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Got to the car for a few hours this weekend when the boy was sleeping. I bought a oem standard grill, all aluminum trim, lights, turn signals w/ trim and lower valance for 150 which I thought it was a really good deal. It needs to be cleaned up still and im still looking into how I can remove some dents in the trim but the headlight trim and lower trim are in really nice shape. Better than drive quality I would say. I don't ever do any before pictures so I though it would be nice to have some so I can see how much better it looks once restored.
In other news I did a dry fit on the steering stuff I bought. I'm missing some bolts and am still trying to track down the correct sizes/threads ect..if any one has any of this info and would like to share where to get this stuff/correct size I would be thankful. I need the slotted nut that connects the center link to the pitman arm (I think its a 1/2-20 slotted nut) and I need the bolt and nut that connects the rag joint to the steering box (I think its 3/8 bolt about 1.5" in length) Onto the pictures.. http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6633/imageqkew.jpg http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3692/imagegze.jpg http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/8594/imagejyt.jpg http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2451/imageuzk.jpg http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1179/imageohm.jpg Steering http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9481/imagezbt.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8216/imagescs.jpg http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5395/imagemib.jpg |
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Ok so its been a bit of time. Ive lost a lot of my free time due to my son, the holidays..But im ok with that. Im sure you all know how that goes. I do what I can when I can. With that being said I did get some wonder gifts for x-mass this year. My wife and parents always treat me well. My wife got me the the fast fuel rails and my parents gave me money for my tires..still looking for them atm.. I want 335/30/18 for the rear and something like 225-245/40/18 for the front. Just waiting to find a set that matches all the way around or a good deal to pop up. In other news I treated myself to a x-mass gift and bought a nick williams 102mm tb.. all polished also. I pulled the rear as I need to have it narrowed to fit the 18x12. Just need to buy the rear tires first to get a good measurment before decide how much needs to come off. The best price so far for the narrowing is 300 and the guy is going to cut the old perchs off and weld on the ridetech ones.
I also had timmy take the lower valance, grill trim and lower carbon spoiler and clean them up.. He did an awesome job again and Im a very picky person. He took all the dents out of it, welded the holes shut, straigthened the lower valance, primed it and assembled it all. He also cleaned up the trim and game it a brushed look. Im not sure what im doing with it yet, either keeping the brushed look or going to have it painted a satin black with a small edge polished through. Time will tell. Since he did such a nice job I gave him the rest of the window trim and tail lights to work on..Im sure ill be amazed again.. ok enough talk onto the pictures.. Rear all pulled apart. http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9600/imagehtl.jpg Polished goodness. http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6035/imageymg.jpg http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4936/imagestq.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6895/imagetea.jpg Timmy's magic.. http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7276/imagefjm.jpg http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7356/imagealc.jpg http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3234/imagevms.jpg http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3834/imagepok.jpg http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8052/imagelyo.jpg http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3475/imageydu.jpg Im almost wrapped up with the motor at this point..just need a few more items(injectors, headers,wiring) and it is done..then transmission time...Hey frank want to give me a killer deal/sponsor so I can drive this thing in this lifetime..?? haha.. |
the work on the grill looks great, and the wheels are super nice as well.
it looks like you are starting to get your wish list checked off.:cheers: |
Good to hear your still moving forward. The front end pieces look great.
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Not too much going on atm. Ridetech was selling tires so I bought a used set or bfgoodrich KDW for a killer deal. 335/30/18 for the rears and 235/40/18 for the fronts. Going to try to get the rear wheels/tires mounted this Saturday, then get a good measurement for the width of the rear. In other news a good deal came up for a set of dynatech headers so I bought them. A good friend of mine came over and gave me a hand on getting the headers mocked up to see how they sit. Overall for the price I'm very impressed. The clear the steering box with ease. The one tube is slightly touching the mount, but that's nothing a little grinding won't fix. Here are some pictures for viewing pleasure. More to come soon..
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Very Nice! Its lookin good..
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Got over to the car this weekend for a bit and got my rear tires mounted so I could get a measurment for the rear. I came up with 55 1/2 from wheel to wheel. I have to subtract out the other stuff also. Does this seem correct to you guys? The wheels are 18x12 w/ 5.75 of backspacing or -19 offset. Im guessing my final rear width will be somewhere around 54 1/2....sound right? Here are some pictures as no one likes reading..
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/553/imagerww.jpg http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/9964/imagekdq.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9236/imagejyl.jpg http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1973/imagehpew.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2562/imagekjl.jpg http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4181/imagehhji.jpg In others news Im hoping to drop the rear off this week/weekend to get it narrowed.. Also have been doing some research on other parts that are needed like injectors and was thinking 50-60 lbs would be enough. For the radiator I was looking at the entropy unit as the price is fair and Ive read great things about the quality of the unit. Also getting close to buying the t-55 magnum...hoping me and the old man can start the beast by spring..time/money will tell. |
My axle flange to axle flange is 52-1/2 with 19x12 w 5" back space. Not counting the rotors.
The wheels look good on there. |
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