New 5 lug disk setup 14" rotors cobra calipers, tubular front k-member and a-arms, upgraded brake booster diy driveway paint job and the madness continues...
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| home made LED 3rd brake light |
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| fixed the notorious broken cluster tabs |
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| making new door cards |
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| installing viper 5901 remote start 3way pager alarm |
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the 16" Ponies getting new paint |
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| tracing a transmission leak |
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| new smoked lights were a gift. I didnt like them at first to gangster for my taste but I got used to them. |
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| alternator gave up the ghost on the old bay bridge |
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| making some space for new amp to hide under back seat |
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| cut support bar and flipped it over removed some foam and boxed the inside corner of frame to make it fit |
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| fan clutch needed to be replaced it was stuck (un-clutched) and warm up was taken forever so... |
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| hmm… dont think the torque boxes are supposed to flap in the wind?? |
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| welding home made battle boxes in and repairing some of the side effects of pre-owner-ignorance |
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| who loves to replace a heater core more than me? |
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| since its out why not refresh everything.. |
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| idk how this went unnoticed on purchase day?? |
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| radiator support was much worse before this picture. New maximum motorsports strut tower and k-member braces added |
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| since its on the bench anyway might as well repaint it and fix the bondo filled hole from where the ford emblem was removed by p.o |
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| 2002 cbr f4i in the backround. easily accomplished roll-on wheelies in 1st gear. impresive for 600cc |
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| ridin' on gold ones! |
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| for a week then went back to the anthricite silver or whatever its called |
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| metal fatigue. great. here we go... |
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| at the middle of back seats where driveshaft meets pig... |
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| more in the center of the bulkhead and tranny tunnel intersection... |
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| and yes it goes all the way through! notice the factory seat belt reinforcements to make your seat belt less likely to rip-out of the floor in an accident |
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| not easy to remove the galvanizing coat and weld the tear closed w/o burning through all the spot welds holding the S frame and trunk floor together were pulled apart also... |
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| added 4 bolts to help pull things back into place before welding... |
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| DIY torque box reinforcements from template I found online... |
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| welding practice. this car is my welding college.. |
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| S-frame and pinion snubber could never agree on anything so they went their separate ways... |
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| welded up and primed... |
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| welded primed and top coated black (semigloss) |
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| with all the carpets out what better chance do you get to… rewire the interior!! |
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| sorta regret not doing thru-floor subframe connectors when the opportunity arose but at this point I was over it... |
