well i again didn't have enough time to finish to get her home today

but! i did finish assembling the rear end...and she looks mightyyyyy fine!!

Dat ASSSS

 

She's starting to look like a car again!!!

if all goes well i should be able to get her back at my house on friday

Also i tried on the Garage BB 1600mm wing on my bosses FD, and it looks like its going to be the perfect width for Roxy with the wide body.

 

thanks for all the complements guys...i'm doing it for the entire tuning community...with the newer cars now-a-days, the old school formula of perfect balance, perfect FR layout, no traction control and 40 other computers to drive the car for you...the old school cars can still kick anythings ***!!

they started on my headlights and canards at the body shop today

AND I GOT TO TAKE HER HOME!!!!!

SSM is hands down the best color for the FD, i don't care what anyone says...when the sun hit it, it just pops!!!

please forgive me for the cheapy wheels that were on again...i feel better having the donuts be seen than these!!!

 

Finally got the brakes on...what a difference!!!

just had to trim some of the dust shield, other than that, super super easy install

 

got a couple more things done today

replaced the OMP lines with some fresh OEM ones with all new crush copper wires and all

also finally removed the A/C pump and i was pretty surprised to see how much space that thing actually took up lol

Also got my upgraded stainless oil lines finished for the stock dual oil coolers

 

started mocking up the rear end aero

will be bolting the diffuser on permanently as soon as i'm done with my exhaust system

in the process of making the designs for the wing risers now so those should be on soon also
So i just grabbed some boxes and taped them on the back of the car so i could get an idea of how the wing would look since it is quite a wide wing (1600 mm)

how to install a GT Wing: Cardboard boxes and painters tape ftw!!! hahahaha

 

Alright so the wheel design is done!!!

ISS Forged will be cutting these wheels for me in the following specs

18x10 front, 18x11.5 rear

3.5" front lip/4" rear lip

i could have gone with a 5" rear lip...but i personally like having the lips look some-what similar all the way around, and thats what i thought was great about ISS Forged!! they were able to make that happen for me!!

they are being cut out of a 1" concave forging...i really dont like concave wheels
but the reason why they are doing it out of this 1" concave forging, is to give the wheel a little bit of a dive into the center
its very subtle and still very race oriented without adding weight to the wheel

because as we all know, those concave wheels that most 3-piece wheel companies are making now-a-days are stupid heavy!!

they're basically boat anchors!!!

here are the renderings
The only difference is that mine will be with Steplips, these are rendered into straight lips


wheels should be completed in about 2 weeks

 

well getting the last bit of my parts for the car now

Stoptech has really hooked it up for me...they're sending me their "Rear Sport Kit" for the car

Product Details

Its awesome, it comes with the slotted rotors, pads, and stainless lines
they also sent along 2 caliper rebuild kits for the rear calipers
and 3 bottles of their STR 600 brake fluid!!

I'll be back from my business trip on friday to continue working on the car
i finally received the proper o-rings i needed for my fuel injectors

so i'll be powder coating all the engine parts this weekend and then bolting all back together next week!

here are some pics of Stoptech Rear Sport Kit

 

heres another update for you guys

i'm starting to work on the finishing touches for the engine bay as its getting to final assembly time now.


i started with the polishing work for the engine bay:

-Both turbine housings
-UIM
-Intercooler core (end tanks will be wrapped in reflect-a-gold)
-alternator cage

This is the first time i'm doing any polishing work so it was a bit of a learning curve
i got one of the turbine housings done, and i think it looks pretty good for a first time lol

it was also a huge pain in the *** to get the accelerated warm up valve out of the UIM, had to just drill through that ****er!

will be getting at the rest on wednesday, wife said she'll leave me if i work on the car tomorrow LMAO!

pics!

 

Found this picture going through my computer from one of the last photoshoots i did of my car with a buddy of mine...

Re-editted it since i learned alot since then...i sure miss having my baby on the road, cant wait to get back behind the wheel!!

 

Nice parts but I don't know if im going to be feeling the wheels and wing.

 

the wheels i did to stick to a true JDM style with some flare of the new

and the wing is 100% function...this isnt going to be a show queen
she's purpose built for track function!!

 

Very nice, I can't wait til she is done.

 

finally some movement!!

Been polishing away now and i think i've gotten it looking pretty good

got a little half and half shot for you guys

also got my Full Function Engineering LIM Adapters for the secondary injectors
these things are awesome!!
they've got an o-ring around the outer edge and comes with a set to put on the injectors themselves
very good quality setup!

 

Congrats on the build, looks great!