Money Shot...
 

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Just a couple ass shots I took today, hope it's not too offensive. The car should be road ready by next week, she'll be at Performance World March 10-12.

holy ----, that looks pimp! that's the del sol right?

look forward to seeing it at performance world! i will be ther emarch 10th

holy ----!!...---- vince u jus cant have a non show car lol...cant wait to see how sick its gonna look once its out of the shop :rockon:

Yup, it's the Del Sol... pulled a 3 month Overhaulin' on it. There's still tons of work to do: undercoating, exhaust, finish the audio... I can't believe what I got myself into.

Sujeev> My other cars weren't SHOW cars haha, just kinda flashy. This is the first car I built built... complete for track & show from the bottom up.

I'm so exhausted, but it's a labour of love... something I always said I would do 1 day.

nice.

are you rattlecanning the entire underside of the chassis? what color is the gunmetal paint?

Yeah, just using some crappy tire undercoating and then an oil spray in certain areas. I was going to use some heavier-duty stuff, but it would have been too heavy. Plus, it's going to be dirty in about a month anyways haha. It was really just to make me feel better.

Oh, and the paint is from a 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege (Titanium Pearl). It's pretty sick, looks light (almost silver) in the direct sunlight and then dark at night, almost like my old Integra.

I really wanted to do it Moonrock Pearl from the JDM S2000's, but I couldn't find the right paint code. Good thing though, they're releasing Moonrock AP2's this year in NA

damn, we are going to have a car show instead of a meet at wal-mart this year!

hahaha

Yeah Fuzz... I can't wait till your car is done too! Who's dropping your motor in? Yourself or Rick?

nice! project is coming along nicely vince! cant wait to see it in person.

oooh... so can my car look like that too? :p

looking good!

hell yea!

now, make my car as good as yours Vince!

i'm dropping it in myself with the help of BGMT services (bryan,glenn,mike and trenelle..lol) rick want too much money and i'm all about the DIY o_0 btw your car is ballHAr!

^^^
W.T.F.B.G.M.T.M.F.D.I.Y. again? FYI Im not helping/lugging/pushing/lifting/the engine up those ------- stairs! At least we have a new crew member for the install... dc24me Jeff.


Vince, I can't believe you really are going "show". Im still waiting on my Brigstone tire sponsorship for my "show" bike, assholes! :p (msn asap)

Well, depending on when you want the motor in... I can be of service too, I have a couple swaps under my belt now

Thanks for all the nice comments guys, I'll post up some more pics in the next few days.

^it should be done somewhat soon, but it's going in when it's warm...no -20 installs :P i'll let you know when, it's going to be a big install party..lol

btw: i spy some gold wheels on the floor over there :howudoin:

Yes Glenn... show -----s are us

Fuzz, I didn't realize those were in the shot... now you have to figure out what kind of wheels they are :howudoin

^ nah vince, show them.. show them the best wheels in the world! :P

Im guessing gramlights?

Looks good Vince. Good choice in color too!

moooooore update pics!!! lol

Yes, I'm quite the biter...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../013006012.jpg

But thanks to Ric at Precision Rim Repair, John can suck it oooooooh

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Nice shizzle Vince, i'll see u in da summer time.

nice touch. the polish lip does a lot. do the 57Cs have slightly thinner spokes than the 57Pros?

MORE pics!!!

wow vince they look soooo much better with the polished lip :yeah:
how much do they charge a rim? thinkin of repaintin my rims

damn, that polished lip really brings out those rims!

Jeff: Yeah, the C's have a thinner lip than the Pro's... I also like them because they're a 7.5" width, while the Pro's are only 7"s.

Sujeev: Precision charges depending on what you want done, condition of wheels, size, etc. Ric can do some crazy things... he did a set of winter wheels for my buddy, custom colour matched on the inside spokes with a full machined face - CRAZY. He does outstanding work, and even though his prices might be a little more than a Carcone's or Wheel Fix, his quality speaks for itself.

It's 4:30 right now and I just got home from the shop! I'm freakin exhausted, but the car's almost ready to go. I spent the last 4 hours making a custom half mid-pipe to bolt up to this bad boy:

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It's a Fujitsubo Power Getter catback, but it was for an EG/EK so I had to completely forget the front portion of the mid-pipe and make my own. The Fuji is 60mm and we custom made a 2.5" piece with all Vibrant components: High Flow Metal-Core Cat, High Flow Interlock Flex Pipe, Ultra Quet Resonator, stainless piping, flanges, and gaskets.

I can't wait to fire her up tomorrow and hear this sucker.

Sorry if I'm rambling, I'm just sooo tired and excited because I'm in the final phases of the project.

Here's 1 more picture of my trunk X-Brace setup:

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the hell vince.. should have called me, im still up -- doing NOTHING! haha

i thought you were gonna pick up the t1r? what the dilly?

ps: your rims are rotas. true story.

I love it! Looks way better than the Pros!

Vince = Baller!

John> Sorry mang, should have called or dropped by... you know where to find me haha. As for the T1R, Speedstar is a waste of time... Albert said, come by anytime, the exhaust will be in stock. What happens? I go there and, of course, no stock.. guy there says he has to check his "warehouse" and will call me back. Did I get a call? Of course not, so whatever... I splurged and bought something WAY better.

Jonn> Thanks man, I think so too.. but don't get me wrong, if I came by Pro's for a good price I wouldn't have passed those up haha.

No way, I like them better than the pros! The spokes are perfect and not too fat!

Saw the car at Performance World this weekend.....it looks SICK Vince! Great job... esp. the treat under the hood... ;)

Also saw Sweetride and PhatGSR while walking around. They're still alive!

Vince, what did it cost you to get the lips polished? PM me if you don't want to post the price

I spy a K-Series motor!!!

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Vince = baller

gad damn vince!

HOLY ------ ----!!!....MORRE PICS!!! :eek:

sorry vince..i just had to :D

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ballhAr!

(btw vince, if you don't want the pic up send me a PM and i'll take it down)

So the truth is out, Vince went crazy hahaha... it's cool guys

Vince = Broke

The car still needs a proper intake, that was a cut up B18 pipe... I couldn't find anything to fit properly in time.

Wayne>> I guess it depends on the wheel & size, but just getting the lips machined and cleared is like $75-90/wheel... I think. I can ask for you, just give me specs of your wheels and I'll get you a definite answer from Precision.

Here are some more shots:

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And a couple more...

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i've been waiting to see these finished pics forever!!!!! SICK as always

like i said...------ amazing...too bad u cant win COTM cuz ud get my vote for sure :rockon:

i think u ran over a box :lol:

---- thats nuts. ur a damn baller.

:drool: nice... can't wait to see it at the regular meets when the weather gets better.

I've just caught up on all 5 pages of this thread now ... dunno how I missed it but WOW ... never seen a Del Sol look so GOOD! :drool:

You do great work Vince! Congrats on the finished product for sure! Colour is amazing and the rims really help set it off :yeah: :beer:

Thanks again to everyone for the kind words...

I documented everything as we went along, I'll post some progress pics if anyone's interested.

Lookin good, nice work.

looks sick as hell! progress pics stat!

I also like how you haven't -----d it all over H-T

;)

^^ baaahahaha.....p000000wned...

i reeeeeally wanna see the progress pics vince!!! :yeah:

wtf Vince?!?! HOly ---- mang, car looks amazing. Paint is perfect!

car looks good vince!!!

k series, the future...

that looks beautiful. i'm generally not a fan of bodykits, but it flows very well with your wheels. does it have a transtop?

Mike> Paint isn't perfect, believe me haha, but I am VERY picky and the job was good enough to keep me happy. No matter what, it's a LONG way from the crap paint job it had when I bought it.

Jeff> I'm not a fan of body kits either, this is the first car I've owned with side & rear skirts... I'm still getting used to that haha. Transtop, I WISH, I hear you basically have to weld the rear of a JDM Sol to your car for it to work properly.

Okay so here are some progress pictures & my story (56K don't even think about it)

Some of you saw that car last year, it was basically just asthetics and suspension work:
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October 1st, I dropped in a JDM B18C (GSR), ACT clutch/flywheel/pp, msd ignition, ITR valve cover, and a few other tid bits. I took the car to Montreal for SCP and on the way home, I got spanked on the highway by my friend's K20a2 01 Civic coupe. I'm not a racer, but we were trying to stay awake so we did 3 highway pulls. The first 2 runs, I got a jump start on him but he beat me all 3 runs. I was cruising in 5th, dropped into 3rd and punched it... by the time I hit top of 4th, he was in 5th and pulling away from me. I was SHOCKED... my car's WAY lighter, rolling on 16"s, I had 2 people and a couple bags. He has a boat coupe with 4 people, full audio, 18"s, full body kit and just pulled away from me.

So yeah, I don't think I should have tested my car because after that, all I could do was think K. But if I was gonna do K, I may as well go all out hahaha.

I posted up my motor at the beginning of November, found a buyer, started ordering parts and waited till after my exam to pull it all out. The second week of December I drove her to the shop and the madness began.

Pulling out the motor (Dec 10)
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I spent about a week after work just cleaning & stripping the engine bay and re-routing the wires for the wire tuck.

Towing her to Velocity (Dec 19)
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And of course...
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Got the car back a couple days later and a bunch of parts arrived
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I started painting some brackets, the ITR MC & BB, Steering Rack, etc.
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I get some more parts
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Install the mounts and throw that sucker in (Dec 30)
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I'm using an RSX rad, so I have to cut and weld the lower rad brackets
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