95 TSi Build - wire tuck / brake line tuck / engine bay shave

[awddarrell]

jeez bro I could only wish for a car with that much attn. to detail, i guess if I had time, I could do something along those lines, but I am a very impatient man,
you sir did a very nice job.

 

[GAMEOVER]

The brakes have no leaks and no where near my.first time flaring lines... the brakes work flawless and I have dot5 in those lines as well...

And thank you sir. There was a lot more things I was supposed to do to it,but I had to put it back together because I lost my daily driver...

I'll try to post pictures of my bay later... I need to wipe it down first. Haha

 

[andyb2637]

Great looking car, I am in the process of removing my engine for the first time so I think I'm going to end up trying to get it as clean as yours as possible .

 

[RedTsi_PR]

Awesome project man!

 

[marineeagle28]

Great work sir. That is a project anyone here should be proud of!

 

[Robbyd]

looks very good!

 

[DSMReviver]

Looking at your car makes me very sad. I think ill go home now(shoulder shrug)

 

[Tim_I]

awesome build car is def one of the sickiest DSM's ive seen. hopefully my 1g will look that clean some day

 

[bradikus7]

I hope this isn't too ridiculous of a question but I want to know anyway. I see a lot of build threads with people shaving and painting the engine bay. They always come out amazing. Just curious what did you use to sand it all down? Wire wheels, sand paper by hand, sand blasting? Car looks great by the way.

 

[Blurred Talon]

After you weld the unneeded holes you might need to use filler, then hand sanding until smooth, then prime, then paint. It's a very involved process.

There's a huge thread over on Honda Tech talking about shaved bays, now it might be a Honda site but the idea is still the same.

 

[jw4free]

Might have missed it in your pictures, but where did you put your engine bay fuse box?

Nice job. You did a huge amount of good quality work in a short amount of time.

 

[ChiTownHussla]

The brakes have no leaks and no where near my.first time flaring lines... the brakes work flawless and I have dot5 in those lines as well...

And thank you sir. There was a lot more things I was supposed to do to it,but I had to put it back together because I lost my daily driver...

I'll try to post pictures of my bay later... I need to wipe it down first. Haha

Dot 5? I thought we werent supposed to use that because of all its negative qualities?

The brakes have no leaks and no where near my.first time flaring lines... the brakes work flawless and I have dot5 in those lines as well...

And thank you sir. There was a lot more things I was supposed to do to it,but I had to put it back together because I lost my daily driver...

I'll try to post pictures of my bay later... I need to wipe it down first. Haha

Dot 5? I thought we werent supposed to use that because of all its negative qualities?

 

[johnovision27]

Kudos to the clean build!

 

[Jonnyktm]

I want to be able to do this kind of stuff someday...

 

[DeathdealerATX]

sick build man

 

[lglracer]

Looks really good. Makes me want to start mine and do all the wire tuck. Thanks for the little ideas on where to hide stuff.

 

[ALLOUT CL55]

Where did you get that rood spoiler from? Nice build BTW!!

 

[Disturbance]

Amazing work. Love the whole clean look the entire car has. Great job!

 

[Boostinsideways]

Where did you get that rood spoiler from? Nice build BTW!!

Read the thread, he says he got from some guy in a parking lot one day.

 

[Alex7747]

any updates? i would also like to know what you did with the fuse box? where'd you mount it?

 

[GAMEOVER]

There's really not much to update... Besides the fuse box location, what else are you guys interested in knowing? Seriously... Let me know and I'll update. Thanks for viewing my thread...

The fuse box is mounted under the passenger headlight with weather protection on the frame.. I don't drive it when it rains anyway because I deleted the complete wiper and windshield washer system.

 

[yoshi_tony]

There's really not much to update... Besides the fuse box location, what else are you guys interested in knowing? Seriously... Let me know and I'll update. Thanks for viewing my thread...

The fuse box is mounted under the passenger headlight with weather protection on the frame.. I don't drive it when it rains anyway because I deleted the complete wiper and windshield washer system.

pics of your weather protection piece and how you did it or where did you buy it? because i did mine like that also but i was trying to figure out what i can do to protect it from the rain or dust storms

 

[4g63dsmer]

Awesome build man looks good and i would like to see how you did your battery relocation.

 

[Alex7747]

pics of your weather protection piece and how you did it or where did you buy it? because i did mine like that also but i was trying to figure out what i can do to protect it from the rain or dust storms

x2.

i mounted my fuse box under the passenger headlight a while ago but then it rained pretty bad and i drove it like that(nothing happened but i scared the crap out of me haha)

Do you have any pictures of the weather protection?

 

[GAMEOVER]

yeah.. im taking my motor back out today to redo the engine bay, i wasnt too happy with it because i know i could of done better, and im going to be redoing the brake lines aswell. and rebuilding my evo3 trans. ill get some pictures up today at the end of the day... ill be taking pictures while i work and post them later.