AT200 Complete Resto, Finally Pulling Back Into The Shop Options

[antonioguy]

I am currently driving my '95 ST on a daily basis. I bought it for $500 at 212,000 miles. It runs perfect and has only minor issues as far as driving. The issue mainly is the body, the previous owner (my brother) did not take care of it in any way. I was originally done up in the early 2000's by the first owner. That owner had put an Invader body kit and a Vader wing on it and painted it burnt orange, they also painted some interior panels orange, and lost a few in the process. When my brother bought the car it was beautiful, apart from the fact that it was missing a few interior trim pieces and needed a radio. He put a head unit in, and put a cold air on. He then proceeded to beat the living hell out of it. He even accidentally jumped a tree ripping the front lip off the car.

Since buying it from him I have already done quite a bit, mostly for appearances. I put a much nicer head unit in (Pioneer Premiere) replaced all the speakers, new tweeter, and put 2 10" Alpine Type R's in the back. I put in 8000K HID's. I have found most of the missing interior trim piece and put them where they go. I have also done quite a bit of touching up the crappy burnt orange paint. I have had to change the clutch (which was original). I have also put blue LED's in some places like the gauge cluster. But basically that is all so far.





Enough of the history lesson, on to the plans.

Engine:
Top End Rebuild
Stainless Steel Exhaust Headers
Custom gutted solid bent exhaust
Exhaust Tip
Cold Air Filter
Fix A/C
Strengthen Battery Tiedown
Replace Old Crappy Hoses
Tidy Wiring
Paint HID Ballasts Black (Currently Chrome)
Clean Bay

Transmission:
Full Rebuild (Didn't need to be done, All Hail Pennzoil Synchromesh!!!)
Flush
Better Clutch (After flushing transmission all is well.)
Clean

Exterior:
Front Brake Rotors & Pads
Rear Brake Drums & Shoes
E-Brake Shoe & Hardware
Remove Old Crappy Body Kit
Remove Old Crappy Wing
Remove (Mostly) Old Crappy Orange Paint
Fix various dents, and rust.
Fit Extreme Dimensions C-5 Body Kit
Fit Extreme Dimensions M-1 Fenders
Fit Wings West Super Lighted Spoiler
Prime
Paint Dark Metallic Blue

Interior:
Reupholster and fix foam on Driver Seat
Reupholster Passenger Seat (OEM Leather needs a bit of work)
Sand orange paint from trim, repaint blue
Brighter Blue LED's for gauge cluster
Change Clock to blue
Change climate control to blue
LED Dome Light (Holy brightness!!! See the picture below)
Remove peeling tint
Tint rear 3 windows (Fronts illegal in NY, already have had 2 tickets)
Install Door Handle Shrouds
Install Driver Door Control Panel
More may be added to this list as the money and time comes.

This will be the progress thread, I will also try to get some progress photo. I expect to start major work toward the middle/end of February. However I have many things on this list that I intend to do on my days off.

Should be interesting.

This post has been edited by antonioguy: May 21, 2014 - 11:58 PM

[antonioguy]

SOOOO, I just pulled the car into the shop for the first time in a while. I finally have a little time to begin work on it again. And the first thing we realized is that the body kit is about 3 inches too wide for the car.

Instead of cutting it down I think I will be doing a full custom wide body kit on it in fiberglass, I think it will look great with a little wider stance to it. Once I put my 17's on there with a 32mm spacer on each side it should look right.

Well I guess I'll be posting some more as more becomes available. Hopefully this beast will be back on the road within a couple of months. I wish I had more time to really get down to working on it, I really miss that little car!

This post has been edited by antonioguy: May 22, 2014 - 12:02 AM