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PunkboySL2 · 12-15-2010, 02:04 PM

damn, I didn't even notice the headlights! That's super clean.

Erik@R/TTuning · 12-16-2010, 12:39 PM

Killer work on the headlights man.

Sublime1304 · 12-16-2010, 12:44 PM

Looks sweet!

Teku18 · 12-16-2010, 11:50 PM

Nice job on the lights dude. Thing looks factory made.

Asif22 · 12-17-2010, 09:04 AM

I saw a pic of the car at first and LOL'd

Then I saw what you did to it and my jaw dropped....holy freaking crap man. That is an amazing machine. You should have kept the stock lights and wheels and make it sleeeeeper : )

95naSTA · 01-09-2011, 09:51 PM

I got some polishing done today.

Not perfect but about as far as I would like to go for a DD.

Here are some of the other things I've done that will be in the bay:

i_ride_fieroGT · 01-09-2011, 10:19 PM

Any plans for a 3800SC?

95naSTA · 01-09-2011, 10:24 PM

Nope.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 95naSTA

And keep in mind I know all about how far you can take these engines with a heat gun m90 or a properly sized turbo. I just want to see how far I can take it n/a while still being streetable. hp/$ blows but it's more interesting to me.

Sublime1304 · 01-09-2011, 10:25 PM

Wow lookin good man

qbcsvt · 01-10-2011, 12:54 AM

Sweet. Polishing just does the engine bay good. I am doing the same. Quickly polishing everything I can in my engine bay to make the DD a bit nicer.

Dont know wtf you were thinking buying a Bonneville thinking it will look good! I would drive that thing any day of the year, great job on it!

- amyn

Sublime1304 · 01-10-2011, 09:53 AM

What kind of product did you use to get those looking so nice?

95naSTA · 01-10-2011, 10:47 AM

Thanks guys. I'm glad that other people are diggin the car even if it is a granny mobile.

As for polishing, it's time and sanity.. lol.

Just to give you and idea, that tensioner assembly and coolant elbow probably took 18 hours or so, the master cylinder was 16 I think and everything else I think I forgot on purpose.

For the most part I take everything down to 180 grit via hand sandling. I use a dremel with a plain shank and directionally wrapped sections of sand paper for the smaller radii. It's the only real way to get rid of the porous surface and casting marks. After that it's 220, 320, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, and polish with white rouge on a buffing wheel then mothers mag and aluminum polish. For polishing the tighter radii, I use a dremel with a section of old cotton t-shirt directionally wrapped.

Parts with a lot of curves are less work since it's easier to burn through a radius, 90* angles and tight spots obviously blow, and flat spots are 2nd easiest.

jesse096 · 01-10-2011, 11:22 AM

Honestly, I probably would have given up before I even took the stuff off lmao. Looks great none the less man, good work!

-Jesse

dugganzx3 · 01-11-2011, 01:00 PM

Sick car man I'd love to know what kinda power you can get out of a 3800. Although I'm selling her soon I own an 01 impala ls nd originally had planned to work it myself. I just love the gm 3.8s tho. Beat of luck with urs

skalor · 01-11-2011, 05:28 PM

At least you'll never break your transmission from power production. I've broken mine twice and I'm working on the the third time now.

95naSTA · 01-11-2011, 06:25 PM

Yep. It's a nice aspect of the build.

The01Cav · 02-21-2011, 01:25 AM

The attention to detail on this car is insane PROPS!

blkZ06 · 02-21-2011, 10:11 AM

....pimp

95naSTA · 03-06-2011, 10:08 PM

I'm finally making some headway.

I stripped the bay, picked up most of the stuff from the powder coater, got the car off the street, fixed the blower motor housing where it had rusted through, and got some obligatory in the engine bay pics.

I've been thinking about a solution to the cracked firewall plastic.. I broke off all of the old plastic and insulation when I was stripping the bay and realized that the bare blower motor housing, if cleaned up, would look just fine. I'm going to give it to the powder coater and have it ceramic coated. That will be simple enough to keep a lot of the heat out and make it look good. I'm also going to give them my STB to have done in purple and probably other things as I go.

My electric water pump is boxed up and ready to be sent out for a rebuild, I've got 8 S1 L67 injectors boxed up and ready to be cleaned/tested, and the parts I need anodized ready to go as well.

jesse096 · 03-06-2011, 10:58 PM

Should look sweet when you're done!

-Jesse

12-15-2010, 02:04 PM	#21
PunkboySL2 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pennsburg, PA Member #7050 My Ride: Saturns> 94' SW2, 94' SC2 iTrader: (1)	damn, I didn't even notice the headlights! That's super clean. __________________ 98 Saturn SL2m - New DD: custom coilovers, slow 94 Saturn SW2a>m - DD: slammed and boosted. SOLD 94 Saturn SC2m -Sleeper: all out build under way 96 Saturn SL2m - built, then wrecked [RIP]

12-16-2010, 12:44 PM	#23
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12-17-2010, 09:04 AM	#25
Asif22 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: U.S.A. Member #5682 My Ride: 2008 Honda S2000 CR iTrader: (0)	I saw a pic of the car at first and LOL'd Then I saw what you did to it and my jaw dropped....holy freaking crap man. That is an amazing machine. You should have kept the stock lights and wheels and make it sleeeeeper : ) __________________ uhhhh y0

01-09-2011, 10:25 PM	#29
Sublime1304 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ivyland, PA Member #15678 My Ride: MK5 TDI Cup Edition Jetta, MK5 GLI iTrader: (1)	Wow lookin good man __________________ Mike Burns - '10 TDI Cup Edition Jetta Photographer: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. IG: @mike_perfectstance

01-10-2011, 12:54 AM	#30
qbcsvt Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NNJ - NYC Member #17058 My Ride: 99 Ford Contour SVT - 91 MR2 Turbo iTrader: (0)	Sweet. Polishing just does the engine bay good. I am doing the same. Quickly polishing everything I can in my engine bay to make the DD a bit nicer. Dont know wtf you were thinking buying a Bonneville thinking it will look good! I would drive that thing any day of the year, great job on it! - amyn Last edited by qbcsvt; 01-10-2011 at 01:01 AM.

12-16-2010, 12:39 PM	#22
Erik@R/TTuning Former Vendor Join Date: Aug 2010 Member #17281 My Ride: 2000 MR2 Spyder iTrader: (1)	Killer work on the headlights man.

01-09-2011, 09:51 PM	#26
95naSTA Tri-State Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Port Fishington, Philly Member #6568 My Ride: 95 Bonnie, 98 i30, 07 Ducati Monster S2R 800 iTrader: (0)	I got some polishing done today. Not perfect but about as far as I would like to go for a DD. Here are some of the other things I've done that will be in the bay:

01-09-2011, 10:19 PM	#27
i_ride_fieroGT Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: all over Member #10595 My Ride: Does not hit mivec anymore.(DD) 06 solstice 5 speed. 84 IMSA Fiero5 speed. 87 Fiero GT 5 speed iTrader: (0)	Any plans for a 3800SC?

01-10-2011, 09:53 AM	#31
Sublime1304 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ivyland, PA Member #15678 My Ride: MK5 TDI Cup Edition Jetta, MK5 GLI iTrader: (1)	What kind of product did you use to get those looking so nice? __________________ Mike Burns - '10 TDI Cup Edition Jetta Photographer: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. IG: @mike_perfectstance

01-10-2011, 10:47 AM	#32
95naSTA Tri-State Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Port Fishington, Philly Member #6568 My Ride: 95 Bonnie, 98 i30, 07 Ducati Monster S2R 800 iTrader: (0)	Thanks guys. I'm glad that other people are diggin the car even if it is a granny mobile. As for polishing, it's time and sanity.. lol. Just to give you and idea, that tensioner assembly and coolant elbow probably took 18 hours or so, the master cylinder was 16 I think and everything else I think I forgot on purpose. For the most part I take everything down to 180 grit via hand sandling. I use a dremel with a plain shank and directionally wrapped sections of sand paper for the smaller radii. It's the only real way to get rid of the porous surface and casting marks. After that it's 220, 320, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, and polish with white rouge on a buffing wheel then mothers mag and aluminum polish. For polishing the tighter radii, I use a dremel with a section of old cotton t-shirt directionally wrapped. Parts with a lot of curves are less work since it's easier to burn through a radius, 90* angles and tight spots obviously blow, and flat spots are 2nd easiest. Last edited by 95naSTA; 01-10-2011 at 10:49 AM.

01-11-2011, 01:00 PM	#34
dugganzx3 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Scranton PA Member #17852 My Ride: has leather and T-tops. iTrader: (0)	Sick car man I'd love to know what kinda power you can get out of a 3800. Although I'm selling her soon I own an 01 impala ls nd originally had planned to work it myself. I just love the gm 3.8s tho. Beat of luck with urs

01-11-2011, 05:28 PM	#35
skalor Tri-State Training Wheels Join Date: Feb 2008 Member #7020 My Ride: I don't know, my grandfather gave it to me. iTrader: (0)	At least you'll never break your transmission from power production. I've broken mine twice and I'm working on the the third time now. __________________ '89 Oldsmopile - 413 whp...meh '04 Comp G - stock

01-11-2011, 06:25 PM	#36
95naSTA Tri-State Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Port Fishington, Philly Member #6568 My Ride: 95 Bonnie, 98 i30, 07 Ducati Monster S2R 800 iTrader: (0)	Yep. It's a nice aspect of the build.

02-21-2011, 01:25 AM	#37
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02-21-2011, 10:11 AM	#38
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03-06-2011, 10:08 PM	#39
95naSTA Tri-State Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Port Fishington, Philly Member #6568 My Ride: 95 Bonnie, 98 i30, 07 Ducati Monster S2R 800 iTrader: (0)	I'm finally making some headway. I stripped the bay, picked up most of the stuff from the powder coater, got the car off the street, fixed the blower motor housing where it had rusted through, and got some obligatory in the engine bay pics. I've been thinking about a solution to the cracked firewall plastic.. I broke off all of the old plastic and insulation when I was stripping the bay and realized that the bare blower motor housing, if cleaned up, would look just fine. I'm going to give it to the powder coater and have it ceramic coated. That will be simple enough to keep a lot of the heat out and make it look good. I'm also going to give them my STB to have done in purple and probably other things as I go. My electric water pump is boxed up and ready to be sent out for a rebuild, I've got 8 S1 L67 injectors boxed up and ready to be cleaned/tested, and the parts I need anodized ready to go as well.

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