Holy hell it's been a long time since I've updated this!
Sold the red car back in February, moved the silver car into the garage at home, and promptly started pulling it apart:
Removing the engine wiring harness is pretty easy the third time around.
Removed the purple tint from the windows.
Interiors from two FC's (I still have the S4 dash if anyone needs one):
Down to the bare interior:
Goofing around/trying to clear up some space in the garage by installing parts:
The fitment is a little funny, which makes me wonder if there was a rear-end collision at some point.
No radio means no speakers so the rear towers aren't needed anymore:
Got a little over-aggressive on the driver's sides so some welding will be needed (what little did I know...)
Bought a bunch of dry ice and went after the sound-deadening material. The floors and hatch area were pretty easy but I couldn't hold the dry ice to vertical surfaces so that was removed the hard way.
In process I noticed this redudant piece of metal. I'm not exactly sure what its purpose was but it's gone now.
Turns out Goo-Gone and Scotch-Brite pads work really well at getting the leftover adhesive removed. I didn't worry too much about the stuff stuck to the seam sealer.
Sounds like a hollow tin can now...
Almost filled a 5 gal bucket with the sound-deadening material...
...and the total weight was a whopping 10 lbs. IMO, not worth it, for future reference.
Switched gears and pulled the gas tank (with no broken bolts/studs) to try to get it cleaned and attempt to remove the broken studs.
Started cleaning off the outside with a wire wheel when I noticed a bunch of small pin holes that quickly turned into .125"+ holes. Time for a new tank. Found one on eBay in CA and picked it up. Bottom was dented underneath the fuel sending unit but a few whacks with a hammer and everything is sorted.
Weather's started to warm up, which means the lawn tractor needs to be pulled out. Threw all the interior pieces in the car (where they still are today) until I can get a shed built to house the lawn/garden equipment and get back to work.
I haven't touched the car in ~4 weeks due to work and doing other stuff around the house. The last thing I did was strip the padding material from the back of the carpet.
Hard to believe this all weighs 10 lbs.
Cleaned up the carpet with a vacuum and cut away the driver's heel pad that was already torn up. I'll eventually die this black and attach a metal plate for a new heel pad.
...and nothing else has been accomplished since Easter. Started building the shed in the back yard so that's taken all my free time, which wasn't much to start. Looking to get back into it in a couple weeks starting with welding up all the exposed holes in the floor and firewall. Also, decided to change direction with the ECU and upgrade to a PS1000 and ditch the stock CAS for FFE's trigger wheel w/ Hall effect sensor. Probably going to go with the IQ3 digital display dash as well. So if anyone wants an unused Sprint RE (need to find your own harness though) and some extra gauges, I'm your man.