Dan's S8K...Strut towers gone :)

ChrisAudi80 · Post by **ChrisAudi80** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:41 pm

speeding-g60 wrote:thats it. i MUST do a V8 in the next project car. MUST.

What's keepin' ya? Is it done yet?
Not like you are busy or something...lol j/k :lol:

40v4kq · Post by **40v4kq** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:01 pm

It's kinda short due to technical problems with lisence and insurance but you ge the idea...

Link to video

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:11 pm

Short but ... OH SO SWEET!

er...

Thats what she said...

pilihp2 · Post by **pilihp2** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:13 pm

extreme90path wrote:Short but ... OH SO SWEET!

er...

Thats what she said...

What he said.

Hot damn.

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:14 pm

40v4kq · Post by **40v4kq** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:18 pm

Thats weird, it cut off the end of the video that i thought i had left in when i edited it.

Yep, just watched the original and it's all there. Youtube musta cut it off somehow. oh well.

tbar · Post by **tbar** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:56 am

Holy Katoot!! That's awesome! Sounds great!
Keep the vid's comin...

40v4kq · Post by **40v4kq** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:25 pm

Got some different tail lights the other day from JT4K and slapped em on this morning...

BEFORE

AFTER

Thanks again Mike.

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:13 pm

Looks great man!

40v4kq · Post by **40v4kq** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:00 pm

Thanks Ben. The new lights really show how oxidized the paint (epecially on the rear) has become. Soon enough i'm gonna do the same routine I did over three years ago to help restore the paint form tornado pink to red.

loxxrider · Post by **loxxrider** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:15 pm

Awweee yeah!! I love me some all red tails (or anything that isn't amber) on an Audi. Looks great Dan!

Derracuda · Post by **Derracuda** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:03 pm

You sir have a taillight fetish

So do I get the OEM ones now?

40v4kq · Post by **40v4kq** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:57 pm

derracuda wrote:You sir have a taillight fetish So do I get the OEM ones now?

I was thinkin i'd just give you back the v8's since im not going to use them.

nismo · Post by **nismo** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:05 pm

How do the original lights look after the amber is sprayed with VHT night shades?

Eric

loxxrider · Post by **loxxrider** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:06 pm

I like that look as well... Laminex gets the job done nicely too and is removable. I did it on my BMW and am very happy with the results.

JT4k · Post by **JT4k** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:11 pm

Looks great Dan.... Just drive her up here and we will do a respray!

Sciroccohp · Post by **Sciroccohp** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:42 pm

What shift linkage did you use? mine is jammed into the tunnel hard in the front. do you have picture of the front of the linkage by the slave cylinder? I think I may have shoved the whole shebang back to far as my rear driveshaft bolted right up.

Draky · Post by **Draky** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:48 pm

Those do look really nice but I would have to question how well does the reverse lights work?

40v4kq · Post by **40v4kq** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:01 am

JT4K, The tahoe trip sounds like a great idea to me. We will talk later about that.

Sciroccohp, The shift linkage is modified urs4 linkage/modified 016 linkage. I can try to get a pic, but no promises on how good it's going to be. I can tell you that I remember getting out the BFH and making some room for it all in a few places with the firewall being one of the spots that took the most smashing.

Draky, I'm not worried about the reverse lights for now. Five out of seven wires going to the rear lights are broken at the driver side trunk hinge where the wires are routed, and there is also the fact the the reverse light switch isnt even wired up yet. I have quite a list of wiring to finish and repair. But I was thinkin about trying to remove the tint just on the reverse portion of the center light panel.

scubadave · Post by **scubadave** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:26 am

Looking good! :cheers: :thumbsup:

I may be hitting you up for some questions in the near future as I am gearing up to do a 40v swap in my 95 90sptqt at the end of the month. Derek and I talked briefly at BBQ. Should be a fun build.

JT4k · Post by **JT4k** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:54 am

Try them when you get the lights wired first Dan before you remove any paint. I was worried about the same on the set I mounted on my car but honestly you cant even tell when you put it in reverse. The light is fine when backing up and I have never had any issues being able to see when backing up at night.

Tahoe will be a lot of fun.... Hopefully we can get a good crew going.

savagerocco · Post by **savagerocco** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:56 am

What did you use to coat the tail lights? That looks awesome.... Might have to do a set

selmir79 · Post by **selmir79** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:42 am

scubadave wrote:Looking good! :cheers: I may be hitting you up for some questions in the near future as I am gearing up to do a 40v swap in my 95 90sptqt at the end of the month. Derek and I talked briefly at BBQ. Should be a fun build.

Dan car looks great count me in for Tahoe trip please

Dave is it going to be more fun then the white 84 URQ v8 twin turbo? lol by the way I did not get it.They wanted way too much for it and it needed lots of work.
However Derek is working on my coupe

Looking forward to see you guys att BBQ2012

40v4kq · Post by **40v4kq** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:37 pm

scubadave, Bring on the questions.

JT4K, For sure. I need to get the wiring sorted and then I'll see how good the reverse lights work. Id rather deal with poor light than ruin the tint trying to remove it off the reverse portion.

savagerocco, send a PM to JT4K about the tint. I puchased these already tinted from him so I have no idea what was used.

Selmir, Great to see you finally post on here. It was a pleasure to meet you and you will be invited to tahoe when planning gets going. There will be a thread made when the time comes.

selmir79 · Post by **selmir79** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:16 pm

40v4kq wrote:scubadave, Bring on the questions.

JT4K, For sure. I need to get the wiring sorted and then I'll see how good the reverse lights work. Id rather deal with poor light than ruin the tint trying to remove it off the reverse portion.

savagerocco, send a PM to JT4K about the tint. I puchased these already tinted from him so I have no idea what was used.

Selmir, Great to see you finally post on here. It was a pleasure to meet you and you will be invited to tahoe when planning gets going. There will be a thread made when the time comes.

Bro I love every second of your thread. You guys did amazing job.And it was pleasure to meet you too. Looking forward to see your ride aswell. Maybe one of these days I'll stop by Auburn and we can squill thru those back roads to El dorado hills in second gear.Lol

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