Restoration Part 3!, All fixed. For now... Options

[richee3]

Looks great, Luke! I need to head up north and check it out now that it's all back together and in one piece!

[enderswift]

sounds good! hope we have another midwest meet before it gets too cold around here O.o

[richee3]

If you set something up, be sure to give me a call. I'll do everything I can to get out of work. I wasn't planning on going back up north any time soon so I could save some money for the motor in my Celica. But I've recently found a new cause to head up north to Chicago. So even if it would just be 2 or 3 of us, I'd be in.

[Driver]

I'd be down

[enderswift]

heh it probably wont happen till next spring. I took 15 credit hours of hardcore classes and Im gonna be absolutely slammed with work this year

[enderswift]

well 6gc its finally over.

Our very own Mkernz came through on delivering my radiator tie bar and after a little work I popped it on the car. I cannot say enough good things about Mkernz. Great communication, AMAZING packaging, and I even got the rubber trim! My experience is exactly when 6gc commerce should be. Thanks bud!

anyway, first thing I did with the tie bar was strip off the old finish and hit it with some rustoleum. Next I took the rubber trim and cleaned off the years of grime and soaked it in a mix of water and back-to-black to condition and soften up the rubber. Thankfully the marinating worked and the rubber is like new again

from there I mounted everything onto my car only to realize that I had some more adjustments to make. The hood gap was almost non-existant towards the middle of the bar. I spent an hour and a half pulling on the radiator support to get it perfectly aligned. It turned out that the vertical bar connecting the tie bar to the lower radiator support was too long. What a surprise considering the body guy welded it. No matter, I was still able to finesse everything into the proper spots.

oh does anyone know how to adjust the hood w/o having to remove the fenders? I've already adjusted it as much as I could by messing with the hinges on the hood side. Now I need to get at the other end of the hinges. I was thinking of using some offset wrenches... anyone have any insight?

I'm sorry for the lack of pictures with this update but I'm waiting on day off with good weather to take a proper set of photos. Till then all I have is this picture:




Thank you to everyone who offered advice and motivation through all this. The restoration woulda sucked w/o 6gc!

This post has been edited by enderswift: Sep 18, 2010 - 1:16 PM

[NOVAKx17]

damnnnnnnnn. looks like its back in all its glory again! one thing that would make this car just awesome is some projectors! ha.

but all in all its looking fineeee! i'd love to have my car running and looking like this baby (=


whats next on the list now that your done with fixing and can start modding??

[enderswift]

ah yes, a nice day and cancelled classes. Waxed the crap out of this car and took some nice photos for you guys.









[img]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i277/subaru25rs_photos/IMG_2734.jpg

The rear bumper and rear fender dont match. Oh well, Ill fix that next summer. It only shows up in certain light





yea the front bumper and passenger fender dont match either. I honestly dont care that much, its only visible under certain circumstances and why bother when I'm gonna swap the whole front end eventually anyway?

This post has been edited by enderswift: Sep 21, 2010 - 7:52 PM

[NOVAKx17]

if you ever feel like taking up a small challenge or two, its just my opinions, but i think your bay would look nicer if you sprayed your intake tube black... just to make it stand apart from the silver and black would still look very nice.... i'm thinking of hectors for example but his looks nice that color... also it would look REALLY nice with a redtop battery... even nicer with a Battery relocation to the Hatch


but loving the pics and how clean it is (=

[enderswift]

Hey everyone,

less than a year has passed since my celi was repaired before I have to start all over again. This time, I parked my car across the street from my friends house and his aunt backed into the celi as she was reversing. The funny thing is i was watching her the whole time thinking there is no way in hell she doesn't see BAM! I simply couldn't believe it, a sudden rush of rage followed by instant calm. Why throw a fit right? Anyway, the drivers side fender got crunched and the front bumber is pretty much toast. Im also pretty sure the fender support is done as well, but I haven't taken it apart. So we exchanged insurance information and I'm just gonna step back and let farmers take care of this . I'm tired with all the jumping through hoops that comes with fixing this stuff on your own (I insisted on choosing the shop though). Bright side is all the blending that comes with replacing the bumper will get all the orange peel and mismatched panels taken care of . Only question is whether or not they're gonna go to the trouble or reinstalling my splashguards. Its a reputable shop so I don't see why not, but I've been surprised before
-_-

This post has been edited by enderswift: May 26, 2011 - 5:09 PM

[Stambo]

you have the best luck dont yea

[enderswift]

I really do

[cheela]

3rd times the charm???

[enderswift]

hopefully haha. I just found out today that they're replace my radiator support, bumper cover, bumper Styrofoam absorber, and headlight too. All Toyota OEM. So that's pretty sweet. Cant wait to pick it up on Tuesday

[richee3]

Dude.... God hates you

Seriously though. You might have to start wrapping your car in bubble wrap.

[enderswift]

Hey sluts,

just got my car back! and it looks fantastic! take a look:





So in the end the shop ended up charging farmers with $1800 worth of damages. The front bumper cover was replaced with an oem part, as was the driverside low beam. Then everything was painted and blended, so no more mismatched panels! They also took care of some of the orange peel from last time

all in all I'm very satisfied with the way they fixed up my car and I like the bonus emblem too. Lets hope the celi stays this nice for more than a year this time haha