# Big Reds other red car MK2 content **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [May 22, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976 "2008-05-22T15:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/521 "2009-02-08T23:26:50Z")
![http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3493/3265768736_a4f2361a15.jpg?v=0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3493/3265768736_a4f2361a15.jpg?v=0) oh my god rain tray? ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/522 "2009-02-09T06:18:13Z")
> [@FS D16Z6 motor w/ VTEC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-d16z6-motor-w-vtec/13057/9): > > [ oh my god rain tray? oh noezzzz ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/523 "2009-02-09T09:11:22Z")
wtf does that mean ---
**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/524 "2009-02-09T09:19:16Z")
the guy in the pic is cutting the rain tray out. part of shaving the engine bay. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/525 "2009-02-09T11:29:15Z")
yup, however I am not getting rid of mine first off because I dont like the look, and second the car is driven year round ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/526 "2009-02-09T11:37:29Z")
when the game is remove stuff that isnt essential, and make room for the front bracing. its got to go… cant say much more about that project. buy my tranny! ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/527 "2009-02-09T12:22:28Z")
> [@VW\>subie.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-subie/13800/8): > > when the game is remove stuff that isnt essential, and make room for the front bracing. its got to go… cant say much more about that project. > > buy my tranny! I found a complete 02a conversion with pedal cluster slave shifter box tranny fly wheel ext ext for 400 in ct, so after I sell my ronals this weekend i’m gonna go pick that up. ---
**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/528 "2009-02-09T12:24:19Z")
good shit. i’ll help you put it in broski. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/529 "2009-02-09T12:25:46Z")
just do a cable clutch conversion. no need for pedal swap. ---
**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/530 "2009-02-09T12:26:59Z")
he won’t. he’s dead set on the hydro. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/531 "2009-02-09T12:29:40Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/13751/101): > > he won’t. he’s dead set on the hydro. hydro is gay. matt did the cable on his. ---
**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/532 "2009-02-09T12:34:48Z")
yes, i know. i owned that car remember? he likes the feel of the hydro setup, better than the conversion. i let him drive my car, and while he said it was good, he thinks its more cost effective to do the hydro, and likes it better. its certainly easier to just do the the cable conversion imo, but if thats what he wants… its his car afterall. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/533 "2009-02-09T12:36:40Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/13751/112): > > yes, i know. i owned that car remember? > > he likes the feel of the hydro setup, better than the conversion. i let him drive my car, and while he said it was good, he thinks its more cost effective to do the hydro, and likes it better. its certainly easier to just do the the cable conversion imo, but if thats what he wants… its his car afterall. im talking about the gti. VW hydro setup’s lack the pedal feel, and the engagement points are terrible. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/534 "2009-02-09T12:41:55Z")
it costs more to buy the cable conversion parts than it does to convert the hydro. I had the hydro in my VR and loved it, so thats what im going with. Plus the cable sticks out like a sore thumb in a cleaned up engine bay. ---
**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/535 "2009-02-09T12:47:21Z")
> [@Mk4 30R"](#): > > im talking about the gti. VW hydro setup’s lack the pedal feel, and the engagement points are terrible. oh… well the gli had an o2a with the conversion as well. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/536 "2009-02-11T19:17:49Z")
Todays update:After 3 months of no radio finally fixed that and I painted the grille. I also fixed the crooked headlights.🆒 before: ![http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5182/img1697ap1.jpg](http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5182/img1697ap1.jpg) ![http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5167/img1698ey8.jpg](http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5167/img1698ey8.jpg) First a coat of silver to make the red “pop” ![http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3228/img1700we9.jpg](http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3228/img1700we9.jpg) then the base red ![http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1803/img1702fb9.jpg](http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1803/img1702fb9.jpg) and finally the top half satin black ![http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8159/img1703bt9.jpg](http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8159/img1703bt9.jpg) ![http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3088/img1704ty6.jpg](http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3088/img1704ty6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/537 "2009-02-11T19:21:09Z")
Sick now put it back together and big turbo ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/538 "2009-02-13T12:02:47Z")
todays update: did some more work to the car this morning relocated the 02 sensor wiring harness and ran the pass side headlight harness through the frame rail. before ![http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6978/img1689ab3.jpg](http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6978/img1689ab3.jpg) after ![http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7393/img1712kf5.jpg](http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7393/img1712kf5.jpg) ![http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4585/img1713mz7.jpg](http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4585/img1713mz7.jpg) I mounted my painted rallye grille, notice how nice the headlights align now. ![http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7013/img1707am3.jpg](http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7013/img1707am3.jpg) ![http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5407/img1708bd3.jpg](http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5407/img1708bd3.jpg) ![http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/167/img1709hq6.jpg](http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/167/img1709hq6.jpg) I couldnt hold up any longer I had to throw one of the panapsorts on, I didnt have any spacers on so the wheel was hitting the coilover. I also need to lower the front down a bit too it looks ![http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4336/img1705fn8.jpg](http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4336/img1705fn8.jpg) ![http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3375/img1706by0.jpg](http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3375/img1706by0.jpg) ![http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6617/img1711pp2.jpg](http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6617/img1711pp2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd_is_the_best/32/6342_2.png) [@AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AMD_IS_THE_BEST)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/539 "2009-02-13T12:35:04Z")
This car gives me a serious semi. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976/540 "2009-02-13T13:28:21Z")
p.s dave, new side skirts. do it. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976.md?page=26) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-other-red-car-mk2-content/236976.md?page=28)