hey there all. so for two years i've had an 87 turbo. the car has been great and i love it to death. i drove an 88 gtu all four years of highschool, then when i graduated i decided to get a turbo II. immediately i was in over my head, and in love at the same time. did a few things like intake, exhaust and had fun.

after a while i began to see the limitations with the car and decided to really start putting some time, work, and money in to her. fast forward to three months ago and this is where the pictures start.

first off i disasembled most of the car, began working, and have been putting it back together in the past few weeks.

we decided to strip the sound deadening to cut back some weight, and this is kind of where the build spiraled into more track prep less street prep.

after removing all the tar **** i could i sealed the floor with POR-15 rust sealer... this stuff is amazing and really fun to work with.

finished prepping the floor.
as you can see the por dries amazingly smooth and hard as ****!

 

okay, so for some reason my turbo II sat really high... i mean really high, even before removing a lot of parts it was a monster truck.


in this picture you can see there is actually positive camber!
well not to leave any area un-addresed i decided to buy some coilovers. after lots of research and reading i decided on the stance units... man are these things nice!! (thanks rishie!)
woot

looking at the "stock" pieces makes me think they aren't what my car left the factory with. upon even closer inspection one of them is taller than the other.

dirty bitch

much better!


as of right now i have the fronts fitted also and will have those pictures soon. heres a couple more snaps to keep you busy though!
EXTREME CAMBER!!

gettin there! p.s. that thing on the front is an airfilter

 

decided to do some interior work to change up the pace a bit. and since i'm going to have very little interior anyway it outta be nice!
cut some suede


a little glue and alot of adjusting and rubbing!


a little off topic.
my best work partner

 

Oooh cool keep posting!

 

looks good so far!

 

Schizophrenia, FTW!

The POR looks great.

 

haha who says track cars can't have a little suede!!

 

No one I guess- your car, your rules.

Out of curiosity...how did you happen to just have all this suede laying around?

 

It looks like you didn't prepare the surface prior to POR-15 application? While you can use any degreaser you want, preparation with MetalReady is vital for proper adhesion on virgin (freshly ground or welded) metal. Without the surface properly etched you may find the POR-15 peeling off in sheets.

 

no, i did degrease the surface. in the shot of the bin area, i only prepped the side i painted for comparison.

 

i use it for bedsheets... actually i got it at joanne fabrics... which by the way has a lot of hotties there!

 

Isn't POR-15 supposed to be applied to rust covered surfaces?

 

It can be applied over bare metal, but using MetalReady to etch it is very important. Otherwise it won't adhere.