Wanted to introduce myself and to talk briefly of my car - this thread has a lot of pictures but I've done more performance mods and pictures weren't taken then - like clutch upgrades, UR pulley upgrades, sway bars, links, throttle adjustments, cables, etc etc. Injectors will be coming soon, getting 630cc Siemens Deka and another map tune for E85 soon.
My name is Keoni, from Hawai'i, moved to Pennsylvania and currently reside in Georgia though I still have a home in Pittsburgh and in Hawai'i (well, not my house but family's house) and I go between PA and GA often.
Posted this in the General section as I think that it might not be appropriate for R-Forum since its not really tech related, questions or help - so off topic is probably where I should have put this now that I think of it. I'm going to try to put this in chronological order.
First mod after warranty expired - its a sad day yet exciting day really. Warranty always gives a peace of mind but now I can mod at will without worry, so to speak.
I've always wanted TPMS in this Volvo, should have came factory in my oppinion:
Wanted a way to monitor my car's basic info:
My car didn't have factory NAV, something I wanted when searching for my car. At the time of purchase, I never knew that I probably wouldn't have been satisfied, so I built my own unit from a salvaged unit I picked up at a junk yard, actually picked up a couple of them, got 3 for 100 total. 2 were broke but all I wanted was motors and housing. Bought some eBay monitors, took them apart and voila. I then picked up an entirely different unit and sold the custom made ones. I also mounted new radio and DiNOC wrapped the units.
I finally got a FMIC I wanted, Phuz put it in for me - very happy though the install broke my AC unit down the line as the added pressure of the FMIC install was pushing and bending against the unit causing it to rub against the radiator causing a crack in the side of the AC radiator leaking out my freon. Oh well... Installed my front and rear camera too while I was at it.
My carbon fiber pieces was finally completed... front winglets, front splitter, boost gauge, spark cover, cam cover, fuel rail / tb cover. Installed iPD v2 boost guage - since day 1 the backlight LED works only 50% of the time, oh well...
Installed 6k HID foglights too while I was at it and changed main unit bulbs to 6k.
Tinted taillights with 35% high gloss film, installed CF trim, and did the dual rear fog light MOD.
Started thinking of exhaust, removed my Exhaust Bracket of Death. Took some notes, will tackle a custom setup later.
Redid my front grill, originally painted it black but now I painted it factory color to match! Installed new badge and grill backing as well.
Got pissed at my boost gauge, decided to take it apart and attempt to fix, after my 'fix' there has been no change, still light only works 50% of the time. Noticed my A-Pillars material was in deterioration so I wrapped that in DiNOC too - will redo my A-Pillars, radio surround and pop up dash grill in real carbon fiber very soon - hopefully haha.
My name is Keoni, from Hawai'i, moved to Pennsylvania and currently reside in Georgia though I still have a home in Pittsburgh and in Hawai'i (well, not my house but family's house) and I go between PA and GA often.
Posted this in the General section as I think that it might not be appropriate for R-Forum since its not really tech related, questions or help - so off topic is probably where I should have put this now that I think of it. I'm going to try to put this in chronological order.
First mod after warranty expired - its a sad day yet exciting day really. Warranty always gives a peace of mind but now I can mod at will without worry, so to speak.
I've always wanted TPMS in this Volvo, should have came factory in my oppinion:
Wanted a way to monitor my car's basic info:
My car didn't have factory NAV, something I wanted when searching for my car. At the time of purchase, I never knew that I probably wouldn't have been satisfied, so I built my own unit from a salvaged unit I picked up at a junk yard, actually picked up a couple of them, got 3 for 100 total. 2 were broke but all I wanted was motors and housing. Bought some eBay monitors, took them apart and voila. I then picked up an entirely different unit and sold the custom made ones. I also mounted new radio and DiNOC wrapped the units.
I finally got a FMIC I wanted, Phuz put it in for me - very happy though the install broke my AC unit down the line as the added pressure of the FMIC install was pushing and bending against the unit causing it to rub against the radiator causing a crack in the side of the AC radiator leaking out my freon. Oh well... Installed my front and rear camera too while I was at it.
My carbon fiber pieces was finally completed... front winglets, front splitter, boost gauge, spark cover, cam cover, fuel rail / tb cover. Installed iPD v2 boost guage - since day 1 the backlight LED works only 50% of the time, oh well...
Installed 6k HID foglights too while I was at it and changed main unit bulbs to 6k.
Tinted taillights with 35% high gloss film, installed CF trim, and did the dual rear fog light MOD.
Started thinking of exhaust, removed my Exhaust Bracket of Death. Took some notes, will tackle a custom setup later.
Redid my front grill, originally painted it black but now I painted it factory color to match! Installed new badge and grill backing as well.
Got pissed at my boost gauge, decided to take it apart and attempt to fix, after my 'fix' there has been no change, still light only works 50% of the time. Noticed my A-Pillars material was in deterioration so I wrapped that in DiNOC too - will redo my A-Pillars, radio surround and pop up dash grill in real carbon fiber very soon - hopefully haha.
