Thanks, I’ve got heaps to do still. Soon I will have heaps more parts, gaskets, seals etc. Coming from both Malaysia and Amayama online. Got spare harness’s coming because some plugs broke when I took it all apart. Then I’ve ordered as many genuine gaskets as I can. I guess working at a car dealership for so long, I am just so used to using genuine parts. Way better quality. even though aftermarkets do work.
Then I need to figure out how I am going to re do this Catch Can setup haha.
and sus out this turbo. I have a spare because the housing where it mounts is cracked. I would prefer to get a good quality new one or have one of these rebuilt. I don’t want those cheap eBay ones. The turbo can blow the whole motor up!
Then figure out whether I am going to use the stock engine ecu or go aftermarket. I might give the stock one a go again and try get the air con idle up working. Seems too difficult for me unless I can find someone locally to make it work.
Once I get the car back, I want to lay down some sound insulation so it’s not so noisy on the road and keep some of the heat out.
But looked nice, Ill rather try to make metal ones than bolt-ons. I remember people were using VW golf II arch repair set for this. Some forgotten witchcraft heh
Some of you may have seen some spoilers on the facebooks…
I am very happy with how it is looking so far.
I was quoted to paint some of the white on the inside but I decided I will just do the interior up later and cover it all. Also quoted to do custom flares in the rear which would of required to paint the body and rear bumper again so decided to leave it.
They have done a nice scratch resistant black inside the fenders/body, wiper area, K Frame and like a wax inside the doors.
The original mirrors, one had a massive crack around the mount so they said they couldn’t paint it. possible to fix but then it would be really easy for someone to knock it and it just snap off. Luckily I had L500 mirrors but they require some modifying to fit. The plan was to get both painted then I see which ones I like better lol.
I was quoted up to rebuild the turbo. I had a spare, I was going to supply both and make one good one, then I asked about putting a high flow billet wheel but that requires a tune, so ended up saying, maybe just rebuild both of them, one stock and one upgraded. The engine build/ecu is still undecided. Depends if I can find someone locally to make it all work. Still waiting for my NMF order for some engine gaskets and other things….
It might be a case where I slap the engine in with the standard ecu and wiring harness to get it driving. It is not something I want to rush to do though.
That looks like an aftermarket mirror cover? I can’t imagine that a mirror finish like that can get painted on. But, then I see nothing but mirrored door trim
, the Mirrors are on.
