My new car

Role bar is not compatible with passenger.  Had one in 2nd spyder. 

My wife said has to be grown up car, i.e. Mercedes, BMW or Audi.  Had to be black, white, grey or silver.  Mine is grey metallic with black leather interior.  VW R was not allowed.  Had an R32 in past, very cool.  I wasn't going to pay another $6-8k for the S3.  Check out the APR website.  They can get incredible performance from 2.0T engine just with different software and minor intake/exhaust modifications. 

And now that these cars have Apple Carplay why would anyone pay $3200 for nav.  Carplay is great.  Anything Siri normally does she can do while you are driving.  Read you text messages.  Send text messages.  Tell you the weather.  And obviously use the GPS from your phone up on the nav screen.  Its great.

I had one of the first 500 MK7 Golf R in the US. Got a fancy watch and signed certificate from the President of VW. It was a VERY fun car and I got it going 0-60 in 3.67 seconds (launch control and DSG helped - and the Stage 2 mods I did). The guy I sold it to still sends me photos of he mods he has been doing. I think he went Stage 3...

And the Spyder is looking great!!

Greg must be working his tail off because he doesn’t respond very quickly to my texts... LOL!!!

He better be working hard.  I'll be in LA on Monday.

Good on you, Phil. The waiting. The anticipation......

Best to get the bar with the car as fitment is difficult sometimes without direct trial on your actual car. I had a 4th point installed on my frame, and got the 4 point bar(had the 3 point in the old one, still have it). The side bars go into the door pockets a little, doesn't impede or interfere with the driver. The only drawback is the rollbar is one piece and takes up more room, kind of like a removable hardtop. But this way I can have a passenger or instructor. Bottom line, really nice option.

On a Spyder, it is difficult to triangulate the bar to the rear due to that clamshell thing that has to open and close. I really like Bob Carley's bar in his IM though.

550 Phil posted:

Deriere installed 

 

So this is the money-shot for me. The scoops are just stupid-cool.

So it's got scoops and a Subaru. Scoopie. LOL!

Stan Galat posted:

550 Phil posted:

Deriere installed 

 

So this is the money-shot for me. The scoops are just stupid-cool.

I'm kind of a butt man myself.  My 2003 car was first ever to have scoops.  I love them.

Stan Galat posted:

550 Phil posted:

Deriere installed 

 

So this is the money-shot for me. The scoops are just stupid-cool.

Great car....good health and SAFE...

Excellent Phil Buttiful

Love the R longfella but I need a two door 

Scooparu!

It’s done. 

550 Phil posted:

It’s done. 

 

WOO HOO! She's a beaut, Phil!  @550 Phil

Beeyootifulll...and what a fantastic self gifted Christmas present it is.  

Great Christmas gift to yourself there Phil. I just got in from a Speedster ride here in Northern VA. top up and side curtains in 29 degrees, okay inside the Speedster though until it started sleeting pretty hard.  It's all part of the fun glad I didn't take the 550 out this morn. 

Have fun with it and we'll get together and do a drive soon.

Pete

WOW....VERY SIMPLY...WOW

BE SAFE AND EMBRACE THE BUMPS....they are there for the taking

Phill that is just badass! Congrats and hope to see you in NC in the fall. 

Really nice!  Merry Christmas to you! 

@*LongFella Get over there real quick and drive it so it'll be sorted for Phil.

Very Nice.... Those two posts on the side of the seat is that where the Roll Bar would go?  Just wondering.  It seems to be down to the frame I wonder if a bar could fit over them and have a linch pin set up to easily be removed.. Just thinking out loud.

Yes its a tripod role bar.  Those 2 posts and then another attachment in passenger footwell.

550 Phil posted:

Couldn't get the glossy paint, then?

Wow. That's nice.

Pretty sharp Phil!

Wow....   (I won’t repeat all of your photos here)   THAT is a well thought out and VERY well executed Spyder.  Many, many congratulations on a really cool car.

Well done, Phil!  

Well done Phil, very nice!!!

Just beautiful, Phil. Very classy and well thought out. Most want one, you got it done and done right. Nice one. 

A little more eye candy. 190 degrees sounds about right. 

Hmmm that dash view looks VERY familiar! Looking pretty, Phil!

Great gauges

Phil, you just need a big 420mm wheel ... not really.. 

X2 on the gauges. Are those the ones beck sells? Super nice!

Robert M posted:

@*LongFella Get over there real quick and drive it so it'll be sorted for Phil.

I was VERY close to stopping by today, but I got a hall pass to watch Star Wars...

I might take the daughter after soccer practice tomorrow and "stop by" to see this beauty... 

@550 Phil good god is that amazing!  Don’t tell my wife, but I’m in love. 

I’m loving that interior. Great call on the grey belts. 

-Kevin

James Garrett posted:

X2 on the gauges. Are those the ones beck sells? Super nice!

 

Those are the new Vintage gauges. Greg commissioned them from Speedhut (I believe). And he sells them on his site for about $1100.

To me, these are the best modern interpretation of a Spyder gauge set you can get. The speedo and tach are very close to correct (both in terms of size and the face screen), and the combi gauge, though noticeably "off," is still handsome and matches the others. 

Compared to the effort of sourcing 914 units for North Hollywood or Palo Alto to rebuild, modify and re-screen (for upwards of twice the money), those Vintage units are a no-brainer.

—At least for anyone who (unlike some people writing this post) isn't completely consumed by the "must-look-precisely-original-period-correct" madness. 

Outstanding build Phil, love the gauges...Beck also has a new line of VDO gauges for anyone interested.

Look great Phil- congratulations! And of course - well done Greg and team! 

In 24 hours I’ll be in La La land. Can’t wait. 

Beautiful