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  • sketchman
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    lol Yeah, I tell people I think the PO got bored and drunk and all he had was a marker.

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  • Flyin4stroke
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    You can thank Eurotiva for that.

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  • NateHertz
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    Nice build man that rally blue gunna look great feel like all your photos are labeled for dum dums lol with the paint marker.

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  • sketchman
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    Cleaned and painted VC. I kept waiting for the paint to dry cause it stayed shiny. Turns out I bought semi-gloss. Oh well.

    Oh, and I forgot I also modded it a bit. Cut off the timing cover backing half moon piece and just left the timing indicator.

    Last edited by sketchman; 08-22-2015, 01:09 PM.

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  • sketchman
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    My driver's seat was beat on the outer side and it was super uncomfortable to sit in.

    I have a scrap Kia Sedona with captain's chairs in the yard. Hmm. Let's make this work. Turns out they are nice and square on the bottom and mount to a secondary base that gives them a hinge and quick release function. So, you just take that off and fab a bracket.



    I would dearly like to meet the man who was in charge of laying out the Festiva seat to body bolts and their respective boss locations and heights and give him a swift kick in the pants. Why, just why?

    The whole time I'm thinking, "And I have to make another one of these."

    Many hours of work.



    I win.

    I will say that though it made sense for me to use these seats cause they were free I would use something else. They are HEAVY like you wouldn't believe, but very comfortable. You get 2 armrests, one of which I took off, cause the seats are kinda wide. Mine also ended up shifted to the left somehow. I measured at least 11 billion times, but trying to adjust things I got off somewhere.

    It also looks like the Sedona could be a source for manual seat belts, which I never considered before. I will investigate this further another day.
    Last edited by sketchman; 08-12-2015, 03:32 PM.

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  • sketchman
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    ^ lol

    Who needs a truck? Well most of the time.

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  • blueoval
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    that's the color of my festiva and that's how I got my b6-me home, you should of seen the guy's eyes that had my engine on the end of a fork left when I backed up in old blue and popped the hatch

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  • sketchman
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    Will do.

    Better pics. Tinted the rear quarters. Tried the rear glass again, and have decided I just can't do it, so I got thoroughly ticked, tore it off twice, and I ordered a strip kit and yet more tint for the front windows.



    Bobbed.

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  • eurotiva
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    Keep those a.c. parts

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  • sketchman
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    No AC. Can't stand the clutter. I'll have enough with the turbo bits that it'll aggravate me already.

    Tinted the rear quarter windows today. Should get at least the back done tomorrow. If I can finally do it.

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  • eurotiva
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    No a.c.? All the stock festy stiff fits

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  • SWRT
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    Can't wait for the World Rally Blue. That should be awesome!

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  • sketchman
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    Mechanic friend was painting a trailer and had some Rusto black semi-gloss left over with hardener and thinner already mixed in. So, I sprayed my bumpers and the black around the windows and mirrors.

    It's too bright outside right now, but these are the best I could do.





    Also have the bobtail mod done, and will do a bobtail+ in the future. It'll be a poor mans ATH-ish bumper.

    Next week (hopefully) will be a full paint job with WRX blue which was also left over, but looks so sweet. It's a little brighter than the stock blue, but I'll match well I think. And I'll repaint the wheels either semi-gloss black or something crazy. Not sure yet.
    Last edited by sketchman; 08-01-2015, 11:25 AM.

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  • sketchman
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    Thanks. Can't wait till it's turbo and painted.

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  • kumalaba
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    very nice sketch

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