My First Festiva

[stdsmt22]

No, she is excited...just tired of hearing my geek out over it. Total festy nerd.

[lanemeyer14]

Yup, lanemeyer14, you were my inspiration. Okay that sounded gay.

Haha, it's all good.....they look good though!

[stdsmt22]

Stripped Interior

Pulled the seats out and carpet for reconditioning. Body looks great under the carpet with no rust at all. Also, a little teaser. Figured out a way to swap 91 Protege seats with no mods at all. Takes all of 30 mins. Pics to come with instructions soon.

[lanemeyer14]

Pulled the seats out and carpet for reconditioning. Body looks great under the carpet with no rust at all. Also, a little teaser. Figured out a way to swap 91 Protege with no mods at all. Takes all of 30 mins. Pics to come with instructions soon.

Swap 91 protege what?....seats?

[stdsmt22]

yup, seats

[stdsmt22]

Pressure Washed Carpet

Pressure washed the carpet and then steam cleaned it. Looks like 95% better. Hard to see the difference on these pics. But it is like night and day.

[skimsucka]

We got the B8 tore down tonight. Got the parts cleaner out and hoping to get the parts cleaned and ready for paint Sunday. All new parts have been ordered for the rebuild and should be in tomorrow...

Head Gasket Set
Timing Belt Kit
Clutch Kit
Radiator Hoses (upper & lower)
Plugs & Wires
Water Pump
Distributor Cap
Rotor Ignition
Thermostat
Shifter Bushings
Vacuum Hoses
Fuel Line
Battery (cabling for rear mount)
Cone Air Filter (materials to fab cold air intake)
Paint (engine bay, and motor)

wish you were closer so we could race ahah

[stdsmt22]

Not sure how fast it will be...making it a daily. But we are going to fab a cold air intake.

[stdsmt22]

Finished the tear down of all the wanted parts from the donor and it is going to the scrap yard tomorrow. Pulled the cam shaft out and should be taking the head to the machine shop in a day or too. I believe the term is "porting." Also, took the door panels off the Festy. They will make a great jig for the custom door panels.

[gorgonheimer]

Congrats on 100 posts.

[stdsmt22]

Cleaning Parts

Made a huge mess last night. Trying to get parts cleaned and spilt about a gallon of mineral spirts and sludge in the garage. Looks like "The Grave Digger" took a dump in bay one. Anyways, should be finished cleaning tonight and will be ready for paint tomorrow. Hoping to have this thing put back together this week or early next week.

Still need to go to the pickapart to get the rear beam, radiator, control arm, and extras.

More pics coming soon.

[stdsmt22]

Spoiler

Most generous member sold me his spoiler before scrapping Festiva. Here it is; hoping to get her painted and installed tomorrow or Monday fo sho.

[stdsmt22]

Headliner Before

Pulled the headliner and OMG is this thing nasty. Looks like a heard of chain smoking hobbits lived in there. Oh well, gunna get it cleaned and painted today.

[stdsmt22]

Bumper Covers Before

Also pulled the bumper covers today. They are in pretty good shape. Just need to get them cleaned up and painted. Bought Dupli-color Bumper Paint in flat black.

[Grey Vw]

It's coming along nicely!