You need to build an FC and just keep it! Build this thing up and keep it til you croak.

Interior shots?

 

I forgot to snap some.. I will get some tomorrow, it's black,and 98% complete.. The stereo even works!

 

One from the front.. The bumper looks a little crooked but the bodylines are perfect.. It is missing the rubber trim from the drivers headlight area, and the lip isn't all the way connected on the other side.. Maybe that is it. Looks like it was run up on a curb.. The frame is stupid straight, I bet i can adjust the bumper..

 

So, I am in the middle of removing the ghetto purple tint that has been baked by the sun.. I am going to replace it with 18%..

I sourced some coilover springs/perches and picked them up today. They were sold as ground control, and the perches say Ground control on them, but the springs are blue and new, the perches are used.. I got a good deal though so even if I have to buy new springs I am happy. I still need to order the camber plates and rear camber adjusters from mazdatrix.. Coming along...

 

I also completed stage 1 of vermon removal,bug bombed the car inside, and got underneath and sprayed the entire chassis with bug killer.

The car hasn't been driven since 1999. So the bugs have made themselves at home (several brown widow spiders, and some other little jackass spiders that think it's funny to make tiny little spiderwebs all over the place.

 

Well my FC has been sitting for a week. I go to drive it up and down the street to blow out the cobwebs (waiting for my new tags in the mail) and there's a mouse nest in the rear bin! The nerve! They just think they own the place.

Any dirt dobber nests?

 

UPDATE: I started working on the front panel cooling cover template today, I am happy with the design. The front coilovers do not fit... So I must have gotten boned on that deal. The Rears work great.... So I am exploring other options..

BTW- No wasps, hornets or DD's...

 

UPDATE: I started working on the front panel cooling cover template today, I am happy with the design. The front coilovers do not fit... So I must have gotten boned on that deal. The Rears work great.... So I am exploring other options..

BTW- No wasps, hornets or DD's...

 

Lowered... I need new shocks though... I guess full coilovers are in my future...

 

Amazing what a buffer will do....

 

man, someone was stupid to sell you that clean S5!

 

Yeah, but I think it was a spare or something, he already had a super clean white S5.....lol

 

I'll trade you another rotor housing for it...

 

That was a one time deal...lol..

 

Got all the soft lines, wiring harness' ect unplugged so I can pull the engine when I have a spare hour. All that is left is unbolting and removing the exhaust, and unbolting the transmission-to-engine bolts and the motormounts..

 

Just about ready to pull.... sorry for all the posts, just trying to document the build with dates and times logged.

 

Picked up a set of 15 inch meshies today.. pics tomorrow..

 

15x6.5 Meshies.. 35mm offset. These are going to be my race wheels.. I am still shopping for my 17x10.5s..

 

paint the rims gold or gun metal.

 

Probably going to do gunmetal, i was on the fence.. Your votes will decide. black/gunmetal?

 

Looks nice but...needs some clear corners!


(imo stay black)

 

Damn, i forgot to put some on..lol

 

Did you repaint them? They look darker. I liked them better with no caps myself. Just needs some pimpin lug nuts and 50 series tires to make them nice looking track wheels.

 

I painted 2 of them black. Definetly like them better without the caps

 

leave them black, and capless.