RHD BEAMS Progression/Build Thread, Finally Getting to Finish Options

[ricochet1490]

JDM tortilla chips, fresh from cali and JohanFer with a power steering cooler line in it.
JDM school it is indeed. Garage in the gymnasium.
I'm working on it.... 97 years might be a small overstatement lol

As far as the wiring is concerned... it really WASN'T that bad. I have 98% of the interior wiring knocked out. All the wires are certain lengths, have locking press tabs that tell you how to run the wiring.... all the plugs are specific to their corresponding hole. So it's basically impossible to plug the wrong plug into the wrong hole. And if you've taken apart 3 LHD dashes like I have, putting this RHD dash together isn't really all that difficult.

As far as not having the fuse box threads installed, I used some plastic receivers that you would use for license plate holder or something, drilled the holes out larger to accept the plastic tabs and hammered them in.... voilà! threads!!!

But thanks for the good words there Dan, I'm glad you thought it looked ok. Nice to have another set of eyes on it finally.

This post has been edited by ricochet1490: Sep 11, 2012 - 7:00 PM

[ricochet1490]

This weekend...

[richee3]

That lookes completely appropriate. It's a perfect fit.

[kurt95gt]

FINALLY !!!

[Ted95]

getting closer my dudee keep it up!

[enderswift]

looks awesome dude I love the forklift/pallet jack combo, looks waaay easier than the way everyone else does it

This post has been edited by enderswift: Sep 25, 2012 - 5:18 PM

[ricochet1490]

dropped the broken toms lip off with my neighbor earlier in the week. he took it to work with him and plastic welded it up




I changed out the broken power steering cooler with a good one, and hooked my steering rack return line to the power steering.

Also took the jdm negative battery terminal off and replaced it with a good usdm wire and terminal

What kind of baby batteries do they have over there anyway?!?

the negative battery terminal beside a 10mm wrench

[kurt95gt]

What kind of baby batteries do they have over there anyway?!?

the negative battery terminal beside a 10mm wrench

Insert stereotypical small body part joke here lol

[Box]

It's not the size, it's how you use it.

[richee3]

I had the same thing on both of my Redtops, but it was a dinky positive terminal and they were both nightmares to remove from my harnesses.

[ricochet1490]

don't Get me wrong. The positive terminal was just as small.... Both huge pains in the ass. Vice grips required on neg terminal. Vice grips, 12mm end wrench and a 12" crescent wrench cheater bar on the end wrench finally got the positive terminal

[njccmd2002]

wow, thats good work on the lip, dd he charge u?

[ricochet1490]

wow, thats good work on the lip, dd he charge u?

he would have done it for free, but I told him I'd pay him.
I asked him what his time was worth, he said 50$. I'll prolly give him more than that. 75 or so.

[ricochet1490]

Noberto..... gonna need that hks maf adapter.

So here's the story, shop was broken into on monday and they stole and bunch of stuff. Aluminum primarily, sockets, drills, welder. Tried to steal my cat. left my metric stuff sitting on my car though... weird. But took my tool box top and my two stock front wheels that were beside the car, a set of aluminum wheels we had in 4 lug in the hallway, ***my aluminum maf adapter that is maybe worth 30 cents in scrap at 80 cents per pound... prolly not even that. so long story short, shoot them all. Thieves have no place in this world and if I ever catch anyone doing it, me and my .45auto are going to be doing some talking..... but I digress....

In lew of my new found motive for getting the car out of the garage where all my expensive parts lay..... I worked on the car. Small, but getting there. big ball joint nut is holding me back right now. I can't find one anywhere.

one of the ball joints ON the superstrut is the same as the USDM celica ball joint and so I had some castle nuts to work there. but the lower superstrut ball joint that's on the subframe is like an m14 or something. local hardware stores dont even carry a nut in that size, let alone a castle nut. So the search continues. If anyone has one they dont need..... HIT MY ASSSSS UP!!!

IN OTHER NEWS: the car with the battery in it (but no fluids because they also stole my motor oil, brake fluid, and radiator coolant) started bonging at me. . Turned the key to the ACC position and the sunroof went back!! which is good because that was a custom wiring harness there. the ss3 clip I had didn't have sunroof on it.

Here she be:









Everything will be coming back out after a while when I FINALLY get my new timing belts from lithia..... bastards were out of "that part number" when I ordered them, so they are on back order. Killing me smalls!!!

[enderswift]

Hoooly crap dude that blows . Been there before so I know the feeling. At least you still have your metric tools...


...How do you know they tried to steal the cat?

[ricochet1490]

Hoooly crap dude that blows . Been there before so I know the feeling. At least you still have your metric tools...


...How do you know they tried to steal the cat?

The cat that was on the 5sfe exhaust .... i removed the exhaust obviously and had it laying on the floor. They took the exhaust pipe, and crammed it underneath the fork truck, wedging it on the steering tie rod, exposing the cat out the back of the fork truck by about 2 inches. the other end of the pipe that was greasy had smear marks from hands trying to lift up and break the pipe off at the cat..... dunno why the idiots who obviously had a truck didn't just take the whole pipe and cut the cat off later.... stupid crooks for sure.

[richee3]

Seriously, who breaks into creepy old haunted schools and steals anything? You've got my number if you ever need to be bailed out.

for progress and a working moon roof!

[njccmd2002]

i dont have a cat in mine....

sorry to hear that..

http://www.rhdjapan.com/hks-fine-tune-timi...ota-3s-ge-11401

[ricochet1490]

Seriously, who breaks into creepy old haunted schools and steals anything? You've got my number if you ever need to be bailed out.

for progress and a working moon roof!

In the state of ohio, we have something called the castle rule.

incase you want to read - > state legislature http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=127_SB_184

general wikipedia info > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine

noberto.... didn't ask for the cat....

YOUR HKS MAF ADAPTER YOU HAVE FOR SALE!!!! LOL

[Box]

That sucks horrendously... May those worthless pieces of **** be struck by lightning.