Ty's Big Body "Build"

[tyler589]

Hey guys, bare with me seeing that this is the first time I have ever started a "build thread." Having my first son and wanting to eventually expand on my young family I decided to sell my old A4. Here is a photo in its final stage with the Aero 2's

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And the wheels before BLQ's
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Any way, I went ahead and picked up a 1996 LS 400, the car was pretty sound and was a Florida car. Once I drove it home I was driving it for a couple weeks before I started to dig into her. First thing was some maintenance, timing belt and all those other goodies along with plugs wires and a new injector and to top it all off a freshly rebuilt ECU that bitch was going crazy saying I was skipping on all 8 Cyl.

Once that was all sorted I started tearing her down, here is one of the few photos of the actual car;
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As far as plans for the car, she is getting Megan coilovers with UAS bag over coils which are a very straight forward install welded up the brackets and assembled in a half hour.

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Now onto the interior, the audi I kind of rushed it and it wasnt up to par so I decided to slow down with this one seeing that I have a company car, with a little help from the homies we got the guages fitted nice in the ash tray cover

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assembling it all

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Fitted in the console

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Switches mounted and all the lines are ran

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Fired her up yesterday had to small leaks at the back of the gauges which I was expecting because of the angle of the lines but that is all sorted and she holds air over night.

[tyler589]

Also picked up a set of Wald Dutchalets sized up at 19x10.5 et 10 19x12.5 et10. They just need a good polishing on the lips and a new set of tires.

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Now the fun part, making them fit. First test with no camber, have a shit load of work on my hands.

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Shaved fenders and installed the camber arms maxed out the eccentrics and adjusted the arms as far as I safely could, still not enough so I plan on taking the upper arms off soon and sectioning them about 30mm.

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Thats about it for the rears, the fronts are another story I purchased 326 Power RCA's which correct suspension geometry and caster while pushing the wheel out about 15 mm and should allow me up to about 8* in the front. I need to throw on a slip on 2 or 3mm spacer so it clears the big breaks on the front.
Super cool VSCO picture haha;

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Rear toe and traction arms should be in this week also gonna order a new grill and some Isis Blast pipes. Thats about it for now prolly will have updated pictures on IG faster then here so feel free to follow me @ society_life

[keenan]

your off to a nice start. ive always liked these cars. what size tires are you running? also i think you should check out elvis' car from stancenation. he did some sort of bumper modification because these bumpers sit high i think he extended the rears by 4 inches or something.

[tyler589]

your off to a nice start. ive always liked these cars. what size tires are you running? also i think you should check out elvis' car from stancenation. he did some sort of bumper modification because these bumpers sit high i think he extended the rears by 4 inches or something.

Thank you, Elvis did extend his bumper, but I need to get new tires I either plan on going 275/30 or 285/30 in the rear 235/35 in the front.

[lublub]

This car is tough and those wheels are wider than a kardashian's labias.

[tyler589]

This car is tough and those wheels are wider than a kardashian's labias.

Haha thanks dog hopefully I can pul them off!

[XkokidureX]

Wiiiidee! Great project, keep it up!

[tyler589]

Wiiiidee! Great project, keep it up!

Thanks!

[244Brick]

With a pull the rears won't fit?

[tyler589]

With a pull the rears won't fit?

Well, I fucked up and shaved them not knowing that they could possibly split. So before I section the upper arms I am gonna pull them if they split I am just gonna go big and bring it to the homies body shop.

[hinrichs]

cant wait to see more of this, always loved your b5, makes me miss the one I had.

[tyler589]

cant wait to see more of this, always loved your b5, makes me miss the one I had.

Thanks man, means alot coming from one of the B5 OG's

[244Brick]

well, i fucked up and shaved them not knowing that they could possibly split. So before i section the upper arms i am gonna pull them if they split i am just gonna go big and bring it to the homies body shop.

monica!!!

[tyler589]

Just got some goodies in the mail, my rear toe and traction arms courtesy of 9K racing and some camera goodies as well.
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Dat foot doe, as far as camera goodies go. I just got a 85L and 135L in the mail. Plan on shooting Nicky and Keiths car so stay tuned for photos of that.

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[tyler589]

About to order a set of these bad boys, most likely trim them a little but it should liven up the rear make it a little more aggressive.