I figures since I had the time and was waiting on shawn to send the parts lol, I should start my own mini build page. Some specs to start off. LBBP 04 with ctsc and indash touch screen tv. The rest is basically stock. The car checked out good. Jim russel up north was nice enough to look the car over. If you need your car worked on, the guy really knows his stuff. The car had imperfections and thats what I am fixing as we speak. Upon his inspection only thing needed down the road was the cam seal was starting to get a little wet (no big deal) and the front bumper had been repainted (I assume from normal wear and tear as the oem vin is still there). When I got home I did notice the passanger door sill has also been repainted but I only noticed because it has about a half inch of overspray drip. Not sure what that was about but you can't even see it unless you are a perfectionist like me. So I figure piece by piece I will post the status of the car till its up and running again .
The day I got her (lincese plate was first thing to go....saddly it did leave a small scratch on the bumper )
The stereo is a nice addition since who uses a tape deck anymore..really who??
The best part
(can someone confirm the inside of the top of engine bay where targa top mounts is not suppose to be a flat black.....shawn, im telling you this is not oem )
The plastic trim inside the door panel was off and it bugged me so it's getting fixed as well as the window seemed too far off the handle....which I also fixed.
Wheels are off and the rear passanger wheel is curb rashed bad so I'm gona fix that then paint them gun metal like my other wheels. Most likely will paint the calibers a gun metal as well since I dont like how they are just sanded to nothing but steel
The exhaust is off it and waiting for some parts from shawn as well as the exhaust from mark to put it all together
Otherwise as of now the front shocks are off and the side skirts and lip are off as well. I am switching the front studs, all 10......as one of the owners had spacers I assume and ran longer studs. Problem is they aren't allowing the lugs to spin on freely and I dont want to strip the studs. I was almost there, even grinded off the edge of all 10 new ones then got stuck. Stupid 2 screws on rotors wont come off..........Ramon gave some great advice to use a punch/chizzle but to my luck nothing. He told me he would get them off for me so when I get all but that done and the car can drive I'll be hitting him up. Ramon is a great guy, i know it has been discussed but he is worth any drive. Top knotch guy all around.
More pics to come
The day I got her (lincese plate was first thing to go....saddly it did leave a small scratch on the bumper )
The stereo is a nice addition since who uses a tape deck anymore..really who??
The best part
(can someone confirm the inside of the top of engine bay where targa top mounts is not suppose to be a flat black.....shawn, im telling you this is not oem )
The plastic trim inside the door panel was off and it bugged me so it's getting fixed as well as the window seemed too far off the handle....which I also fixed.
Wheels are off and the rear passanger wheel is curb rashed bad so I'm gona fix that then paint them gun metal like my other wheels. Most likely will paint the calibers a gun metal as well since I dont like how they are just sanded to nothing but steel
The exhaust is off it and waiting for some parts from shawn as well as the exhaust from mark to put it all together
Otherwise as of now the front shocks are off and the side skirts and lip are off as well. I am switching the front studs, all 10......as one of the owners had spacers I assume and ran longer studs. Problem is they aren't allowing the lugs to spin on freely and I dont want to strip the studs. I was almost there, even grinded off the edge of all 10 new ones then got stuck. Stupid 2 screws on rotors wont come off..........Ramon gave some great advice to use a punch/chizzle but to my luck nothing. He told me he would get them off for me so when I get all but that done and the car can drive I'll be hitting him up. Ramon is a great guy, i know it has been discussed but he is worth any drive. Top knotch guy all around.
More pics to come
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