E Dirty Four

[Asshole Bicycle]

Any reason for not running the style 5 center caps? Someone made nice aluminum replacements, not sure if they are still available.

[Miroteknik]

let me know how you like the seats, and how they hold up. been tempted on this style, but wasnt sure on the long-term quality

[Graphitemk6]

So the rest of the parts arrived. VAC seat moubts,everything lines up perfectly. The seats seem extremely low so I'm going to have to look into some ways to raise them up a bit.





Finally got the VC gasket, and tires so that'll be a project for next weekend.

[Graphitemk6]

Lol thanks! Stay tuned going to be alot of interesting choices going forward. The seats seems pretty nice, it'll take a few months of driving to see how they hold up.

[doubleJC]

Interesting choice of seats. But nicely done on the wheels man! Can never go wrong with Style 5s

John

[Graphitemk6]

So the seats arrived. No name eBay specials. Overall they seem pretty sturdy. Pretty much the exact color I plan on dyeing the interior to.





Going to be using VAC Motorsports seat brackets to mount them. They should be here tomorrow

It's been about 3 weeks now waiting on the VC gasket, ign could, Sparks plugs and a few other things. They are supposed to be delivered Saturday though so we shall see.

Happy New Year's everyone!

[Graphitemk6]

Definitely a rough starting point, but it seems like with some love it will transform pretty quickly. Love the finish on the Style 5s, I had a set on my old compact. One of the best OEM wheels ever made imo haha.

Lol oh yeah it's definately rough, hopefully it won't be to much longer before I get it to were I can drive it on a semi regular basis.

[bwwaaaa]

Definitely a rough starting point, but it seems like with some love it will transform pretty quickly. Love the finish on the Style 5s, I had a set on my old compact. One of the best OEM wheels ever made imo haha.

[Graphitemk6]

And it's back on the road, got it running well enough to get emissions and get it registered. They let me know that after this year it won't need emissions or anything ever again.



Had a bit of free time so I made a shift knob out of some oak wood from a tree I had cut down, going to stain it to match the oem knob.




Caught a break between the rain and cold weather it wash it up and take it for a few drives. Fires right up, idle seems solid, temperature gauge stays right in the middle so it's looking like I've worked out most of the issues. Going to swap out the coil packs when I get around to changing the valve cover. It takes alot of effort to get into 2nd and 3rd gear so I'm guessing I'm going to need a new clutch sooner than later.



And lastly finished the wheels, going to get some 255/45 tires and than I'll get the coils on by the weekend or next week at the latest

[Graphitemk6]

wheels are looking good!

Thanks! They clean up nicely.

[19birel]

wheels are looking good!

[Graphitemk6]

So I cleaned the ICV, changed the fuel filter, and swapped out the spark plugs which got it running again for it short while. seems like I can drive it a few miles than it will get a rough idle, than it will stall out. So I ordered a new fuel pump, since the coilovers have to be welded in I decided to let the shop handle the rest of the front suspension install, and swap out the fuel pump while they are at it.



Started breaking down the wheels, polishing the lips. The plan is to go with some all black hardware. Ill be ordering a stud conversion so im going to be running these wheels without the hex covers.

[Graphitemk6]

Never get tired of seeing style 5s! I had them powdercoated black at an industrial powdercoat place...not the prettiest finish but I only had $400 in them altogether.

Cant go wrong with black, im going to see if I can get them all cleaned up for less than $100. wish me luck lol

[Graphitemk6]

Proper parts here, I love style5's especially when they are stepped up to 19"
I feel your spring rates will be very very soft if you want to go super low, when I was looking into e34s I've learnt most static stancebois use 20-24k springs. May not be an issue if you don't fit super-wide wheels tho

Thanks, I plan on picking up another set of style 19s in the future. Going to step them to 18x10 and 18x10.5 most likely. I polished the last set I had, definitely considering going chrome this time around though. 20k seems awfully high, ive run 10k/8k in the past and that was more than stiff enough. If these springs are to soft swapping them out will be simple enough though.

[Graphitemk6]

YES & YES!

Sucks you've got to weld coils to their assembly on the 34 chassis, but proper wheels and coils - means its gonna look damn proper!!

Yea just a few extra steps, I know a couple of shops that should be up for the task though, but thanks I'm hoping to keep it really clean but aggressive.