e-racer # Phonexius : Well I will tell you this but don't get offended, use your brain and think about my garage š Every car is there for a purpouse š There are two types of people, receiving criticism and not accepting criticism. you are the second type š nothing personal
Benny Well long time no new updates, all couse the AE86....The car was a pain but its almoust done, and I will just leave a teaser here. E-Racer its not that I can't accept criticism, its that I don't wanna reveal my plans 1 month earlier xD, in october you will see what I mean. [SOON]
Benny So, long time no news well thats cause we were over our heads whit work.... So I will start this update whit a change on the HCR32, I managed to trade my old Volk TE37 18x10 rims for some really dope afthermarket 18x10 R33 rims coated in white. The car is looking dope now and I don't think that I will change the rims on it in the future. While at the same garage where I did the rim swap I noticed something that was on sale and it came as a great gift. So now about the AE86, I wont post any photos yet since all the photos of it are on Starskys camera. The AE86 was a major project to start since the huge dent on the rear but thanks to 1 of my colege from work and major thanks to Starsky this one is done. We spent a whole lot of blood sweat and beers to make it happend and its totaly worth it. As a child I was tough never to buy friendship and allways to be gratefull, and I am gratefull to Starsky for his help and since I live by that policy not to buy friendship I decided to buy him a surprisse and ship it right away to Macedonia so that they both arrive at the same time at his door. I wont reveal what it is, I will leave that to Starsky when it arrives at his place š, I hope you like it mate and thanks for your help, this job would be impossible whitout you. I will do a full AE86 update tomorrow, since I am really exhausted from all the work on it and taking a long vacation xD Here are few more shots of the HCR32
Benny You just need to go for a drive on the highways and wish to see it and you will be able to xD kidding, we should meet soon š
Benny So all eyes were on the 86, and here is the update on it FINALY!!!!! The 86 is in mint condition and I couldn't be more pleased whit how the car looks concidering that I did only the exterior and nothing else. Since my budget was small to start whit I had to ask for some help from friends and whit Starkys help the cost of the repair and respray were just V$2500, so I was left whit V$3000 to play whit. Few weeks back I bought the AE86 Levin Front end and rear bumper, now I was left whit hunting the lights and iterior, I managed to get hold of a brand new interior, it was wraped in the factory wrap and it smells fresh. Whit that interior I managed to buy a set of lights (head and tail). That set me back a hefty V$850 since those parts are survivers. If somebody wonders where I bought it, its a Toyota Warehouse near Tokyo docks and its open from 9-15 and its open on monday,tuesday and friday, and they ship parts worldwide. Also managed to get a Toda N1 exhaust manifold and pipeing and muffler for a hefty 2 grand, V$2000 So thats all for now since I am out of money. My next goal will be uprgading the susspension. For now just for the looks I have cut the springs (just for the looks) and installed some fake licence plates so that I can test the car when I finish restoring it. Here is a list of parts that I have bought and installed so far : OEM KOUKI LEVIN FACE KOUKI LEVIN TAIL LAMPS OEM ZENKI Front Spoiler OEM Side Skirts OEM Double-Stacked Rear Bumper UKIYA SYOUKAI glass fiber bonnet Aero Catch Pulled Fenders Toda N1 Exhaust sistem Spoiler: Body work & Respray - V$2500 Interior and lights -V$850 Toda Exhaust sistem -V$2000
Benny Hey guys, how are ya all. Let me kick this update whit the info that today is a muslim holiday and would say Eid Mubarak to all.Some of you know for this holiday and some not but its today and since we never work on the 1st day of it my shacho (boss) gave me a day off. Since I can't go to bosnia to visit my family (24h is way too low time for 2x 7h flight) I decided to satisfy my self whit a little touge drive. I was driving slowely (55km/h) admiring the view and how to forests is slovely turning from green to yellow and orange color, when suddenly baaam..... Some drunk driver were overspeeding and while trying to overtake me he hit me in the rear left side, from the impact it pushed me on the right side, thanks good that I hit the brakes emediatly, so I reduced the damage on the front. From the impact my car was pushed to the right and afther I braked, I only bumped the front bumper, broke the headlight and the lip had fallen off and got run over by my car (its beyond repair). I emediatly called 110 (the police) and they arrived fast, afther checking the sceene they cleared me from the guilty one for the crash and 5km away from the sceene that guy was caught on a speed camera and was arrested. So far as I saw the left bumper holder broke, the bumper is dented a lot (may not look so on the photos) but its not usable or repairable, and yeah forgot to mention the brand new left tail light broke also so my repair bill is just getting bigger by the moment!!!! I am going tomorrow to my car insurance company to check if I can any money for this since I pay a whole lot for the insurance, and since today was a paycheck I have V$655 more in the kitty so I guess it will be enough for the repairing cost.I just hope that the frame is not damaged or twisted but I will be able to see that only afther I remove the bumper and send the car for inspection. So tomorrow new day, new luck,
Jdm_Racer Bad man you can came here at the new garage if you need something finaly got some extra room.
Benny JDM_Racer thanks mate, I appreciate it but its not needed, the hit wasn't that bad and no structural damage on the car what so ever, the only damage is the bumpers and lights. So I intended to do this afther I finish the AE86 but due to the latest events I am forced to do it now. When starsky arrived at my place I was thinking about my cars and a idea striked me. I realised that the 86 is going to have factory body look and it will be a bit lowered and engine would have minor mods (250hp max) and that my HCR32 is looking mean race ready and has 1200hp and that the S15 is a blank canvas. Then I realised to keep the 86 as a dialy, S15 drift car and the HCR32 track car while all are street legal. This morning I called starsky to lend me some money till next monday (V$800) and went to buy parts. Christmas arrived early for me this year, I found the parts went and bought them and transported in my bosses stagea. I managed to find a used BN Body kit and payed it V$750, and found wide fenders, the front fenders were installed on a s15 some time ago and used but the rear pannels were never installed on the car so they are teoreticaly brand new and payed them V$450. So total cost on that is V$1200, and I am left whit V$400 for the headlights which will get to my place tomorrow (bought on a Silvia forum) BN Front bumper BN Rear Bumper BN Side skirts Wide fenders I installed the parts on the car just to show off (didn't install the rear wide fenders) Now need to sand the parts and respray them. Spoiler: BN Body Kit -V$750 Wide Fenders : -V$450 S15 Headlights and Tail Lights -V$400 Misc parts : -V$55 Total Cost : -V$1655 Remaining : V$0 Borrowed from Starsky V$800
Benny Its bean pretty busy whit the S15 since the kitty is pretty low, but I managed to sell my old SSR Koenig 17x10 to JDMSly for V$850, and whit my mondays paycheck I would have enough money for new rims for the S15. Currently I am using my old 16" steelies that came whit the car when I bought it. In the past few days I resprayed the front quater pannels and rear fender flares to match the car color. I have installed my licence plates back on the car, the lights came so they were installed too. I decided to pull out those rim to see how the car will look whit new rims and I think that I like it this way. Tomorrow gonna start working on my misc parts that I bought and gonna hit a local track to see how does it go sideways š My plan for the S15 is 18x10 deep dish front rims and 18x10 extra deep dish rims so stay tunned š
