Looks SWEET. Now all you need is a deck that has red lighting, lol.

 

Haha.. yep. My modding funds are all but gone now, so a new head unit will be further down the road. Ironically enough however, over the past few weeks, my current one has begun to fail a bit. Periodically when I insert a CD, it will just buzz at me and not play anything... I have to eject the CD, reinsert, and repeat until it finally plays. Since doing the guage install however, maybe it's because I had the head unit taken out and layed on the seat, on the floor, etc... just generally being bumped around, it hasn't buzzed at me *knock on wood*. So, I may be ok for now.. but if it comes down to it totally failing and not being able to listen to my fav. tunes... of course the stripe will have to be swiped!

There's still a third guage pod hole to be filled yet.. UPS has my AEM UEGO wideband controller/guage scheduled for delivery on May 18th, so I'll be getting that installed ASAP. Hopefully the lighting on it will mix in with the current red theme. I know for sure that the digital numbers on the guage are red, so that's a start

Thanks for the positive comments guys... this build has definitely left me with a fair share of nicks, cuts, bruises, aches, and pains throughout. It's all worth it of course!

Stay "tuned"!

 

let us know if that adapter gives you any issues with leakage!!! i think im going to pic one up asap!

 

those gauges are very nice

 

I'll have to agree! Tops stuff!

 

Update!

Ebay H Chassis Bar arrived today... hopefully get it installed some time soon. I'm working every day next week during the mechanics shop hours, so I highly doubt I'll manage to get it done anytime within the next few days. The mechanics are open tomorrow however, so maybe if I drop by with a helpless lost dog look on my face, maybe they'll throw it on for me. Here's a few pics..

 

Looking good so far. It's coming along quite nicely i must say. The only thing that concerns me is the reliability of those brand gauges you bought...From what i remember the "ebay" brand components of the gauges are made from plastic which over time wears and and has a greater chance of failing as compared to the full metal components of the upper brand names. I hope they work out okay for you though...

One more thing...I see you mounted your oil pressure sender using the adapter which is a very convenient method but i read somewhere a long time ago when i installed mines that when it is located on the engine, the vibrations can cause either the sender to fail, or the fittings to crack because the sender unit itself is pretty heavy. Because of this, i located mines near the passenger fender and used a oil pressure gauge kit to connect it to the hole above the oil filter(hex key one). You might consider doing this just in case. If you need some pictures i can shoot some jus lemme know.

 

To respond to your PM regarding the braided brake lines... I got them from ebay, but it would seem they don't have any listed right now. The direct website to them is: http://www.eliteparts.com/.

You can use their search to find the brake and clutch lines. They aren't really plug and play... except for the clutch line. When it came to the brake lines, I had to do a bit of modification. The stock brake line components would not screw into the new brake line ends properly due to a different shaped connector. I ended up buying 8 new fittings for the brake hard-lines. 2 for each wheel. I had to cut off the flange on the stock hard lines, remove the old fitting, put on the new fitting, then re-flange the end... etc.... Either way, it took a bit of work, and at one point I cut too much of the stock hard line off of the front driver side, so I had to release a white plastic clamp in the engine bay so I could bend the hard-line enough to reach the brake line clamp in the wheel well. So, again... no.. it wasn't plug and play. You definitely will have to know what you're doing to do this install yourself.

As for the guages... they are a cheap temporary addition to cover in the extra 2 guage pod holes that I had. The middle one is for the AEM UEGO wideband which should be here in a week or two. The guages seem pretty accurate so far, so I may leave them in on a more permanent basis if they continue to function well... at least until I have enough spare cash for Defi's

Finally, for the oil filter sender, definitely post up a few pictures of the install into the hex-key area. I'm interested to check that out as well. For the mean time however, the sandwhich adapter method was very easy, and seems to be working out just as, if not better than expected.

Thanks for the comments!

 

i might be buying a sandwhich adapter so i can have oil pressure along with my turbo feed line run to it instead of the hex area. i think it is a very clean option and really looks like it does the job extremely well. wondering if there are ANY leaks with this adapter, did it come with the ports to add an oil cooler later?

 

hey dude leme knwo if the H-bar makes a big difference or not. they look cool lol. Is ur favorite color red?

 

I don't think so... the oil cooler plate is a different one. I'm sure it's probably possible to use one of the feed lines and run it to an oil cooler, then dump it into a tap in the oil pan... but that's probably too much messing around.

I'll let you know how it goes... as for the color, yea.. I'm a fan of the black/red theme. And.. well, the bar only comes in red.. lol

 

Oil is leaking like a siv today... I only noticed because it's raining out, and I got out of the car and noticed that there was a trail of rainbow patches leading to it. I couldn't really get down and dirty too much because it's raining, and I'm not that desperate yet. I did notice however that the oil filter itself seems to be dry, and the oil is dripping off of the axel area. So, my assumption is that my oil pressure sensor is the area which is leaking. I'll get a better look at it tomorrow if weather permits. It was too late to get the car into any of the local mechanic shops, and my jack and jack stands are still at the storage garage.. which I have no access to right now.

 

And, as an update to the update... I managed to get to a shop today and had them put the car up on the lift while running. It became visible then that the oil leak was coming from the oil pressure sensor itself. So, kungfugirl, rest assured that the filter adapter is fine.. so, you can go ahead and order one. I went to Princess Auto and picked up a new oil pressure sensor which is now installed, and not leaking... as of yet..

 

hey this is a nice little build up you have going on here, too bad i didn't notice this earlier then i wouldn't have so much to read haha but the pictures gave me a good idea of whats going on...your car looks good, the only opinion i have is to add is to black out your grill (i noticed others mentioned it too), i just did mine this past weekend and it looks sick, only took a couple hours and cost me less than $25 to do...i think that would add to the whole blacked out look your car has going on

other than that looking at this thread has got me excited about what i have planned for my car this summer

 

just went through this whole build. very nice

just wondering what gauge is in the middle of ur dash or is it empty