Time Attacked

Yeah yeah yeah... i know i told everyone i was getting DPEs. But something came up and cash was a lil short.. And these just came at the perfect time at a great price thanks to Frank....
I was originally planning on re-selling them for a profit... but after opening the box to take pics... i fell in love.





Finally got them on... unfortunately, the wheel shop damaged the white vinyl on one of the wheels... so i had to take the vinyl off on that side to make it even....
So right now im running white on one side and red on one side. lol...
I have about a 1 finger gap in the front, so i really need to drop the front about another inch or so, so i can be TUCKING!
The rear is SLAMMED tho... no real rubbing problems after i took out a screw that was in the way.


Huge thanks to Frank (GTWerks) for the wheels, James for the great price on 2 tires, and Charles for the referring me to the shop that did the install

I drive too much...

I'm at 8000+ Miles.....
After only.... about 6 months....

Thats 20,000 miles a year!!!!
Wow......................................

Re-Edited

Scott re-edited one of the old pics from my photoshoot...
Here it is...

Original


Edit


I like it a lot better, sky looks awesome

Last Minute Summer Modding

So schools starting on Thursday... I wanted to get some stuff done before I'm too busy to....

1. When I put on my Neuspeed intake, I had to lose the engine cover... which looked ugly as hell....


So I cut up and basically destroyed my stock engine cover/airbox
After LOTS of dremeling, sawing, cutting, snapping and almost-going-blind-ing
I got this:


Looks MUCH better....

2. I swapped my CF mirror covers out with OEM black ones... I got sick of the CF ones... these flow nicely with the glossy black roof... No pics... but you know what black looks like...

3. Washed my car, which was very needed....

4. Claybar and Waxed the trunk hatch... since it basically had no wax on it... and contaminants were sticking to the clear coat...

5. Tomorrow comes wheels!!!!!!
19x8.5" White TA LM Reps on 215/35/19 Falken FK452



Damn after all that, you should see my fingers...
All the skin is coming off

DIY For Time Attack Stripe

Start off with one (1) wheel.


Cut a strip of vinyl long enough to go all the way around the circumference of the wheel.


Slowly, start applying vinyl along the edge.


Finished applying


Start wrapping


Finished Product



Before and After!

A3 > Cop

Ditched a cop just now...

Full story later (maybe)

S-Line Rear Teaser/Update

Dropped off my S-Line Rear

Dropped off my S-Line rear bumper to get painted yesterday...
Also, to have a get a quad exhaust cutout... should be fun

New, Better Pics

Some better pics of "Project Yellow"!
Lol, ok, so I'm not really doing a yellow theme... but its like a mini-theme...


Yellow DRL and Fogs



Yellow License Plate Cover



And some better pics of the AWE Boost Gauge..



Hmm... seems i forgot about about the Neuspeed intake... I'll get to that later...

Neuspeed, AWE, Dollar store

So its been while since ive updated...
I actually got my AWE Boost gauge last week, but i was waiting for my Neuspeed intake to install it all at once.
I pretty much had my AWE gauge installed in my car, but not hooked up for a week. It was almost painful to have to stare at a non-functioning gauge
I also recieved my Forge Diverter Valve yesterday, but im gonna wait a while before installing it, since i dont need it yet. (No chip)

So today i woke up, and found my Neuspeed intake sitting at my front door... in a beat up box. It prob got lost or something, thats why it took almost almost 2 full weeks to get it from NY...
Anyways, luckily, the intake was fine...

I got to installing it right away... I pretty much worked on my car from 2:30-7 straight today... i didnt even stop to eat....

First I installed my AWE Boost gauge.... it wasnt too bad... the worst part was just taking off the engine cover.. (which is why i wanted to install the intake and boost gauge at the same time)


The thing works like a charm... and looks amazing too... it matches so well with the OEM gauges... its just a lil brighter, which is fine.




Then I got to work on the Neuspeed intake...
It was ok, removing the fitting from the turbo was a huge bitch though, because the space was so cramped... it took me probably 45 mintutes to do that part... after that, it was easy...
The build is great on the intake...
Its just too bad i dont get to use the Engine cover anymore, the engine is UGGGLYYYY!
I need to find a way to cover it back up...


Anyways, removing my EIP intake was a pain too... i had to re-remove my battery which i had already removed and reinstalled for my boost gauge...
and then i had to go through the wheel well lining to get the filter out.

First impressions on the intake is... WOW!!!
Its a lot louder than my EIP.... i can seriously hear the turbo spooling now... and the engine roars.... But all this is pretty much expected... the Neuspeed breathes a lot freer than the EIP... the trade-off is losing the engine cover.

Finally, my 99cent mod... i got at the dollar store!!
Lol, i like it because it goes with my "yellow" theme... (Yellow DRL and fogs)
Either way, if i dont like it, i can always just remove it....
But it stays for now.



Finally, after all that, I washed my car.... finally.
After probably 2 months... funny thing is, the car wasnt even THAT dirty, compared to how dirty a black car would get after 2 months.


BTW, sorry the pics are so horrible... my freaking 3.2MP K810i got stolen
So im back to the W800i and its 2.0MP


Edit: Oh yeah, after i installed everything and started up the car, i got a ESP error, Brake error, and power steering error...
Freaked me out.. but after driving it for a minute, they went away... I guess because i unhooked the battery, the electronics needed to reset