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    Back down at EV West in San Marcos to begin EV build up.


    Battery boxes built and set in place.


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    I'd remove the tubing used for the center tunnel and run a battery box down the center with those batteries two wide in a nice aluminum box. The tunnel serves no purpose in your build, in our's it only provides a space for the wiring harness and support for the shifter and Ebrake...
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    These batteries are just a bit too tall for that unfortunately and I am using the tunnel for the shifter and ebrake. It would hurt the seat selection as well. What I am considering doing is cutting out the tubing and putting the shifter and ebrake on the floor.

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    Holy batteries! I've been on the wrong threads.

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    neat!
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    Are you scaling this 818 as you go along to get the desired weight distribution? It looks like you might have some real advantage compared to a conventional engine build.

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    It's the Batt-mobile. .

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    Quote Originally Posted by ehansen007 View Post
    It's the Batt-mobile. .
    You can have Batt-mobile if I can be the Green Lantern


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    It is just plain amazing to me that there is not one but multiple electric 818's being built so early in the 818 program. You guys have cahones!!

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    Nice glider!
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    Quote Originally Posted by skullandbones View Post
    Are you scaling this 818 as you go along to get the desired weight distribution? It looks like you might have some real advantage compared to a conventional engine build.

    Thanks, WEK.
    The plan is to move weight around but
    We know she's going to be *** heavy. We haven't put her on the scales yet.

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    I'm not sure if anyone noticed but I got the sport konis with my kit in the front and the yellows in the back. Are the reds going to be too stiff? The yellows were very soft in the rear comparatively.


    Got my new headlights in. They have the new DRL feature which should be cool.


    My buddy Matt calls this the "Aerosol Overhaul"


    Boxes with the battery bars to hold them down. I'm learning so many new disciplines on this build it's not even funny.


    All done. Now to polish them up so they look nice.
    Last edited by ehansen007; 10-12-2013 at 10:48 AM.

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    That transmission looks amazing!

    I like those lights. Is the projector the low beam or high beam? A long term plan of mine is to go aftermarket and do a proper HID retrofit. If I do it now though, and don't modify the stock lights, I might be able to sell them and recoup some value.
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    I believe those are a hid low with halogen high.

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    That's correct.

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    did you crack the case, pull all the bolts, paint and then paint or just masked them off?

    lol

    Nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ehansen007 View Post
    Got my new headlights in. They have the new DRL feature which should be cool.
    Are those the Spyder Auto piece? I've been eyeing them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by longislandwrx View Post
    did you crack the case, pull all the bolts, paint and then paint or just masked them off?

    lol

    Nice.
    Masked them off. I was originally going to paint the tranny black but changed my mind. Still I like the look of the bolt versus just painting them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wleehendrick View Post
    Are those the Spyder Auto piece? I've been eyeing them.
    I got mine from protuninglab.com but I think they are the same. They were $309 including the HID conversion. Some places advertise cheaper but then charge for the HID upgrade. Make sure you have the option to select the color temp. I picked 6000K which is ICE White (slight blueish hue)
    Last edited by ehansen007; 10-14-2013 at 10:55 AM.

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    Those are the headlights I bought two months ago (first thing I bought for my 818R). They look great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 07FIREBLADE View Post
    I believe those are a hid low with halogen high.

    I am fairly certain you got enough batteries to power them. Great looking build.

    What are you looking for as a range number?

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    Your build is amazing dude!!!!!

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    Very clean!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 07FIREBLADE View Post
    I believe those are a hid low with halogen high.
    So a non projector HID beam?
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    It's a projector. Its the one out the outside not the inside.

    Also, after a huge snafu with the brake setup (found out my "donor" was an Impreza) I found a set of GC8 brakes, rotors, hubs, etc on ebay. Started putting some lipstick on that pig as soon as the truck dropped them off. I already have new rotors and pads as these are pretty much gone.


    Shipped these from Canada! Although they've been sitting out for a while and the rotors are gone the rest was in pretty good shape! I think the owner took them off because he thought a bearing had seized but it turns out a broken ABS toner ring was jammed in the works.



    Turns out the 98 Impreza GC8 (Japanese STI) carried over to the 2002-07 WRX.


    4 Pistons are better than 2! Should be great stoppers for sure. Not sure if I'm going to highlight the Subaru logo or not. The back doesn't have it.

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    Hey Erik
    I love those brakes because they are lighter than mine. You will only need them for panic stops as regen will take care of normal stops.
    Bob

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    its not to late for the angle grinder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob_n_Cincy View Post
    Hey Erik
    I love those brakes because they are lighter than mine. You will only need them for panic stops as regen will take care of normal stops.
    Bob

    Ha ha. Yeah, the guys at EV West were saying we could have the car running in a week and I was saying that we're not running anything without brakes. They said we'd just turn up the regen to 100%!! Not sure how much regen I will run on this. Pretty exciting really as this is all new territory for me.

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    Those front brakes are the same as the 06/07 WRX brakes except the USDM WRX didn't have the raised Subaru logo, but a sticker.
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    Should I grind it off or pay tribute to the Subaru underpinnings?

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    I'm torn myself. I had mine blasted and powdercoated. Part of me wants to put the subaru stickers back on while part of me wants to put something like "FFR 818" or something else. While I want to pay tribute, I don't at the same time want people thinking it's some new fangled Subaru. Not that I dislike Subaru (my DD is a WRX afterall) but I want the car to be unique and a mystery. lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ehansen007 View Post
    Should I grind it off or pay tribute to the Subaru underpinnings?
    Hmm. Good question. I think I'd leave the Subaru badge.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ehansen007 View Post
    Should I grind it off or pay tribute to the Subaru underpinnings?
    Your EV is very little Subaru
    Go for FFR or HMS

    Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by ehansen007 View Post
    4 Pistons are better than 2! Should be great stoppers for sure. Not sure if I'm going to highlight the Subaru logo or not. The back doesn't have it.
    Grind off the 'SUBARU'!

    I'm glad they changed the later WRX 4-pot to a flat face; it made it easy to sand off the logo, repaint with Duplicolor caliper red, and add a special touch:

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    Not to mention the added spoke clearance.
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    Nice logo.
    How did you do it so cleanly?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank818 View Post
    Nice logo.
    How did you do it so cleanly?
    Thanks, but I can't take credit, I had them printed here:

    http://www.vinzdecals.com/createcaliper.html

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    OK I take back my last statement. Get the 818 logo!


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    Too cool! It looks like it was made to be there from the get go. Great job so far.

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