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Old 04-15-2014, 08:20 PM
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I so love your dedication to this car keep up the good work.
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nice update !!! keep it going !
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More updates coming this weekend stay tuned.
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Looking excellent man
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I finally brought the car up to modern standards with some Spal power locks this weekend

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I also began to prep the rusted rear 1/4 sections for some body work to hold me over until i can get the car cut welded and fully painted with the JDM front end.











And the rear wiper just had to go too



Another shot just for fun

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Looking good guy
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nice progress so far, loving this thread
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nice progress so far, loving this thread
Thank you, the next two weeks should see some major progress
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Well i filled in the rusted areas with multiple products in multiple layers, being my first real attempt at body work im happy with the results.





I have finally begun assembling the interior after finishing the alarm, power locks and stereo/speaker install,



The rear trailing arms are getting the Hard Race bushings installed and new Hub/wheel bearings




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I got my new Koyo rear hub/bearings in and installed





Also go the calipers all painted and ready for installation

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Looking good man! keep it up
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Great work on the resto.
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Old 05-21-2014, 04:36 AM
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Well a long overdue update is here,

Over the last couple weekends I've installed:

Skunk2 Pro-C Coilovers
Skunk2 Front & Rear Camber Kit
Skunk2 LCA
New Steering Rack
New Inner & Outer Tie Rods
New Wheel Bearings F & R
New Front Calipers
Rear Disc Brake conversion W/ Hardrace RTA Bushings
Stop-Tech Pads
Brembo Rotors
New Brake Booster
New Brake Master Cylinder
SS Braided Brake Lines


I also managed to finish the paint work and turn the car into a great 10 footer

The car still needs an alignment and some ride height adjustment, and after that ill have a lot more pics of the car.

On to the pics...

Right before the transformation started



Yea this is how i do all my work.... no fancy shop or fancy tools, just a lot of creativity and problem solving.



So many Parts!



Wheel Bearing removal



Inner Race Removal





Good as NEW



New Booster and MC



Front and rear suspension removal





New Setup








The whole interior also has been re-installed and the is paint on, which came out better than expected for spray cans









More pics to come after i paint all the trim with a fresh coat of black and do a little more touch up!
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Well i got an alignment today and i can finally enjoy driving the car. Here are a few pics after I got back.





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Found a set of wheels! pics to come later this week!
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Awesome build!
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builds looking good so far, that interior is MINTY though ,little jealous of it.
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i bet the car is happy it got you as the 3rd owner.

Its looking great now with the new list of parts.
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I pickes up a set of Enkei ES-Tarmac wheels in 15x7 +40, 11lbs from a Japanese Importer












I have something special in store for them, they wont be white for long....
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Well like i said, they wouldnt be white for long!

Here is the first wheel during and post stripping






After 5 hours of polishing this what i ended up with, only 3 more to go!







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Love those wheels.
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Great job on the build so far. Those wheels look great.
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Thanks guys

From what ive seen, This spec wheel has been no longer in production in japan for quite some time, as well as unavailable used in this or other 15 inch specs.

And just for the sake of being different and not just painting them metallic silver i figured id put in the work for a unique set of polished wheels.
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Clean!! Great job so far!!


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