My new festy build thread

[DriverOne]

Horn kit! Tastefully done with generic parts. Did you use double-sided tape on the pedals? If not, I'd HIGHLY reccomend it, even if you torqued the bolts.

[91blufestiva]

Thanks guys!! I love the feedback, it keeps me going.

DO, There was some double sided tape stuff that was in the kit, so I used that, and they don't move at all! Now as soon as I get some better interior paint, I'll paint the plastic around the speedometer.

[Nickb1907]

where did you get those taillights?

[91blufestiva]

I got them at a junkyard, a perfect set just like that, then the passenger side busted on me, and then I bought one on here and put it on

But they are factory taillights, it's just that the yellow on the turn signals are faded to clear.

[kirby1977]

(Resurrection!!!!)

Hey Josh, nice looking Festi, mate! I like what you've brought her up to! Especially like the leather knob much better than the t-knob. I am going to paint my console like you have done as well so it was good to get an indication of what it would look like!

Have you done any more to it?

[91blufestiva]

I actually did do a little to it today, I put a chrome center cap on the steering wheel to finish it up, looks a lot better now, and now the horn actually works! Yay!

[91blufestiva]

Finally an update!!!

I've been working on this in school everyday almost now for the last week, and everyone is always telling me I'm wasting my time putting time into this little car, so I need some good feedback now finally!

Here's just an overview pic of the car, once the weather warms up i'm planning on painting the front rim black.

just a pic of the studs

put in a sweet radio i got at best buy for 56 bucks!


new grant challenger steering wheel, the only thing i hate about it, it's so close to the blinker stalk


and today i put in a short shifter!! it feels so awesome, i love it!

[batstiva]

About time for an update. I was afraid you had gone Honda, or something.:p
Kidding. Looking good. Keep at it. And don't worry about what other people say. Heck, if you did that, you probably wouldn't be driving a Festiva in the first place.

Liking the shifter. And I see what you mean about the wiper stalk and the steering wheel. The aftermarket wheel that was on my 89 was close, but not that close. You sound like me, waiting for the weather to break, so you can get at it.

[wybnrml]

I drove my first Festiva to High School, some people hated it but some loved it, but I didn't care I liked it and thats all that matters. By the way it looks good.

[91blufestiva]

About time for an update. I was afraid you had gone Honda, or something.:p
Kidding. Looking good. Keep at it. And don't worry about what other people say. Heck, if you did that, you probably wouldn't be driving a Festiva in the first place.

Liking the shifter. And I see what you mean about the wiper stalk and the steering wheel. The aftermarket wheel that was on my 89 was close, but not that close. You sound like me, waiting for the weather to break, so you can get at it.

Haha, I would never go Honda, I'm just not a fan of that lol. Don't worry, I don't listen to anyone in that class, cuz most of them just think I'm actually doing work to it that needs to be done, like something broke and I need to fix it lol, they don't realize I'm actually "upgrading" the little beast. I actually overheard one of them say today, I would just push this thing off a cliff! to his other buddy. LOL And I sit there and laugh as he sits there for 2 weeks straight putting a new gasket on his durango manifold lol.

Is there a way to push it out further? further away from the stalks?

[batstiva]

^ Without looking at the specific wheel that you've got, can't say for sure. But I imagine there has to be some sort of adapter kit that would bring it out some. I only drove mine with the aftermarket wheel for a day or two, before I got a Festiva wheel at a j/y and swapped them out.

I'm assuming by now that lanemeyer has that wheel. I sent it his way after Madness, just not sure he's ever gone and picked it up.

[Festiva_Fred]

Pretty much everyone at my school loves my festiva especially after I take them for a fun ride in it..

[91blufestiva]

Shut up fred! hahaha

I've got a few people who like it lol, one of my co-workers even wants one now, and another friend of mine wants either a festy or a geo, but mainly for gas mileage..

[eurotiva]

The older wiper stalks had a slightly different angle to them.

[91blufestiva]

I remember reading that somewhere as well, but I wanna stick with white letters, and my int. variable wipers