It's here!! Rez's new Tig

[99Reza]

Have you checked the bulb itself? It worked whenever I open the boot, didn't need to do anything special.

[99Reza]

Getting creative with the Tig

So, it's a boring Sunday, decided to get creative with the Tig.

I own a start up leather design/product and figure that I can use the Tig for something creative. The interior in the tig is very well appointed...from the dash down, upon further inspection the upper half part is not a very special place, plain boring grey headliner (black felt colour will be nicer). Decided to add some leather touch on this part.

First up is the handle grab, nice little thing to start the project.

Dismantled the grab, picked and prepped the leather (1.5mm vegetable tanned) and red thread colour.


Getting ready to stitch...


Using cross stitch method, no machine is used...


Half-way there...


Almost there...


Done!


Casing the leather with hot water, this will make the leather shrink


Still wet...


Perfect weather to dry the leather outside (takes about 24hr to completely dry the leather)


Hopefully the leather shrink nicely so it's snug with the actual handle. Only a prototype atm, need to make some improvement with the cut as it tends to bulge near the curve and also if possible, more area to be covered with leather. The leather itself will darken with sun exposure and will be nice and shiny with repeated use.

I have few other ideas to put leather accent in the Tig, hopefully this turns out good so I can press ahead.

I will be posting more technical progress on my blog (http://pedsnro.blogspot.com/) if you interested. Otherwise i'll keep this thread updated with more progress photo.

[99Reza]

Update:

Completed grab handle in the car

[99Reza]

Some photos of the tig. Really love the front end. I think Merc designer is following similar style, as per R Class facelift, upcoming C class coupe etc. VW is going backward with their new styling!!









I'm very accustomed to the car now and craving more power!! Such a fun car to drive...Need to get APR tune soon!!

[Captain Bungers]

Some photos of the tig. Really love the front end. I think Merc designer is following similar style, as per R Class facelift, upcoming C class coupe etc. VW is going backward with their new styling!!









I'm very accustomed to the car now and craving more power!! Such a fun car to drive...Need to get APR tune soon!!

Nice tiles! The xenons look the goods It is like you are the exact opposite of me Nice Tig

[Prodigy]

Some photos of the tig. Really love the front end. I think Merc designer is following similar style, as per R Class facelift, upcoming C class coupe etc. VW is going backward with their new styling!!

I'm also a fan of the front of the Tig, the rear not so much.

Love the Bi-Xenons, so wish we had them on ours, incredible how much better they are over standard headlights.

[99Reza]

Absolutely agree with you. The rear has grown on me somewhat.

I was willing to wait for months to order the car with the BIX. Not a single Tig was available for immediate delivery with BIX. I believe you can retrofit the headlight.

[team_v]

Absolutely agree with you. The rear has grown on me somewhat.

I was willing to wait for months to order the car with the BIX. Not a single Tig was available for immediate delivery with BIX. I believe you can retrofit the headlight.

Not able to legally retrofit unless you have really really deep pockets.
Best bet is to get some uprated halogen bulbs to boost performance.

[Prodigy]

Best bet is to get some uprated halogen bulbs to boost performance.

Can you point me in the right direction for some decent bulbs? Also as most things seem to on VW's will they throw up any error codes?

[team_v]

Can you point me in the right direction for some decent bulbs? Also as most things seem to on VW's will they throw up any error codes?

I got Osram Rallye offroad bulbs for my main beams and they have worked flawlessly.

H7 bulbs: Osram Rallye 64217 2 25.92
> 65w Ultra High Output H7
> Special-Service Bulb

I got them from candlepower in the US.

http://store.candlepower.com/osraulhiouh7.html