my3AWDgst Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 She was barn fined and in no running condition. Here are few pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Gorgeous car Savo... I thought for sure it was a custom kit, so it's amazing how many cool details are lost in the black panels and brought out when made body colour. If I ever add a 405 to the fleet - first thing it gets will be body colour trim panels! Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Gorgeous car Savo...I thought for sure it was a custom kit, so it's amazing how many cool details are lost in the black panels and brought out when made body colour. If I ever add a 405 to the fleet - first thing it gets will be body colour trim panels! Rabin Thanks guys Im very proud of my MI16 and I did not expect it to turn out this nice. I had 88 Jetta back in the day and did the same thing with matching paint on two tone bumpers and came out realy nice so that gave me Idea how it should look on MI16. Rabin front bumper spoiler and side skirts were new that I picked up from Dave at Euro sport and it was made by Brueck Design for US market. I also have new SS full Exhaust on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Glad to know I wasn't losing it - the rockers were particularly interesting and I thought for sure the detail in front of the rear wheels wasn't stock. Car looks very nice, and really quite modern to boot. Amazing what colour matching the black panels did. When I redid the bumpers on my car I had the flat black parts body coloured as well (gloss black so not quite as noticeable) - and it too made a nice difference. Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 hey savo, a question for you -- i remember reading somewhere (facebook?) that you are using adapters to fit these particular wheels to your car. why? from what i understand, the 405 wheels use bolt spacing that is not uncommon, and adapters are not inexpensive, so is there something special about these wheels that you have? it's hard to tell from the pictures. andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal505 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Car looked great when I saw it with my own eyes last Sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 hey savo, a question for you -- i remember reading somewhere (facebook?) that you are using adapters to fit these particular wheels to your car. why? from what i understand, the 405 wheels use bolt spacing that is not uncommon, and adapters are not inexpensive, so is there something special about these wheels that you have? it's hard to tell from the pictures.andré I got the wheel spacers because 405 is using weird offset (18mm) and weird bolt pattern 4x108 so it was hard to fined wheels that I liked here in US for it. Wheels usually have 35-42mm offset and my Sparco wheels have 42mm offset so I knew they would not clear or fit 405.So I used math on this one 18-42 = 24 so I got 25mm wheel spacers to get correct 18mm offset. Second reason is I upgrated from lug bolt to lug nuts. I could not fined place here in US that makes those wheel spacer in 4x108 bolt pattern so I emailed seller on Ebay if he could make me set in offset and bolt pattern I needed and he did. It was $180 shipped and only took one week. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 i would be interested in the name of the vendor! please pm me when you have the chance. did you have the spacers machined to be hub-centric? andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 i would be interested in the name of the vendor! please pm me when you have the chance. did you have the spacers machined to be hub-centric? andré PM sent. I gave him 65.1mm CB measurements but with some reason I did not get it that way. Lug bolts have shoulders so does wheel spacers and that makes them hub centric(if you wana put it that way) However my wheels are hub centric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 got the pm, thanks! i'm eventually going to do something about upgrading my wheels & tires and adapters is one of the methods that i'm looking at... would love to see some close-up pics of your wheels & adapters, when you get a chance... andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 No problem. Here is the picture of wheel adapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted July 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 So powder coating begins :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted July 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 After I came back from Europe I will power coat Intake manifold,T/stat housing motor mount bracket and whatever else I found easy to remove :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted November 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Got all of my engine powder coated brackets,new starter and 160Amp alternator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethx Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 looks nice! that box of nuts & bolts from post #13 -- did you have those cad plated? andré Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Yes sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Sweet work, bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Thanks guys. Next thing on the list is AVO coilovers and EVO Brembo front brake conversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Very nice work Savo! I love the attention to detail. BTW - is EVO a type of kit, or are you fitting Mitsu Evo calipers to the 405? Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 I will try to make Evolution VIII-IX caliper to work on 405 Rabin. It won't happened till this spring or so,I need to get my other Spyder AWD swapped and tuned first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 I've got a set of Porsche Boxster S Brembos for my 505 eventually... (I have to say eventually now as my timeframes for work getting done SUCK!) Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulaweb Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 as my timeframes for work getting done SUCK!) I sure do know that feeling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted November 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 I sure do know that feeling I hear that guys. I just need to figure out how to deal with rotors do to Peugeots weird offset. I may buy two pice rotors and custom make center bolt on part with peugeot bolt pattern. I've got a set of Porsche Boxster S Brembos for my 505 eventually... (I have to say eventually now as my timeframes for work getting done SUCK!) Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3AWDgst Posted November 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 On the way to work low brake pad indicator came on so EVO Brembo install will happened much quicker then I thought. O yeah and front tires are slicks as well :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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