Wired

Hello...hello.....is this thing on ???

It looks like I blink once and three weeks go by.

While we were working on the air intake for our twin turbo cab, one of our team members said:  what is that electrical tape doing in that side of the loom.....??

We were so excited that all the pipes were coming together......but now we have to stop and check that electrical tape.

Oh boy, it seems like in its traveling through the various shops of the Sutherland, it encountered a crimping monster.........why am I not surprised ??

Rather than to find who to blame, let's take of the problem shall we........

Since we are replacing and adding some items that require disconnection every now and them. we will go with the ones that would do quality work, easy to use and nice looking too .

After removing the section of the harness that had been cut and crimp, we are left with a little shorter section.....not to worry, we will rerouted to make look good.

Deutsch connector are going to be our choice.

Angel eyes

Same cat with them evil eyes.

When your license plate reads REINVTD you'd better show some creativity.  If you look around, almost everybody has HID headlights, but they are just bright, not really something re invented.

The mission was to find Bi-Xenon projectors that would fit in the Porsche headlight bucket.  the first suggestion was to get a BMW light and see if it can be mounted,  my answer was simple, anything can be mounted, the problem:  BMW uses dual bulbs, just like a lot of the aftermarket products already available,  it has to be a hi/low bulb.

My search engine took me to a place in the east coast that is a distributor of the product I was looking for, the price was not bad so I order 3 kits, one to take apart and see how it works, and what needs to be done to it to make it work, the second one to install on the vehicle and the third one to sell and see if I can make my money back

The product's website says that they have a feature never seen in US roads before.............that is because it is freaking illegal, no red is to be in front of the car,  but it looks kind of cool, so we are going to wire it on separate switch and use just for show.

At the other end THE BOSS has been busy connecting all the dots from the air intake to the exhaust and soon we will have exit to the all the horses inside this twin turbo.

Coil on plugs will burn the E85 fuel that this puppy is going to drink, but that will be for another post

Left turn only....

But have you notice that no one is paying attention.

I'll be willing to bet that if I post on Twiter or facebook and said "hey, light is green"  somebody on a intersection will look up.

That is the challenge of driving in Los Angeles,  so when one of our customers asked  us to install some extra lights, we were more than happy to oblige.

We cut a hole in the housing and then match a small piece of tail light lens and ta da !!......  It wasn't really that simply, but we are in the business of personalizing a vehicle and when the customer says, get it done, it's time to get busy.

Water proof LEDs in the back and in the front were wire to the turn signals,  we added one more to the side of the wing and gave it daytime running lights.

Of course, we don't this Golden Targa looking like a Christmas tree, so everything had to be done with some sense of originality and making this look like it belongs there.

Hang them high..

Or they might hit the ground....

Well, we finally made some serious progress on the ex Targa,  it  has been a slow process due to the invention of certain things, many non stock items have been added to made this twin turbo a special one.

But first we gave it a new hat and a pair of shoes.
Finding a manual top now days seems a difficult task, in the end we have to modify an electric one and made  it work with the Targa locks.

Finding the right wheels is always a headache, wheels can make your car, or it can trash it,  lucky for the master of this beast, we had the opportunity of looking at different options thanks to a few of our customers that were nice enough to let us try their shoes on.

But the sweetest thing is that the turbos are being hung and that means,  we are past the Ecuador of this reinvention, we are on the other side of half.  When turbos are positioned it is easy to know when the rest of the piping will go.........Let's cut some tubes.....................

Body Parts

Since we had this project on go status, many things have changed, from the client, from the contractor and from us

The ride on the frame machine is over and now it's ready for the next one,  so in this amusement park the next big ride is us,  we have to make sure it is of the right height to ride the next one

The line is pretty ling but once it gets there, it will be rotated, rotated and shot,  but with soda, it may need a little heat too.
The body will be slow heated to melt all the undercoating and then blasted with baking soda.

Baking soda is the softest media to strip the body of all impurities without leaving any residue.

But all the ugliness that an old body will be revealed,  and donor parts are being collected, except for the fenders, two brand new ones have made their way from Germany to our location.

It's alive !!

After a few rounds with two insurance companies and lot of intense negotiations,  the go ahead was given and the painful process begun.

We decided to fix the existing part because frankly we ran out of patience waiting for the fiberglass company to make us a new piece.  It took about 2 1/2 years to build this thing the first time, so now we are not in the mood to make our customer wait that long again.

The body has been regenerated and it will have its shiny new skin tomorrow.  The Boss has been busy building a new set of headers and all the plumbing.

And we also added a few little things,  just to make look pretty.

There is a big Porsche show in 6 days time,  our customer would like to show off this silver bullet.

It's all hands on deck, will we make it?  I have no idea, but I can tell you,  we will give our best shot,  If I can make it without cutting any corners.............I will be done.

Have to reinforce the engine bay

Light of day

Angel eyes........

It seems like everybody wants them, and they are available for a number of vehicles, but not for the air cooled Porsche.  For this application,  we have to make them ourselves.

It is my opinion, that angel eyes, only look cool if you have projection headlights.  After a few little experiments,  this is our version, it can still have some variations, as you can see, one headlight is black, the other one is white.  the inside of the light can painted, powder coated, chromed or just as it comes.

So far we have sold two sets, and I will continue to find other ways to work with.

Keep an eye on it.