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Leonthefaded
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This is a major yet premature journal update.
I have just traded my Red 95 GSX for a Black 98 GSX
I have no abondoned or changed my Project Redsun goals or ambitions except for body restoration. I will no longer need to do a partial or full 2GB conversion with highrise spoiler. I will not be doing a hardtop conversion. Instead I will be getting paint repair and rust prevention.
Basically heres what went down.
Last night I met up with a fellow DSMer whom I was waiting to purchase this 98 GSX from. He babied this car, which is all stock, he recently had all the interior redone. This car is very well taken car of. He sold it to a sailor on pearl harbor who didnt really have a full graspe of what kind of care these DSMs need. So I sought out this new DSMer in hopes they would trade me. His and my opposites were in tuned. He wanted a beast machine capable of high horse power he would only drive on weekends. I wanted a stock fully restored DSM I could slightly dip my toes into the world of Gymkhana with. I traded my faults for his faults.
My leaks for his leaks. My bodywork needs for his rough idle. My bigger turbo for his stock turbo. This was a straight trade involving no money. We even became friends and I aggreed to do work on the car if he needed help because lets face it. Shops dont know crap about these cars!
But enough of me yammering on! The project name hasnt changed, which in a few months you will see why it is called Project Redsun. The goals are the same. Just alot of the work is done for me which is fine.
I have just traded my Red 95 GSX for a Black 98 GSX
I have no abondoned or changed my Project Redsun goals or ambitions except for body restoration. I will no longer need to do a partial or full 2GB conversion with highrise spoiler. I will not be doing a hardtop conversion. Instead I will be getting paint repair and rust prevention.
Basically heres what went down.
Last night I met up with a fellow DSMer whom I was waiting to purchase this 98 GSX from. He babied this car, which is all stock, he recently had all the interior redone. This car is very well taken car of. He sold it to a sailor on pearl harbor who didnt really have a full graspe of what kind of care these DSMs need. So I sought out this new DSMer in hopes they would trade me. His and my opposites were in tuned. He wanted a beast machine capable of high horse power he would only drive on weekends. I wanted a stock fully restored DSM I could slightly dip my toes into the world of Gymkhana with. I traded my faults for his faults.
My leaks for his leaks. My bodywork needs for his rough idle. My bigger turbo for his stock turbo. This was a straight trade involving no money. We even became friends and I aggreed to do work on the car if he needed help because lets face it. Shops dont know crap about these cars!
But enough of me yammering on! The project name hasnt changed, which in a few months you will see why it is called Project Redsun. The goals are the same. Just alot of the work is done for me which is fine.