Det_Riot Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Never throught the day would come that I started a thread in @tony's garage but here I am.... Since the motor incident on the whale cannon, it was a huge blow to the ego, after a bunch of thought and time away from it I decided that the cannon would be going coyote swap to race it in coyote stock. While I knew the plan, I wasn't motivated enough to start that project yet. After seeing JoAnna now in a V making almost double the power that her mustang made, it was only a matter of time until the juices started flowing. For me, there was no other option for me than getting a m6 wagon. I was in no rush to buy so I sat and watched autotrader, Craigslist, and any other sites I could think of every morning and usually afternoon too. I had been watching this one for a while and once the owner dropped price I knew this would be the one. Black being my least favorite option, I figure if a deal came up then I'd just wrap it. After some back and forth and waiting around on local tire kickers I picked her up from Long Island with 18,400 miles on it and couldn't be happier. The car cosmetically wasn't in the best of shape but for the price I couldn't say no. Here she is in all of her bone stock glory Soon the real fun began which was wrapping he car. I'll elaborate some more on this endeavor later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Det_Riot Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Thus far, I've put in a Creative Steel Short throw with a hurst ball and let me say it increased the experience of the car 10-fold. The previous shifter felt like a flaccid dick trying to slam gears, wouldn't go in gear like trying to go in dry with less than half mast. Also ready for install is Kooks long tubes and off road X, considering donating the Katech mufflers from the mustang to the vagon to give it more louds since I think Jo's is just mildly too quiet with the OEM mufflers. Stay tuned for more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 The wrap looks badass, and I love the plate. I wouldn't even know how to begin wrapping a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 that's awesome Bryan. do you still have the truck i assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeahloh95 Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 very cool I wondered how you found a teal one now it all makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTRacing91PGT Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Awesome Bryan! Love the wrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Thanks guys! Yupp @Prokiller still have the truck (for now), I'm 1100 miles away from 100,000 and i think once I cross that threshold, it'll drop value drastically for how much I'll load miles onto it. I've been fiddling with the idea of selling it once i get it back from having warranty timing chain replaced and getting a diesel since mileage doesn't seem to have a huge impact on value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator SN95Source Admin Posted May 24, 2016 Administrator Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 I know I've seen this behind the scenes already but just let me reiterate one thing........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 im damn jealous of the V wagon. ive wanted one for so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 can't believe you guys wrapped that yourselves. that came out bad ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabres Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Congrats on the purchase. The color looks fantastic on that car. I can't believe you did that yourself, though. I would have the thing fucked 6 ways from Sunday in about 10 minutes if I tried to wrap it myself. Those cars are awesome. A real good friend of mine has a M6 V Wagon. It's got a pulley, E85 setup, all sorts of other goodies on it... and two car seats. It shames a ton of stuff around here. Edited May 25, 2016 by Tabres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTwilight Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Sweet purchase! Love the Vagon in Teal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideTech_Ryan Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Damnit man! That looks badass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockbacca Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Damn Bryan, I've always wanted one of these. That wrap... Love the teal. Can't wait to hear this thing scream man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted June 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 On 6/6/2016 at 5:29 PM, Spockbacca said: Damn Bryan, I've always wanted one of these. That wrap... Love the teal. Can't wait to hear this thing scream man. Thanks man! I'm itching bad to get the exhaust on it, then its time to start piece motor fun together! On 6/2/2016 at 5:59 PM, RideTech_Ryan said: Damnit man! That looks badass! On 5/25/2016 at 1:05 PM, RedTwilight said: Sweet purchase! Love the Vagon in Teal! Thanks guys! Just needs some more lows :cough: @ridetech_ryan :cough On 5/25/2016 at 10:04 AM, Tabres said: Congrats on the purchase. The color looks fantastic on that car. I can't believe you did that yourself, though. I would have the thing fucked 6 ways from Sunday in about 10 minutes if I tried to wrap it myself. Those cars are awesome. A real good friend of mine has a M6 V Wagon. It's got a pulley, E85 setup, all sorts of other goodies on it... and two car seats. It shames a ton of stuff around here. On 5/25/2016 at 9:09 AM, tony said: can't believe you guys wrapped that yourselves. that came out bad ass! Gracias dudes! It actually wasn't toooo bad wrapping the whole thing, you start to pick up a little bit of strategy as you go, luckily there aren't too many complex curves on the car! On 5/24/2016 at 3:50 PM, Blackmage said: im damn jealous of the V wagon. ive wanted one for so long =DDD Thanks for the background help checking the car foxes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideTech_Ryan Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Im trying. They got A LOT of other projects they are working on also. Hopefully the squeaky wheel gets the grease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh@RideTech Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 ..... show off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Got caught doing wagon things at a car show this weekend. Won the loud exhaust competition with open mid pipes hahaha put on kooks long tubes and offroad x so figured i'd take advantage of the incomplete modification! Wagon appearance at 1:35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideTech_Ryan Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 So you been running around at night setting off car alarms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 MMMMM, that rear wheel tuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I found it pretty funny how many people managed to stall their cars during that contest lol. Honestly you, the guy right after you and the blue GTO were the only ones that sounded good to me. The BMW racing livery car was sexy as F*** though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I'll agree with you completely on that one. That clown with the GTO thinks you need to sit with rake like that to hook up at the track......oh some people -__- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Yea that stance gave me a "Dafuq?" reaction... his stance looks like he runs a set of these at the track, but in reality he prob runs some 275 drag radials lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Well been a while since I updated this last. A lot of little things here and there with once nice big surprise coming for 2017 =D After wrapping the car and letting Jo rock the black wheels for a while, I finally got my OEM satin black wheels back. All in all nothing too exciting was done to the wagon this summer, just a whole lot of driving. Ended up clocking almost 10,000 miles from when I bought it in March until I moved it the other day. I think really the only thing I did after the exhaust competition was getting the axle back refabricated and we reused the Katech's off the sn95 since they're LS mufflers anyways =p Boogieing right along, In preparation of our trip to Pittsburgh C&C with super bald tires, we decided to swap Jo's verde's onto the wagon They don't look bad but definitely don't look great. Can't exactly determine why but it is what it is. So early October we finally god to take her to the strip: Don't have any readily accessible videos but best she did a 12.4 @113, not too bad for a 4500lb luxary wagon =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 To give a media update for ya'll, my buddy Liam, (LEP Automotive) decided to make a blog of us building the wagon and random other shenanigans. I'm sure most of you on facebook or IG have seen the entry clip on the beginning but if not, enjoy! This video also describes the endeavor I went through in getting the 2 step to work as well. Last photoshoot of the year back on my black OEM's with the bootleg C5 Dragpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 hmmmm to tease, or not to tease......that is the question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanter Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 52 minutes ago, Det_Riot said: hmmmm to tease, or not to tease......that is the question Every situation that calls for this question has one and only one answer..... NOT to tease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 now that you have the wagon and the racks, wheres the roof box??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Evilcw311 said: Uuuhhhh?!!!! When did you get a grocery getter?!??? Lol I've had it for almost a year now! hahaha where have you been?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Evilcw311 said: Obviously not in here!!! Lol what made u get rid of the truck and get this?? hahaha well, I had the truck through June, clicked 100k on it, sold it, picked up a used 6.7L f350 and that's the daily now =D I needed something that was going to hold value while I rack up 40-50,000 miles a year on it for work and everything else that I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Alright so about that thing that I was talking about @Lanter.....Well first off I need to begin by apologizing to my Source family, except for a select few of you, this has been a largely kept secret since approximately September of last year. It's now to the point that I'm so excited for it to be done that I have to share, I also need some opinions from ya'll who I trust the most! So here it goes. The day was February 26th, 2016, at this point, I believe I was in the process of convincing myself that buying a black wagon was going to be a good idea because I could wrap it. So where else to start? Well obviously everyone's favorite wide bodied, HRE Rocking, Cargo Box repping, bagged wagon. Well this went together and became the inspiration for the build appearance wise. Fast forward to NMRA Bowling Green. At this point the wagon was where it was in the last post. So we're hanging out, watching some races, having a grand ole time, and I get an Instagram notification. Open it up and my buddy had tagged me in the post of a bagged wagon. No big deal, figure I'd ask the guy what kit he was running, how he pieced it together, not thinking anything other than gaining some knowledge of bag kits for these cars. Well as luck would have it that day, I ask him how it's set up, he responds back with "I'm actually getting ready to trade the car in and put it back to stock, you interested in the kit?" Well you can bet your fucking ass I'm interested! Well needless the say, I was the proud new owner of a bag kit =P Specs on the kit are as follows: Airlift 3P Management Dual 2.5gallon Tanks Dual Viair 444c Compressors BC Racing Coilovers Airlift Bags All the hardlines and wiring harnesses to make it work as well as resistors for the Mag Ride Sensors. Being that I can't leave anything alone, once I decided to start messing with the kit, it wasn't long before I started switching some things up to make it my own. The red looked cool but it just definitely wasn't at home in the Sexual TEAL Whale Vagon. The first tank was in good condition so I just wrapped directly overtop of the existing red power. The second tank was a little beat up with the powder having a few spots starting to lift, so as you likely could of guessed, a liberal amount of aircraft stripper was applied: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Now that the tanks were all wrapped, it was time to start mocking everything up. All in all, the install of the actual coils and bags were easy once I figured out how the OEM suspension came apart. Unfortunately I decided to neglect taking pictures of removal of the OEM shocks/struts and putting the front back together. Jumping right into it, here's a few pictures of the rear bags going together with the BC Racing coils Upon completion of the rear bags, it was aboslutely necessary to check out the fitment on the 18" radials I picked up for the track. Looking pretty damn good but nothing to write home about. Moving right along, tore the trunk apart to get the rear package tray out in order to mock up the new bag kit. I must say, at this point I was chomping at the bit to get it all finish installed in the car! Love the look of the hardline but hate the compression fittings, so cheap looking. Add that to the list of things to do later. Mock up and install in the car came next: The next steps were pretty uneventful. It involved pulling everything back out of the trunk, drilling holes through the rear package tray, and then through the body for the PTC fittings to pass through. Being that the car needed to be running to get full power to the compressors, I rigged up a "dyno style" exhaust for out my garage window haha VIDEO LINK: 31809185345.mp4 VIDEO LINK: 31661826772.mp4 Finally the moment we were waiting for, full air outs! VIDEO LINK: DB39123F-BB17-4AA2-BB19-818F35CF310E.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 With most of the hard work done, I shifted attention back to cosmetic and installed the APR Splitter I got from the guy I bought the kit from and rewrapped the driver side of the front bumper. PARDON THE DUST Back to the air kit, because this saga is still going on. Elaborating on the reason why I dislike the compression fitings, because every single god damn one leaked in one way or the other. So once I got the motivation back, I tore the trunk back apart and started converting everything over to JIC 37 flare fittings. For those who don't know, JIC 37 fittings are basically the same exact thing as AN fittings but in steel. The hardline from the compressor to the tank was swapped in favor of a Stainless braided line. The bulkhead looking things you see are there because the Push to Connect cartridges in the manfiold can't grip into steel lines because steel is too hard of a metal: And inserted back into the trunk Fresh Steel hardlines and JIC 37 fittings While this didn't 100% solve the leaking issue, it worked enough to get Jo's wheels fitted back on the wagon since I'm going to be buying them off her since she's switching to a full time drag pack. I can't say that I was confident these would tuck at all being a 20x11 with a 305/35r20 on it, but holy shit was i proved 100% wrong. https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/713/32121991741_c0a5f6c02f_b.jpg This now brings us 98% up to date. As of now, I've tracked the leaks backwards to the cartridges in the manifold itself. As long as I can successfully remove these and tap the hole for a 3/8 NPT, I should be able to confidently run 100% hardlines in the trunk without worry. I'll know more about that possible tomorrow! Hope you guys enjoy the update =D I took much longer typing this all out than I expected, I now know how you feel @95riosnake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 so the splitter just mounts to the bumper cover and not to anything solid? Every time I have seen someone mount that to just the bumper itself, they were sorry later. Splitters can generate some serious downforce and I don't think bumper covers are made to handle it. Love the air ride of course glad to see another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Looking great Bryan! And yea I know how long it can take to catch up with a big update. Maybe someday I'll get to see my car aired out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 hours ago, ttocs said: so the splitter just mounts to the bumper cover and not to anything solid? Every time I have seen someone mount that to just the bumper itself, they were sorry later. Splitters can generate some serious downforce and I don't think bumper covers are made to handle it. Love the air ride of course glad to see another! Nah, it's mounted to the cradle underneath as well. I was going to drop down brackets from the crash bar but the guy it from said he neever had issues. I'll probably pick up some of those fancy FTR carbon rods soon and do it that way since they absolutely need to be longer. 1 hour ago, 95riosnake said: Looking great Bryan! And yea I know how long it can take to catch up with a big update. Maybe someday I'll get to see my car aired out Thank you sir! You'll get there eventually! I was graced by a single project at a time haha! So what does everyone think about the wheel color? The bronze is ok but I don't love it. I was leaning towards doing something out of the box, maybe anthracite or charcoal face and yellow or teal inner barrel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 now that's an update. need to take it outside for some sunny slammed shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 17 minutes ago, Prokiller said: now that's an update. need to take it outside for some sunny slammed shots. Haha thank you, I need to get this air system to hold pressure then I'm golden! I'm supposed to be heading down to Memphis next weekend for a car show with it so per usual cutting it close ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Just now, Det_Riot said: Haha thank you, I need to get this air system to hold pressure then I'm golden! I'm supposed to be heading down to Memphis next weekend for a car show with it so per usual cutting it close ?? i think thats the only way you work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
