Alright guys, the prototype set is on its way. As soon as I get them installed I'll take some pics. Assuming they fit right, AutoVation will do a group buy for the forum. The price will be the same as the FC/FD pedals.

 

Nice, I woud be in. Keep us posted.

 

Yes, but your GSL-SE will have to wait until they do my prototypes...
RustyRotary did the 78-83 pedals...

 

w00t for tester discount. $50

 

Yup!

 

Could you make them say codeblue ?

 

Do they mount with those bullshit aluminum clips? Do you use self tapping screws to go straight into the existing pedal?

 

I don't know if they'd do a one off...
Try e-mailing the company...
http://www.autovation.net

 

The FC and FD ones screw/bolt in... presumably the FB ones will do the same...

 

The pedals are here. I don't even have to look in my car to know that they curved the accelerator pedal way too much. I'm also going to have them move the bolt holes on the dead pedal, as they don't match well with the ones that are already there. I'm sure they'll send corrected pedals quickly.

The pedals look pretty good, and I was suprised by how light they are. Also, they grip your shoes very well.

 

Any thoughts? Aside from the dead pedal needing relocated bolt holes, it's design looks a little bland compared to the others. I was thinking of asking for a redesign.

 

im glad to see they are coming along quickly with the design. as soon as they get it all straightened up and get the rotor designs on, ill get a set.

take a pic of the pedals in you car so we can see how bad the gas pedal is curved.

 

I'll have one tonight probably. Both of my cars are at the tuning shop, 45 minutes away lol

 

This is just a temporary install, so pedals aren't lined up perfectly, but you can see what it will look like.

If anybody has a problem with the design, now's the time to speak up. BTW, the rotor design will be available as soon as these are available.

 

hell yeah, cant wait till the rotor pedals are avalaible......those look good

 

Like I said, the rotor design will be available when the plain design is available, which should be as soon as they send me an adjusted accelerator pedal.

 

I like the extra on the go pedal, nice for heel and toe.

 

i agree with him /\
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i dont think the accelerator pedal is slanted too much. did you drive the car with the pedals installed? like said above, i think itd be good for heel and toe

 

AutoVation is fixing the accelerator.

It's not slanted too much, it's curved too much to fit the pedal. Imagine looking at the pedals from the side. It's like screwing a C onto a (.

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See? Doesn't fit. The only reason it's able to stay on there is because i put a gigantic wad of tape inbetween the pedal cover and the pedal so that it had something to stick too. All that's holding those pedals on in the picture is tape, since there's no point in bolting on pedals that don't fit.

The only thing that bugs me about the design of the pedals is the dead pedal, which doesn't really match the other pedals. I have no problem with the extra width of the accelerator for rev matching, in fact I specified it. I also asked to have the brake and clutch pedals made a bit wider as you can see. The stock ones were narrow and small.

 

Oh, and I figured I'd throw in my 2 cents to the "fugly rice" people

This


and this


would be what you call rice. Plastic and anodized alluminum clip-on AutoZone things.

THIS is a tasteful modification that improves the functionality of the pedals far past the inferiority of their original design


Yeah, maybe chopping up a frying pan would be as functional as these, but they'd be ugly as sin. Just because these aren't ugly doesn't mean they are ricey.

 

All of the fitment issues are sorted out. I installed the pedals today and sent the pics to Autovation. If everything looks good to them (it should, as it looks damn good to me ) then they'll start the group buy.

Installation took more than the 20-30 minutes they said, but was pretty straightforward. Heres how it goes

First off, you'll have to take off all of the stock pedal covers for the installation, including the dead pedal and the accelerator. The dead pedal has split pegs that you squeeze and it pops out. The accelerator has 1 split peg and something that I couldn't get out, so I just cut it and it came off. The brake and clutch are rubber and just pop off.

Now make sure all of your pedals are properly curved. It's 5000 grade aluminum, so if they aren't quite right all you need to do is put it in a vice with a rag to protect it and bend it the way it should be. My brake pedal wasn't bent quite enough, took about a minute to straighten it out.

For the dead pedal, you don't need to drill, just use the holes where the old pegs went through. For the other pedals, you'll have to drill.

The accelerator is easy enough, just stick a block of wood behind it, put the pedal cover on it, mark the bolt holes, hit the marks with a center punch, drill a 1/8 pilot hole, drill your final 3/16 hole, then bolt the pedal on.

The brake and clutch are a bit trickier. Since they are curved, the top two holes on each are a tough to drill without skating. The easiest way is to take out the footwell vent tube (one screw holds it in, pretty easy to see) so that you have more room to angle your center punch and drill when you use them. Do the same as you did with the accelerator.

AutoVation reccomends using Loctite on the nuts, but I didn't have any on hand so I'll put it on later. And that's it.

 

Are the holes in the pedal (Not the mounting holes, but the holes in the aluminium) drilled so that they flare towards your foot? Seems like it'd alleviate the problem of my foot sliding off the pedals when I have either walked through the garage (Greasy feet) or after the rain.

And are pedals the same between all 1st gens?

 

All of the circles/holes are designed to grip your shoes, and they have a lip around the edge for extra grip. They stick to your feet much better than the original covers.

These ones are for S1's and S2's only. SMNC said he's made templates for the S3's, but he hasn't said anything about it in a while. If you want, you can make the templates yourself and send them to AutoVation. http://www.autovation.net/articles/tech/templates.htm
If you beat SMNC to it you can get the tester discount

 

just keep us posted to when the S1 pedals are ready