As some of you many know.... I got into the minor accident which caused about 2 grand in front-end and some suspension damage. Insurance hooked me up with 5k. I went with a 99 front end (fog lights too) and alot of goodies including koyo rad, ebay smic, greddy type s, f & r mudguards, rear diffuser (missing), some exterior moldings that were bad, stabalizer bar, r1 wing, oil catch can and some more stuff. I kind of work alot so Aleem (trini) and I havnt had much time to work on it and its been pretty cold lately. I dont have a dd so my gf has been my taxi lately but its kind of nice not spending 40 a week on gas. Anyways I was bored and I thought I would be kind to share some pics of the process. Were a little backed-up on progress due to the intercooler shroud/duct delay so we cant do much untill that comes in since we will have to be doing some intercooler pipe cutting and such to get the itnercooler to fit properly. However aleem did some custom brackets to move the condenser down a good 3 inches so it gives the duct and intercooler more room. Ill shut up now... STAY TUNED PICS COMING SOON!

 

Heres some pics of the beginning stages... Got the car about 3 hours before we started to work on it which was last night. Oh yeah I forgot to include I also got a Microtech LT-8

 

Some more. More to come tomorrow morning. Good night fellaz

 

I see a BMW. Are we talking about OneFlyTrini?

 

talking bout me

 

Ah...sorry dude.

 

WTF Cold in Florida? I'm changing my oil today in my driveway its 28degrees outside right now..

 

lol... cold.... you're funny. It was in the teens just the other day. Cold???

hey Manny, I saw in your pics you got your 99 spec front end... so when you order it, it comes in basic gray urethane color right? unless it was painted already, but I doubt it. So who did you have paint it? Did they do a good job? I always get worried they won't be able to match the existing paint on the car...

 

I don't see that '99 front on yet. It's going to look nice.

 

Is there going to be a duct to direct at least the OEM amount of air into your condenser, or do you not use the A/C that much?

 

car looks good manny, looks like your making a lot of progress, hopefully their will be a meet soon so we can catch up.

 

Damn you!!! You live in the wakeboarding mecca!!! Car is going to look nice. How is the intercooler working for you?

 

Raj, don't you know? AC is over rated And so is power steering! lol

 

Manny are you going w/ more fuel also or plan to stay around 12 psi ? G

 

lol, I asked him the same thing. He's keeping stock fuel.

 

Looking good, cant wait til i go 99 spec.

 

for now im staying with stock fuel i jsut dropped close to 4 grand im taking it a lil easy. once the moeny comes back in getting larger secondaries, fuel rail etc then going looking at about 15psi. yes i have the duct for the xspower intercooler on the way. thanks for the feedback guys ill keep you posted.

 

the bumper came out very nice. paint looks verrrrrrrry close so far i cant notice a difference in color even though i havnt mounted it on yet... just waiting to finish the motor work before i go ahead and put on the exterior goodies. but yeah ill kepp yall posted. peaceeeeee