Another slammed b5 build thread.....of epic proportions

[Chuckdee]

Are you driving this car or parking it?

Nice set of 255/40 Dunlops won't look quite as, um, silly, but they sure will be more fun going around corners.

Seriously.

Da fauq?!? 255/40's?

And to answer "OMG BRO ARE YOU SERIOUSLY DRIVING DAT LOW WITH SUCH SKINNY AZZ TYRES?!?" question, yeah and I still do above the speed limit. Driving in a slammed b5 makes me more aware of the road conditions but it won't stop me from driving it like I stole it. Plus 205/40/17's isn't a big deal. 195/40/17's however.....(and yes they do exist. Ask me how do I know)

Sssssshhhh yes they did. It was a scientific experiment!

so it's been scientifically proven, 255/40's cannot work with a slammed b5

I guess you've never seen a drift car with an aggressive setup...I hear those guys are pretty calm in the corners.

I know right?


I know, I know, I should update my thread with updated pics. I'll try to today seeing i washed it yesterday for a car meet which I ended up not going to. So it's all sparkling clean for nothing.

[Mihai_A4-B5_]

you know what you need most of all? some better pics

[NeedingAnAudi]

so it's been scientifically proven, 255/40's cannot work with a slammed b5

Front is very tight and fender are very unhappy. Rear had no problem.

[Chuckdee]

you know what you need most of all? some better pics

this is true lol. I'll hop to it but sadly not today. Low gas+no funds=stationary B5. When I'm off this Wednesday, definitely.

Front is very tight and fender are very unhappy. Rear had no problem.

There's always never seem to be a problem with the rear.

[Chuckdee]

Update:

Some In between pics of my progress.

before polishing the lips:


during....


after


That same night I painted the centers a caramel-peanut butter brown, with a hint of metallic flakes.




I had higher expectations for the color, so i'm already thinking of changing it to a different color.

Process of assembling the wheels together the next day,


tires mounted that evening:



Polished those hazy headlights with a Turtle wax polishing kit. Pretty legit IMO


(before: Right side, after: Left)

And current shots of it this morning:







This past weekend I've added a set of 6000k HID for the low beams. It's a bit blue-green-ish for my taste, was hoping for a Xenon bright oem white. So I'm gonna switch down to 5500 or 5000 (which ever i can find first)

So for the next couple of months, my main goal is to work on the little problems and CEL issues I have with the car. I need to replace the LCD gauge cluster screen and cam chain tensioner among other things. Then after all that, probably I'll work on getting a tune and full exhaust done. Who knows from that point on.

[Chuckdee]

Le photoshoot ....I did this like last tuesday but I'm just now posting them lol.






















...and sadly we shall bring this chapter to a close, cause now I have plans to sell the car. This past friday I got my car towed from the downtown area (such a stupid situation) and after retrieving it on saturday, I hear this loud squeaking noise on the driver side that would vibrate the whole car at 3000 rpm. It sounds like a suspension part is loose but idk what part it is.

Spent all yesterday trying to find the noise but no luck. At that point, it was a dealbreaker for me. I got out of my first car of 5 years to get away from dealing with constant fixing and maintenance. It would be nice to finally have a car that i don't have to worry about fixing one problem after another, after another.

So seeing this may cause me an unnecessary amount of stress just from trying to fix it, I'm gonna get up out under it and sell it. I'm disappointed it had to come to this, but life ain't worth trying to solve problems for something that shouldn't cause you problems.


I will be selling the wheels and coilovers soon. So if you want a legit set of style 5's in 5x112, PM me.

[bronz]

mannn, i totally understand you. thats how it was for me too. what are you thinking about next?

[Chuckdee]

mannn, i totally understand you. thats how it was for me too. what are you thinking about next?

Yeah I wish i can upgrade to a new CC like you tho, lol

I'm looking to get back into a BMW e36 again. A little bit of me wants to get back into a focus and slam it on 16's lol. Dunno yet...My first choice tho is an e36, second....

[.Mad Hatter.]

bummer. BUT, I can empathize. I thought about a similar route but I have pretty much already replaced everything on my car. Just remember; timing belts, water pumps, control arms/tie rods, CVs, motor mounts, etc. are regular wear on any car.

That being said, I thought briefly yesterday about an e36 M

[hammeredGLI]

car looks good, sorry to hear your letting it go!

[Chuckdee]

bummer. BUT, I can empathize. I thought about a similar route but I have pretty much already replaced everything on my car. Just remember; timing belts, water pumps, control arms/tie rods, CVs, motor mounts, etc. are regular wear on any car.

That being said, I thought briefly yesterday about an e36 M

IDK why, but I love me some e36 and I was thinking of the usual suspects (cv axles, control arms, etc) but I wanted to recreate the sound to just confirm which part it is before I just thrown down money. I've done that before for numerous car problems before even getting to a REAL solution and I've always kicked myself in the nuts for doing that.

car looks good, sorry to hear your letting it go!

Yeah me too!

[Chuckdee]

Back from the dead!


So in the mist of putting my car back to stock this happened, like 2 weeks ago i believe.....



....i knew this would eventually happen, but at stock height...really??? The stock shocks were blown, leaving me with a very soft ride, which lead to me bottoming out really hard on a road near my house (thankfully) I never cracked the pan while I was low, mainly cause I was too careful on the road.

Then I went to buy a replacement pan on ebay and then I got this



...the wrong pan. I didn't pay attention when ordering, thinking all b5 1.8's would have AT LEAST the same oil pan....nope.

So as I send this one back I wait for my new CORRECT pan to come in today, I may have figured out my rattling/vibrating noise. From looking a different thread on here with the similar symptoms I have (http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...exhaust-rattle) it MIGHT just be the cat. From a couple of "runs", I've noticed I'm slower than some of my friends cars, even slower than a focus....I know it's a 1.8t but c'mon it shouldn't be THAT slow.

Plus the vibrating/rattling noise only happens when I rev the engine around 2500-3500rpm so I'm really leaning on this may be the problem all along. Also found out that the snub has literally corroded off and the pass mount is broken, like there's no bottom piece.

So I'm gonna replace the mounts first to see if the noise is still there. if not, then I'll buy a straight pipe to solve my cat issue . If it works, then i'm 70% sure i'll be keeping my car for a while....again lol and work on reviving it back. If not, then i'm gonna get myself a tsx, so time will tell.

[doubleu8]

epic

[thepirate]

When it rains it pours.

[Chuckdee]

epic

When it rains it pours.

Sure does.....sure does

So cause of Memorial Day, my package that was scheduled to arrive yesterday (don't know why they didnt see that coming) has now been pushed to this friday. also I've ordered my mounts, so we should see if this fixes the problem. If not, then next is the straight pipe.

[AWDIOS]

When it rains it pours.

nigg4'5 get wet

[thepirate]

What is the noise in the rear? Isn't the car FWD?

[h3ooo]

Sure does.....sure does

So cause of Memorial Day, my package that was scheduled to arrive yesterday (don't know why they didnt see that coming) has now been pushed to this friday. also I've ordered my mounts, so we should see if this fixes the problem. If not, then next is the straight pipe.

lmfao, same thing happened to me, my order which shipped from texas has been in limbo, still in texas, since friday and finally shipped out to me this morning.

[Chuckdee]

What is the noise in the rear? Isn't the car FWD?

it's a FWD and it's in the front. Like something is rattling/ humming but only around the 3000rpm range. even does it at a stand still.

still waiting on that package and ECS to ship theirs...-___-

[thepirate]

So when you rev the motor at a stand still it makes the noise and then goes away once it drops to normal idle? Could be a your secondary fan going bad.

[Chuckdee]

So when you rev the motor at a stand still it makes the noise and then goes away once it drops to normal idle? Could be a your secondary fan going bad.

you mean the clutch fan? How can i tell if that's bad? I was thinking it could be the cat.

[thepirate]

I was thinking the aux fan that turns on with the AC. Just seems odd it does it at specific RPMs

[MarcMiller]

I was thinking the aux fan that turns on with the AC. Just seems odd it does it at specific RPMs

If that were the case it would only do it with the heat/ac on. My aux fan went bad and i just didn't have heat or ac for 6 months.

[gallhue]

maybe just the heatsheild on the cat came loose

[Chuckdee]

I was thinking the aux fan that turns on with the AC. Just seems odd it does it at specific RPMs

If that were the case it would only do it with the heat/ac on. My aux fan went bad and i just didn't have heat or ac for 6 months.

currently there's a problem with the aux fan too. That bish is stuck on always on....it never shuts off -__-

maybe just the heatsheild on the cat came loose

I'll have to look into that.


My stuff from ECS finally shipped. Now I wait.

[crazexr7]

cool to see you're planning on keeping it Is there something under your hood preventing it from closing right? It doesn't look like it's closed all the way in some of your pics

[Chuckdee]

well it's misaligned along the right side, seeing this is a salvaged title car. I'm trying to see what I can do about that.

[Angrypanda]

I had a rattle whenever I would get out of the throttle. Turned out to be the waste gate in the turbo. There is a threaded rod on the side of the turbo from the actuator to the actual waste gate. Mine was worn/stretched whatever, so the gate wouldn't shut all the way. There are some adjusters on the rod to tighten it.

Food for thought.

[Chuckdee]

^^hmm i'll check that out. Thanks.

[lowen44]

Yet again....doin' work while at work. If you haven't guessed it, Me and my mom own a beauty supply store. Basically weaves and weave accessories...lol

what did you use to paint the bolts?

[MarcMiller]

what did you use to paint the bolts?

im sure he just bought Gold bolts.

[Chuckdee]

Hello all! So first off, like many others on here and elsewhere, I decided NOT to sell my car. Just keep it and settle with what I got. Next year, I'll just save up for a project car or something.....

....anywho, since that last post I've done a lot and been through some not-so-great times with my b5.

While in that process of "trying to sell" my car around may, I decided to address some issues. I didn't have any a/c since I owned the car since this Feb and it turns out the PO wired in some bull**** plug to the a/c clutch relay

said plug:


the wire in question:


...for what? I dunno -___-


After fixing most of the annoying issues, it's been treating me well since but during that time I've gotten offers on trades and I even got an offer on an e36 with M3 bits and a motor swap. For about 2 weeks I've thought about the pros and cons on doing the trade and after test driving it, it felt like a reliable car.

Thing is, I wasn't sure about the motor swap, owner said there was 120k on the motor and Idk how many miles he's put on it since then. So after thinking about it, i decided to keep my a4 instead.

Where I last had it around may:



Drove it stock for about a month in june....

.....And put the coilovers back on as of 3nd week of july:



The car still have some issues, but what old car doesn't? The issues aren't annoying, now that I know what they are. It's mainly the case of parts wearing out over 10 years. So I don't think I'll be able to rest until I fix whatever is deciding to rot or break on their own.

...but it doesn't mean I can't have fun

Converted a jar full of change:


to these rolls


and got these things:
boost gauge


led turn signals for the front w/ resistors. All from eBay, go figure.


Decided to clear out my headlights:

....and I re-polished them too, don't worry. lol

What used to be reflectors...


Wiring in the resistors:


Cut out a vent to fit the gauge in


scored a pretty good set of 205/40 Falken 512's for $20 from a friend

[Chuckdee]

what did you use to paint the bolts?

im sure he just bought Gold bolts.

ACTUALLY......since I didn't feel like polishing 128 bolts as of now and gold bolts are flipping expensive, I decided to fake the funk by painting them gold. When I decide to redo the wheels (which will eventually happen), I'll get them polished. They look pretty legit from far away

I just used some rustoleum gold paint I found at Home Depot, nothing special.

[Chuckdee]

Updates as of sept till last night:

when I lowered my car to 22.5 all around:







Also when I mounted my "1st skid plate"




when I was taking apart the wheels:



*These spider webs indicate that these wheels were neglected for a while :/





Took out the helper springs in the front to obtain moar low in the future with the wheels:





....for ****s and giggles, I decided to not spin up the coils just yet, I wanted to see how low I can get. Maximum amount I can get is 22" GTF. I could get lower if I cut a hole for the upper a-arms to go through.....Not looking to do all that just to get lower, i'm pretty content with where I'm at.





After that, I readjusted the fronts to sit at 22 1/4 in the front and 22 1/2 ish in the rear.







Sorry if those night pics look like crap.

[Chuckdee]

After riding around at 22 1/4 with that stop sign as a skid plate, I thought I'd use another sign for better coverage:






it somewhat worked but it kept scraping a lot

So I took it off to do more work to it.

Then the inevitable happened....again



Around the same time I was going to H2oi (I was flying to there anyways). So I bought a new oil pan and with the time it took for me to put on and to work up the motivation to remove something so simple , it took me 2 weeks to do, so don't judge me lol.

Around that time, I tested a color idea for the wheels



...and right then, it was decided.

Next, I was originally shave the valve cover for a smooth look when polished, but me not knowing how to do it, came out pretty bad




So I painted it instead. A wrinkle black finish:



(i'll have a better pic of the finished product later)

after replacing the oil pan, I raised the car to a quarter inch while waiting for the Evo Thor plate to come in
Got tired of breaking pans and replacing them AND working on making road signs to fit.

Thor plate:



50% thicker than the Panzer and with free shipping from boraparts.com, which makes it cheaper than any one else selling either skid plate. Can't beat that!
Link for those interested: http://shopping.boraparts.com/produc...roducts_id=325

Plate on and I feel comfortable speeding......in mexico of course

Reworked the cracking, f&%#ed up bumper






Painted it and cleared it last night



Pretty decent job for carefully doing it for the first time, but I'll do it again next week.


After testing out the colors on the faces, i decided to paint the rest the same





Repolished the lips:




...and that's all for today. Expect more progress tonight/tomorrow.