A big thanks to those that helped me out with a few questions

My previous ride that some may have seen over the past years at waterfest and H2O.

Went ahead and traded it in for the extra space of the new wagon. Stock form with the heinous wheel gap.

Started building up the wooden base for the spare tire well.

Threw on some vibration absorbers to help cut down on the compressor related vibrations.

Down by the cup holders. Also installed some pinstripe floormats

You've gotta run the Controller's wire back to the brain of the system. I ran it back through the center piece under the e-brake....under the rear carpet....under the rear seats....and then into the trunk. I also took the time to run the power wire through the firewall back the same route (yellow wire). In the end, both wires are completely hidden.

Wires come out under the rear carpet in the trunk

(water trap hasn't been installed yet in this pic)

turned it on for the first time

Stock versus the XL Airover shocks. I could get 2" lower had I gone with the Large version....once I get the wheels on, If I decide I need the 2" I'll switch them out for the shorter ones.

Also took the time to run the airline (1/4") up to the fronts. You can see them come in from the right, go behind the aero part, and then follow the oem lines up front. Secured with some cushioned P-Clamps

I drilled some holes in the rear trunk floor that exited right at the rear bags. Threw some grommets in and ran them down. I used some more P-clamps to secure them away from the moving suspension parts (hadn't done that yet in the pic below)

The fronts are Aero Sport bags from UAV (big surprise ) put over some Inverse monotube coilovers. I left those huge perches in for my 9hour road trip from Ohio to Jersey for the summer....I'm gonna be taking out the unnecessary ones and spinning them down before waterfest.

Before and after

And I decided to pick up some 16" RS's rather than running the 15" RM's from the last car. I'm still in the process of widening them and polishing the lips.

Modified by Retromini at 8:40 AM 7-18-2008

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Schenley park is a fun drive!

Awesome progress

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white done right

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It only looks like I'm a quick worker. In reality I'm pretty lazy and took my time with this project.

I look forwarding to seeing some of you at waterfest tomorrow

may ask are mechanics a hobby or profession for you? some very tidy work.

what fusor products are you using?

keep us updated

cheers

Modified by vwtoby at 11:30 AM 7-19-2008

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Mechanics are just a hobby for me right now. My "profession" is artist/sculptor, so that might explain some of the tidyness.

To shave the rear plastic panels, I used Fusor 602EZ which is the adhesion promoter and then I used Fusor 143 as the adhesive. It's not pictured but I finished it of with a skim coat of Polyflex by Evercoat. Unfortunately, the guy that was supposed to paint them for me hasn't contacted me in over 2 months now...

In terms of updates, I removed one of the big perches and spun the coilovers down further. I'm finally tucking tire up front, but I'd still like to get it a little lower. The bag is right above the tire so I'm gonna have to look into shortening the bearing/bushing.

I'll snag some better pics later. The sun was already going down by the time I finished up.

Modified by Retromini at 5:59 AM 7-23-2008

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