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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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very nice build, i wish i had time and patience let alone room for something like this
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Your build is coming along, will be interested in seeing the car at DGRR

A few random things:

The rubber strip on the 99 lip can be taken off, it's just there to save you from the first few scrapes.

You're going to like those Hella horns, they are LOUD

Did you get used R888s? I'd be very careful with those suckers on the street in anything that's not warm dry weather.
oh most definately will be at deals, hope its purdyyy by then!

thats what i figured for the lip.. never seen anyone rock it tho so wasnt sure if it was common... what should i use to clean off the sticky stuff thats left behind it? something that wont fade the lip color...?

haha hella horns are coool! never heard them in real life nor did i ever have a horn in the FD so it should be funn

yeah the r888 are used.. hope they last me long enough for this year... and give me traction on the dragon lol... Hope it doesnt rain for dgrr


Originally Posted by Chudsoncoupe
Yeah, I've got 275 R888's in the rear, very slippery when wet. In the cold they seem to warm up very quickly though.
good to know


Originally Posted by smog-guy707
very nice build, i wish i had time and patience let alone room for something like this
thanks, it isnt to bad.. the most tideious and time consuming portion is the sand paint and prep
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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and some turbo pics

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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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booooooooost!!!! car is sick.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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ohh and random... girlfriend got me these for valentines day =)

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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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I lawl'd at the warped pictures of you and her.
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 06:10 AM
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i wish my girl would get me M&M's with an FD on them.
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by muibubbles
thats what i figured for the lip.. never seen anyone rock it tho so wasnt sure if it was common... what should i use to clean off the sticky stuff thats left behind it? something that wont fade the lip color...?
GooGone works wonders
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rx7rcer09
i wish my girl would get me M&M's with an FD on them.
LOL... not just an FD... MY FD photoshopped it and got it put on... sahweeeeeeet
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by rx7rcer09
i wish my girl would get me M&M's with an FD on them.
Originally Posted by Chudsoncoupe
GooGone works wonders
yeahh, thats what i had in mind but i forgot it that discolors the plastic... thanks
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 12:51 AM
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slight update... more parts arrived!
ACT streetlite flywheel

Panspeed front fender flares

Magnaflow muffler


And just some random pics because we all love pics!





LOL my living room.....(mind you the thing in the back right under the flower blanket is a baby grand piano just for reference hhahaa)


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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 12:54 AM
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car update...

routed one of the abs lines.. wasnt too hard, need the fittings to connect it tho.. anyone know where i can buy em?




Painted half the engine bay.. came out okay. i hate painting and sanding, plus im terrible at it.



plugged the omp lines



any tips to clean the engine block? besides simple green and a brush?
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 01:16 AM
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I'm rooting for you to get this finished before deals. If we both make it
to the event with our fully redone engine bays, I propose a toast and cheers
to the progress. If not, one of us has to buy a beer for the other and pour it out in honor of the fallen :-) keep on trucking bro!
Rob
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 02:01 AM
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I salute your obsession. I like the blacking out of the bay. Certainly looks better than mine.
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rdahm
I'm rooting for you to get this finished before deals. If we both make it
to the event with our fully redone engine bays, I propose a toast and cheers
to the progress. If not, one of us has to buy a beer for the other and pour it out in honor of the fallen :-) keep on trucking bro!
Rob
lmao, when do you expect to be done? funny how my car looks now, but my estimated time till its on the road is like 2 weeks LOL

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I salute your obsession. I like the blacking out of the bay. Certainly looks better than mine.
hahah im just trying to keep up with your brotha!
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by muibubbles
bump, more updates

does anyone have any reason to oppose me routing my wire for my battery relocation like this? (of course adding the necessary grommets)
Why use a 5 meter cable when you only need 1 meter to the starter motor?
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 07:21 AM
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Why use a 5 meter cable when you only need 1 meter to the starter motor?
are you referring to the battery relocation? because its to clear the engine bay of space
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 07:49 AM
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Yes. But you can run the cable directly to the starter motor, not the front of the car.
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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hmm pic? i just followed the link that everyone uses...
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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the car looks great. i like the black engine bay.
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 01:00 AM
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^^ Thanks..

a mini update.... so i decided to polish my engine instead of painting it silver.... so the block will be black and polished aluminum.... i started the polish with a wire wheel and dremel... need to spend more time on it... its getting shinnierrr


various parts that were sand blasted and painted, covers/plates/brackets (black-powder coated silver-sprayed)

Tumbler at work... bolts are fairly clean, but still trying to get them to reallyyyy shine...


swapping out to new abbrasive to hopefully make em shinnierr


Random pics





AND NOW MY PRIDE AND JOY =)
My baller *** engine mounts hahahahaha





NOTE: i am a amature powder coater, this is my first attempt so the candy purple doesnt always come out even (im still learning) its very hard to do a 2 stage coat.. 1 coats easyy, but once you use the tranclucent/candy color, it gets verry difficult.
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Everything is coming out dam good!
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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Thanks! hopefully have her running by deals gap =/ deadlines looking tighter and tighter...
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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 05:00 AM
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bored and i havent updated this for a while............

currently resealing the oil pan (leak)
adding banzai brace

powder coating scheme has changed from purple to pink

original pics...


my photoshop rendering...



some current pics.. sorry cell phone pics.. both my cameras are broken.. (pics dont do justice, in person is a HOT NEON pink)



interior getting pink'd.......


alt powder coated chrome


oil pan almost cleaned up...


soooo my 4" exhaust is too loud and i constantly am getting pulled over just for that so gonna reduce it from the dp to 3" butttttt just my luck my vband on my old set up is a greddy flange which is different from every other effing vband in the world. fail.


poopie looking rotor...

sandblasted waiting for paint!
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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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sorry for the poor pics, the Pictures were taken by Guess Shot Photography (lcd is broken and i cant see what im taking pictures of lol)

didnt sleep last night so figured why not work on the fd!

ugly rotor and other sand blasted rotors awaiting paint


turbooo being prepped for powder coating!

turbo painted


cleaning the oil pan

ugly oil pan

painted oil pan


crappy ugly plastic trim (sorry u cant really tell the condition because of the flash..)


trim painted

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