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2jzCookie
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Location: Sweden Occupation: Doin hoodrat stuffs Age: 26 V$: 7376V$ |
#120731 2017-04-27 19:15 |
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Bodywork and other fun stuff!
So, alot of sanding has been done in the last few days since I got the car. As soon as it was in the garage I cracked on with the bodywork. I got most of the rust taken cared off however there is still some left at the common areas where these like to rust such as the bottoms of the doors etc. I still need to go in at some places and weld in new metal since there was some holes aswell. Nothing major though so that's nice.   I lucked out with the boot when it came to rust! I was expecting worse since water has been leaking in through the bootseal and such.  Im gonna be honest with you and say I expected the worst when I took out the carpet. However, I was greated with this instead! Now, there is some rust starting to develop in the passenger footwell that will go through at any moment aswell as some at the seatmounts but other than its farely clean in there!  Im obviously super stoked about the car however the stock CL interior just wont cut it for me. So I started looking into my options. I knew I wanted something that would brighten up the car. Something that looked luxurious to me. With that in mind I came across this!  I found a guy on ebay, located in United States, that was selling a complete interior for my car. This included everything I needed. Doorcards, seats, dash, centerconsole, headliner... You name it. From my understanding this brown and beige combination interior only came in the US versions of the MK2s (dont roast me if im wrong plz  ) and is getting hard to find these days so I quickly got in contact with the guy and we agreed that 1200V$ was fair. Add another 600V$ for the shipping costs aswell. It should be here in about 5-10 business days!I think im gonna start tackling the suspension and the more mechanical bits of the car while I wait for the interior to arrive. Might look into converting the rear brakes to disc brakes because I hate drum brakes with a passion. While its not gonna be a performance oriented car I would like to at the very least service them with new brake pads and cylinders. A set off coilovers would be nice aswell  I think im gonna end up servicing the engine with new oil, timing belt and tensioner. Also sort out a new alternator for it or try to get this one working. After that im probably gonna try to sell the engine to fund the remaining bits I need! Until next time! |
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