Karan's 2008 Electric Blue GTS (K&N SRI Installed)

Re: Karan's 2008 Electric Blue GTS (Magnaflow Catback Exhaust)

Went outside and took a few pictures today as it finally warmed up, relatively speaking as its still -8c. Apologies for the filthy car!









Will make some video clips tomorrow and post them on Youtube.

 

Re: Karan's 2008 Electric Blue GTS (Magnaflow Catback Exhaust)

Just took a couple videos (HQ Widescreen) which I added to Youtube tonight.

5000K lowbeams + 3000K foglights starting up at night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqEMnJzKKxw&fmt=18

5000K lowbeams starting up in the daytime - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vFxqoxLIO0&fmt=18

3000K foglights starting up at night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztaKuDD5M38&fmt=18

 

Re: Karan's 2008 Electric Blue GTS (Magnaflow Catback Exhaust)

Sorry for the delay in this, but with temp's hovering in the -20c to -35c mark for a few weeks now, it was just too cold. With the weather finally warming up today though, I had a chance to take a couple clips. Both are closeups of the exhaust from behind. One of the car idling, and one with it revving to about 5000RPM.

Idling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNdHtzkn0As&fmt=18


Revving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjv4DTxDo78&fmt=18

 

Well I thought I'd post up some pics of the K&N SRI install. And yes I did get my engine bay freshly shampooed and dressed this past weekend, for the first time since I bought the car.

 

Yeah I know man, things were a bit unpredictable at work with the economy last year so I had to cut back a little on the modding

 

Thanks man! Bronze wheels are actually pretty high on my to-do list. Just gotta get the $$$ for it, as it'll probably set me back a good $1750.

 

Thanks man

The guy who did the engine dressing also detailed the full car for me as well: Hand wash, claybar, swirl remover polish & high gloss paint sealant.

I ended up installing a few cosmetic items as well since then as well: Fender arches, Ralliart doorsill plates & foglight chrome surround rings.

 

Well I finally had the v-lip installed this past week!

Got it from the ebay seller rickchong* and it shipped surprisingly quickly and arrived in decent condition. There was just one small 1/2" sized chip but its not a very noticable area thankfully.

Shipped with 6 screws (3 for each side) but the shop didn't like the look of them so they used alternate body screws along with body clips and used 10 in total for additional support. Feels really solid now and the fitment is pretty good.

 

Was a nice sunset evening so I decided to head out and take some new pics of the car, with the lip on!

 

Hey thanks a lot guys The camera is a Canon 450D (Rebel XSi).

The intake I've been quite happy with, a few months of using it now. There was an issue bolting the intake tube to my intake manifold because the bracket K&N supplied was either for newer 2.0's or the 2.4L engine. But after reporting the issue to K&N via email, they sent me a custom bracket within a few weeks, to bolt the intake tube on.

I absolutely love the sound of it. The thing sounds just plain mean above 3-4000 RPM. At cruising speeds, its not a pain in the butt at all.

Performance wise its hard to really gauge and there are probably no major or significant gains to really be noticed in everyday driving.

 

Did a small photoshoot a couple weeks ago with my friend's Jetta at a parkade in the city here. Thought I'd share a few of the pics from it.