c5 s6 teaser...

[shadowdglx]

Bumping this thread......looking for feedback on how the rear setup is working. Looking at doing either same or similar.

Thanks!

The rear setup is working just fine. Only thing I wish is more dampening on the rear shocks. That being said some bolt in kits have none.

[shadowdglx]

Should be able to get the car in this week to finish the tanks...next thing on my bucket list is learning how to tig aluminum so I'm never in this spot ever again waiting on someone's "schedule" to free up. I've been on air for two months now and haven't even been able to lay it out unless a compressor and line is near by...

Anyone seen this before?...awesome.

[thepirate]

Thats pretty sweet. I've seen a couple guys on AZ plasti-dip their cars.

[shadowdglx]

Thats pretty sweet. I've seen a couple guys on AZ plasti-dip their cars.

Have you seen one in person?

[thepirate]

Have you seen one in person?

No. I've seen trim and stuff but not a whole car....you thinking about doing it? It looks almost like vinyl wrapping but easier and cheaper.

[shadowdglx]

No. I've seen trim and stuff but not a whole car....you thinking about doing it? It looks almost like vinyl wrapping but easier and cheaper.

I have a rs6 bumper to toss on before summer and thinking of doing the car instead of $400 for just the bumper...

[shadowdglx]

Well still waiting on the tanks to be shortened... Pretty chapped about it.
At least I'll have the wheels ready to fit when it's functioning...

[thepirate]

Those look great

[35i 2000]

The idea of modifying your air tank in anyway is a huge problem and I will explain why. The important thing is that fortunately nobody got hurt from this incident and hopefully a whole lot of people can learn what not to do.

The cause of failure in this situation was not poor welds or poor fabrication. Instead it has to do with the way that internal stresses work in a pressure vessel. First, the drawing below will help to wrap your mind around the way that the internal pressure turns into longitudinal stress or "tension" inside the walls of a cylinder:

Now that you understand the "tension" that is present in all of the material once the tank is pressurized, imagine what adding a corner does to this mix. A corner in tension tries to flatten itself out essentially. The corner becomes a point of concentrated stress and if the stress exceeds the yield point of the material it will fracture.

This is why typical air tanks have no corners, (i.e. the end caps are shaped more like a sphere rather than just a flat cap welded on). To wrap this all up into one sentence, a sphere would be the most optimal shape for an air tank and a cube would be the worst shape for an air tank.

I just ran a quick simulation on our tank with a similar "notch" installed with 0.125" wall thickness everywhere and the assumption of perfect welds. This shows where the stresses are highest (which essentially caused the rupture) and shows the exaggerated deformation:

Pre-Deformed:


Deformed after Pressure:


I would strongly suggest putting your creativity into other parts of your air suspension system and NOT modifying your air tanks in ANY way so that we can hopefully never see a thread like this again.

SW simulation!

awesome way to explain it

[arethirdytwo]

Love the wheels but I really feel like the flat black with be a bear to handle. I had some flat stuff and had it immediately redone in satin black. The flat was like a chalkboard.

[shadowdglx]

Love the wheels but I really feel like the flat black with be a bear to handle. I had some flat stuff and had it immediately redone in satin black. The flat was like a chalkboard.

i had a satin black 72 blazer that wasn't to bad. the plasti dip stuff is pretty resilient.

maybe make my own color...

[scharged]

IIRC items that are pressure rated at a certain PSI means the product can MAINTAIN that pressure for a given amount of time. In addition the product needs to be able to withstand a pressure 4x that amount for a much smaller amount of time.

200psi rated tank is pressure tested at the manufacturer at 800psi. Someone chime in if this is incorrect but that's what I've been told.

Sorry to hear about your setback but looking forward to your next setup.

MAOP is usually around 3-4 times less than test burst pressure for composite pipeline...I would definitely test at least double of operating pressure

[shadowdglx]

MAOP is usually around 3-4 times less than test burst pressure for composite pipeline...I would definitely test at least double of operating pressure

new tanks aren't being notched. just shortened... shouldn't be a problem

[shadowdglx]

Still waiting on functionality... Doesn't mean we can have a little fun.

[shadowdglx]

Lines...!!!

[thepirate]

That looks so good....

[shadowdglx]

E level works!!! Fully functional air and it only took three months.

[shadowdglx]

Yup

[Slo.Mo.Shun]

[thepirate]

More pics ASAP

[shadowdglx]

More pics ASAP

soon...

[LAYINLOW]

Yup

Is this aired out??

[shadowdglx]

Is this aired out??

Yup sitting on tire front and rear.

[LAYINLOW]

i figured this would be tucking more. Looks great though

[shadowdglx]

With 10" wide wheels and a low offset it pokes and rests on the tires.
With a set of 19x8.5 NUE's I had on it it tucked pretty good. The front control arms hit and the rears bottom out.

[Streetsoffire]

Damn. I gotta start visiting other sections of this board........that looks effing good. Air, with poke.......and V8 muscle? Yup.

[shadowdglx]

Damn. I gotta start visiting other sections of this board........that looks effing good. Air, with poke.......and V8 muscle? Yup.

Thanks...rs6 bumper and all interior panels painted now...

[shadowdglx]

A few more pics... Got grills?






The painted interior is like new drapes, really classes up the place.

[rollininstyle2004]

A few more pics... Got grills?






The painted interior is like new drapes, really classes up the place.

Pics arent working for me

[shadowdglx]

Stupid tapatalk...

[98DUB]

[shadowdglx]

Pics arent working for me

Pics up now...

[shadowdglx]

[thepirate]

Looks so good! I need a wagon in my life.

[shadowdglx]

Thanks man. The rs6 bumper really sets it off...