My 5-Lug Seta Story

[Julien]

Did some interior work this last weekend.
Swapped carpet: I was super happy with the shape of the floor boards (suck it Northerners ;) )



Installed a Kirk Bar

(proof that it doesn't make the back seat useless!)

Sold my mint sport seats, so I had to build a new set for my car out of a bunch of broken ones. Ended up modifying the driver's side sport seat so I could fit in the car with the kirk bar. I cut the foam in half for under my butt and replaced the foam for behind my back with a piece of automotive carpet (all this is under the factory vinyl). This seat came out of a 318ic, which i've heard are lower than coupe counterparts. Anyways, the result is that I can sit comfortably in an e30 with a kirk bar now, something i've never been able to do! (I'm 6'6" btw)


I can almost fit with a helmet with my new sport seat. The helmet was a bit tight, maybe a larger one will sit lower on my head and give me that 1/2" I need.


Tonight I completed a ZHP rack swap (will give an in-depth review after an alignment):






kids remember, safety first.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Looking good JuJu!

Car is looking good too

[xphiledan]

Looks good Julien! Did you keep the handbrake at the rear?

[Julien]

Looks good Julien! Did you keep the handbrake at the rear?

No, the swap won't let you keep it, but I have a hyndraulic e-brake going in soon.

.. Small update
Last rack was bad (dead spot in the middle), so the seller swapped me out:


Also installed these from turner:

You insert them on both sides of the rack and it limits the travel to stop your wheels from hitting your wheel well (if you have that issue.. i did)


:mrgreen:
Overall the late (get '03+) model 330i rack feels freaking amazing, highly recommended. You will more than likely steer into something when you first install it because of how quick of a rack it is :)

[Julien]

Sometimes you gotta do a mod that is just for decoration.. Which brings me to tonights project: french my headlights. Having lived in france and taken many "french" ellipsoids apart I know that the yellow is only a coating on the inside of the lens (often removed by frenchines, actually).

step 1:
Remove ellips from car

step 2:
remove lenses from ellips (usually you have to bake them in the oven, but mine popped right off)

step 3:
paint the inside of the lense with this stuff
step 4:
Reassemble lenses back to ellips using a new silicone-like sealer

step 5:
fire the missiles

step 6:
reinstall them in the middle of the night and get weird looks from your neighbors


cheers

gonna do fogs soon.

[Julien]

So I sold this car and lived a whole few weeks without a project car... until I bought a miata

[2mAn]

So I sold this car and lived a whole few weeks without a project car... until I bought a miata

How does a giant fit inside a miata?

[Julien]

How does a giant fit inside a miata?

with conviction