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[jcbass7]

Man, pods and Gauge look awesome!! you can sand the shifter trim and paint it silver or what ever color you want to match your interior btw

Thank you Romas!!!!!

Yea i love the pod's and guages, but the prosports are hard to read during the day. otherwise they are amazing. I think i like the shift boot pod the best

I was going to paint it silver, but didn't want to paint over your work quite yet

[Defgeph]

Awesome job. The interior looks great.

[gt_driFFter]

Awesome work! One of my favorite interiors on this site!

[WannabeGT4]

Very nice work.

[jcbass7]

Awesome work! One of my favorite interiors on this site!

Thank You Hopefully I will get all the Led's soon to make the CC, speedo and clock match the blue color of the prosports

[dustin15brown]

You're welcome Jesse :-P Just playing man... it looks amazing

[jcbass7]

You're welcome Jesse :-P Just playing man... it looks amazing

Haha, Thank you Dustin, and thank you for dealing with me nagging you all the time Just look at the results!

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Jan 8, 2007 - 4:54 PM

[99GT]

Yea i love the pod's and guages, but the prosports are hard to read during the day. otherwise they are amazing.

How bad are they? Can you still read it? I'm planning on buying them... Been eye-ing them for a while now.

[jcbass7]

Well I love them, but really they can be tough to see during the day if the sun is in the wrong spot. I would still buy them though if i were to do it again, but i do a lot more driving at night due to my current situation. Also im going to get my windows tinted soon and im hoping that might help a bit. And if need be im going to attempt to toss a brighter led into one of them.

for the price you can't beat them and i love the look.

maybe just buy one for now and see how it is and if its not going to work out, you only spent 40$

[jcbass7]

Just drove the car, its kinda overcast with no bright sun and i could read the guages fine, its really only bad when the sun is at the wrong angle and real bright. like i said im going to tint soon and see how that works out. I'm going to put that 6 inch tint strip on the top of the windshield to see if that will help

[C3L1CA]

Looks sweet, congrats on finishing up the swap!

[jcbass7]

Looks sweet, congrats on finishing up the swap!

Thanks I've always loved your car, how much did it set you back to get the headliner in suede?

[jcbass7]

Ok so I drive back to base, and I stop at the ATM real quick.. on the way there though i notice the battery warning light pops up.. I smell a small hint of something burnt.. rubber maybe? so when i get to the ATM i pop the hood and to my amazement my alternator is on fire...

Just a small 4 inch flame... the rubber cap that covers the power lead was on fire... and after i blew it out i touched the power lead and the wire (as thick as a pen) broke in half without me touching it very forcefully at all......


So my hypothesis is.. i need a new alternator!

Thankfully Dustin and Steff are around and are coming with another alternator

EDIT: I ALSO NEED TO BUY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER! (not going to risk anything again)

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Jan 13, 2007 - 9:41 PM

[raz128]

Thank god you caught it in time!! Could have been a completely different story altogether if you hadn't stopped earlier.

[jcbass7]

Thank god you caught it in time!! Could have been a completely different story altogether if you hadn't stopped earlier.

yea I got lucky, I'm glad it wasn't worse

Anywho, Dustin swung by and with his help and Steff's we got a 5s alternator on there and we are going to finish wiring it this morning since its a different plug. Can't thank them enough


PS: anyone who is thinking of getting HID's should do it, after seeing Dustin's car made me want them soooo bad. we compared the stock crap headlights to his HID's and it was no comparison at all. THEY ARE AMAZING!

[presure2]

Thank god you caught it in time!! Could have been a completely different story altogether if you hadn't stopped earlier.

yea I got lucky, I'm glad it wasn't worse

Anywho, Dustin swung by and with his help and Steff's we got a 5s alternator on there and we are going to finish wiring it this morning since its a different plug. Can't thank them enough


PS: anyone who is thinking of getting HID's should do it, after seeing Dustin's car made me want them soooo bad. we compared the stock crap headlights to his HID's and it was no comparison at all. THEY ARE AMAZING!

wow that sucks man. glad you caught it before it got any worse.
walmat sells a nice 24$ fire extinguisher, it was my FIRST investment before i turboed...hehe now that i think about it, it may almost be time to replace mine! haha
after seeing that old vid that D posted of the VW burning to a crisp to the song "Say it aint so" by weezer, i went right out and bought a REAL one, not one of the "cool looking" APC stainless ones that bolts to the apillar..lmao

[jcbass7]

January 15th UPDATE

Yesterday I basically fixed some problems.

-Replaced wiring harness for alternator
-Put in a couple thicker, custom grounds
-Removed AC lines and Condensor

Thats all, didn't have much time to work on it

VERY Near Future:
-Tien S-techs
-KYB GR2's
-Blue LED interior to match the prosports

Somewhat near future:
-EBC
-3in Exhaust
-FMIC/GReddy BOV
-EBC Pads
-HID's

Thanks Dustin, Manny and Steff for your advice and help I would still be stranded if it were not for you

[x_itchy_b_x]

the same thing happened to me twice! the wire that connects to the alt power stud rotted off from the heat from some sort of current draw i guess. i had to cut my wiring harness back a good 8 inches and solder on some fat 4guage wire and put a larger stud on the alt with all brass claps. seems to be fine since then. it sucked i was far from home and the system wouldn't charge so i drove home at midnight with no headlights just running lights and had to stop every couple miles to hold a screw driver on the battery and the wire on the screwdriver to make a connection to charge it. sparks and heat it wasn't a fun drive home.

[jcbass7]

Ouch, its good that you are handy enough to find a way to get home

I just took the wiring from my parts car and spliced it in. I have no clue why it did that the first time. I replaced the alt and it seems fine now, not heating up like it did before

[massbrandon]

HOLY Crap Jesse I had no Idea she was running. Dude you going to anymore track meets this year?? Congrats on finally finishing her man. I know youve been really excited.