just another red S5 vert ....... with a clean bay, some powedercoating and a shineauto front

 

Thanks, it's a MX-6 wing actually.

 

what wheels are these?

 

A couple of updated pics of my Vert...



painted calipers,

 

no offense blk but those rims look like *** with those tires. you need more side wall then a 40 on those 17's

 

They were a cheap buy so I picked em up, I will have them both (rims and rubber) swapped out by the end of the year for something much more nice looking...

 

this thread needs help...


*the following are not mine, but sonce a few members decided to post other ppls cars.. then shoot... time for a show...*
























here are the rest... bring tissues..

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u...rts/?start=all

 

AND MINE....




















...4sale...

 

I got board of the old faded shine my rims had so last year i took about 12-15hrs and gave them a polished look. It is a hand polish jod with a combo of many diff grades of special wet sand paper, diff grades of steel wool, and mother polish. i don't have any pics with them on the car, but i just re-polished them last week so ill through some up.

 

Some SWEET looking verts it is giving me lots of ideas.

Does anyone have any more pictures and or info on this car:

 

anybody know anything of that green vert in platinums post?

 

the was was a RE amiya(i know its spelled wrong, but you get the idea) project

 

oh tru. damn i want my vert to look like that.ha

 

 

^nice action pic!

i would love to see more pics of this vert!!!

 

I have only had it for a month, it was about 90% stock when I got it.

 

my convertible, im changing the lip and adding a full S5 body converison to it along with factory TII side skirts.

 

^engine bay of the year

 

Rob your car is simply amazing. I followed your build thread and it has turned out awesome. Someday my car will be black with that deep of a shine. Thats not factory paint is it?

Anyways here are some pics of mine.

 

im changing some things up in the engine bay as we speak, I have a original Racing Beat strut bar that also goes to the firewall that I refinished in the same anthrocite finish, and I am putting a FD AC compressor and tensioner in, so all my belts will be ribbed belts.

the paint is 10 years old or so custom black Imron that I sprayed one year during my christmas break from work.

thanks for the compliments, after the motor swap I fell in love with my car again- its getting close to the way I always wanted the car in the 15 years or so I have owned it.

siguy- I noticed more cooling when I cut that last strip off the bumper in front of the IC, I find it was blocking air from getting in.

 

Rob's car is amazing and so is yours. Two clean turbo verts. I am hopefully only about 6 months away from joining you.

 

WOW thats a very nice paint job. And are you talking the part of the bumper on the bottom? My intercooler only sits about a inch below that but it could make a difference. I would want to get a lip first. What lip is on yours? I recently installed a tauras 2 speed fan with a shroud and it has helped quite a bit. I used to see 90-92C water temps just cruising around and now there down to 82-84C and thats on low speed.
Thanks. Yea mine was about a 2 1/2yr project and its finally to the point where i can just go drive it. Just take your time and be paitent and it will all work out.

 

right now thats a lip that was made by a old forum member, but its pretty much a demonspeed. I have a Odura to go on there along with all the S5 stuff and side skirts. That lip will go back on my coupe.

And yes, that strip along the bottom, I noticed a difference right away when I cut it because the air would hit the tank instead of passing right through the core and onto the rest of the cooling system, but I also still run AC which blocks alot.

My project was 3-4 years of gathering parts. I had also purchased my business where I had worked during that time so I put the car on the back burner, when I THOUGHT I had all the parts I needed we took apart the car and I kind of had this "whatever it takes im going to spend the money and make the car the way I want it", so the car was off the road for about 6 months and before that we were building the motor and collecting more parts for 2-3 months.

If your in a rush, DONT do the project, let it wait until you have the time and money.

 

not the best engine bay... but clean non the less


...ROB, wire tuck... do it

 

Keep in mind this is post pics of YOUR convertible.. not dozens of tacky show car convertibles.