Project Bodega Beige

[spdracr]

so i will start with pics from the time my car was stock till now

August 2007

2 months after i bought it, bone stock at the valley forge meet



October 2007

bought a Monster CF Hood from a member



December 2007

Bought JDM Power Folding mirrors, Eclipse 17" GT wheels & Tires and Custom Projector Headlights and CF Eye Lids from Eric
also did the fineless mod for the USDM Grille

Megan Racing 32 way adjustable, bought them used and missing one due to an accident and bought a replacement directly from Megan Raci



before


after


headlights and eye lids







those are all the dates that i remember for now so the next few pics are in order but i dont remember exactly when i got them

EGR Visor install and OEM Spoiler test fit





2nd Gen JDM Tail lights





bought turbo parts in February 2008 and ran out of money lol

April 2008

Installing Intercooler, 2 way paging alarm, and spoiler (Thanks to Kyle, Gary and Albert for the help)













June 2008

A lady driving a cadillac SUV ran a stop ran a stop sign and i T-Boned her and damaged my bumper, headlights, eye lids, hood and grille






insurance gave me enough money to buy JDM parts, i alread have previously purchased the JDM headlights so i bought the new style VR4 bumper and Grille but no fogs and i bought the rear VRG bumper as well and a stock hood from the junk yard temporarily

fixed the rad support and put a USDM Grille that i had extra and the hood that i bought from the junk yard until my JDM parts arrived and put those on












did the JDM headlights relay so i can have the low and high beams both stay on when high beam is activated






few months later i got the jdm fog lights, evo cf hood, swapped the front bumper with alex aka djakay who had a black one and also traded the grille with matt aka egocrusher and bought a rear vr4 bumper to replace the vrg bumper with old style rear extensions and got the aspire tail lights

jdm fogs


rear vr4 bumper




evo cf hood





aspire tail lights

[Isaurio]

Bro fix link for pics

[spdracr]

Bro fix link for pics

Fixed them also noticed that my post was not complete so will be edited and more photos will be added

[spdracr]

April 2009

went to junk yard in Baltimore with EgoCrusher and Kolio and thanks to both i drove home with a 5spd swap parts for my car along with few more goodies for a good price

list of stuff i got:

5spd tranny
ecu
2 shifter cables
shifter assembly
full pedal set
flywheel
master cylinder
slave cylinder
reservoir
tranny mount
front mount
rear mount
3 keyless trunk garnishes
4 black eclipse door handles
DE black window trim
black shifter and radio bezels



May 2009

ordered the exedy OE replacement clutch from ebay and a new master cylinder and slave cylinder from rockauto


May 16th 2009

timing belt snapped, 3 days later i ended up in the hospital for a surgery so i sat home for a week before i touched it

May 23rd 2009

i was feeling a lil better so EgoCrusher and I decided to tackle that timing belt job and he did most of the work

battery and battery tray and tray bracket removed, fuse box unbolted, timing belt cover removed, pully removed, all belt were old so we cut them out of the way and new ones will be ordered, washer resovoir and radiator resovoir removed, front end disassembeled






my lovely crank pully





May 24th 2009

Mko, EgoCrusher and I pulled the motor and the tranny out of the car







May 25th 2009

test fitted the 16g evo8 turbo that i bought last year, and took the head off the block to do the headgasket job





head removed

[polishmafia]

Great build thread! Keep it coming!

[IVORY_G]

A lot of progress! I remember when you posted that accident at the stop sign SMH. Its a always something like that happens and makes you mad...

[spdracr]

Yeah it is going slower than I would like it to be.

[spdracr]

A lot of progress! I remember when you posted that accident at the stop sign SMH. Its a always something like that happens and makes you mad...

Lol yeah I hate that bitch for it

[spdracr]

stripped the engine bay cleaned the rust the best i can and sprayed it with epoxy primer and then flat black paint then installed everything back in














the end of last year towards the end of the fall semester i decided to work on it again, moved it to my friends shop in hope to work on it there but it was hectic so i took it to a friends garage and worked on it there, didnt get much done just installed a new steering rack and the missing leather seat and leather door panels







also acquired few parts to be installed hopefully before MOD 2012









and got these in the works right now






and my ugly engine bay that rusted from the car sitting and from the high levels of humidity in the area that i live in, even suspension components are rusty now






and this is after an hour of scrubbing and cleaning the outside since it sat under a tree for months


since that pic i installed a new started and redid my valve cover in wrinkle black but thats it for now

the plan is to tackle the suspension next week and the engine bay

things to be installed:
inner and outer tie rods
wheel hubs
softer coilover springs
sway bar links
brembo brakes

and of course clean up the engine bay really good and powder coat everything that is rusty and ugly

[Galantman03]

Dang! That's a whole lot of pictures bro! Its awesome, and its coming along. When you trying to finish it?

[spdracr]

Dang! That's a whole lot of pictures bro! Its awesome, and its coming along. When you trying to finish it?

As money permits basically. I've had the Turbo stuff since like 2008 but life is life and car can wait.

For now the plan is to redo the suspension and install my motegi wheels and brembos, clean the engine bay and powder coat everything that needs it. And if I could paint the JDM bumpers and skirts to match. Sucks I can't afford a paint job at this time. I'm hoping to have this done by MOD which is about two months from now.

I forgot to add that I have also bought a sonata head and hardware for the swap. Still missing few things like cam gears and few things.

Eagle 7 bolt rods

Manley pistons for evo head with a 2.4 block.

Evo intake manifold.

Hks 280/280 cams.

And I have a spare block to build outside of the car without having down time.

[spdracr]

Old pic but that's all I have for now




Used but got a good deal. Guy said his engine blew up cuz it leaked oil so there is sign of oil starvation.



I don't have pics of the head of the cams or manifold but ill get pics soon.

[spdracr]

Progress is slow but it will pick up in about two weeks cuz I will have more time to get it all done before mod. Crossing my fingers.

In the mean time. An update from my awesome interior designer lol

Tri-weave

[wetamup2k3g]

^^Dope!

[spdracr]

I know I'm so excited. More parts are getting done to match.

[wetamup2k3g]

I want to wrap some parts in CF down the line. I need a garage for all that though. Hopefully this time next year....

[spdracr]

I always wanted to experiment. Now I have access to a garage maybe I can look into it when I have some free time. See where to get the supplies and watch some videos.

[spdracr]

starting to tear the front suspension to rebuild it and install the brembos and then get an alignment before mod. Pics next week.

[spdracr]

She can fly!!!

[spdracr]

Finished the brembo swap and replaced the broken shifter cable, I will never use bolts to hold the cable in place ever again!!!!

She's at the shop getting an alignment tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will spray the bumpers, the grille, side skirts and extensions. Primer, base ABS clear before the end of the day. We shall find out how well that's gonna work out lol.