Congrats on the new car man! This forum is really helpful, and i'm sure you will find all the info you need in here.
Let us see some pictures of your new toy!

Agreed, post pictures so we can see.

I'm embarrassed of it at the moment. Once I get it dialed in and smogged, I'll run it through a car wash at least. Its filthy, has stupid wheels, and is sitting way to low on a terrible lowering spring set that doesn't even fit this car on top of totally blown struts. New struts and springs are on the way along with several maintenance parts I'm addressing. I'll be swapping the wheels from my 01 GS on it before selling the 01. The paint will polish up nicely, but the front clip is pretty beat. Body is undamaged though! So once I put the time in to clean it up, restore the headlights, and have it stanced right on some decent wheels, I'll be sure to take some pics.

buy my old wheels and suspension setup a little stiffer spring rate in the rear but who cares!

Turbo2g said:

I'm embarrassed of it at the moment

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No need to be embarrassed! These cars are old and most are projects starting from ugly and going to beauty. It is also nice to be able to go back and look at the progress you have made.

Start a build thread and show us what you got

You're right, I will snap a few pics as it is and post them for a before and after comparison

Alright, finally my day off and my parts have arrived during the week. I'll take those pics today. I'll be doing the following: 1 injector went bad on a test drive after fixing the timing issue. Ohmed them out and sure enough, inj#1 was really high resistance. I'll be putting it and a new filter in. Replacing the rad cap and two coolant hoses I found leaking through pressure test. The bad battery cable ends. Replacing the broken fuel door clip, the broken automatic antenna, and some q-bond on the splits in the front bumper. Tack-welding some loose exhaust shields back into place. Replacing all four struts, mounts, and better lowering springs. This will raise the car to a more normal 2" drop. The springs currently on it let it rest on the strut body. Of course an alignment as best as I can get it. If there's time, oil pan r&r and turbo lines due to leakage and an oil change/filter of course. Then comes interior and body beautification. However, a test drive after the suspension work will tell me if there's anything else to address. I shit you not, the springs really are not for this car. They are supper small diameter skunk2 ones that constantly rub, pop, bang, crunch, etc. No way to hear anything other than that. They have wiped out the tires with terrible washboarding. But that's okay, the good rims and tires from my 01 will be going on it soon. Luckily the previous owner threw new plugs and wires at the car in an attempt to fix the misfires. So that is already done. I also plan to clean the throttle body, run a fuel system treatment in the tank, and do an FI service through the intake. (Its a decarbing process for the intake runners and valves)

I also have a 1g bov on the way and removed the waste gate solenoid restriction. I will be looking forward to a test drive after all this!

Here’s are few pics. My phone is damaged and take bad pics. Hard to even get these

Nice find! That's really clean for $500.

Doesn't look to shabby

Looks really good for $500 if you find another one let me know.

Thank you guys, Its not great up close, but I will be working on making it nice.

That's perfect for $500, especially in Cali no rust to worry much. I bought this spyder for $500 and now will be making a trip to scrapyard as its rotted out. Someone patched it to move it along. Should have my new shell on Saturday if things go as planned.