My 86.5 rebuild,pics you can see this time

[toy fanatic78]

Here are some pics of my mk3.Originally white w/dark blue int.Tore into the car at 170,000 miles(bhg,of course)Always wanted it to be black so a paintjob was in order while the motor was out.Started by shaving the moulding off of the doors/fenders/quarters,left the trim that seperates the bumpers from the car though.also flush mounted the door handles.Ended up finding a tiny bit of rust under the rear bumper and that's where I went overboard.I stripped the car to a bare shell and am working from the ground-up.Stripped all of the undercoating off of the bottom and painted/cleared all of that also.The subframes were stripped,powdercoated black,then painted and cleared metallic blue.the a-arms are fully polished,new bearings & ball joints,energy suspension bushings.Have a set of TRD shocks and springs that I bought awhile ago that I'm told don't exist anymore(they're made by KYB,and retain the TEMS)and the spring rate is for an na car.Powerstop drilled rotors,K&N fipk w/homemade cold air box,polished stainless header,MSD plug wires/blaster coil,all new coolant hoses,silicone vacum lines,supertrapp muffler,high flow cat,custom exhaust.will post more pics as it progresses,hopefully back on the road in the spring,(been apart for over 2years)

 

[Tire Shredder]

nice! looks great thus far. Ditch the camera phone and invest in even $130 digital camera, or borrow a friends...PLEASE!

 

[Dr Chill]

Looks like you take it to the extreme

 

[toy fanatic78]

Looks like you take it to the extreme

Yeah,can't help myself.It's my baby though,so it's worth it to me.It helps keep costs down doing ALL of the work myself,and painting a '68 camaro for a guy that works at the local engine shop(lets me use the equipment there)Wasn't originally planning on going this far with it,but once I spent the time to strip the whole car to bare metal,figured might as well do it right.That and when it's done I don't want to have to take it back apart for anything other than routine maintenance.Plan on keeping it na,and all stock body other than the door handles ,the door/fender trim,and a little mod to the rear wing(stock 87 wing, but has a 60 led brakelight grafted in and the pedestals cut down about 1/2 inch)Never had a turbo car,want to try na>t swap in my cressida first,I will find a stock turbo car if I decide to go turbo in a supra
my na ran mid 14's anyways,so it's not too slow
and your right,it is a Lifestyle