Saving a Coupe

[getamongst-it]

fitted and gapped the euro fenders tonight. awesome quality stuff imported from Europart by APtuning. Note the lack of "banana" lights on the front end of the fender. The European cars have side markers but those will be filled as well, I love the look of a clean fender on a MKII.





also cleaned these out to get filled. after I get that stuff done the whole car will be DA'd to take all the crap primer off, then legit primed. The infamous Connor Mahoney was in attendance for a few, he took some sandpaper and started going at the rear fenders to see how they look. Much to our surprise pretty damn good, shouldnt need much attention other than being rolled well.



and just for the hell of it I have my old wheels sitting around... I would never bag a MKII because I tend to beat the shit out of them and not having a front swaybar would be bad for me. That being said, the car will roll hard static but I just had to imagine it bagged for a second haha.



I also decided my washer resevoir is way too ugly & stained to allow under the hood so I'm going to order this. Gotta love German Auto Parts. At some point I'll get a brand new one for the brake fluid res too but those are like $75.

[getamongst-it]

Build is coming along very well dude, sub'd to see awesome progress!

thanks man!

[getamongst-it]

man bummer about H20i I am still holding on to a glimmer of hope that the coupe will make it good luck man.... borrow some plates from a friend

If anyone has some dealer or repair plates I'd GLADLY insure this thing and slap them on haha. I'd say for me to make the full effort and get it done I'd need to have that locked down this week.

If I don't bring it down I'm gonna try and bring down my 81 C70 Honda Passport scooter to bang around on

[kittenpuncher]

man bummer about H20i I am still holding on to a glimmer of hope that the coupe will make it good luck man.... borrow some plates from a friend

[LaneRaymond]

Build is coming along very well dude, sub'd to see awesome progress!

[getamongst-it]

got some shit done last night.

A sad update is that this car may not make it to H2O, not because it won't be ready, but because of some registration complications with the CT DMV. Everyone knows how much of a hard time they can give you when you're trying to reg a new vehicle In my case, some missing plates from a truck I junked 4 years ago are the problem.

We'll see if I can get that sorted out or not but it's not looking too good at this point.

Anyways, this is how you fix your heater box so you don't get foam in your face after it's deteriorated for 25 years. A little bit of air can escape around the outer edges of the plates with no foam on it, but if it proves to be too much it's super easy to pull out a non-AC box. Anyone who's ever owned a MKII knows the AC boxes are a nightmare. I also cleaned up the box and partially disassembled the blower motor to test it. to my surprise it works even though at one point there was water in there.

Laid out all the interior wiring. Planning on completing that tonight possibly.





test fitting the alternator setup. it's nice spending money to get OEM parts.



Replaced the seal on the 5th gear end of the trans, it's actually pretty clean inside much to my surprise. My buddy Mike stopped by and helped me swap to the 100mm axle cups with new seals installed as well. He made up a little tool that gets the job done because they have a serious spring underneath them. Originally I was going to split it but with the amount of special tools required I'm not going to bother. I plan on pulling the plugs and douching it out really well.

[getamongst-it]

So, this may seem a step in the wrong direction to some but I plan on wire tucking the car this winter for a few reasons. 1) I'd like to get some road time on the car before then. 2) I don't even have the time to take that on right now.

To me, you're always better off setting small goals for yourself and making little projects. That being said, here's the bay with the hideous stock harness in place. What's great about Digifant II fuel injection is there's really not many sensors or wires in general. There's the CTS, 2 oil pressure senders, a knock sensor, the AFM, & WOT. The lighting wires are even sectioned in there. That tangled mess you see on the front right is the A/C section of the harness which I plan on removing during the wire tuck this winter.

[airkooled]

Keep up the good work, i miss my coupe so bad it hurts.

[getamongst-it]

floor is done & the bay is starting to come together. the pedal cluster is in. running all the wiring tonight and putting the heater box back in. Now is the time for mechanical stuff where this starts moving really quickly. yes, I'm leaving the washer tank in there. I like a clean windshield eventually I may relocate it and get a smaller one... but again, this car is going to be driven hard.

on the agenda this week:
-split trans, install new seals & 100mm axle cups, and bolt up to the motor
-bolt in front subframe & run this bitch

The car is going to paint later next week and I'll be hitting it with primer quick before then.

[getamongst-it]

Nothing wrong with single stage. The only thing I say about single stage is to make sure you lay it down nice. You won't have lots of paint on there to wet sand out orange peel without going through it.

That color is super sexy. Its real close to my car.

Thanks! I absolutely love the color. I've always wanted an FD and I've always wanted a white coupe so this is bringing in a little of that.

I'm having someone professionally spray the car for me in an actual booth, he's good and I have his guarantee it'll be laid down perfect.

I'll be honest, I don't have enough patience or confidence in my painting abilities to take on the whole car. I will be putting the car in primer for him though, which I can handle lol.

[NorCalFocus]

Nothing wrong with single stage. The only thing I say about single stage is to make sure you lay it down nice. You won't have lots of paint on there to wet sand out orange peel without going through it.

That color is super sexy. Its real close to my car.

[mike-81-240d]

THIS is the update I've been lookin for. Never painted anything before in my life but I sprayed the bay tonight... shit is BRIGHT!

feels good, man.





So the color obviously bears some explanation now... it's 1994 FD RX7 "Chaste White". Basically this is the brightest white available with no pearl or metallic. The whole car will be done in this color. Going with PPG single stage (I can already hear the grumbling) but I've seen this stuff layed down before in white and it looks phenomenal. This is not a show car, which is also why I didn't shave the bay, and it'll do the job as you can see above


plans for the rest of the build (lets see if I can stick to them) are as follows:

-finish the floor tomorrow night
-pull in the wiring this weekend
-order from German Auto Parts should be here early next week with a few misc items, tranny can go on the motor and the whole front subframe can bolt right in.
-the car will be running & driving before going to paint on the 17th. I'll have it back by the end of that week to finish up all the odds & ends with the trim and final assembly.

Weird my sister's boyfriend recently picked up a '94 FD in "Chaste White"... Freshly resprayed too. Absolutely stunning color in person.

[getamongst-it]

THIS is the update I've been lookin for. Never painted anything before in my life but I sprayed the bay tonight... shit is BRIGHT!

feels good, man.





So the color obviously bears some explanation now... it's 1994 FD RX7 "Chaste White". Basically this is the brightest white available with no pearl or metallic. The whole car will be done in this color. Going with PPG single stage (I can already hear the grumbling) but I've seen this stuff layed down before in white and it looks phenomenal. This is not a show car, which is also why I didn't shave the bay, and it'll do the job as you can see above


plans for the rest of the build (lets see if I can stick to them) are as follows:

-finish the floor tomorrow night
-pull in the wiring this weekend
-order from German Auto Parts should be here early next week with a few misc items, tranny can go on the motor and the whole front subframe can bolt right in.
-the car will be running & driving before going to paint on the 17th. I'll have it back by the end of that week to finish up all the odds & ends with the trim and final assembly.

[getamongst-it]

The early foam GLI spoiler has always been one my favorite trim details for MKII Jettas. I think it makes the cars look a lot better.

I was lucky enough to get this super minty one with the shell when I bought it so naturally it had to go on the car.

[2low2go]

love builds like this! in!