It's back from the body shop ... not perfect, but getting there. Soon it will have an engine bay with only polished or powder coated parts, and be squeaky clean. Ooohhhhh! Just gotta pick out some rims now, those Work VS-SS's are tempting.

 

pic 2

 

final pic

 

Is that the Corksport front end?

It will be schweeet

 

Yo,


Your FC looks sweet! For some reason I want some Alexander the Grape candy! *grin* I like different colored FC's, like Seth's CYM FC and your purple one. Are you going to use your FTP's or go with J-Spec FTP's? (Flash to Pass for all you lurkers.) Can you post a pic of those wheels you're interested in? I haven't heard/seen 'em. Thinks Volks Racing SE37K's!! *grin* Lookin' good!

Your friend at 8000rpm,


Kevin Sproul
1989 GTUs "Oooh, it's an 's'"!

 

Amazing!!!! You need to push her into the sunlight and take more pics. Ryan I wanted to ask you this for a while but it keeps slipping my mind. About a year ago (maybe 1 1/2) I came across a website for a purple FC named the Purple Piston Eater. Was that you?

 

sweet! must be nice to have it back form the shop! i know i can't wait to get mine back! i wish i could have done the engine bay like you but maybe next time! i would really like to see in the sunlight also!

 

Sweet car! Beautiful color and that front looks great! Very nice.

 

Damn, it looks good. If I could ever get that damn Air Pump I could see it in person!!

 

Hey Boostd7,
Looks great. I've been eyeing up that border front end, and now seeing it on a car all painted...
I know you have a series 4, 87 right?, i wanted to know if you had any better side pictures of where the bumper meets the fender, for the change in molding, its hard to see in the one pic. It cant be that bad.

Chris Forsberg
88 T72 FC
Late Shift Engineering
www.geocities.com/lateshifteng

 

I like that color.

 

Yea, it's an 87 ... but I did get the 89 up rear bumper, mouldings, and side mirrors. Also, the body guy forgot to shave off the turn signal holes from the front bumper, I only told him like 10 times. So I'm just going to paint the turn signal lenses to match for now, then over the winter redo the nose.

I don't know what website you're talking about Sir, sounds interesting though ... another purple FC.

I'm going to take the stock FTP lenses and massage them. I'm going to cut the middle out and make them like the Miata's have, where it's a rounded smooth intake instead of just a hole. Since I have no headlights anymore, the air filter is going to be mounted right behind the passenger side FTP hole. I don't know if I'll make the drivers side one open or not.

Tomorrow I'll try and get some sun pics. With stock rims though it's kinda depressing ... here's those Work VS-SS's

 

did you put a wide body kit on that? the front fenders looks extreemly protruded outwards..

looks good. purple is a bold color.

scott

 

SWEET !

 

Ryan that paint job looks awesome! I would love to see some pics of it outside.

 

Here are some outside pics ... I rolled it out and washed it up today. Those are the Mariah wide front fenders. They're about 1 1/4 inch wider than stock, they say you can fit 255's in front. They were worth the money... There's more work yet to be done, like:

Shave turn signal holes off nose
Mount 89-91 side mouldings and shave the turn signal holes off them
Straighten nose/hood up just a bit on the drivers side
Pick some side skirts to go with it
Get a wing like the Mazdaspeed GTC wing and make it work on a FC
Obviously, get some wheels - the last pic is a Photoshop job of the car with the wheels I want

You can see on the rear shot the 89-91 bumper, and where the 3rd brake light is shaved. I also shaved off the power antenna.

 

is that the corksport type II front end? does it line up and fit exactly right on the 86-88 models? looks sweet. your car is past the point of being awesome. just need some round taillights now (i have a set i might be getting rid of)

 

Thanks for the compliments ... that is the Corksport/Border nose. It's a nice piece, but still needs a little work to get it to line up right. You can see mine doesn't quite line up yet, but it will.

Now I've gotta pic some side skirts ... I don't like the Border ones all that much. Any ideas?

How do you all like those rims?

 

Camber looks lil off

Love the car

 

Looks good man. What about PANSPEED sideskirts.....
Well I like the whole kit pretty much but that front is tight as hell.
You need parts for that baby. Let me know...

 

Dude that is a SWEET FC!!!! I got a question for ya. Where did you get your border front end, and is it durable at all? I am going to get it this winter if I can find out enough about it. Also mabye you will know does it fit on a 89 without and serious work with modifcations? Thanks!
Also the rims- They look nice I would say go with them!

 

nice car

 

it looks like that front end doesnt line up on the side with the fenders. or is that just a image illusion?

 

hey BOOSTD7, is that a Carrera Corbeau? Where'd u get them and how much?