Bodyshop

Well. I live in Illinois and I just bought this '93 Silver Touring with Red interior. I bought my dad a plane ticket and flew him to New York to buy it. He drove it back with only one problem. No heat. Here's a few pics.

Bodyshop

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Bodyshop

I'm in process of changing the interior from red to black. Theres lots of work to be done. All this has been done this weekend. The only thing left will be a steering wheel, a set of seats, and to get the center consol and visors re-covered.

Duron FD3S

What's the history of the car? jw

Good choice though, SSM w/ Red leather interior is very nice and rare.

Fritz_X

iTrader: (1)

Great Googa Mooga!! What the hell happened to that thing? It looks like a drug dealers car that was repossessed and torn apart to search for narcotics!! Is the title clean at least? I have never seen a car look so nice on the outside and look so beaten on, on the inside. Good luck with it!!

--Fritz

FD Rey

He probably took it all apart since he's changing out the interior. Also looks like he may work/own a bodyshop, so he has the means of getting it done. Good buy? How much of a bargain did you get?

DGblk93

You going to re-do the seats or go with racing seats?
Man - that thing's a mess. Glad to see you're restoring it though. Good luck.

Bodyshop

I paid $8600 for it. The outside is in O.K. condition. The entire car needs and will be painted. And yes, I took it all apart to redo the interior. It was intact when I got it. I'm thinking painting trusty "Rusty metalic". The same color as my Civic and S2000.

Bodyshop

Racing seats for sure. I'd like to get the Bride Ergo II, but because of the price, I think I'll settle for Recaros.

cthomp21

Hey, where in IL are you located at? I'd love to stop by and take a look at it once you've got it finished.

It looks a bit <cosmetically> rougher than it was represented in its eBay/forum ads.

IMO, I'd do the color in some type of darker, metallic blue or something a bit different like the Legend Lime color available on the '05 Mustangs.

turbojeff

iTrader: (30)

I had this car for sale for $10K obo. What is wrong with people?

http://community.webshots.com/album/218864571xZALrY

7_rocket

iTrader: (6)

What are your plans for your FD? Congrats btw

TainoIndian

iTrader: (4)

Please keep us posted......i would love to see how the project comes together.

By the way what type of paint are you using to repaint the black interior pieces, it came out very good!

GoodfellaFD3S

iTrader: (213)

Maybe it's the wheels

GoodfellaFD3S

iTrader: (213)

Why tear out the red interior to go black? I have an all black R1 interior but love the silver on red look.

Chaosx1

Congratulations on your new car! I hope you'll enjoy it, and you probably will. I'm currently in the process of changing my interior colors too. Have fun.

Comptech

Make sure that you post some pics when you get the car painted.

Congrats on the find. Hope that you enjoy the car.

keynote22

looks great!

Looks like a crack house under the seat I thought the socket wrench was a needle lol

that rust color is pretty cool. The oxblood looks good with silver but I dont think it would look good with rust.

Your probably going custom but leathrseats.com is doing a revo group buy on new seat covers if you need slips.

rotorsownyou7

Those wheels!

Bodyshop

What's wrong with people? This the perfect car for me. I plan on replacing most everything on the car anyway. Therefor, I wanted a "rough" car. Since I'll redo the complete exterior, and interior, there is no reason to spend more on a car that is in better condition and with "custom" wheels.

Bodyshop

Good call.

Bodyshop

I'm going to repaint the car a different color. I'm thinking orane right now. I don't think red would go well with orange. If I go to black, I know it will go with any exterior color.

Bodyshop

By the way, if anyone has a set of black interior black trim panels let me know. I would be interested in buying them. Otherwise it's off to the junk yards. I can't believe list price is something like $1500 for new OEM ones.

Section8

iTrader: (6)

Silver with red leather was my first choice when I was looking, but I ended up with black/red. Shame to swap the red for black, but if you're going to paint it orange I guess that makes sense...the interior that is, orange is not a good color for the FD IMO.

ROTORhead93

Good luck with the build, looks like it'll be a fun little project. Keep us updated as you work. I'd love to see what it looks like when its finished.