Did a test fit, ready for air now.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Good evening,

Learned a lot, bought a lot, and wasted a lot of time.

Car has changed a little, here's a quick run down.

Wingless


New (actually gently used) seats.



Pontiac Torrent gauge cluster swapped in.


Bought 2 extra NUE's.


Mounted tires on others. 205/40 on 17x8's.

Ordered air from BagRiders. Awesome customer service. Would suggest them to anyone interested in air.

Some of it came today.

Airlift Autopilot V2, 5Gal tank, 1/4th lines, 400C compressor.

Airlift 75559 and 75566 universal struts are in the mail. Should be here next week. The week after I have leave time I will use to install everything. The front struts are going to be a pretty tight fit.. 7 inches in diameter and I have about that much room barely inside the strut tower.

Also, looking for anyone with extra knowledge about bagging cars with McPherson strut setups, any extra info on slotted clevis holes and cam bolts, air install do's and don'ts tips, or anybody that wants 2 free (only for SW members, pay shipping) OEM Saturn black leather front seats for a daily or some sort of project. Literally going to be thrown away otherwise.

Thanks, look forward to feedback. Sorry for the Instagram photos.


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[Kyle_Eagleton]

Did a test fit, ready for air now.

Last night I put the wingless trunk lip on. Clearly it needs painted still, but it worked out nicely. It cleans up the rear much better in my opinion.

See it here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/seethin...in/photostream

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Update: Friend of mine posted 2 mint Recaro Pole Position seats on Craigslist for $700. He told me I could have them for $600! I told him I needed to wait until the end of the week after I payed my bill for the past semester.


Somebody bought them the next day. After I post this, I'm going to go smash my face off of something hard, and lay in a puddle of the mixture of blood and failure.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Update: There's no real point in making an actual build thread, since I'm not doing thing crazy. I'll just put the updates here as I go.

Yesterday I dropped the car off for a new intake to be made. The same guy who did my exhaust is doing it, I'm sure it will unique and functional, I'll put a comparison photo from the old to the new when I pick it up on Saturday. I'm form>function minded, I don't care about performance, but that old cold air intake had to go....

Also, my wingless lip for the trunk has arrived! It needs prepped for paint, and obviously painted. I think I will wait until winter breaks to put it on, so mother nature doesn't ruin the fresh paint. I bought it from another Saturn owner, who only charged me the gas money he needed to take it to UPS, and shipping. Very nice of him, since another source wanted 75 for that small piece, before shipping!

[Kyle_Eagleton]

drop the rear wing, you aint flyin anywhere..
really now it will look SO MUCH better without it.

The wingless lip is somewhere in the mail as we type..

[morghen]

drop the rear wing, you aint flyin anywhere..
really now it will look SO MUCH better without it.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Update: Finally pulled the trigger and am waiting on a wingless trunk lip in the mail. (i.e., car will have no large wing). Not sure how I'll feel about it, but the current lip and wing could use some TLC.

Also, I'm working on the idea of removing my reverse lights (shown above in the rear bumper), replacing them into the reflector in the trunk lid, and running a dual exhaust through the holes that remain. I'm worried about my current side exit for when I air out, so I think the exhausts running up that high will be kind of different, crazy, and practical for going lower.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Looks great, just merlot


Photoshop on air1 by Kyle_Eagleton, on Flickr

Thanks man. And you're always handy to post the actual pictures from my links, so thanks for that too

[244Brick]

Looks great, just merlot


Photoshop on air1 by Kyle_Eagleton, on Flickr

[Kyle_Eagleton]

That looks really good, hell of a lot better than I can ever do with photoshop hahahaha

Haha thanks man, but I didn't shop it myself. I'm super pumped for it though

[rice4life]

That looks really good, hell of a lot better than I can ever do with photoshop hahahaha

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Did a test fit, ready for air now.

Somebody was kind enough to photoshop my wheels onto my car for me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seethingsthroughmyeyes/8332017324/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seethingsthroughmyeyes/8330960049/in/photostream/

These are just a referance, not passing them off as a professional job. Sorry to the photography critics

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Love it man! Send me some pics and with your permission, we'll use them on our website! Love seeing "alternative cars" up for a build.

Would love to send pictures Brian! Thanks for the kind words!

[Brian@AirLift]

Love it man! Send me some pics and with your permission, we'll use them on our website! Love seeing "alternative cars" up for a build.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

For those of you who are Facebookers, Rotiform posted a photo I took of my wheels. You can see it here:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10152339205255048&set=a.302146750047.326594.264929400047&type=1&theater