Bay shots with a little wire tuck...

[vwluger22]

should have thought about doing something like that

Sorry thought I had mentioned that in my first post.

[pennsydubbin]

Sorry thought I had mentioned that in my first post.

Nah don't worry about it its fine. I found something to plug it so that's all I care about.

[thygreyt]

not even SOWO ready, but this is how it looks as of yesterday. i covered some wires later... but then i removed the intake mani in order to clean it, and 2 o-rings got damaged... o well.

[pennsydubbin]

looks real good

[thygreyt]

looks real good

thanks!

i still have some more things to do during this weekend... then it will look REAL good.

imma polish some more parts down there, clean the already polished parts, and then: picture time.

right now the car has no intake mani nor coolant, nor coolant bottle lol... which is perfect for cleaning stuff.

[thygreyt]

so, i have been polishing for the last 3 days...

long story short, i was doing a coolant flush, and i decided to remove the mani for proper mirror polishing... on wednesday afternoon... lol

the plan is to mirror polish some parts under the hood... which included the mani.

upon the removal of the mani, 2 of the o-rings fell from the mani. I made some calls and in the end the OWNER of HEP sent em a text with the o rings info... The funny thing was that i found em! but they sold em as a pack of 100. i'm going to send some 35s to tom@aptuning who has been more than helpful... i will keep some 60.

if ANYONE ever needs some more HEP mani O-rings, let me know.
pack of 100:


after 30ish hours of a lot of sanding, wet sanding, rubbing compound and mother's polish this was the result:

me, almost done... at this point sanding was done... i was just going to start with the rubbing compound and mother's polish


all done. its a mirror now.

[thygreyt]

Sowo ready


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[goin2fast]

Looking good. Follow the more than candy white gti progress over here. Some shinny stuff included. http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...y-Ladies/page8

[thygreyt]

thanks.

lol, i have been reading your thread since day one..

[thygreyt]

the side view... i cleaned it all over!

[goin2fast]

Nice.

[nothing-leaves-stock]

looking good fred. mind if i lend a few tips that may clean up little bits? if not now worries...figured i'd ask 1st

[thygreyt]

looking good fred. mind if i lend a few tips that may clean up little bits? if not now worries...figured i'd ask 1st

sure, go ahead!

[thygreyt]

new pic:

shiny everywhere!

[nothing-leaves-stock]

just a few things i've done and see you could make a bit cleaner...not down grading what you have done, it looks good...just a few bits to help out.

-coolant line front the front battery area back can be hidden better, under the big rad hose.
-the tb vac line can be ran under the intake manifold and almost be hidden 100%....mostly on the pass/side.
-coil wires that come down the front IS cleaner the oem but you can run them back down the back part of the head, cleaning up the front part, then run the wires from the cam sensors near the injectors.
-find mk3 aba ful line C clips and they can hold the fuel and evap lines together making it clean on the p/s by the head.
- the trans mount bolts...take them out and buy SS ones for cheap and they are just as safe, polish them.
-use oem clothc tape and not electrical...looks cleaner
-turbo it

[thygreyt]

just a few things i've done and see you could make a bit cleaner...not down grading what you have done, it looks good...just a few bits to help out.

1-coolant line front the front battery area back can be hidden better, under the big rad hose.

2-the tb vac line can be ran under the intake manifold and almost be hidden 100%....mostly on the pass/side.

3-coil wires that come down the front IS cleaner the oem but you can run them back down the back part of the head, cleaning up the front part, then run the wires from the cam sensors near the injectors.

4-find mk3 aba ful line C clips and they can hold the fuel and evap lines together making it clean on the p/s by the head.

5- the trans mount bolts...take them out and buy SS ones for cheap and they are just as safe, polish them.

6-use oem clothc tape and not electrical...looks cleaner

7-turbo it

1- the little line? the one thats on top of the big rad hose?

2- i could route it under the mani, yes. but with the BIG motor mount braket and the mani, there is hardly any room there to squeeze the line. plus, running it this way gives a black background to the polish, it makes it stand out a bit more.

3- ?

4- will look into it.

5- i still have some more polishing. i want to improve the look of the timing cover. will work some more this week.
i might polish the part thats under the tranny mount... we'll see.

6- i know, but it gets VERY dirty VERY fast. i'm holding from doing it untill sowo is closer.

7- soon. i'm saving and planing.

i'm thinking on using the CTS 750 hp race intecooler core. its a FMIC and a 5858

[thygreyt]

taking on the tips today.

more polishing today, expect more and better shininess.

[TylerO28]

Fred, you're going to need to wet sand up to 2000 to get mirror shine.and you'll need a high powered rotary machine with some buffing wheels.
Search for zephyr or keystone mill treated air way wheels.its the only way you'll get mirror finish. If you need pics I'll send you a few

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[thygreyt]

Fred, you're going to need to wet sand up to 2000 to get mirror shine.and you'll need a high powered rotary machine with some buffing wheels.
Search for zephyr or keystone mill treated air way wheels.its the only way you'll get mirror finish. If you need pics I'll send you a few

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thanks. i've got it covered.

[thygreyt]

a little dirty because of all the late rain... its been non stop since friday. it suks to have rain all the time.

anyways, here is what it looks like

[TylerO28]

think i should bump this, only because i have a little project in the works again....

pics to follow shortly... i hope everyone is as excited as i am!

a little clean up crew has been working in my bay lately

[chadone]

This thread needs a bump

[spartanrabbit09]

bumping this


DSCN9628 by spartanrabbit09, on Flickr


DSCN9623 by spartanrabbit09, on Flickr

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

Do you want to relocate my fuse box for me! I DON'T WANT TO DO IT, but I need too.

[spartanrabbit09]

Do you want to relocate my fuse box for me! I DON'T WANT TO DO IT, but I need too.

The hardest thing was mounting the fuse box in the glove box and making everything look pretty.

But unfortunately it is one of those projects i will never do again. I glad its done and did it but never again lol.

Hopefully ill get started on the headlight harnesses in a couple weeks, i just figure out were to run the wires thru to get to the fender.

[chadone]

The hardest thing was mounting the fuse box in the glove box and making everything look pretty.

But unfortunately it is one of those projects i will never do again. I glad its done and did it but never again lol.

Hopefully ill get started on the headlight harnesses in a couple weeks, i just figure out were to run the wires thru to get to the fender.

I need details on all this as I told u before.

[Rodlund]

This just makes me looked less and less forward to moving my fuse box

[jettred3]

a little dirty because of all the late rain... its been non stop since friday. it suks to have rain all the time.

anyways, here is what it looks like

get rid of the red vaccuum cap, go black or plug it off alltogether.

[chadone]

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

Looks good. The one piece Cai looks great.

[Senor Sneaky]

yum

[thygreyt]

hes not done!

wait till resistors come in, and then its a matter of start removing hoses!

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

hes not done!

wait till resistors come in, and then its a matter of start removing hoses!

What is the proper resistor to delete the sai? Might do it.

[TylerO28]

330ohm

Sent from the bottomless pits of HELL!

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

330ohm

Sent from the bottomless pits of HELL!

Thanks man. Any pics or tips for how it gets wired in?