a little update...before & after

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a little update...before & after

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so I bought the car back in early 2007 and had it shipped from cali...we have rust issues on the east coast. after a few years of working on it, Jonas(@dr.occa) emailed me asking if I was interested in being in an issue of the 86garage magazine. sure I said, and things got underway. heres what the 86 looked like in the issue as a refresher...
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...but, it didn't look like that, no where near close when that issue came out. this was the state at that time...tear down began on 11/22/2011
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which became continuously worse as time went on.
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but I kept at it, and things started to look up for me.
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I had almost everything done, and then I moved. new place had no garage and I left it at a friends house for the winter of 2013/14...where it sat for months.
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until about a month ago when I finally bit the bullet and brought it to the paint shop.
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then the pics started coming in via text to my delight!
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I was called up, she was ready 7 days after dropping it off, so I headed down to pic her up. this is what I saw as I pulled up...love at first sight. the color was perfect. so time to load her up...again.
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after some reassembly and about 2 weeks, heres where im at, damn near done.
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me and the family have been enjoying it greatly, me more so when the kids aren't in the car. been beating on her. took a little over 2.5 years and its was well worth it. only things left are these parts which I ordered thru EP Importers and are scheduled to arrive next week...zenki jdm rear bumper skin that needs to be cleaned up, zenki jdm grill, and a bnib black privacy cover.
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time to take a break and have some fun before the next stage of the build.

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car looks great... also nice zenki grill...
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Super nice.

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Awesome thread Craig (@morgan) :tu:

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thanks guys!

package from EP Importers showed up yesterday with the remaining goodies
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been wanting one of these forever. had a kouki one years back and it was beat to sh!t
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grill is in great shape, fits perfect, all the clips were there and intact. front end=done
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next project is to fix the circled areas and spray this in satin black. need to make a bash bar for it as well.
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it looks great.............
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Long overdue update, things are finally getting done.

found some jdm zenki lights to refinish.
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and put some decals on, with the 20v in mind
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spent a few minutes whenever I could over the summer finishing this up.
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mocked up a Swangbiz bar
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...and finished the install up, finally.
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now the rear matches the front.
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started piecing together a new suspension setup.
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enjoying it whenever I can in the mountains of NY/NJ
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received all the parts and started burning the midnight oil...
AGX sw20 shocks up front, AGX Camaro rears
Eibach 400lb/in(7.14kg) front springs
TRD 5.1kg rear springs
new prothane bushings
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not sure when but theres a bit more planned; rebuild the rear and some minor motor work.

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Craig!

Great updates man. It's refreshing to see build threads updated. Social media is getting tired for me. Thanks for posting up the updates. Lovin'em. :tu:

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Nice updates. Lighting a fire under my ass!
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good updates it looks great...............
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thanks guys. last post for the year most likely, probably for a while. time to cover her up and wait the winter out. no time or funds after this purchase...Brave! arrived today
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Yummy yummy their @morgan. Is it on yet by chance? Merry Christmas btw!

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Happy Holidays Jonas, no its not on yet. waiting for the spring. currently working on a new electric heater to replace the heater core.

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Good to know someone else is liking the electric heater idea. Right on @morgan :tu:

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Cool man. Im going to put an electric heater in mine if it ever sees the light of day from the garage lol
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