my 87 base model AKA pineapple

[IH8DSM]

Ok so i've been on the lookout for a fc, mainly a vert, to use as a daily driver. So i started looking and I quickly decided im to picky I wanted a s4 white vert with under a hundred thousand miles, a decent top, bone stock, and would pass emissions. Needless to say i was basicly looking for a virgin that was a pornstar in bed. So i quit being so picky and just said i want it to be a fc thats stock that would pass emissions, so to craigslist i went. After a few weeks of hawking craigslist and people not texting/emailing me back i found this
http://bgky.craigslist.org/cto/2585644601.html
It was in my price range and he actually replied to my email. So after texting back in forth all day jfaplanet(charles) and i decide to make the trip and drive up there, roughly 2 hours one way, so we get up there and it is in a little rougher state then the pics showed(or he said via texts) but anyway i drove it down the street it drove great decent idle, smooth rpm band, and started when warm. So i agreed and bought the car. So got it back to charles and cut out to replace the water pump, after purchasing we stopped to gas it up and realized it was leaking out of the weep hole. So i replaced that with a new one thanks to a buddy of mine.

So to give you a quick timeline i bought the car on wed, replaced the water pump on thurs, and passed emissions on fri. So ive been driving the car for almost a week the reason i wanted a fc is because i had hopes to not mess with it needless to say it needs some tlc, so here is the build thread part its gonna combine both maintence as well as upgrades because i can't leave well enough alone.

so cliff notes
- bought a fc
- its rough
- needs lots of love
- its a base model 4 lug, no bins, manual windows and mirrors, no spoiler, has ac,

so heres the good stuff
- 5 lug swap
- turbo 2 front brakes
- either springs and shocks or coilovers (rides like a caddy now)
- s5 taillights
- new windshield (current one is cracked)
- turbo 2 seats (current driver seat is ripped)
- s4 duck bill spoiler
- tinted windows
- clutch and new trans (throw out bearing is screaming)
- s4 steering wheel (horn button is mia)
- bbs vert wheels
- some kinda of lip for the front bumper not sure which one yet
- stainless brake lines
- stainless clutch line
- poly bushing kit
- upgrade sway bars
- ill probably leave the paint alone for now but we shall see

soo what yall think

[jfaplanet]

You needa post some better pictures.......You got a good camera.... and you know how to use it.

[IH8DSM]

My card reader got broken at the ball fields haha, ill take some pics tommorow

[WE3RX7]

Its tomorrow... where are those pics, lol....

[IH8DSM]

ill take more pics when its day time haha

[My5ABaby]

1. Is that a spare?
2. You can't name your own car. I'm thinking "Tommy Tutone" would be fitting.

[djmtsu]

Originally Posted by My5ABaby

1. Is that a spare?
2. You can't name your own car. I'm thinking "Tommy Tutone" would be fitting.

1. Not a spare, but rather the rare 'you get nothing' option package.
2. I'm down with the Tutone name of it.

[IH8DSM]

Charles and I put the s5 tails on and a s4 duckbill spoiler, woo now its nap time that was alot of work haha

[RETed]

Okay, this started out as a report post as spam, but I had to clean up all the crap that's off-topic.
This is just a friendly reminder that this is under the TECH DISCUSSION section.
If you want to post miscellaneous pictures, do it in The Lounge.
I believe most of you make the 20 post minimum to visit there.

This is also a WARNING to rx7 vinnie for posting vulgar pictures.
If you don't have a clue on what is appropriate and what is not, ask yourself if you would ever show a picture like that to your parents or your little kid sister / brother and be proud of it?
It's bad enough that you have no sense or reality when trying to sell your car that you have bad taste and judgement too.


-Ted

[IH8DSM]

new lights s4 wing and Mazda emblem

[rx7 vinnie]

Sorry Ted.....I know IH8DSM pretty well and i was just having fun. You're right...(in Asian culture)if my parents were still alive, they would not approve of my BBQ apron and would cane me with a bamboo stick as big as I am. As for my car sale thread (ouch)I'm aware that I wont get what I'm asking for it....just wanting offers to see what I can get.

[IH8DSM]

Yea vinnies a good guy,

So got a question I pop the hatch and it'll only pop when latch then I have to use my key to undo the othe other one I greased it and that helped some but is there a adjustment I need to do to the latch or cable?

[rx7 vinnie]

Originally Posted by IH8DSM

Yea vinnies a good guy,

So got a question I pop the hatch and it'll only pop when latch then I have to use my key to undo the othe other one I greased it and that helped some but is there a adjustment I need to do to the latch or cable?

Both mines do that....you might wanna try new hatch struts....but i learn to live with it.

[FC Zach]

IH8DSM Yea vinnies a good guy,

So got a question I pop the hatch and it'll only pop when latch then I have to use my key to undo the othe other one I greased it and that helped some but is there a adjustment I need to do to the latch or cable?

*one latch, i assume? ? Lern 2 type u ignerant M'er F'er LOL

Each latch is held by two 6mm screws and is adjustable. Pull the carpet up to reveal these, or just the stubborn side.

[IH8DSM]

Auto correct on the phone don't hate haha, aight mr. zach ill investigate tommorow