picked up brand new

oem and rice tail lights










and interior

 

Jshiner- nice pick up both sets of tails. Any of the clears left?

Moog FUCA's and sway bar links came in today. FUCA's have a Made in Japan paper inside the plastic too.

 

uggghhh those tails

 

jsin - nice pick up on both, the clears are actually pretty nice, I think Vega had some done in a professional smoke that came out pretty nice. As is clear, yeah wouldnt run them, but still can appreciate them.

Coop, you're making me jealous, I need to do some of that stuff too.

on a different front - picked up a 2006 A4 Avant S-line. Friend made me an offer that was too good. All receipts for all maint and parts, 3 prev owners including him, and I know 2 of the 3, lol.

I may actually have the Ewings up for sale. I dont think I'm going to run them anymore. Just dont want to worry about them. I like the X's more and more and if anything - pick up the Enkei's eventually. I still also like the cheap and in the right offset 15x8 Rota RB's, lol.

 

Audis are nice. Good thing about the maintenance records and history on it.

Parts are just Moog replacements. Nothing to be jealous of. Enkies and Rotas will be fine, no point in racing on expensive wheels when they are going to get trashed.

 

im not sure i got em off ebay

jea i feel that way sometimes too but eh.

i feel the same, do you have any pictures of them smoked?

 

I tried looking for pics and didnt see any online. See if he has any in his old posts - vegabox

Coop, no matter Moog or not, jealous of the fact you're going over all that stuff - I need to do the same. Put the garage to good use, lol.

 

I read a thread in tech section about moog parts and which to get. Luckily these are made in japan and have the three555sankei joints in them.

Vega has a white EF. His pictures use to be all over HT appearance threads. I think he still has the car in storage too.

 

I thought Vega sold his car.

 

Oh, not sure. I know the multi colored EF project car got sold. Some reason I thought Vega still had his in storage with less stuff on it.

 

As far as I know - this. It was up for sale a few times, but he couldnt get what he wanted, he did strip it down a bit and sold some parts, but the car itself is in storage.

Hey Coop, what do we need to know about the Moog replacements - anything special when ordering, etc?

 

I ordered the professional line. I typically don't order any economy stuff from rock auto. What are you ordering specificaly? I can gather the list of mine later tonight.

 

That was me actually busting a nut. love those lights. If you don't like them you can sell them to me lol

 

so what mods are you guys planning on doing for 2015?

 

Still putting my car together. Next will be fuel system, radiator and header.

Charlie what offset and specs on your wheels? What size tires did you use?

 

I think it'll be most of the refresh stuff you're doing, but I need to really look over everything again - a couple of times I've bought replacement/upgrade parts and found they were actually already done, lol. IE the white line shifter bushings, and saw there is already recent ES bushings there, lol.

I'll still replace them, I like the white lines more.

Charlie - plans for the year include the rpf1's in 15x8, rear disc brake upgrade, rear trailing arm bushing replacement, rear bearings, install the rear speaker pods, rear mudflaps, Cusco strut tower bar, 205's on the type x's, wrap the hood, clean up the paint and moldings, install new speedo cable, install new exterior window scrapers.

Now that I have an alternate daily again, I hope to tackle some of the bigger stuff and also hit some events.

On a side note, wedge engineering became wedge brackets. I ordered a dr side bracket for my Si and indicated it was for a sparco reclinable seat. They called and asked me the model of the seat and to measure the mounting holes. I thought they would already have mounting info on hand? I have no idea the model of my seat, lol.

 

For me, 2015 will be wheels/tires/suspension and collecting NOS OEM trim for a future re-paint.

Traded my dashboard for some wheels. Two are silver, two are SBC.





Next will be suspension. Refresh all the rubber, camber/toe kits all around, and some coilovers. Possibly Progress, they seem to get better reviews than the rest of the Taiwan garbage and are budget-friendly. Otherwise I'll spring for Fortune Auto 500's, but that's a lot of coin..

 

RSzero- did you already pay for the seat bracket? I went with the planted, made in washington state. They have provisions for at least three different sliders and not super expensive. I think evasive should have them available too.

 

I did actually, they were the lowest price, and I've dealt with them before. This is just the first time I've been asked for that additional info. I just realized that I gave them the info a week ago and haven't heard back from them.

 

Oh hai. Just peeking in. And I saw some shifter talk a page back. Stop fuxing with those extenders and k-tuned stuff and buy a damn Fastline from Heeltoe. That's the best shifter on the market, hands down. I have that in the CRX and the k-tuned in my coupe. The k-tuned just does not have the feel and placement of the Fastline.

 

I need one of those

 

What up Nick. Thanks for the info on shifter will check it out.

 

Thanks for the info nick, at least it's coming from someone with exp with both and under conditions most of us would ie not hard parking. I remember them always being out of stock, that's better now right?

 

Side note to any Star Wars fans, anyone notice the new storm troopers masks look like the backside of the new Kia soul? Lol

 

Lulz!!!!