Brand-spankin-new to the Festiva game.

[sauce]

Well, theres a guy down the road from me who has 6 Festivas sitting out front and I have decided to buy one. I would like to know what to look for when buying one. I know the basic stuff, half shafts, ball joints, any spooky noises, ect. What's the mileage cap on these things? Anything unusual things to look for? Also I happen to have a couple of heated seats out of an Audi A4. Should I put those in? I look forward to buying parts and bothering you guys with questions.

PS: Im going to post the pictures of all the Festivas this guy has on this thread so stay tuned kids.

Good talk.

'Sauce

[fattie]

Well, theres a guy down the road from me who has 6 Festivas sitting out front and I have decided to buy one. I would like to know what to look for when buying one. I know the basic stuff, half shafts, ball joints, any spooky noises, ect. What's the mileage cap on these things? Anything unusual things to look for? Also I happen to have a couple of heated seats out of an Audi A4. Should I put those in? I look forward to buying parts and bothering you guys with questions.

PS: Im going to post the pictures of all the Festivas this guy has on this thread so stay tuned kids.

Good talk.

'Sauce

welcome ! if u can figure out a way to put those seats in and they dont interfere with shifting then go for it. a good running festiva with a 5spd gets easily 40+ mpg's.

[chrisofna]

Its hard to get a mileage cap on these cars considering I've seen them with over 300k miles on them, you seem to know what your looking for though. If its cheap and has a spoiler and passenger side underseat tray then you have a winner for sure as those are the high dollar items on here.

As for the Audi S4 seats, go for it! I'd love to see some ultra luxury seats in a Festiva, dunno how people would get in the backseat though.

[pr0nst4r]

Psh, if you've got S4 seats, then anyone not lucky enough to call shotgun should be forced to crawl through the back hatch anyway.

If he's got 6 Festivas, you should ask him if he's on this site. Chances are good.

[sauce]

I've looked, and I dont see him, hes out of Lufkin, and he has a little place that has a bunch of mustangs and festivas. Oh, and no one is getting in the back because Im pulling the rear seats so I can haul tools. Plus, I dont like to be the local taxi for my friends, haha. Im thinking after I get the car its going to start to take form as high luxury festiva (is that a oxy-moron, luxury festiva?). Make it comfortable for two people and some gear because I like to travel long distances. And I think I'll paint it plaid, haha. Im planning on going over there this week sometime. And I will post the pictures of his rides. Thanks for not flaming me, all the other forums Im apart of tend to flame the new comers.

[perucho]

He said A4 seats, not quite the same as the S4 seats (unless they are the sport option upgraded seats). Are they power seats too? If they are, I would sell them and get something lighter. They are comfortable but too darn heavy.

[pr0nst4r]

I actually like the sound of your plan. The only change I would make is only painting the roof and mirrors plaid, but other than that, rock it man.

The only time people get flamed around here is if they don't search or revive a thread that's waaaay old, but even then it's more like "c'mon man, you can't look first?" rather than "you're such an idiot, get out!". Probably has a lot to do with the kind of people that are into Festivas.

He said A4 seats, not quite the same as the S4 seats (unless they are the sport option upgraded seats).

Whoops.. well, even still, A4 seats are pretty comfortable.

[chrisofna]

Thanks for not flaming me, all the other forums Im apart of tend to flame the new comers.

Yep, just stop going to a Cressida site because they flamed me for having a stock car, the jerks. No, we don't do that unless you don't use the search option for wheels.

[sauce]

Yeah, they are all power seats with heat. I figure Im going to be dropping a bit of weight removing the rear seat so I can afford an extra 100 lbs or so. And I plan on rigging those suckers up to be fully operational. They've just been sitting around and I need something to do with them. I was going to put them in my girlfriends jetta, but now shes an ex, so you know how that goes. Yeah, I like that idea making the top a different colour like a mini. That would look fresh. Plus Im thinking of welding panels over the rear wing windows, give it that "panel truck" look. Plus it will reduce drag, haha. Has anyone ever attempted that before?

[chrisofna]

Most of the panel truck Festivas I've seen were just painted windows, I'd like to see one with actual welded in things.

[sauce]

Yeah, I just figured since I can weld and metal fab, I should be able to pull off a simple quadrilateral shape and weld the sucker in. Maybe a massive moon roof out of a truck would be neat too. Look at me, Im getting all carried away again.

[25Horseplay]

Welcome to FF.com. I've been wanting to do a panel for awhile now. Heres a picture of one.

[sauce]

Man, I wish the picture was better res, but I like the look of it. If I could use photo shop I would totally shop up my idea. I work for a guy who sells steel so I can get my hands on some 16ga cheap and weld it in, with some inner cross bracing for rigidity. Is that how you are doing yours?

[25Horseplay]

I stole the pic off Craigslist. But yes that is how I want to do mine. I was planning on making some interior panels to give it a finished look. Then on the back I was going to install a set of louvers without the spoiler. I plan on lowering the car and adding moon racing discs.

[sauce]

Aww, moons are awesome. I put moons on my old focus before the car exploded. Im thinking black steeleys with a chome center cap like the crown vic cop cars for the rims. If you had to picture what I wanna do, the car is going to be black with a green/blue/black plaid roof. Im going to get that done in vinyl wrap. Interior wise I have to check the car out and talk to one of my upholstry buddies for ideas. I wanna make this thing very pretty. Maybe sell it to puff daddy or something, haha