Here is my new project!
Its an 89 Si Hatch
New OEM Struts
Ground Control Springs
Y7 Motor
Y8 Intake Manifold
Si Tranny
Stage 2 Clutch
Kragen Bucket Seats (yuck)
Skunk 2 Double Bend Shifter
BMW Bottle Caps/ Kumo Rubber

Basicaly all i want to do with this is get it back to clean, OEM Status with a Few hints or JDM here and there
Havnt Decided what im gonna do motor wise, cuz i have a y8, an LS, and a Blown GSR in my garage, along with everything i need to perform each swap.
Let me know what you think and ill keep everyone posted as i go
Thanks!

This is how she was the night i got her


Then i got the paint rubbed out, and tried to bring some life to the 22 year old paint.

And here is how she sits for now

 

Picking up some flat black today. As soon as it stops raining then i will get to work on the bumpers, whippers, mirrors, trim, and moldings. then that should hold me over for now on the exterior.

On the inside im going to ditch the bucket seats as soon as i can find a set of stock seats. I hate these things with a passion!!!! Anybody want them i will work out a pretty good deal!!
I need to replace the sunroof gasket, the windshield, and replace the driver door panel. And eventually new carpet with factory stock floormats. But thats gonna be it. Moneys going other places for now. So im gonna just enjoy it, replacing piece by piece, one at a time, as the deals come up.

 

The interiors not bad, but i could be beter.

Seats are actually in good shape, but they each only have 1 bolt in them. SCARY!!! and not fun to drive.

 

awesome!
looks great good luck!

 

Body looks really clean man, thats a great starting platform. I forgot how good those bottle caps look.

 

its a nice start clean hatch.

 

Hey, thanks everyone. I traded my b16 Sedan for it. The 16 was starting to sound a bit wierd, and 5th ground a biut, so i feel it was a fair trade. plus i got to keep my wheels !!

 

I splattered the tranny all over the road today. No warning. Just boom! New tranny in 12 hours after explosion. Thats including the time sourcing the new tranny aswell

 

clean car man keep us updated on the project.

 

looks good

 

I found out today, in no peticular way. *cough cough grr* that the sunroof leaks.

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I was parked facing up a hill, and i guess the rear seal on the sunroof is bad. Cuz it filled up my headliner/Roof. I backed out, got on to flat ground, and WOOOOOSH!!!! The 10 gallons of water up there decided to come crashing down on me!

that little *#&^. i asked him if it leaked...oh well. thats what you get from a used car.

 

Got some of my goodies i took out of the old sedan today. Cleaning them up and ready to put in soon
Sniper NOS with 35 jet
Tokico struts
-Im going to take the springs on them off and put my currant Skunk Works springs on them
A full set of strut bars, uppers and lowers, front and rear.
Broadway Mirror
and my new heater control. Haha, im tired of not having a heater!

 

Im curious how peppy the y7 will be on bottle...

 

isnt the sunroof thing just great? i always forget mine leaks until i go to take off after a rainstorm, then its a nice cold reminder

 

haha, yeah, your tellin me..... damn, i need to fix that soon....

 

nice

 

Got a few more little things done. Cleaned up the bumpers and trim. I know that the Si came all red, but i like the look of the Red/black. It brakes it up a little bit

 

And my supper awsome shift ****. HAHAHAHA
Not really
I only put this on for messing around, and for pix.
This thing weight 4 pounds and is anout 10 inches long.
I have snapped off many a short shifters. HAHAHA
i know, your all envyous.

 

Keep up the build man.

 

Keep the single slammer in it man,

 

i wish i lived closer to you.. id trade you some Ls seats i got laying around for those buckets... but nice Si man pretty good shape... and hey stop bitcin bout the leak haha jk... atleast ur Si has a sunroof to leak from.. some idiot took my sunroof out and welded some metal...

 

Haha, true true, You got a good building platform aswell JDMKid.
Cut the hole back out!
I had a set of LS seats but i wasnt a big fan of them. Im really looking for onlt 2 types of seats, OEM SI Seats, or JDM OEM Recaro Seats. But gooood luck trying to find those. Haha

 

What about stock SI hatch Floormats? Did they ever make them?
I think something black with the letters Si in red would be sick.

 

yea its decent platform... its jus sad its gotta turn into my dd like next week lol... as for the seats yea good luck i would like some si seats too... or crx si seats those are nice too...
and btw bottle caps ftw!! lol im gonna pm you a picture of what im doing to mine i have only 1 done... lol

 

Haha, kool kool. I was thinking about nickelplating the "cap", and the powdercoating the outside lip the same color at the car, but who knows.
I have a hook up on powder coating, but not on plating... yet.

or i will ditch the bottle caps for a set of 15" panasports. But odds of me finding a set of those in my price range are slim to non.