaveBlue83]

well, I made the first one....and then when I redid the gauges it cracked on me so i Hunted one down and found a legit OG old skool one in the marketplace for about $50 and snagged it. they no longer make these because they were the best, and you know how good things never last. its a simple design that someone could make, but i cant weld so i cant do it.


guess what???? that's right! read on for goodies!

I am using the OEM IWG actuator to keep the door shut as a quick fix until i have the door secured with wire/custom bracket. seems to work fine.

Here's what I came up with for a dump tube:

Painted with 2000deg grille paint:

Looks great:

here's where It comes out (i removed the Rad drip tube):

and I got bored and did this tonight:

 

[HaveBlue83]

Small update: Switched to NGK BR7ES plugs and my knock cleared up big time at 5k! might be able to get it dyno tuned by K.P. soon. Valve seals are still worn but the car is finally able to rev out to 7k

Drivers Side seat bottom stitching let go on me yesterday, more repairs

 

[TheFallenJosh]

I hope you dont mind but I love the way that emblem looks next to your license plate, so I'm gonna steal that idea for my Talon!

 

[Purple_Demon]

I absolutely adore those wheels. Props for the heat shied XD

I must ask, how does that gauge cluster work if you wanna use the heat ?

 

[2nd Gen Mnstr]

looks great man. dont listen tot he people that say they like the 2g talon FB i think the 2g eclipse FB looks great and its very unique keep up the progress.

 

[HaveBlue83]

i only use defrost/floor usually. i have yet to block off the vent section so it doesn't Push air behind my gauges. i just deal with it. no AC either but it was broken anyways

thx on the wheels & bumper guys. I am due for tires and after searching and searching I can't bear to not run the Enkei's. I love em too much so they will get new rubber