93 Del Sol Project

[buzzbombtom]

you do know doors are there for safety right?

 

[barrett]

oh thats why they're there? shoot i should put them back on. lol. took the doors off so i could primer everything because i was going to change the color of the delsol. now that i've decided samba green (original color) i might just put the doors back on. but i've already scuffed the door jambs so it'll look bad. but not as bad as a color change with the original colors in the door jambs you know?

 

[buzzbombtom]

meh i dont think its that big of a deal, i used to hate the idea, but today that s**t is normal, like when people now intentionally pull the motor and paint the bay some f*cking retarded color combo.. just tell people you chose samba green as a retarded color combo and if your going with a factory green i doubt that it will be that far off.

 

[barrett]

Ya thats true. The green really grew on me and I don't think i'm a big fan of the whole mismatched color idea.

here are some quick primer pics i snapped this morning before work

 

[barrett]

tonight after work i sand the primer, then tomorrow morning bright and early the car gets paint and clear. this'll be fun. hope i don't mess up or its $800 down the drain.

 

[R3dline]

sweet

im ready to get my del sol, pick it up next week

 

[OTiS133]

whats with the rust behind the pass side taillight? is that rusted all the way through or just surface rust? cant wait to see it repainted. love the sambas

 

[barrett]

Just surface rust. The repaint went smoothly. Sanding the paint before clear not so much. So I left a single coat of clear so if I feel like it later I can sand it off and fix it properly. It was such a pain in the ass to do tho I might just leave it.

 

[OTiS133]

PICTARS!!! also did you cut the space on the front bumper for the lower fogs? if so where did you get them and how much?? iv been lookin for a set.

 

[barrett]

Don't mock the paint job too much. it was my first time ever attempting to paint a car and i had basically no help besides google.

as requested here are pictars! enjoy! (and i bought the bumper with the holes already cut for the fogs. apparently if you look at the back there should be an area marked for you to cut tho. i got EDM aux lights, JDM fogs, JDM one piece lights for dirt cheap from the guy i bought the car from)

 

[barrett]

 

[Osiris19]

Looks good, moar pics

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[barrett]

haha thats all i could snag before work, and during lunch from work. i get off work right away and then get to work at 5:30 again so i'll see how much i can get done in less than two hours.

 

[sohclubkid]

other than the tiger stripes, not bad for your first time.

 

[Robin...]

other than the tiger stripes, not bad for your first time.

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[ImportFan1]

So sexy. Just lower it a bit more once its done.

 

[wazup_74]

looking good. i hope that al the gaps and such are an easy fix and just part of them not being properly mounted.

 

[barrett]

was a pain in the ass to get the driver side mounted. passenger side is going to have to use a zip tie. cant fit a nut on the bolt. finally got the hood to close too.

would lower it more, but i'm only on lowering springs right now (came with the car). once its all works and is boosted then maybe i'll splurge for some coils.

took it for a highway drive last night. pops out of gear in third and fifth, speedo still doens't work, check engine light comes on (no clear reason why), and there is random metal grinding sounds (sometimes it makes the sound sometimes it doesn't - comes from under driver or little bit back but nothing is dragging). i really hope its going to make the 2.25 hour drive on thursday

 

[OTiS133]

looks good man. just make sure you wetsand the hell out of it. if your ever interested in selling the fogs let me kno. or you can send them to passwordjdm so they can start producing replicas.

 

[buzzbombtom]

check engine light comes on (no clear reason why),

oh there is a clear reason, check your cel codes.