Crash89s Spyder build!

[dsmtwins2g]

Nice man keep it up

 

[airmail96]

I love these awd spyders, keep up the good work man.

 

[crash89]

Got primer sprayed tonight!!

All taped up
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Everything cleaned up and in place to spray
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First coat!
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Buddy got a couple shots of me spraying the second coat.
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And finally, a tracer coat.
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Guess what I get to do tomorrow!?! Yep, more sanding! Once I sand down a little with 400 on this tracer coat I'll be able to see/make sure the body is straight and see if I missed any small dings! Paint in a couple weeks. After we fix my hood!

 

[turboglenn]

sanding YEY!!!!!!!!!!! NOT ... i love doing body work like cuttin out and replacing sheet metal (i form part with shrinker/stretcher instead of aftermarket patch panels) but man do i hate sanding, probably one of the things i dread most in all aspects of things to dread in life

 

[crash89]

I dont really mind it all that much, minus the part where my hands and fingers are like raw and hurt like hell!! And to think I still have the bumpers and hood to do yet.. FML!! Im going to use a DA with those though.

 

[NWHTanK]

Ok is ## upper control arm out in the right front. Looks like the suspenions back?

 

[crash89]

No. Lol at first I was looking at it and was like WHOA!! Never noticed that before. But for priming and lack of space purposes I set the fenders on just with a couple inch gap between the doors so I could get the edges of the doors and fenders.

 

[crash89]

Hey guys, havent really done much to the eclipse since it was primed. But a couple days ago I picked up my windows from the tint guy to have them redone, mine was all peeling and just looked bad.. And I decided to clean up the shop a little bit..

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Look whos walking again!!
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I really need to get my ass in gear and get my hood prepped, Im hoping for paint this weekend. We'll see though.

 

[crash89]

The last couple days I 1) started wet sanding the car down again. and 2) started digging into the fuse box wire harness. I didnt get any pictures of the car, but I did of the harness. I deleted anything a/c related and the ABS system and both radiator fans since Im going to wire my new slim fans differently anyways.

What I started with.
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Holy ABS wires batman!!
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All wires eliminated.
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fuse box.
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[9!'clipseDOHC]

Nice project! Subscribed. I'll actually be spraying my engine bay tomorrow.

 

[crash89]

Well guys, the body itself is ready for paint!! I need to prep my bumpers and tackle the hood portion. Going to do that tonight. Hopefully paint this weekend!! I know Ive said that like 4 times!

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Pics dont do this justice, this thing is so smooth and straight its crazy!
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Oh and for kicks I thought Id hit the motor mount with a wire brush!
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[NWHTanK]

Go go keep it up!

 

[crash89]

Well guys, Im slowly getting progress done. Im getting really tired of sanding this thing and I barely have any finger prints left.. Seriously.. haha. Past couple days Ive been sanding on the bumpers and fixing some cracks and filling holes as well as fixing my aftermarket skirts. They're fiberglass and have looked like ass since I bought them. Pics!

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filled license plate holes
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My old man helpin me with some fiberglass work
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Mad a little lip that will hold 2 sided tape to hold the skirt to the rocker
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Then I got thinking, with how low the car is I didnt want to be scuffing up my freshly painted bumper on driveways and such so I thought "what could I do to help avoid this?!" This is what I came up with!

Picked up a big sheet of Kemlite at my local trucking company (ive got an inside pull! )
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[crash89]

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Now, I know this will not be totally functional like a "real" splitter. This isnt completely finished, Im going to get some kind of turnbuckle for extra support. This is mostly for a little more aggressive look and to protect from messing up my new painted bumper.
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Lets hear what you think!!

 

[NWHTanK]

Not knocking your build looks good! U have that stream line car with those ugly hood pins, my opinon. Isnt thier a company that makes lever style hood catches that fit sort of flush with the hood that u just pull a lever on each side. Those would smooth out your hood big time.

Aero hood latches. Sorry cant link.

 

[crash89]

Yea, I know. The hood pins were already on the hood when I bought it. I decided against fixing this hood and am just going to buy a new one. So, once I do that Ill have the opportunity to get new latches.

All those pics and you noticed the hood pins.. !

 

[crash89]

Got some more done fellas.. Finished up the front and rear bumper covers and did some more fiberglass work on the skirts the last couple days. Kind of sucks that fiberglass takes so long to really cure, you cant really make much progress in a day with it.

Bumpers ready for primer
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The passenger side skirt fits like a damn glove!! Driver side on the other hand..



We wanted to strengthen the lip we made so we laid another good layer on the back side of the old glass, then kind of forced it where we wanted it to be in hopes of when the glass cures itll hold this shape.
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Passenger skirt being held in place as well.
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[crash89]

Just thought Id tell yall that the driver side skirt did not hold its shape with our little "mod".. D: Going to try a couple more things tomorrow to make this thing fit as nicely as the passenger side..

 

[crash89]

I Know its been a little while since the last update. Its been kind of slow going to get these side skirts to fit just right. Lay fiberglass just to grind it back off again.. haha!! I also picked up a 1g radiator to accommodate for my RedJack manifold.. Soldered some brass tabs on the bottom and had to fab up my upper mounts because I didnt like how looked all crooked.

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Shows how far off the top pins are from the bolt holes.
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With my 2g radiator, I had to kind of dent the side to fit my VRspeed IC. I made the pins on the bottom to fit without any denting!
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Cant really see in the pic, but my hood was hitting on the top of the radiator. Now I also wanted to push the radiator back just a little bit to clear the hood.
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Heres the brackets tacked together.
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Spread some bond-o on them and smoothed them out and painted!!
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My driver side skirt FINALLY fits right.
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Passenger side needs just a liiiiittle bit more
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[crash89]

Oh, and while was dinkin around I decided to freshen up my brake reservoir.
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Took me all of about 4 minutes!
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[sypherzero]

Looking sick! Great progress man.

 

[kp116]

Looks good Tom! I wonder where you got the 1g radiator from....

 

[crash89]

Yea! Thanks for the radiator Kenny! Thanks for the comment Sypherzero!

Oh hey look what I got today guys!!

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[crash89]

well guys its hard to type this update for reasons that will be shown shortly . Primed the car one last time tonight and am sanding it down for the last time this week.. Paint for real on saturday this weekend!!!!!

Well after getting everything all prepped and set up, my old man started spraying the car.. While he was doing that I was setting up a little fan to circulate the air out of the shop.. It was a dual electric fan out of a car using a jump pack to power it.. Well in the midst of things, I got the fan going and propped it between the door and door sill and it slipped and fell toward me. out of reflex I tried to catch it.. BAMM!! Hand in the turning fan blades.. Cut my day short and made a trip to the ER..

On the bright side we did get the car primed after getting back I just forgot to snap some pics.. Weel here we go!!

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finished side skirts!!
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AAAAND the carnage!
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Did you know blood is thicker than water? You do now!!
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After its been cleaned up and in bandages for 4 hours..
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[arodgst]

wow nice build keep up the hard work looks like it will pay off...and sorry fir the hand it looks painful.