Spare tire

Got the spare in and locked. I will show you how I made the bracket another time. The black stuff (no idea what it's called) is in too but I am not totally happy with it. Hope to change it to carbon sheet someday. Next I want to fit 2 brace pipes from the shock towers to the front and then I need to figure out how i am going to make that waterbottle work without a airfilled spare.

De-anodizing my amp

Got a bit side tracked. Was working out how I was going to fit stuff in the trunk and then remembered the amp I had. I need it to make my ipod work as a stereo so it's probably going in the trunk. It's purple (or lilac) and eventough I've got all sorts of colors in and on the car, purple was not going to be one of those colors. I was going to de-anodize some wheels for my motorbike with sink declogger but haven't found a bucket big enough to fit a wheel in. However, the amp was a good object to test the de-anodizing. I have seen it online that it works but wanted to see it with my own eyes. So I started on this little project.

The amp. Just a few euro on a flee market but it works. Eventhough they had left it out in the rain....

Took it apart and cleaned it with soap. It's a perfect fit for my sink.

Filled the sink with warm water en de-clogger.

Half an hour later, a lot of foam which started to turn purple.

One hour and I took it out. Had turned it upside down ones during the proces. Well guess it really does work. One hour might have been a bit long because it got a bit pitted. After a good rinse I saw some brown spots....

Not really sure what those spots were (heat or something) but I decided to sand them down. Well, not a good idea but the spots were gone. After that I gave it a glassbeat to get rid of the shine...

The plastic strip was purple-ish too so I made a black one. Just a sony badge from an old reciever to make it not to bland. All ready to fit in the bug. But I might put it in the back......

Fuel pumps

Had some minutes to spend so I started on the second part of the trunk cover. And then I realized that the fuelpumps were getting in the way. So I relocated them. Made some brackets, welded them in and now the pumps are lower. They were where those little holes are. Cover on top and you don't see them. Not really important but.. hey. So, low presure pumps on a injected engine...? Well, I don't want high presure lines going through the car, so I'll put a swirltank in the back. And this way I can always put a carburated engine in the back if I blow up the EJ20 :D
Almost done with the front so I can paint it.

Back on the front

Made some little brackets on the back. Don't look like much but they make a big difference.


After that I turned the car around again and started to clean up the trunk. Still trying to figure out how to lock the spare in one place.....

Removable rear valance part 2

After a few days of other stuff to do, weird weather and a neighbourhood swarming with cops because of a double homicide (wow) 1 block from my home (I was not going to risk atrackting a bored cop with my noise making endevours) today I finally started on the other side of the rear. Also testfitted the rear bonnet. It all needs a lot of tweaking but I am ok with how it came out.

Brrrr, that hideous green keeps popping up everywhere....

Removable rear valance part 1

Started on the removable rear valance. Since the rear is already in 2 parts I first did the drivers side. Will do the other side in a few days. Oh, and I got the idea from Hebster52.

So easy now to get to the gearbox and stuff.

Let's see if I can get this a bit cleaner.

4 bolts and it's on, just need to make a little bracket on top.
(at this moment I am going to ingnore the rust)

Front is 'done' back to the back....

It was such a nice sunny sunday I decided to finish the little brackets on the front and after that take my bug outside. There's still a lot to do on the front but I need to buy stuff for it and also need to think about what I am going to do (bonnet clamps, radiator fans, bumper brackets, etc) so for now it's done. So up next is the back. I'm going to make the rear valance removable but not just the exhaust gard but the entire part up to the fire wall.... Going to be interesting. But first, boring normal life stuff. Juck!!!

If you look carefully you can see the little bracket on the bottom of the front. Just 4 bolts and the radiator is exposed

All the junk in the trunck....

Bonnet on and you can't even see it's going to be watercooled.

So next up, cutting up all of the back...

Cutting corners (me and my silly titles)

Seeing as my replacement dash came with the window corners, I decided to switch those corners too. So I cut the ugly patched stuff out I had made before and replaced it with the somewhat better looking pieces. Ok, I had not used the grinder on those corners so they could of ended up a lot neater but this was a much easier solution....

First the drivers side....

Then the passenger side, look at what I replaced... juck.

Some grinding and primer makes it all look kind of decent. Started on the front too, 4 bolts and it's off.

Dashing

Taddaaa....
Yes, that's right. Got my dashboard fitted. Took a lot of figuring out 'how to' tho. Stil needs a lot of work and bondo and stuff but for that I need to get the rolecage out of the way. So, want to know how I did it...?

First I cut the left over piece of the dash up so it was close to what I wanted...

Then welded everything together again....

And then cut it again, holes this time and after that welded rings in it...

Then drilled holes in it so I could weld threaded studs in it (also checked if the gauge ring fitted)

Used a piece of wood for now to hold the gauges but I don't like wood in my car. Still it has to be something that doesn't conducts electricity. Thinking of PE.

And finally welded everything together.... Next up, the front.