1984 GSL-SE restoration
 

I'm restoring a 1984 GSL-SE as a surprise gift for my dad. Its been a slow process. I'm hoping i can have it finished sometime during summer. Started off by fixing the rust problem areas. The car has been re-undercoated and the inside coated with LizardSkin. Keeping the car factory sunrise red.
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:icon_tup: Your dad is going to be a happy man! Wish my sons would do something like that, I used to have a '85 sunrise red GSL-SE which was the first new car I bought back in the day.

the inside of car after lizardskin

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fresh new paint!!!

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wet sanded buffed and polished. will hand glaze it in the morning

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New and improved and click-free!!!

Car looks fucking AWESOME Kyle... really top-notch.... I should leave my FC with you after the dyno to get some paint work done ;)

Glad to see ya on the forums.... sad to see the cut and buff pics on the forum and not in the first glimpse private txt ;)

Miss ya brotha, see ya soon!

Maggies jaw just hit the floor looking at the cut and buff pics. SEXY and fuck it looks like glass. We can't wait to see her.

A lot of time and work just to take it apart .Be very proud of yourself .I wish I had time to work on my Gslse with a 94 tt engine .

Beautiful! Awesome work!

Thanks everybody. Ive put alot of time in it so far. Brian wait till you see the targa band. Just had it polished. Still have to get the wheels polished. I would post a pic of the targa band but its all nicely wrapped up and stored away for now.

Also the windshield is all painted over incase anyone was wondering. I have a new windshield going on.

Haha didn't even notice just figured it was paper...:rofl:

rear diff sandblasted epoxy primed and 2 coats of black acrylic enamel
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Well.... at least you're getting good use out of that flat strapping :smilielol5: Looks good... can't wait to see the girl on Monday :)

gave the car another coat of undercoating to cover up the over spray. also got a bunch of my new rubber seals for the car in the mail friday. i ordered 2 sets of everything before they are discontinued. will take pics as parts are put on. i have a ton of parts just sitting at home waiting to be put together.

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Nice Kyle... looks killer.... BIG PICS!!! YAY!!!
So what's going on with Chris car.... I see the Datsun hasn't moved.... and FUCK Dave got GREY!

That FB is gorgeous! :cheers2:

chris put the new engine in the car. just have to finish welding the new quarters on the car. yeah i have to get the datsun in the body room, but i have to finish painting the EP race car for Darrel. Yep Davey getting old!!!!! lol

its so shiny!

got some more parts in the mail today!!!! figured i would gather all the parts i have at home and take some pics....

up first are the new front metal spring seats
new rubber spring seats. front and rear
windshield molding clips
front hood bump stops
rear hatch shocks

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new front and rear shocks. only 1 front and 1 rear pictured
new key

inside door weather strip seal. the ones that go all the way around the door and window frame. i ordered 2 for each door. they tend to rip easy over the years....want a back up set for years to come before they are no longer available.

driver and passenger inner door handle cups and door pull cups. was told mazda could no longer get the passenger side in grey so i got the driver side. blackdragonauto.com happened to have the passenger side in grey but not the drivers....so i lucked out!!!!

outer door window seals...both doors

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every coolant and heater hose
transmission rebuild kit
center part of targa band after being polished....didnt feel like unwrapping the sides for the pic
engine rebuild kit
exedy factory clutch kit

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found a used but in very nice shape rear hatch latch
new hood prop clip
hard clutch line off master
stainless clutch line
brake master rebuild kit
clutch slave rebuild kit
new trans mount
coolant hose i left out of the other pic
energy suspension full bushing kit
engine rotor rebuild kit...all the rotor metal parts and bearings..etc etc
adjustable alternator bracket
have new front shock tops and all new steering components at work...will take pics as its put together

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Damn Kyle.... I can't imagine how many boxes are strewn throughout the house and shop :lol:

Guys... I saw this car in person just yesterday.... the paint is fucking AMAZING.... just perfect....

85 days Kyle... just saying ;)

Still alot to do yet. Have to finish body work and painting if the rest of the car. Still have to sandblast and paint all suspenion sub frames. Have to sandblast and powder coat a bunch of items. I bought wrinkle black and flat black powdercoat. Monday im dropping off the wheels to get polished. Still lots of stuff to buy yet.
Its never ending with this car!!!!!

Moar!:redface1:

have all my rear end links sandblasted and ready to powder coat but once i was ready to apply the powder i realized i was out of gloss black.....ahhhh so mad. was going to go to eastwood this morning but we got about 10 inches of snow and they are closed today...hopefully the roads are clear enough i can go in the morning before work....i need new tires on my DD

linkage for the rear powder coated gloss black. front subframe painted gloss black and every nut, bolt, washer and lock washer for front and rear suspension new. a few of the main bolts are on back order. just waiting to hear back on how soon i will get them.

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got some sandblasting and powder coating done the past 2 days

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Awww grilled to perfection..:hurray:

Awwwwwwwwwwww yeah..... powdercoating baby!

got some new parts in....front wheel bearings, brake rotors and new wheel studs. got the front shock all put together.

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some more pics of the front coming together.....

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just got my rear wheel bearings and brake rotors in today. hoping to have the rear put back in the car this weekend...have to use the old main bolts for the linkage since the new bolts are still on back order..i need the car to be rollable tho so we can use the lift at work..my wheels are still being polished at the moment....good thing i got a second set of gsl-se wheels to roll the shell around on

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Moar!

Looks killer Kyle! Can't wait to see her again on Friday!

What springs are those? Or did you just powdercoat the factory springs?

And like Cheebs said..... MOAR!!!!

:eek: I'm in lust!

There racing best springs. Half the price of new factory springs. I really did not want to spend the time sand blasting the original ones. Also their 30 years old. Id rather have new spings lol

well its been awhile since I posted. Mainly ive been so busy with work and all of my friends and family cars decided to all break down the past month. just way to much going on lately but I finally got back to working on the car this past week. hopefully be painting the rest of the body panels soon.

I started laying out the wiring in the car. I taped the harness up so now it looks new again. spent a long time cleaning each connector the best that I could. sandblasted and powder coated a bunch of engine bay brackets. started putting the door internals all back together. will take more pics but heres a few that I took.

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