I have been working on "KL-EEN 1" today

Almost finished making more room for the driveshafts. I should be able to drop it all the way now ;)



I didn`t have any gas left for the welder, so it isn`t 100% finished yet.






I need to change the engine-mounts on my new dieselengine.
(The engine is from a Golf 2)

This is the mount on the TDK-engine:



As you can see the mount from the old 1.8 is much shorter:



I also startet looking for a place for the InterCooler.
But not much space ... :eek:

Some work done tonight.

I have ordered new carpets og door panels from US today.
Removed the interior and started the planning of the AirRide installation.



Since the theme of my project is CLEAN, I am going to do a hidden AirRide install.



After some brainstorming I think I will end up with something like this.
I have to wait for my kit to arrive before I make up my mind completly :)



With this install I can access all the components behind the backseat.
I will install a MDF-wall which will hide all the "stuff" when you look through the rearhatch.

Taking it to the extreme (kleen/clean) :D. Are u obsessed with cleaning ;) (if yes, please come visit my home, especially the kitchen :D)

Respect! :woowoo:

Hehe. I guess I am. "Less is more" ;)

I like that!

Update..
Finally I got the last engine-mount :)

3 (!!!) hours later the mount was out of the old car. It`s not easy to remove this mount with the engine still in the car. :( But I didn´t give up ;)



Here you go KL-EEN!! :D



Back in the garage I started with my TDK engine.






I will use this weekend to clean up and paint my engine. I`ll come back with more updates reagarding this.

What`s happening to my airride? IT`S IN EUROPE :D Yesterday it was in Germany. I should have it next week. Weeeeeee!!! :)

I was talking to UPS today, and they told me that my AirRide will arrive Thursday :)

First up tonight was to check how much I could lower the rear of the car without any modifications. I think this will turn out reeeeal good ;)






The engine will get some paint and shine this week. I haven`t desided what color I want on the engine, but I think it will be silver/grey.









Stay tuned! :)

Finally!!! Today the AirRide arrived!!! :) I am looking forward to install this next week.


This kit is modified which means shorter front and rear-struts compared to the standard Golf/Rabbit-kit. ;)


Here´s the frontstrut



They also made a custom-bracket so I can drop the strut closer to the driveshaft.


I think the car will be EXTREME low ;) Just as I like it ..!!
So if you check this thread saturday, you can see how low it got ;)

Than I certainly will!

Some more pictures of the AirRide...

looking good mr laban ;)

wow, they delivered a complete bolt-on kit?

Yes they did. :)

I have installed the airstruts :cool:
Damn.. one LOW Rabbit ;)

Pictures?? I am not home right now so I can`t empty the cam.
I will post the pics later tonight (in 4-5 hours i think)

come'on with the pics! ;)

Todays update.. (WITH PICTURES)

Here`s the shots from today










Can`t get my Nokia under... :o



Tight but no rubbing ;)



I am going to modify the front for 40mm additional drop. ..crazy bastard ;)

:| damn.... me wants airride ;)

I have been kinda busy these last days and I have also given my daily som TLC. :)

But I have ordered some parts for the project.



And two new front strut-towers for my modification of the height of KL-EEN.
They should arrive from Germany next week and I will start working with the mod right away ;)

damn... your airride.....

Now that's low!

Can you post some pic's how you fitted the airride?

It is not completly installed yet. I have just tried on the airstruts.
I will give you a detailed "how-to" when I install the rest of the kit...I promise! :)

don;t you have any protection againts stones inside your wheelthingies (cannot find the right word)? Looks like bare metal to me....

or is it just the pic?

very cool look with those fittipaldi's...

gonna be 1 cool cabby...

Nope, nothing there.

Thanx, mate :D

Todays update

I finished "tearing up" my dieselengine :)



Now it is ready for some cleaning and paint. (Sorry for some out of focus pictures)






This is the plans for the engine
- Beige engine bay
- Completly black engine
- Kl-een`ing of the engine bay
- Install a hidden InterCooler (in front of the radiator)
- Hide all cables etc.

Painting the engine

Well, todays task was to paint the engine.

After some good cleaning the engine was ready for some black paint :)



And the result when I left the garage tonight.. back in black

Postman Pat came today.. all the way from Germany :)



And what did he bring me?
Finally!! My new "strut-towers". Some major mods at the garage .. ;)



I also got this. :)

Good work!

very nice project keep up the good work!

Todays update..
 

Modifying the strut towers
Tonight I started to modify the strut towers.




First I cut 20mm of the old tower. I used a DREMEL tool for best control :)




Then I cut the new towers. I cut them 50mm and that gave me 30mm extra drop ;)




After some adjustments it was ready for welding. I am doing this tomorrow.
So stay tuned folks :)

cool solution, nice work too.... :cool:

Thanks. It is ALOT of work, but the result is :rock:

Yep, that IS a very smart solution for that extra inch of drop. Never thought of that, good thinking.

Todays update..
 

LOWRIDER!!

Tonights goal was to finish the tower modification and get the ride down on the wheels again... I made it so keep on reading ;)

The last tower was removed.







Welded some points just to be able to adjust later if something was wrong.
This angle shows how high the strut is now.




Then I had to install the suspension and the wheels.....




LOW!!!




"Toit as a tigah"



I just had to take the "Lucky Strike shoot". I was not able to get it under ;)

It has to be sooo precise, or else your car will never be ligned up right...


sooo much respect for this work...

:woowoo:

I know. That`s the reason it took me some hours just to cut the towers. ;)
Everything is looking just fine so I don`t have to adjust anything. :)

I think the mod came out very nice. I got the drop I wanted with it.
Now I only have to modify the frontstruts for those last mm drop ;)

Todays update..

I continued working with my engine tonight. Washed and sandblasted some parts.
I also painted my waterpump and dieselpump. You spot the difference? ;)

Before:



After:

not afraid of getting paints in parts that you don't want, and messing something up?

Everything is masked or removed :)

nice...it will be scraping roadkills when you ride it like that

OMG thats sweet :)

Nice work. I was reading this treat en was thinking about these ''towers''. Should your bonnet(hood) close nice? I like the wheels and the tires, so clean..

gr