VballHerk
New Member
Hey, new member here. I recently purchased a 95 LS sedan for just under a grand. It was inspected and running. However, it needed quite a bit of work.
Here it is the day I got it:
[Updated 01/29/13] The car today:
The kid I got it from wasn't the most honest guy I've purchased a vehicle from, but for the money I figured I'd roll the dice.
We've planned on just making it decent, and painting it. But after the first day, we decided to go all out, and redo everything. (Bodywork, paint, wheels, suspension, etc...)
Here is the car after our first day of work:
So far I'm about 75% done with the body work. Here's the car last week:
The wheels of course didn't fit, because I misuderstood the offset from the buyer (still don't understand it). They were to be +38 offset, but they have built in spacers making them +10. ??? I don't know. So I have a set of new coilovers and shocks/struts on the way, to raise it enough to make them fit, hopefully.
Worse case, I'll use the new tires with the GSR wheels that came with the vehicle.
So far we've done 95% of the bodywork, we need probably 1 more good day of work to finish it.
I messed around with the engine bay just for s***s and giggles:
I have about $1250 in parts, paint, wheels/tires. I'll post more pics as we progress.
Parts list thus far:
New fenders and hood. 1 fender was fiberglass, the other was beyond fixable.
New wheels/tires.
KYB shocks/struts.
Maxspeed coilovers.
New OEM tail lights to replace the awful chrome/black 1's.
New interior door handle. (One was broke.)
New radio. There was none in the vehicle, and he had cut the harnass. (Pain in the ass.)
New front bumper blinkers (two sets, because I didn't realize it was a 98+ bumper until I tried putting in the 94 lights.)
New emblems.
Still needed:
98+ headlights.
Any suggestions, comments?
Thanks.
Here it is the day I got it:
[Updated 01/29/13] The car today:
The kid I got it from wasn't the most honest guy I've purchased a vehicle from, but for the money I figured I'd roll the dice.
We've planned on just making it decent, and painting it. But after the first day, we decided to go all out, and redo everything. (Bodywork, paint, wheels, suspension, etc...)
Here is the car after our first day of work:
So far I'm about 75% done with the body work. Here's the car last week:
The wheels of course didn't fit, because I misuderstood the offset from the buyer (still don't understand it). They were to be +38 offset, but they have built in spacers making them +10. ??? I don't know. So I have a set of new coilovers and shocks/struts on the way, to raise it enough to make them fit, hopefully.
Worse case, I'll use the new tires with the GSR wheels that came with the vehicle.
So far we've done 95% of the bodywork, we need probably 1 more good day of work to finish it.
I messed around with the engine bay just for s***s and giggles:
I have about $1250 in parts, paint, wheels/tires. I'll post more pics as we progress.
Parts list thus far:
New fenders and hood. 1 fender was fiberglass, the other was beyond fixable.
New wheels/tires.
KYB shocks/struts.
Maxspeed coilovers.
New OEM tail lights to replace the awful chrome/black 1's.
New interior door handle. (One was broke.)
New radio. There was none in the vehicle, and he had cut the harnass. (Pain in the ass.)
New front bumper blinkers (two sets, because I didn't realize it was a 98+ bumper until I tried putting in the 94 lights.)
New emblems.
Still needed:
98+ headlights.
Any suggestions, comments?
Thanks.
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