lofreq Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 so im relaxing on my holidays and goin upt heaps and sleeping all day and just resting from work but i'll get onto the car soon meanwhile mounted the new front lip for test fit , cleaned her up a bit and did a bit of a photo shoot lip needs to be widened perhaps? or fuckit? i love that last shot. full set of photos here. anyway, thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 been trying to fix all kinds of little things to get the pink sticker off. taking ages. lost a bit of interest and have been focused on other things. progress is slow and also limited by money as its been a heavy start to the year with holidays xmas new yrs and a whole heap of bdays so moneys all gone to those anyway so yeah whatever. took her to vtnz and failed on a bunch of things, suspension they didnt like, and rust in the flanks and bottom of A pillar. gotta deal to that. this just means i will probably be doing full panel and paint. got a few more plans up my sleeve also as i get back into this. meanwhile need a car to get around so bought another 71 body is in immaculate condition - almost no rust at all. boot and flanks clean as. bonnet, corners of boot, all sweet. all electrics work down to illuminated ash tray on open, glovebox light and boot light etc. stoked. full wof and reg. so plan is, swap stock suspension from this into the boso, thus enabling me to have factory suspension in the other car helping with the pink sticker plus making this one look badass. got some other plans for it and will update soon. its just 1GEU 2.0 auto cruiser but its smooth as. all good. flatmate found this thing for $650 wof and reg and W57 manual holy shit we now have 4 cressida/markIIs at the house permanently!!! so yeah back into it slowly - this sat is suspension swap day (planned anyway) so i hope to start updating u's again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 got some 15x8 minilite style rims for the daily. sacked it out using rear springs from LOFA and front springs found lying in the bush out back, unknown what they are, they are captive sometimes i think she looks quite squat now, i even like the brown/black combo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 mike and sam on sat afternoon decided to see what she would look like in black haha. yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 drove to takanini on my lunch break to pick up the 8's from HPC then drove on to drury tyres for some 185/55/15's - got some yokohama ADVAN A043's, yes! advan FTW!!#$@#$% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 been working on my front struts with some mates help wed and thurs (thanks alex tup n mike), got new coilovers, kyb uprated front ae92 or mr2 shocks not sure, for the front, we chopped the housings 55mm from stock, short as now. just gotta get my keeper springs off mr dori here and they done got my koni adj's sorted for the rear as well so suspension should be done by weekend. car will be rolling, i'll service the motor and then start finishing the rust work, hope to get it ready to paint soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 hello all remember me i didnt die ive just been doing all sorts of shit i went to japan and went to the yokohama daikoku carpark with the motorways in the sky and yeah check it out: http://defy.net.nz/lofreq/pics/Friends% ... index.html yeah i actually stood there. i felt like i was inside a photograph on my computer the whole time - unreal i got to see crazy flashing light cars and vanning style vans with fold out dj decks and also some oldschool 70s skylines - no mega boso machines but it was just a random saturday nite in yokohama far out japan is awesome and im goin back ask me anything about any photo meanwhile im internationally famous!! friend found these: http://grandjdm.com/2007/09/19/this-jus ... m-the-80s/ http://www.driftworks.com/forum/other-c ... ct-nz.html i just asked my mate to track the hits to my car on the site.. ive had between 500-900mb of traffic just this month from people in aussie, UK, netherlands...!! and 1.8gig of traffic JUST this month from USA far out i should have ads on my page id have made money! anyway cars booked in on oct 16th for rust, bodywork and satin black. so im not done yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 oct 16th is still on the cards the guy confirmed today plan is to shoot all black but i think i'll pay the extra and get the advan on there, its been long enough right probably gonna go a deeper blood red than in these pics, what do u reckon? want it to look non-garish and almost classy if thats even possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 dropped her off to the shop this morning, went over the work to be done - shes in professional hands now. sounds like they will start on it quite quickly, possible body work completed by sunday! and then it will be shot black and then i'll take a look. pics when i drop in there to check her out on friday see how its goin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 for u cunts who think this cunt (me) was never gona finish this project big ups to Grant @ GTRefinishers for the high speed quality work! wish i could go back today to get snaps of it being shot black pick up on sunday/monday............. stay tuned....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 ultra high speed progress im in mangawhai right now so pick up car on monday - oh yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 back from my little holiday up north (been stayin in a caravan in mangawhai heads) - picked her up on the way home. very dirty as covered in bodyshop sanding dust and crap, and it was murky and overcast so photos are crap. and also were off my cellphone as i was in a hurry but to answer questions, its not matte black or gloss, but in between, its a hard non-pourous primer which has a satin black finish, which i think is f23kin perfect for this thing - i love it next steps are to get it WOF'd and legal, so headlights need swapping out and possibly extra muffler for exhaust, that should be it then, refit twin headlights + make some new chrome surrounds paint inside door jambs black upholstery clean the interior new rear springs refit steels and spacers will be seeing Demon about vinyling the advan red scheme.... wahoo we are getting somewhere now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 quick update, new rear suspension is in, much less scraping, much more ride comfort instead of bottoming out on bumps refit wheels and front spacers - couldnt put full width front spacers on cus spigot on spacers is larger than the hub hole on my steels - dammit worked in the rain today so i blame poor pic quality on the poor weather and lighting, but also ive lost my digicam so these have all been off my nokia so far anyway heres what it looks like now so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 car's booked in for cert wednesday 14th, all going well vehicle then goes for WOF and REG, then vinyl prob suss out front panels and headlight surrounds this weekend, and clean out the interior for inspection anyone know what needs to be prepped for CERT inspection? EDIT: also now called Steve at Demon graphics, getting the vinyl priced up will also discuss misc windscreen banner graphics, rear window, and bonnet/misc details as well if we go ahead been working on a few scripts etc so yeah updates soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 vehicle has been inspected by Neil Fraser, what a good guy!!!!! needs 5 things done: heat shield to guard power steer lines from exhaust, front axle 360degree shield, change rear wheel nuts to standard, put the glove box back in(!!) and show him some correspondence that the wheels were manufactured by Elite in chch and not some monkey down the street saweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 so anyway been working hard at this thing driveshaft loop done, all cert requirements done, rah rah so 1 year and 1 week after pink sticker, this thing is wof'd, reg'd and certed on the road again yesssssss single turbo conversion done, boost controller in, about 18-20psi madness flies off the road... sounds cool ok so ONLY things left now are some RCA things or whatever to offset the lower strut mounts to kick the front tyres out and give some camber - like this: and the vinyl of course, that should wrap this project up nicely. sorry its taken so long. what can i say. merry xmas! xox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 so when i heard mark ae25was organizing an old school meet, i had a few days left to make an effort to get her sorted so, swapped cracked radiator for a '96 supra twin core one, twin fans from a nissan wagon thing, vinyl by Demon Graphics, front lip, rebadged proudly mark II, plus maybe a few more impromptu sticker action, like it or not, whatever its too late so basically heres the result project is basically done, its wof'd reg'd and certed, only few small mecchanical things need doing butafter whenever itwas that i started this project, here we are. things id like to do: - front RCA camber adjustment - appropriate rear spoiler - new headgasket - apexi s-afc - 22psi - 1/4 mile run - drift day see what happens eh! cheers to all who made the meet - those ms-65 things were mint, that lada wagon is awesome, and everything else - was nice as to be in a carpark without 180sx's, silvias, wrxs and evos - shot everyone pics from the meet to come. thanks for watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 i took the proper camera (its still my old as fuck 3.3MP fuji) to take some pics, quality should be better than the nokia anyway, so heres the basically completed project conceptual: actual: conceptual: actual: and the rest - !!! + girlie friend sara in the pics sweeet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 ok so. took her down to the mount for new yrs as i mentioned and it was overheating heaps due to crack in radiator top tank anyway after a number of times overheating and cooling, headgasket blew. running on 5 at idle and low rpm, i guess water blowing out spark or ssomething. also exhaust leak around turbo emitting fumes and silly chuffing sound on idle. swapped in new supra twin core rad, now in shop getting new headgasket cambelt and waterpump. hoping to get it done by easter. also on the cards - need someone to mill me some RCA's, maybe steel sleeved, to kick the fronts out - anyone had this done from a machine show somewhere before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofreq Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 HEAD IS CRACKED from back of valve guide something somewhere down to exhaust port. unfixable - need new head preferably a NA 1G-GE head as it has higher lift and duration..... ANYONE GOT A 1G-G HEAD I WILL THROW MONEY AT YOU!@#$ please let me know. 027 5563737. god damn cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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