slow90coupe's NOTCH BUILD THREAD!!!

[slow90coupe]

lol at you guys!
made a little progress today...
pushed the car back outside and scrubbed the crap outta the engine bay.. i went through a lot of toothbrushes!
from this

to this

the car has the factory rack still in it! thats gonna change soon! i cant wait to start sanding on the engine bay. i cant decide if i wanna try to paint the bay myself or pay a pro to do it. anybody painted their bay theirselves?

 

[88blowngt]

Your only 14????????.....FML

 

[lx5.0maine]

its not hard at all to paint your engine bay, just make sure u do a really good job on prepping it for paint, go on youtube an watch some videos on car painting, it will help alot, u can get a show stopping paint job from your garage , long as u fallow few simple rules,prep,prep,prep.... But for real just look around alittle watch videos, an get a nce hvlp spray gun, an spray a good high build primer down,wetsand,spray your base coat, then clear coat it, wet sand an buff it out, if u get flaws in the clear no biggy wet sand them out , an buff them,,, nce car btw, keep the good work up, you will have your own shop before you know it..

 

[slow90coupe]

its not hard at all to paint your engine bay, just make sure u do a really good job on prepping it for paint, go on youtube an watch some videos on car painting, it will help alot, u can get a show stopping paint job from your garage , long as u fallow few simple rules,prep,prep,prep.... But for real just look around alittle watch videos, an get a nce hvlp spray gun, an spray a good high build primer down,wetsand,spray your base coat, then clear coat it, wet sand an buff it out, if u get flaws in the clear no biggy wet sand them out , an buff them,,, nce car btw, keep the good work up, you will have your own shop before you know it..

thanks man! ill see what i can find...

 

[stangboy13]

Nice car, and great build, i'm 13 and am building a car also.

 

[slow90coupe]

Nice car, and great build, i'm 13 and am building a car also.

Thanks man!!! your car is lookin good as well

 

[stangboy13]

Thanks man, and where did you get your seats? They look cool, and comfortable! My mom works for summit racing, so I get the hook up on parts!

 

[slow90coupe]

Thanks man, and where did you get your seats? They look cool, and comfortable! My mom works for summit racing, so I get the hook up on parts!

Thanks man! Your in luck! i got them from summit racing! theyre the leather summit sport seats. they were a great deal for me so i bet you will get a steal in them!!! also, if you have a drill and a few hours to mess with them, you can make the stock brackets work!!! the only problem is that since ur 5"11, its gonna be kind of a tight fit with you in the car. im between 5"11 and 6' and its kinda tight for me but still comfortable!

 

[stangboy13]

I will probably run the stock seats for now. But thanks!

 

[slow90coupe]

np man,

got my prostars yesterday!!! wetsanded and polished them for a few hours and they came out lookin pretty good. need some 275/60/15 nittos now.
before

after

Drag Radials are a bit bald lol

hung a fender on it real quick to see how it looked...

LMK what you think. idk if i like it or not. def need a taller rear tire though

 

[stangboy13]

maybe lower the car a little bit? and a taller rear tire, you will get better traction with a taller tire also.

 

[slow90coupe]

ok guys i got to spend my whole birthday working on the car today!!!
took off the steering rack

gonna take the k member out nxt weekend

spent most of the day cleaning and painting stuff on the rear of the car...
got it done though!
before-

after-

installed my kYBs

gonna start working more under the car and start workin my way up towards the front of the car. i dont want it to be perfect just pretty clean and protected.
i get my permit tomorrow!!! ill be driving my moms IS300 around a lot!!! cant wait!

 

[stangboy13]

Congrats, I got to looking at my car and I already have KYB struts and shocks.

 

[Shaolin Crane]

I would stay away from pulling the k-member unless you REALLY need to. You cant just bolt it back up, some people do but you REALLY need to align them after you do so. Unless you're pulling it to change it.

 

[slow90coupe]

I would stay away from pulling the k-member unless you REALLY need to. You cant just bolt it back up, some people do but you REALLY need to align them after you do so. Unless you're pulling it to change it.

im putting in a UPR K member. and can get alignments for free

 

[Shaolin Crane]

Aligning the K-member is not like aligning the car. Plus UPR is **** just so you know.

 

[7upstang91]

Aligning the K-member is not like aligning the car. Plus UPR is **** just so you know.

Why is that? Are you talking for drag racing reasons or road course?

 

[Shaolin Crane]

Im talking for anything that will see street use. Ive handled many UPR products and ive seen better welds from harbor freight stuff.

 

[7upstang91]

I have heard similar things as well. But I haven't seen anything, yet. Mainly the welds. I don't think this kid will break anything. He should be fine.

 

[Shaolin Crane]

Really? it works like that? cool lemme try it. I dont think i'll break anything on my car either.