Anonymous mk5 Build-up

[Santi]

Owner told me he didnt want me to put his name, he'll come around when ever its done.

We got all kinds of goodies to work with.

Brand New FK Coils
2 aerospot bags
2 airhouse 2 bags w/ baak2basics brackets
easystreet management
airlift manifolds
2 smc watertraps
dual 380 chrome kit
5 gallon aluminum tank

going on a white mk5 from SFL.

1 problem, one of the manifolds, the harness came broken, so hopefully Kevin can take care of business since it was drop ship, not shipped form him directly. It plugs in to work, but i dont want him to run a broken manifold if he payed for a new one, even though i might be able to fix it.

Look, sweet boxes.

the manifolds, w/ the broken harness.

But Jeremy@ Airlift took care of it no problems!!! Big props to them!

4 port tank, only need 4, i hate the 8 port tanks people get that have that ugly port on top.

the rest of the goodies, leader lines, bags, controller, etc...

the sweet compressors.

the rear cups. even though it doesnt have the top pieces.

tomorrow friday the 10th i should receive all of the fittings so i cna start putting some of that together. everything else will be started on saturday.

Modified by Santi at 3:57 PM 10-10-2008

[michaelmark5]

[runnin9z]

nice another mkv to look at, Santi your the man.

[Plain]

HAHAH Anonymous. LOL.

Quote »

the rear cups. even though it doesnt have the top pieces.

Hmm, are you sure the top pieces aren't inside the cups, like they upper and lower are bolted together to conserve size when packaging it?


Modified by Plain at 9:04 AM 10-10-2008

[f_399]

cant wait to see it!!!

[From 2 to 5]

Quote, originally posted by Plain »

HAHAH Anonymous. LOL. Hmm, are you sure the top pieces aren't inside the cups, like they upper and lower are bolted together to conserve size when packaging it?

PAUL!! hahah beat me too it was just read this and went... un never seen no cup with a lid on it like that.. but hey what do i know..

[runnin9z]

Santi whats your opinion on those manifold valves? I have those on my lost of potential valves to use in my project and wouldn't mind some feed back on them.

Also i really just want to be able to control the front, back , and pancake. and not side to side. would i be able to do this with just one of those manifolds?

[From 2 to 5]

Quote, originally posted by runnin9z »

Santi whats your opinion on those manifold valves? I have those on my lost of potential valves to use in my project and wouldn't mind some feed back on them. Also i really just want to be able to control the front, back , and pancake. and not side to side. would i be able to do this with just one of those manifolds?

if you like ballooning then sure.. I had a 4v set up on my mk2.. taking turns was like a carnival ride.. well thats an exaggeration.. but it still ballooned.

[Santi]

Quote, originally posted by Plain »

HAHAH Anonymous. LOL. Hmm, are you sure the top pieces aren't inside the cups, like they upper and lower are bolted together to conserve size when packaging it?

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeropost?cmd=reply&id=52106662#

I guess ur right, but i dont have the pieces with me, those cups are at the owners house. so idk.

Quote, originally posted by runnin9z »

Santi whats your opinion on those manifold valves? I have those on my lost of potential valves to use in my project and wouldn't mind some feed back on them. Also i really just want to be able to control the front, back , and pancake. and not side to side. would i be able to do this with just one of those manifolds?

i like them a lot, mostly because they are compact and they are direct plug & play for the easystreet controller. but u could do a 4 valve, i personally dont see why, cus u get transfer of air between corners and like Chris said, its ballooning.

[jason@bda-felgen]

oh santi likes these valves? who woulda thunk it?

[Jeremy@AirLift]

Did Kevin get you taken care of on the broken manifold? If not let me know and I will get you a new one ASAP! jhart@airliftcompany.com

[Santi]

Quote, originally posted by jason@bda-felgen »

oh santi likes these valves? who woulda thunk it?

i always have, they are just usually more money, so sometimes people dont wanna spend the extra money, BUT i need to do a price brakedown for them compared to 1 way valves, including all fittings, because i'm starting to think that the difference in price isnt going to be much, and worth having the extra space, and easiness of install.

Quote, originally posted by Jeremy@AirLift »

Did Kevin get you taken care of on the broken manifold? If not let me know and I will get you a new one ASAP! jhart@airliftcompany.com

HUGE Props to Jeremy for taking care of the harness.

[runnin9z]

Quote, originally posted by From 2 to 5 »

if you like ballooning then sure.. I had a 4v set up on my mk2.. taking turns was like a carnival ride.. well thats an exaggeration.. but it still ballooned.

o ok, yeah that makes sence. thanks for that bit of info.

[vdub-ranger]

do work son

[silver saloon]

lookin good so far cant wait to see it done

[dubbr]

Hotness, can't wait to see it up and running. Thumbs up.

[Santi]

Got all the fittings today. cant wait to start this tomorrow. My goal is to finish the car all in one day.

[candywhitevdub]

Quote, originally posted by Santi »

Got all the fittings today. cant wait to start this tomorrow. My goal is to finish the car all in one day.

pretty damn ambitious. cant wait to see another "air by santi" build

[woody89]

Should be a good build.

Let see some pics today Santi.

[diive4sho]

You should have received the top portion of the brackets...ask "anonymous" to double check and if they are actually missing I'll take care of it. Good luck with the build and as usual can't wait to see another santi build.

[runnin9z]

Just curious, why did the owner decide to buy brand new coilovers just ot put bags on them. Is there a reason he didn't just go with masion-techs' or bag yards.

I can understand guy that already had coils and wanting bags to just do bag overs.

please enlighten me lol

[f_399]

not sure but i think fk's go as low as mason techs and may be cheaper?

[Santi]

Quote, originally posted by candywhitevdub »

pretty damn ambitious. cant wait to see another "air by santi" build

yeah, the 1 day build didnt happen at all, it definitely took the 2 full days. It was 20hrs total.

Quote, originally posted by woody89 »

Should be a good build. Let see some pics today Santi.

got pics of everything, except the front. I'll upload them in a few.

Quote, originally posted by diive4sho »

You should have received the top portion of the brackets...ask "anonymous" to double check and if they are actually missing I'll take care of it. Good luck with the build and as usual can't wait to see another santi build.

yeah they were inside the the bigger cups, btw u got PM.

Quote, originally posted by runnin9z »

Just curious, why did the owner decide to buy brand new coilovers just ot put bags on them. Is there a reason he didn't just go with masion-techs' or bag yards. I can understand guy that already had coils and wanting bags to just do bag overs. please enlighten me lol

yeah. new coils, for new bags.

reason why we didnt go with mason tech is because if a bag blows, ur screwed until a new bag comes in, unlike with coils u cna put the spring on temporarily.

also to get as low as fk coils w/ bags, mason tech kit is 1500 for fronts only.

bagyards are cool, go low, no mk5 has them yet, so idk how low those will go. also there is a long wait for them, and we didnt know about the group buy until everything had been ordered.

idk if that was enlightening enough.

Quote, originally posted by f_399 »

not sure but i think fk's go as low as mason techs and may be cheaper?

yeah pretty much.

UPDATE

Uploading pics now.

[Santi]

Continuation from this weekend. 11th-12th.

Got the power wire, also bought 40amp fuse, since the kit comes with a 25.

Got a euro cubby dash thing.

to make it fit a US spec car there is like 3 f'ing stupid brackets that need to come off, is nto hard, its jsut annoying cus i thought the thing would go right in.

decided to do something a little unique with the controller, after being approved by owner. His name is Sebastian, everyone calls him Seb. It looks pretty cool. I used flat clear also!

Mock up of how things were gonna be setup in the spare tire.
http://forum.eurghetto.com/ind...d=2.0

Cut the wood for the floor.

got tank fittings all done, watertraps done, sending unit done!

in order for the tank to sit as far back as i wanted i had to notch the legs a little bit.

got tank mounted and compressors.

then got manifolds bolted up.

Apparently the manifolds dont come with brackets unless you add the other part number for them, so we had to make some work. thanx to ACE.

got the stuff back in the car.

then made the frame to raise the floor

made some notches on the wood, i didnt wanna make one big notch since this is going to be supporting w/e the owner throws back there, for now a spare tire so it needs to be as solid as possible.

then finished the wiring, and got juice out of it!

even w/ manifolds its a pin in the ass to hide all of the wires, i did clean it up some later.

from the front side

damn this car is freakin tall.... REAR

FRONT.

Rear cups.

Had to make my own window for the airline to go out. It didnt come with one.

Also made hte whole for the fitting bigger since we moved the bag over 1 bolt to make more room between the bag and the shock bolt.

and after cutting the top and bottom cups u can see the difference its almost 3" just by doing that.

got hte bag all bolted in!!

the box of brand new stuff. Its crazy, we only used the shocks. there was so much extra stuff. hahahha

notched the collars to clear the fitting/leader line

got leader lines put on the front bags

cut the bearing on the bottom, and took the metal plate off, another 1/2"-3/4" of simple modifications!

got the whole strut put together.

and to compare w/ the stock one!!

And here is the rear! i forgot to measure, i'll do it this weekend when i see the car again.

And the trunk floor.

I didnt get any pictures of the front all the way down. We were rushing to get it all done, and the last thing i thought about was grabing my camera. But i'll have pics and measurements of that this weekend, unless the Seb can do it.

I can tell u its tucking tire at least, and thats w/ 1" of thread left on the coils, and no notch. After the notch, and the new wheels thing is gonna be sitting on the floor for sure!

I also didnt get to cut the pockets for the side of the floor, there is gonna be pockets on both sides of the floor. small, but enough to put basic emergency tools or w/e else.

Thing still left to do by owner:
-Notch frame
-remove front sway-

thanx for looking!

[J. Thorpe]

Nice job, you make it look so easy.

[vdub-ranger]

i cant see the pics

[Santi]

Quote, originally posted by J. Thorpe »

Nice job, you make it look so easy.

it is easy, there is just a lot of small things that take time!

[LiL ShuteS]

nice clean install Santi

is that it and its back to the owner or you still got a few bits left to do?

[Santi]

Quote, originally posted by LiL ShuteS »

nice clean install Santi is that it and its back to the owner or you still got a few bits left to do?

well i still need to change that broken harness but thats it.

everything else is up to the owner, frame notch, sway removal, new wheels and tires.

[bLeW-DuB]

looking good.

[candywhitevdub]

good work! nice n' clean

[IvIikeWhy]

i need a new trunk , good work though santi!

[Santi]

Quote, originally posted by IvIikeWhy »

i need a new trunk , good work though santi!

dude, bring it by so we can finish it, and maybe we can run to jo-ann fabrics and get some sick material

[candywhitevdub]

Quote, originally posted by Santi »

dude, bring it by so we can finish it, and maybe we can run to jo-ann fabrics and get some sick material

jo-ann fabrics is weak, son! hancock is where its atttt

[runnin9z]

Santi, pics aret working.

EDIT: never mind i lied, my computer just being a slow whore.


Modified by runnin9z at 9:51 PM 10-13-2008