What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[thered56]

Set down a B6T on my fingers...:toothy6:

In the process of organising my Festiva stash. Too many parts, not enough space. I'll probably have quite a bit of parts for sale in the next little while.

[woodyvw16v]

washed it and plotted. my good friend (who gave the car to me) will be in town in a couple of weeks and an extra pair of hands sounds like just the thing i need to get the car lowered and the rack replaced.

also pondered my rear swaybar situation- and just now noticed that eurosport mkI vw 16v front upper sway bars are made of 3/4" and 7/8" steel tube- seems a bit excessive for the fes but i happen to have a supply of similar sized tubing at my other job.

[jamesmc]

I've done a few things lately. No pictures because it's dark but hopefully I can get some soon. I found a junkyard and scored some parts, pretty far drive though.

-Geo Metro 13s. Sanded them down and sprayed them dark gray.
-New left fender to replace a badly dented one.
-Clear turn signals from eBay.
-Stock "Festiva" mudflaps in the rear.
-Installed a rear wiper.
-Finally, finished off my Escort console swap with the manual trans shift boot. (The console I took mine out of was an auto.)

All it needs now is a bp swap to make me happy.

[ericsmith32]

You only toe-in on rwd cars because of what you state. With FWD the wheels are doing the pulling not being pushed. Bungee are just DIY trick.. I wouldn't pay for a professional job if that's what they'd do.

[Gomez]

ericsmith32:

It only makes sence to toe in, because as you go faster, natural forces act on your front end making the toe-in condition actually go away. (of course this is a generic statement)

I HIGHLY doubt the "professional" used a bungee cord. If so, then he isn't professional. Every car has a listed alignment tolerance. Just like spark plug gap, head bolt torque, etc. The alignment process is very simple, But cannot be done accurately with a bungee cord.

Driverone:

It sounds like you have toe-out. This will give you lots of turn-in steering (more steering at the very beginning of the corner) but will make your car want to "wander" in the straightaways. It will wear your tires on the inside.

[fooddaman]

I removed the radiator/fan assembly today. Radiator has a leak, so now I need to order the new one. Plus I broke one of the connectors off when I removed the wire connectors on the coolant sensor. So, now I will need to order one of those as well.

[DriverOne]

Looks like I'll need to align my ride. I'm wearing through tires like nobody's business, and although I corner like an Indy car, the feel is that every variation in the road has it's way with me. In a straight line, I'm weaving. I need to replace my axles, but I'd rather finish the XR2 build before I do. It may still need to happen though. I don't want to lose my car before I get the chance to build it, as well as hold on to my T1-R's!

[ENEMY_]

[ENEMY_]

Figured since I just bought clear corners I should protect them

[ericsmith32]

Are you sure it shouldn't be 3/16 toe-out? The front of the tires should out further than the rears. As easy way to set is use a bungee cord and set the gap on the front the same as the gap on the rear. Even the Escape I had professional aligned is setup that way.

[kartracer46]

Had mine aligned this morning. By the way the tires were worn I figured it had a good bit of toe out. Well, stock a Festiva is supposed to have 3/16" of toe-in. Mine had 1/4" out. That is one way to ruin a pair of tires in less than 5 months and it did. Holy crap does it run so much nicer now. With that much drag I figure it was costing me at least 1-1.5 MPG maybe a little more.

Next up: Rings and valve seals.

Indeed, I'll bet you see a difference on the next fill up. It will definitely save on those tires!

[Gomez]

Had mine aligned this morning. By the way the tires were worn I figured it had a good bit of toe out. Well, stock a Festiva is supposed to have 3/16" of toe-in. Mine had 1/4" out. That is one way to ruin a pair of tires in less than 5 months and it did. Holy crap does it run so much nicer now. With that much drag I figure it was costing me at least 1-1.5 MPG maybe a little more.

Next up: Rings and valve seals.

[kartracer46]

Well I felt ambitious today, the weather was awsome so I did some spring cleaning on Twizted. I have done a few things to him since he got his FOTM last June. So I figured some may want to see. Plus it gave me a jump on getting him ready to go up for OSX meet. I still have a few interior tid bits to install to make him nice. I will save those for another day.

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[getnpsi]

Today I replaced my VW style radio antenna with a nmo mount for a future CB addition. Then I added two extra screws per side to my roof rack just for piece of mind. Also straightened out my drivers side fog light, it was twisted to the left a little.



Something I've noticed about window tint, you get what you pay for. I have my windows tinted on my Festiva, was done a couple of years ago. Can't remember the brand but it has faded bad already. I had another brand of tint on my wife's old Accent and it looked better then my Festiva tint even after 8 years. I have 5% on the rears and 20% on the front doors. For my old STi and my wife's Legacy GT we went to a 3M installer and it was worth every penny. Each car ran about $400 but that included the 3M color stable on the rears at 5%, the front doors at 20% and 70% 3M crystalline tint on the front windshield. The cars look great and on long trips the heat doesn't come through the front windshield that much at all. I plan on having the guy re-do my Festiva windows the same way.

x2 Windsheild tint is one of my favorite mods. I have a broken windshield on my neon, and got a ticket...im gonna be sad when it's clear glass again. It's a dramatic change in heat even if you just go medium all around and the lightest on the front windows/windshield. I hate cops attention so i never go more than medium in front.

[neanderpaul]

Jay, you are the man. 8)