new build thread peoples, ok so this will take some pages to get us caught up to present so for all of you that are familiar with the work done to this car up until now just bare with me

I found the car for sale here on HT back in Dec and drove down to Tennessee to get it in Feb, here it is before I owned it













It did not come with a turbo or that motor in it^
came with a stock D16z6 and a **** ton of problems (don't know if the dude who sold it to me was trying to cut corners to get it together so he could sell it or if he was just retarded) any how I paid $3100 for it
here is how it looked when I bought it















problems...

well first off it came wire tucked, the dude who did the tuck was nice enough to use no oem connectors or solder just wires twisted together and taped and also about half the zip ties needed to actually keep all the wiring up and away from things like feet and/or the front wheels also no rubber grommets were used just holes cut and drilled in the firewall, wires run through them and spray foam sprayed all around them, some wiring problems caused by all of this were but were not limited to
. ignition would not kill engine if parking brake was up
. if you turned the lights on with the ignition off the radio would come on as well
. if you turned the key to accessory the lights would come on
. if the lights were on the car would not start
and so on and so forth in that manner

also the car came with no exhaust just about 2.5' of straight pipe
the wipers didn't work
the dash, center console, seats, basically all the interior came with only about half the bolts in it and all rattled like hell
there was a crappy traction bar WELDED to the car with about two spools of wire for some damn reason
most of the aluminum lug nuts were badly stripped and barely hanging on
the intake tube that came on the car was a soup can with the bottom cut out
and well that's all I can think of right now

 

here are some parts that I had waiting on it when I got it home

 

first off I fixed all the wiring, then built a intake, and replaced the over flow, cleaned up the bay, shaved and painted the valve cover, got front bumper lights, put in my shifter and ****, installed steering wheel and put some ebay exhaust on it

here is the bay with a temporary intake





new intake, I made it out of an old tube I had laying around, some autozone parts, and a machete

















overflow





and other pictures around that time period

 

of course I used a grinder to remove the paint from the fenders and deck lid, and mounted my mirrors





then my side markers









^^what you are seeing on the car is salt, I sprayed salt water on it to rust the metal

 

test fit wheels





took the front end off and painted it

 

painted and wheels on

















new radiator







stickers





and some randoms from around that time

 

Looks like your doing a good job,love the engine bay pretty clean.I'm not to crazy about the fenders and trunk,but just my opinion.Keep up the good work.

 

i have the same issue with the fenders/trunk/mirrors deal but its your car your style ....other than that good work

 

front bumper

first I took it down to the core support and painted it red



I cut everything out of the cover



also I had to cut down the foam



and the bumper support



this is how much I cut out of it



here it is all back together, also I had to extend and raise the wires behind it so you couldn't see them through the bumper

 

thanks guys, I should have started this thread months ago when I got the car now I have to play catch up

 

then I lowered it some




















did my first of many poor mans alignments on it (this time was before I lowered it the first time) you will have to excuse< I'm tring my best to get everything in chronological order

 

then got my jetta lip

 

rear fogs



















I also installed my hood pins around this time but can't find my pictures of doing so, and its a little lower in the last few pictures^^^

 

side skirts ( off an ek sedan)







the amount of plastic I had to cut off of them to get them to fit



then of course I had these gross holes in the fronts of them



so I made these nifty caps out of the front ends that I cut off

 

You paid $3100 for that?
It looked rough in the 'before' pics, but I think I liked it before you personalized it =/

I can not comprehend the rust... but it's your style so I guess you did a good job removing the paint from the upper half of the fender. Black bumpers, white body, and rust really not flowing well in my eyes.

Fender mirrors were in Japan until 1981?
Please stick to mirrors that were time-period correct for your car.... or at least paint them.
Chrome is not working at all for that car.
The black triangles where the mirrors should be is making the window look funky.
Black like these is you MUST have the fender mirrors.

 

coffee can column, I know a lot of you have steering hub adapters and a lot of you probably hate that they don't cover the whole hub like so



well here is my solution

 

fun I get to go through to get it up on my lift

 

I rebuilt the front brakes off my burnt sedan and put them on





here are the brakes that came off of it



randoms

 

I ****ed up my exhaust on a unsavory railroad track







so i just did this (yes it is loud as hell)







^^^this is what it looks like now except i have a more proper hanger on it

 

got tired of a bounce car and extended my top hats










stuck wheels vvvv

 

 

here is a picture of my oil pan that I took about three days before I drug through it



here is a new pan and how I solved the problem

 

most recent I fixed my deck lid because it wouldn't close right

like this



well that was because of this (and the lid itself needing a tweek)



so I gave it some of this (and beat the lid into submission with a rubber mallet)



now it closes perfect, also I tinted my tails red

 

well that brings us up to date, now I can actually post updates as they happen

 

next thing will be bagging it, all i still need to do that is

eg forks and tophats
50' of 1/2 air line
a few fittings
and sheet metal

here are the parts I already have

the drop in unit I built











switches



compressor switch



wiring to the trunk



airlift life styles air struts (for an eg)



two viar 450 compressors and gauges (this is the only picture I can find with my gauges in it)



wiring for gauge lights



and I have a two gauge a pillar pod but I don't have a picture of it on this computer

here is my set up sitting in the trunk





and my air and wire diagrams