I didnt do the paint and interior, bought it off the guy that did.
Some may recognise it from Fast Fours alittle while back.
Although it looks good from afar, im not overly happy and need alot of work to get it upto scratch.
To be honest i wasnt a fan of the Purple at first, 2 pac with 9 different metal flakes, but it does look great in the sun, and its begun to grow on me. But its still too flashy for me.
And the Cream Interior and Honda Prelude seats, im too scared to sit on without a cover because im always dirty lol.
He spent $$$ on the body and Interior, and engine rebuild.
To make it look good from a distance.
But alot of the other stuff is just slapped together.
But i bought it expecting to spend some more.
So thats why it is in the Build section.
The under side was total rubbish
So far I have Redone all of the rear suspension.
All the Rubbers were GONE some Literally.
It was wallowing around, and would axle tramp, and try to roll the leaves under acceleration in 2nd and 3rd. and axle tramped like mad, and the Leaves on the Passenger side at front leaf mount were clunking when you went from forward to reverse,
Because there was no rubber left!
So it now has Reset leaves, extra Leave added, and all new rubbers.
Its slighty higher now, but so much more comfortable, and direct ride, really turns in now.
I swapped the chrome 17s for my Alloys.
and painted all the brakes and suspension.
I think the Black looks alot better than the Yellow they were....
Next weekend is the Front suspension, again slighty Higher But Thicker Springs, stiffer Shocks,
And much more comfortable ride. Its all but bottoming out atm.
Plenty of work ahead, but still way infront compared to getting the rusty 4 door upto this point....
As advertised on web...
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Heres One i took, need to do some work under there!
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Interior
I have changed the Steering wheel and G knob
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How it looked before with old wheels and Yellow Brakes....
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With my wheels and painted Brakes
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Some shots of the paint I took in the sun
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Swapped in my rear suspension that i had in the 4 door
Passenger side rear Rubbers, i got a good laugh!...
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New rear suspension, and Painted brakes black
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Ok latest, Stock diff decided it didnt want to play anymore, and packed up its bat and ball.
Id planned on an upgrade, but was hoping for alittle later down the track.
So i got in touch with a good mate that enters Tuff Truck comp
and he put me onto the GQ Nissan Patrol diffs.
They run a stout LSD stock, and come in 3.9:1 similar to my stock, and then have various lower ratios of 4.1:1, 4.3:1 - 4.6:1 ratios
Thick as buggery axles, infact the axles are bigger than a 9"!
but if any problems do arise, because these things are so available,
you can buy upgraded clutch replacements kits
and they are making even stronger billit axles, and bits and pieces!
You can buy cheap mini and full Spools, or go with an Airlocker set up.
You can see the Physical size differences between the Stock Lancer, and GQ Patrol Diff,
these Axle are 10mm thicker Diameter than a Ford 9" and you get LSD for around $500 !
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keep you posted
cheers Dan
*sniff*
