Wiggy's ride/Matilda: Going Green

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:16 pm

Hell yeah! How long did it take you guys? I might end up going that route with my Stage 3.

I don't think you answered me before..are you going with the bigger exhaust wheel too?

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:42 pm

Ha ha awesome!!!

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:46 am

Took about 3 hours. I was somewhat dreading it because of the weather, but a friend brought over a torpedo heater which made it a lot more bearable.

I'm just going with the compressor wheel for now.

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:17 am

So I stopped by LCR today just to find out that I will be receiving a prototype anti-surge inlet

I didn't even know I was getting it

Parts should be done this week according to Adam. I can't wait. I'm dying to get the car on the road now that the weather is warming up. Oh, and there will be new powder work too, thank God. The old stuff was done by a buddy who was just getting into P-coating and it wasn't very good. I'm gonna change it up a bit while I'm at it

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:27 am

Did he ever tell you how much he would charge?

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:17 pm

Your car will be a monster when its done. I wanna learn more about this Anti-Surge inlet.

Similar to this?
http://www.dcrsrt.com/index.php?act=vie ... oductId=66

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:26 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Did he ever tell you how much he would charge?

I thought I sent you a pm about it? Sorry.

edit: Talked to him today. He said 150

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Your car will be a monster when its done. I wanna learn more about this Anti-Surge inlet.

Similar to this?
http://www.dcrsrt.com/index.php?act=vie ... oductId=66

Pretty much

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:40 pm

I wanna see your car in person

now go get the headlight shrouds made so I can do my retrofits!

Srtkr · Post by **Srtkr** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:35 pm

coming together great wiggy.
Ill be in Cleveland in like 3 weeks!

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:19 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:I wanna see your car in person

now go get the headlight shrouds made so I can do my retrofits!

Not right now you don't. It's a mess, inside and out

Those are taking a lot longer than I anticipated, but they're still in the works. Life has sort of slowed everything down as of late. Now that the weather is getting nicer, and I'm getting some life stuff back in order they should get moving again.

Srtkr wrote:coming together great wiggy.
Ill be in Cleveland in like 3 weeks!

Cool! Feel free to hit me up

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:49 pm

Got my solid shifter bushings installed today along with my LCR clutch pivot. Feels good to work on the car again after almost 6 months!

Also, these arrived the other day.

The bulbs were custom made by my manufacturer in China and the Neon badge was just a plain Jane chrome badge that I murdered out. I was trying to find a 1st gen badge, but it seems like they're getting pretty hard to find at this point

Picked up the turbofold from LCR today too. Looks sweet! I'll snap a pic tomorrow before I start to install it. The rest of the parts are just waiting for powder coat. I should have them by Saturday from what they told me. I can't wait to drive the car again after all is said and done!

edit: Here's the inside of the mani. It's all ceramic coated and ready to install. I'm gonna get cracking on re-install 1st thing tomorrow

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:54 pm

Good stuff man. Where are you going to place the neon lettering? Trunk?

Where are the LED bulbs going?

Take a lot of picts of the turbo with the LCR work.

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:23 am

I added a pic of the mani. I'll take plenty of the turbo when it comes back

The badge will go on the trunk in the stock location.

The bulbs are for my custom tails that I'm re-doing this year. I wasn't 100% happy with them when I made them last year, and when I went to take them apart to adjust them, I cracked one of the lenses

I'm getting a new set in the next week or so though, so I'll be back on them soon.

Here's where I left 'em.

OEM all red

custom

mattern248 · Post by **mattern248** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:38 am

you just gave me an amzing idea for my tailights as i dont have a reverse light that is visible because of my paint and all can you pm me how you went about making them the way you did? wont copy you 100% but will do something similar if you dont mind

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:03 am

You need a clear set of lenses from a set of "euro" tails or something similar. Like these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DODGE-NE ... ccessories

Then it's just a matter of masking and painting the areas that you want red or tinted

mattern248 · Post by **mattern248** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:09 am

oh lol never thought of that lol yeah i love the way mine look but 5% tint and almost no light out put from the tails i needed to figure some thing out. looks awsome btw.

with you pvo spoile how many layers of fiber glass were used in it and how hard was yours to mold i have the ebay one fitment is about 7/10 and molding it was a bit harder due to the ship them to fast they dont let them cure completly, got mine and it was still super flexable still

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:55 am

The PVO on my old trunk was only one layer and it was super flexible. It fit pretty well (8 or 9/10), but was so paper thin that I reinforced it with expanding foam to give it more rigidity once installed.

Molding it wasn't hard, it was just a lot of work

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:17 am

Those tails look like orbs

superdan · Post by **superdan** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:31 am

wiggyx wrote:The PVO on my old trunk was only one layer and it was super flexible. It fit pretty well (8 or 9/10), but was so paper thin that I reinforced it with expanding foam to give it more rigidity once installed.

Molding it wasn't hard, it was just a lot of work

thanks for that

yeah im with crystal...those tails look crazy, i like em...good work as always man

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:41 am

, no prob

Thanks! I can't wait to get the new lenses and get 'em finished up.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:47 am

There is a sign that I pass every day on my way to work. It's an off-white and says:

"Junk cars.

Interior.

Metal.

522-WIGG"

I never grab a pic of it, but it reminds me of a short balding man

J/K, but srsly, I see that sign. In for more pics of what you do. Then we'll battle Mewtwos.

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:41 pm

I'm on the road, so this is all I've got to show now (not gonna take and upload 10 or so pics from my phone). I'll post more later

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:10 pm

*drool*

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:14 pm

beautiful

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:17 pm

Damn that looks awesome!

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:54 pm

As promised...

I/C CO2 sprayer is all good to go as well! Had to have the spray bar pc'd black to match the IC!

BlackRT? · Post by **BlackRT?** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:27 pm

you should of got the manifold high temp powdered flat black

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:52 pm

It's ceramic coated, even better!

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:21 pm

Wow the turbo looks great! And I love the all red tails.. if my car wasn't red I'd do it.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:24 pm

turbo looks badass, and apparently my frog likes your progress. I was reading your post and he started croakin.