Another update. No, the car is still not done yet. But it’s damn close…
Bought a JDM rear bumper because mine had some damage.
Patched some rust holes and cut the rear quarter panels. Gore warning, I am not a welder. But hey, it’s sealed.
I was literally ready to bond the wide body and there were some things about it that I decided I did not like. I was going to be paying for the paint and body molding so I wanted it to look perfect, and the ebay kit… just didn’t look perfect.
So I’m dumb, pulled some strings through work and ended up with the ABW 60mm Superwide 22b kit.
First impressions were WOW. The fiberglass was much thinner, but it felt just as strong as the ebay kit. The result of higher quality I assume.
Spent some time on the engine bay. I was absolutely SHOCKED at how much of a difference covering the frame rails made on the engine bay look, but it sucked to actually do. Went with a silver metallic paint. It was much more metallic than I originally wanted, I just wanted something that would be low maintenance. But I’m happy with it now.
Started working on the interior with some Zealous Interiors ultrasuede. Door cards, roof liner, rear deck, and my own sewing of the sun visors.
Also remove the rusty sunroof and replaced it with an Aerosim Dry Carbon roof.
Did a battery and fuse box relocation. With fuse box shield. I will probably end up doing a better fender liner, but I wanted to keep this section removable with easy access in case of electrical problems, so this portion will not be covered by the fender liner. The back half will need to wait until after I get wheels on the car and do the final trim of the inside fender quarter panel lip.
Flocked the dash.
And now for the final dump of the wide body install.
I picked up the car from paint, started getting everything ready for the swap. Harness going in, some of the interior, scheduling glass, brake line fitting from the ABS delete and then this happened.
I was within a week of pulling the motor from my donor when I was an idiot and rear ended a truck because of a damn straw. No one was injured luckily, but this definitely put a lot of my plans up in the air. It’s been a week as of today waiting for insurance to determine what to do with the car. It’s obviously totaled, there’s no chance it will see the road again, but I think most of the damage is going to be on the accessories, so I’m hoping to be able to buy the car back and still use the heart as my swap.
To be continued.