Im a fulltime college student and Ive had my 7 for the last 5 years but only recently have been able to fix it up, sort of. Im poor (like the rest of you) and so obviously an avid DIY'r when i can be and so this forum is an excellent source of information. Ive gone through a lot with my 7.... got me to highschool and back, my first job, was the only car running in my family for a while, packed it up when i left for college and also when i returned home (******* bay area rent) and shes still going strong. Im planning a debated 13b swap , although i wanted to go turbo, for now I will enjoy the na power. I love this car and have grown quite attached to it. I use to think that i would have this car until i could afford better, but now i think ill fix it up as best i can and drive it forever...even if i have to convert to ethanol when the oil runs out.


So here are some Pictures of me trying to take care of my 7, enjoy.

The first couple show what i did with my rear hacth. The original carpet was garbage as you can tell and it was an eye sore. I didn't have a spare tire so that was no concern to me.



I used 3/4 inch particle board 4 ft x 4 ft(very thick!)
black carpet from kragen's $15 a roll
general adhesive spray from kragens
a roofing stapler..i dunno what its called but its heavy duty
and a hanger, probably not the best but i couldnt trace the carpet because it was so messed up.

I followed outline with a hanger and placed it over the wood and traced with a pen.



Once i had entire outline i cut it into 3 peices...i dunno if you can tell by pic but the center peice is the biggest about 2 inches wider then the diameter of spare tire hole.



cut carpet to match outline, sprayed it, placed it and stapled it.


I love it, it looks awesome and it is an excellent deck for my 12 inch Alpine type R sub... yeah it sounds f'ing amazing.



Here are gold rims that turned out to be enkeis that i took off my dads 85, these 2 shine but the other two suck, so i painted them and used some clearcoat so the brake dust wouldnt chip it off or something





My $50 dollar seats i got from some mechanic who was parting out some guys car who did not pay. they are awesome, only 2 minor tears


My stereo surround i painted black folowing $100T2's walkthrough (awesomeness)
white gauge lights from ebay (awesomeness)

Lots of wires, but i had them out so i could zip tie them altogether and ghide them again.



and then theres the damn dlidfis mess... i just want to get it running well before i make it look nice. should be fixed by tommarrow hopefully.



well thats it. I have jumped between swaps but im going to stick to my original plan and do a 13b na within the next year for sure.

Thanks again guys and also to every one thats answers my questions...

Steve84GS, Jeff20B, Trochoid, WackyRacer and DavidMyers to name a few.....

-Aure

 

NIce Fb mang...but those wire sure are a cluster **** LOL

 

cluster **** for sure! haha.

very nice setup though.

 

deck lid looks nice. good job. ill be doing that soon also.

more exterior shots its looks really clean.

keep up the good work!

 

nice.

 

Thanks guys. Here are a few more pics for the night.

When i got the car, the front bumper was all scratched and it had ugly pink paint or something underneath the silver top coat. So as a quick fix before i paint the entire car, i sanded and painted it with a spray can.


But when my igniter went out on me in the middle of 101 during morning rush hour, my dad and I pulled it with a rope 15 miles to my mechanic. I had to steer it or it wouldve gone into other lanes and needless to say this is VERY illegal, but again im broke and $100 tow is way too much.

So i pay by getting my bumper all scatched up from hitting my dad when he was breaking.


and a shot of the dirty rims I painted black, they look a lot better and shinier when clean.

 

why did you paint the wheels black? i liked them gold.

sucks that your bumper got scratched though

 

2 of the gold rims looked good, i liked the look alot. But the other too just looked brown. So i always wanted black/chrome. Lol actually the 2 gold ones are still gold, and i ended up just painting the other 2 black for now. Takes like 2 hours for each one!

 

looks good! Crazy wires thou!!

:-) I like the wheels. Black is nice.

Shay

 

Great deal on the seats and they look great. The interior looks great.
The white gauge faces are nice too.

 

Love the guage faces, how much work was it to accomplish?

 

Good looking car!

- David

 

Work looks very good so far, except the ignition wiring, that needs to be cleaned/tied up. Great score on the seats. They would look good in my widebody, lol.

 

Nothing! It cost me $15 or so to buy them form ebay. 4 hours of time, most of which spent on my back under the steering wheel with my arm going up to the gauges. Then following the haynes manual i took out the cluster, replaced faces and re-installed. Wiring takes 5 mintues.... but i did have to start a thread here because i did not understand it.....At night they are awesome!

Only bad thing is when i took the steering wheel off, i must have detached the horn wire or something, cuz now i have no horn. Ill just have to buy the PA system for $60 on BlackDragon.... LOL